Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the economic benefit to the UK arising from the provision of educational services to under-18 international students at boarding schools in the UK.
Answered by Lord Nash
No government estimate has been made of such benefits, although we welcome the contribution made by the independent schools sector. However, in 2014 the Independent Schools Council (ISC) published a study of the economic impact of independent schools on the British economy, and Appendix II of that report dealt specifically with the economic impact of overseas pupils, estimating that overseas pupils at ISC schools led in 2012 to a contribution of £890m to the Gross Domestic Product, generating 22,700 jobs and £385m in tax payments. These data have not been verified by government.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken to process an application for a Tier 4 child visa.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The global average processing time for Tier 4 child visas for the last three years is set out in the table below:
Year Resolved | Avg Processing Time (in working days) |
January – December 2014 | 8.24 |
January – December 2015 | 7.41 |
January – September 2016 | 6.45 |
These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children with a Tier 4 child category visa attend a UK boarding school.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office IT database does not differentiate the types of Independent schools into sub-categories; it is therefore not possible to provide the information pertaining to boarding schools alone.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a child attending a UK boarding school from overseas is regarded as habitually resident in the UK if they return home outside term-time.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Whether a child has habitual residence in the UK is a question of fact to be determined depending on the child’s individual circumstances. While the arrangements for a child at a UK boarding school both during term time and during holiday periods will be relevant to the assessment, it is not possible to determine from this alone where the child’s habitual residence lies. A decision must be made on a case by case basis.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance and specific information they have provided, or plan to provide, to businesses about the impact of the UK leaving the EU on individual business sectors in order to support those businesses in communicating with their staff, suppliers, and other stakeholders about the possible impact on them of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with my noble Friend.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of leaving the EU on businesses that export within the EU single market and on individual sectors.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with my noble Friend.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of asylum claims resolved after six months were found to be well-founded in the latest period for which the statistics are available.
Answered by Lord Bates
In 2015 there were a total of 10,199 asylum claims which were concluded six months or more after their initial application date. Of these, 4,620 claims were found to be entitled to a grant of asylum based on a well-founded fear of persecution.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate to be the total number of older people accessing local authority-funded social care in each of the last seven years, expressed in numbers and as proportion of the total relevant age group.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
Until 2013-14, the Health and Social Care Information Centre collected Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) data from local authorities. These data included the number of people aged 65 and over receiving local authority arranged social care services and are shown in the table.
The information collected does not distinguish between local authority funded and local authority arranged care.
Year | Clients aged over 65 receiving services during the period | As a percentage of the population aged 65 and over |
2007-08 | 1,220,660 | 15% |
2008-09 | 1,215,575 | 15% |
2009-10 | 1,147,695 | 14% |
2010-11 | 1,064,475 | 12% |
2011-12 | 991,230 | 11% |
2012-13 | 895,940 | 10% |
2013-14 | 853,615 | 9% |
Source: RAP P1 return and Office of National Statistics Mid Year Population Estimates | ||
RAP was replaced after 2013-14 with the present system, which collects data in a different way that is not directly comparable with the previous system. During 2014-15, 602,885 service users aged 65 and over accessed long term support and 184,645 accessed short term support from their local authority. As a proportion of the population aged 65 and over, these two figures combined represent 8.3% of the total population of the same age.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local authorities with a social care responsibility have made local authority-funded care available for those with less than substantial care needs, in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
The following table shows where local authorities set their local eligibility criteria within the eligibility framework set out in the statutory guidance Prioritising Need in the Context of Putting People First: A whole system approach to eligibility for social care.
| Critical | Substantial | Moderate | Low |
2010/11* | - | - | - | - |
2011/12 | 3 | 121 | 25 | 3 |
2012/13 | 3 | 127 | 19 | 3 |
2013/14 | 3 | 130 | 16 | 3 |
2014/15** | - | - | - | - |
Source: ADASS Budget Survey
* Data not collected
** Data not published
The Care Act 2014 provides the power for Secretary of State to set national eligibility criteria. The national criteria are set out in the Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2015, which were implemented in April 2015. The national eligibility threshold is set at a level where an adult’s needs have a significant impact on their wellbeing. Local authorities cannot tighten eligibility above this threshold, but they can choose to meet needs below this threshold.
Asked by: Lord Lansley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to make permanent the restriction on HGVs overtaking between Junctions 9 and 10 of the M11, following the trial.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
There are currently no restrictions on HGVs overtaking between Junctions 9 and 10 of the M11 and there are no plans to introduce restrictions. A permanent overtaking restriction on the uphill sections of the M11 between Junctions 8 and 9 is planned to be implemented in late 2016/17 subject to the completion of statutory processes and the availability of funding.