Tag: Lord Storey

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-05-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 9 May (HL7985), in the light of their policy of not cutting the education budget of individual schools, what extra funding they are providing to schools to support the increase in the on-costs on teachers’ salaries in the last three years.

Lord Nash

At the Spending Review we announced we would protect the core schools budget in real terms during this Parliament. Schools are expected to manage within their individual budgets, including taking account of national insurance and pension contributions. From 2017 we have committed to introduce a national funding formula so that we can allocate funding more fairly, based on schools’ individual needs and the characteristics of their pupils. That will mean schools are better placed to manage cost pressures and to make informed decisions about their spending over a longer term.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-06-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many LGBTIQ people applied for refugee status in the UK on the basis of homophobic, biphobic or transphobic laws in their home countries in the last five years, and what was the percentage success rate of those applications.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Further to the response provided to Lord Scriven on 25 March 2015, (HL5725) the process of quality assuring the data held on the Home Office’s Case Information Database, relating to sexuality based asylum claims is currently being undertaken by Home Office officials.

As such, the Home Office has not yet reached a point where it can provide an accurate picture of the number of asylum claims based on sexuality and no statistical data on this subject has hitherto been published.

Information where the detail of the asylum claim basis relates to gender identity issues is not routinely recorded on Home Office databases in a way that can be easily aggregated. No published data exists relating to gender identity based asylum claims.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-06-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to cover any shortfall in university research funding as a result of the UK leaving the EU if a satisfactory negotiated alternative cannot be achieved.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

The future of UK access to European research and innovation funding will be a matter for the new Prime Minister and government to discuss. The government is determined to ensure that the UK continues to play a leading role in European and international research and innovation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-07-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the transparency of decisions taken by Local Economic Partnership (LEP) members, such as requiring registers of members’ interests or the publication of a conflict of interest policy.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Government is clear that Local Enterprise Partnerships should operate transparently: giving people confidence that decisions made are proper, based on evidence, and not biased by conflicts of interest.

How each Local Enterprise Partnership is achieving this is set out in their own local assurance framework, and verified by their accountable local authority. We are reviewing every framework as part of the criteria for the current round of growth deals, and again through annual performance conversations with each Partnership.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information schools are required by law to collect regarding their pupils.

Lord Nash

Schools collect a range of information on pupils for their own purposes. Full details of all the data collected by law is accessible via the links in the attached list.

Some of this information is required to be submitted to the Department via various collections which are undertaken throughout the school year. The main types of information collected by the Department are:

• pupil identifiers (name, date of birth, etc)
• pupil characteristics (gender, ethnicity, language, etc.)
• pupil attendance and exclusions
• pupil special educational needs
• pupil attainment and teacher assessments

The school census has collected such data at pupil level from the introduction of the Pupil Level Annual School Census in 2002.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2015-11-24.

To ask the Chairman of Committees whether employees of public affairs companies can hold a House of Lords staff pass.

Lord Laming

Yes. Members of the House of Lords may sponsor their staff for parliamentary photo-passes, provided the member certifies that the applicant for the pass genuinely provides parliamentary research or secretarial services for the member or acts as a carer or driver for them.

Members’ staff with parliamentary photo-passes are subject to the Code of Conduct for House of Lords Members’ Staff. This requires them to disclose in the Register of Members’ Staff Interests any employment they have outside the House of Lords. They must also register any financial interest in businesses or organisations involved in public affairs or parliamentary lobbying. The Code of Conduct prohibits members’ staff from making use of their access to the parliamentary estate to further the interests of an outside body from whom they receive payment.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2015-12-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of clinical negligence in hospitals in each of the last 10 years.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The information requested is in the following table, provided by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA).

All payments made by the NHSLA in respect of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in hospitals in each of the last ten years.

Year of Payment	Total Paid £’000
2005/06	560,308
2006/07	579,390
2007/08	633,325
2008/09	769,226
2009/10	786,991
2010/11	863,398
2011/12	1,277,372
2012/13	1,258,880
2013/14	1,192,540
2014/15	1,169,587

Notes:

1. December 2015

2. These figures cover England only.

3. They represent payments under the various NHS LA Clinical negligence schemes:

‒ Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts;

‒ Existing Liabilities Scheme; and

‒ Ex-Regional Health Authorities Scheme.

4. It excludes private insurance cases.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-01-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Education, Health and Care plans are now in place.

Lord Nash

Information on statements of special educational needs and statutory Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans maintained by local authorities is collected in the annual SEN2 data return from local authorities in January each year. The latest available data shows there were 4,205 statutory EHC plans maintained by local authorities, as of January 2015.

The Department does not collect information on which local authority has taken the longest amount of time to assess and decide on an EHC plan. Data is collected in the annual SEN2 return on the number of EHC plans which were issued within the 20 weeks set out in regulations.

Of the new EHC plans issued in 2014, 64.3% were within the 20 weeks when excluding exception cases. Including exception cases; 61.5% were issued within the 20 weeks. However, these figures cover EHC plans issued in the first four months of the transitional period where local authorities are beginning to implement the new reforms within 20 weeks.

This information was published in the statistical first release ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England 2015’, in May 2015. Data for January 2016 is expected to be published in May 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-01-29.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 20 January (HL5274), whether it is still a legal requirement to have a daily act of collective worship in academies, free schools and maintained schools.

Lord Nash

All state schools, including academies and free schools, must provide a daily act of collective worship for all registered pupils up to the age of 18. Parents have the right to withdraw their children from all or any part of collective worship, and sixth-form pupils have the right to withdraw themselves from collective worship.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take following their consultation on the EBacc.

Lord Nash

The consultation closed on 29 January. We are currently considering the responses and plan to publish the government response in due course.