Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what the implications are for the security of parliamentary data and devices of the decision by Apple to reduce the security features they make available to UK users.

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Apple has removed Advanced Data Protection in the UK, meaning some iCloud data categories now have standard rather than end-to-end encryption. Parliament-issued devices have separate security protocols, and we continue to provide advice to Members on how to protect Parliamentary and personal data on iPhones. The Parliamentary Security and Digital Departments do not assess that this change will have an adverse impact on Security.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the College of Policing or the National Police Chiefs Council report to them about any analysis those organisations have undertaken on the effectiveness of recording non-crime hate incidents in (1) reducing, and (2) preventing, hate crime; and, if so, how often.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the police recording non-crime hate incidents in detecting hate crime.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the police recording non-crime hate incidents in reducing hate crime.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how often since 2017 has the joint liability rule been used to pursue an online marketplace for VAT which a seller on that marketplace has evaded; and with what success.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Since the start of 2017, HM Revenue & Customs has issued over 17,000 notices to online marketplaces resulting in the successful removal of non-compliant sellers.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils took examinations in summer 2024; how many GCSEs each pupil took on average; and what was the average grade achieved by the worst-performing 10 per cent of pupils in (1) mainstream schools, (2) special schools, (3) alternative provision and (4) all of the above.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

In 2023/24, there were 629,275 pupils in state-funded schools at the end of key stage 4. Of these pupils, 614,265 took at least one GCSE. The average number of GCSEs taken by pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools was 7.3. This figure includes pupils who did not take any GCSEs.

These figures are all publicly available in the key stage 4 performance statistics release and the Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) website, which are available via the following links: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance and https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/.

The table below shows the average score for the lowest performing 10 percent of pupils broken down by school type. This is based on grading from 1 to 9, with grades U and X assigned a score of 0.

(1) Includes all pupils at the end of key stage 4. If no examinations were entered a pupil’s total grade is counted as 0.

(2) Includes pupils who have at least one entry which counts towards performance tables.

(3) Includes scores from all qualifications that count towards performance tables, not just GCSEs. All qualifications are assigned scores on the 1 to 9 scale.

(4) State-funded mainstream schools includes community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, sponsored academies (mainstream), converter academies (mainstream) and free schools (mainstream).

(5) State-funded special schools includes community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsor-led academies, special converter academies and special free schools.

(6) Alternative provisions includes pupil referral units, academy alternative provision, community hospital schools, and free school alternative provision.

Found: 10.15 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Mair (The Chair); Lord Borwick; Lord Drayson; Lord Lucas

Found: 10.15 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Mair (The Chair); Lord Borwick; Lord Drayson; Lord Lucas

Found: LORD LUCAS LORD BLENCATHRA LORD TRUE 35_ After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Rights

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