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459249

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding will be available to firms which are too small to pay the Apprenticeship Levy when it is introduced in 2017 to enable them to continue to offer, or begin to offer, apprenticeships, and how much those firms will have to contribute themselves.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL6894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Employers with a pay bill of less than £3 million will not have to pay the levy. This is more than 98% of all employers. These employers will continue to have access to government funding to support apprenticeships. We will provide further details on the support available later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2016 14:01:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

459250

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they plan to make to enable firms that pay the Apprenticeship Levy on the basis of their UK-wide pay bill to claim funding from the Apprenticeship Levy fund to support apprenticeships in the devolved nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL6895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The levy will apply to employers across the UK. As skills policy is a devolved area the Devolved Administrations will continue to have complete flexibility over how to support businesses in their Territories through training and apprenticeships. We are committed to doing all we can to make the system work for employers wherever they are in the UK and we are working closely with the Devolved Administrations to achieve that.</p><p> </p><p>The levy will apply to employers across the UK. As skills policy is a devolved area the Devolved Administrations will receive their fair share of the income from the levy, and have flexibility over how to use it to support businesses in their territories. We are committed to doing all we can to make the system work for employers wherever they are in the UK and we are working closely with the Devolved Administrations to achieve that</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/03/2016 13:44:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

459251

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, after the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, incentive payments will continue to be made available for (1) small firms offering apprenticeships, (2) apprenticeships offered to 16–18 year olds, and (3) successfully completed apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL6896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>In <em>English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 vision</em> we set out our plans for introducing a simple and transparent funding model alongside the introduction of the apprenticeship levy. We want this to continue to encourage employers to take on 16-18 year old apprenticeships, as well as encourage take up of the higher quality training offered by apprenticeship standards. Further information on new arrangements will be made available by the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2016 14:12:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

459252

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are considering introducing a more streamlined process to become a registered training organisation in order to encourage more employers to deliver their own specialist apprenticeship training.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL6897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>We have committed to streamline the process to reduce barriers to new training providers entering the market and joining the Register of Training Organisations, so that there is a broad and flexible range of high quality providers of apprenticeship training.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult with employers to help us determine what this process should look like in the future. We recognise the important contribution of employers that provide apprenticeship training and want to ensure this continues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2016 14:01:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

459253

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Tunnels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what investigations they have conducted into the safety of long road tunnels, and what assessment they have made of the implications of those investigations for any proposed road tunnel under the Pennines.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The government has investigated the safety of long road tunnels as part of the strategic study into the Trans-Pennine Tunnel. Such tunnels are operated safely around the world and the Trans-Pennine Tunnel will be designed to be consistent with this.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/03/2016 13:20:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

459254

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sub-Saharan Africa: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role of investment through local revenue raising in the development of sustainable health systems capable of detecting and responding to disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Domestic financing has a central role to play in all countries to strengthen health systems and improve accountability. In April 2001, African Union Heads of State agreed the Abuja Declaration which set a target of allocating at least 15% of budgets to improve the health sector. Subsequently, the share of budgets allocated to health increased from 8.1% in 2000 to 9.6% in 2010. However, even at 15% of government expenditure, many African countries would still lack the funding necessary to improve their health systems significantly. The international community therefore plays an important supporting role in strengthening health systems to contain disease outbreaks and to ensure global health security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/03/2016 12:17:10 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

459255

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, in the aftermath of the Ebola epidemic, of the case for the reform of World Health Organisation governance structures in order to strengthen the effectiveness of global responses to the outbreak of infectious diseases.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Following lessons learned from Ebola, Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) supports the recommendations from the independent Advisory Group to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General on Reform of WHO’s Work in Outbreaks and Health Emergencies. HMG welcomes the action that WHO Director General Chan has already taken in joining together WHO’s disease outbreaks and emergency response departments. We also welcome commitment by the WHO to implement one workforce, one budget, one set of rules and processes, and a clear line of authority which we assess will strengthen WHO’s governance structure and allow for an effective response to outbreak of infectious diseases. HMG has urged the WHO to implement the Advisory Group recommendations in full and without delay and we look forward to an update on progress with this at the World Health Assembly in May.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/03/2016 12:19:28 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

459256

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the report of the Harvard Global Health Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Independent Panel on Global Response to Ebola published in The Lancet online on 22 November 2015, with particular reference to the creation of a Global Health Committee of the UN Security Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Ebola crisis demonstrated the need for reform of the international system of response to disease outbreaks, including reform of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Several independent groups have made important recommendations including the Harvard Global Health Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Independent Panel. The WHO Director General commissioned an independent Advisory Group on Reform of WHO’s work in Outbreaks and Emergencies with Health and Humanitarian Consequences. This group considered the Harvard and London School reports but did not include the creation of a Global Health Committee of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in the recommendations they have made to the WHO. Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) supports the Advisory Group recommendations which aim to equip and empower WHO to deliver more effectively in outbreak response and to fulfil its leadership and coordination role in humanitarian crises and to do so with independent oversight. HMG will assess a progress update on WHO’s implementation of these reforms at the World Health Assembly in May.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/03/2016 12:16:26 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

459257

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why publication of the research by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Equality and Human Rights Commission into pregnancy discrimination has been delayed, and when the final report can be expected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2016 answer text <p>The final reports into Pregnancy and Maternity-related Discrimination and Disadvantage in the Workplace were published on 22 March 2016, together with the Government response to recommendations made by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.</p><p>We had intended to publish the final reports in December 2015, but this did not prove possible as the extensive research reports took longer than expected to finalise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/04/2016 14:00:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

459258

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran following the announcement by the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon that Iran will pay $7,000 to the families of suicide bombers and other terrorists who die in the process of attacking any Israeli.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL6903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>We raised the issue of payments to families of suicide bombers with the Iranian government, and are seeking clarification over the reported remarks about providing funds to the families of suicide bombers. We condemn any support for groups which pursue an ideology of violence that directly undermines the prospects for peace in the region.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/03/2016 17:24:06 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech