Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158-160), what assessment they have made of the number of NHS doctors who are likely to retire between 2021 and 2024.
Answered by Lord Kamall
An assessment of future expected retirement rates for National Health Service doctors is complex. Retirement is a personal choice and an individual may choose to retire for a range of reasons. While it is not possible to isolate a single factor which motivates retirement, we continue to monitor retirement patterns of doctors in the NHS.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), whether they expect to meet their target to increase the number of GPs by 6000 by 2024.
Answered by Lord Kamall
While progress against the target to increase the number of doctors in general practice by 6,000 by 2024 has been challenging, we remain committed to increasing the general practitioner (GP) workforce as soon as possible. In September 2021, there were 1,841 more full time equivalent doctors in general practice than September 2019 - a headcount increase of 2,634.
We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England and the profession to increase recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice. We have increased the number of GP training places with 4,000 doctors accepting a place this year, from 2,671 in 2014.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Higher Education Funding Council for England followed the correct procedures when it considered an application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for funding in 2016.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
During the existence of the Higher Education Funding Council for England it performed the duties required of it to a high standard, including dealing with funding applications.
The UK government cannot currently comment on the specific case of the funding application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2016 as there is a live investigation underway by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage, of Girls' Education Challenge programmes specifically target displaced populations.
Answered by Lord Bates
Of the 27 Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) projects currently implementing, two are specifically targeting displaced populations, representing 7% of the overall portfolio.
A further 14 projects are in the inception stage, and of these five are planning to specifically target displaced populations. This will bring the overall percentage of GEC projects specifically targeting displaced populations to 17%.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas development aid was allocated to (1) primary education, (2) secondary education, and (3) education programmes for displaced children in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bates
Set out below is the bilateral aid spent on 1) basic education (accounting for primary and basic adult education) and 2) secondary education for each financial year from 2010. For aid allocated to education for displaced children please refer to the answer to HL12391.
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Basic education | 173,479 | 261,829 | 241,848 | 226,418 | 197,898 | 211,520 | 449,092 | 368,224 | |
Secondary education | 33,959 | 36,632 | 34,740 | 138,665 | 183,647 | 54,789 | 100,982 | 108,342 | |
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for International Development on 31 October (109226), whether any progress has been made by the OECD Development Assistance Committee to agree a specific Education in Emergencies code.
Answered by Lord Bates
UK humanitarian aid is classified using standards defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) so they can be comparable across the international donor community. While the proposal to update the humanitarian codes was approved by all DAC members in April 2018, the specific “Education in Emergencies” code was not approved at this stage. The DAC may consider revisiting the introduction of this code in the future.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people arrested in England and Wales have been diverted to mental health services after an assessment by Liaison and Diversion teams in each year since such teams were established.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Government Equalities Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government Equalities Office does not hold this informationAsked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Department for Transport has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Independent government reviews come in many different forms. Without defining a specific type of review, for example a government funded inquiry, it is not possible to determine an answer. The Department for Transport therefore does not hold this information.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Department for International Trade has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
The Department for International Trade does not hold this information.