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Lords HL3670
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the maximum allowable operating speed in the HS2 Phase 1 tunnels.
Tabled: 2026-09-17
Lord Berkeley
Lord Berkeley
Lab
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-10-08
HS2 will now operate to a maximum permissible overall line speed of 320 km/h, this includes all tunnels on the route.
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Lords HL3492
To ask His Majesty's Government why the practice of using public funds from HM Treasury to pay the Bank of England to enable the Bank to pay interest to commercial banks on their reserve deposits is continuing in the UK, in the light of internatio...
Tabled: 2026-09-14
Lord Kinnock
Lord Kinnock
Lab
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-10-08
Bank Rate is the reference rate that commercial banks both receive on their reserve holdings and must pay to borrow additional reserves from the Bank of England. Remuneration of reserves at Bank Ra...
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Lords HL3491
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to paying interest on a proportion of reserve deposits made with the Bank of England by commercial banks and providing for any reduction in reserves to be paid out of the interest ...
Tabled: 2026-09-14
Lord Kinnock
Lord Kinnock
Lab
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-10-08
Bank Rate is the reference rate that commercial banks both receive on their reserve holdings and must pay to borrow additional reserves from the Bank of England. Remuneration of reserves at Bank Ra...
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Lords HL3489
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current total level of reserve deposits from commercial banks held by the Bank of England; and whether the interest paid by the Bank to commercial banks on those deposits is fixed at the Bank Rate by con...
Tabled: 2026-09-14
Lord Kinnock
Lord Kinnock
Lab
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-10-08
Bank Rate is the reference rate that commercial banks both receive on their reserve holdings and must pay to borrow additional reserves from the Bank of England. Remuneration of reserves at Bank Ra...
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Lords HL3490
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the cost in each year since 2021–22 of payments to the Bank of England by HM Treasury, to enable the Bank to pay interest to commercial banks on their reserve deposits with the Bank.
Tabled: 2026-09-14
Lord Kinnock
Lord Kinnock
Lab
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-10-08
Bank Rate is the reference rate that commercial banks both receive on their reserve holdings and must pay to borrow additional reserves from the Bank of England. Remuneration of reserves at Bank Ra...
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Lords HL3389
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the intensive training and practice requirement of the initial teacher training criteria will be retained without reduction for courses beginning in September 2027.
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Intensive training and practice (ITAP) is designed to strengthen trainees’ knowledge, understanding and classroom practice by supporting them to engage with evidence-based approaches, apply learnin...
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Lords HL3387
To ask His Majesty's Government whether Ofsted’s initial teacher education inspection framework takes account of the effectiveness of a provider’s academic appointment processes and research integrity arrangements; and if not, whether they will as...
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Ofsted’s initial teacher education inspection framework provides an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of initial teacher education providers. Inspections consider the quality of education...
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Lords HL3388
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on trainee quality of the removal of the statutory requirement for 20 hours of mentor training for initial teacher training mentors.
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Effective mentoring is critical to high-quality initial teacher training (ITT) and the trainee experience. Trainees remain entitled to 1.5 hours of dedicated weekly mentor support during placements...
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Lords HL3423
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, school teachers have left the profession in each of the last five years.
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Lord Storey
Lord Storey
LD
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Information on the state-funded school workforce in England, including the number of qualified teachers who leave service each year and the number of teachers who retire, is published in the ‘Schoo...
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Lords HL3424
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, school teachers have taken early retirement in each of the last five years.
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Lord Storey
Lord Storey
LD
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Information on the state-funded school workforce in England, including the number of qualified teachers who leave service each year and the number of teachers who retire, is published in the ‘Schoo...
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Lords HL3392
To ask His Majesty's Government what modelling they have undertaken of the effect of the proposed breadth slots in a reformed Progress 8 on the ranking of the 50 schools with the highest Progress 8 scores in 2025; and whether they intend to publis...
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
The government accepted the Curriculum and Assessment Review's recommendation that Progress 8 should remain the headline key stage 4 performance measure. The government subsequently consulted on po...
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Lords HL3391
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the consultation on reform of Progress 8 and Attainment 8 that closed on 4 May.
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
The government accepted the Curriculum and Assessment Review's recommendation that Progress 8 should remain the headline key stage 4 performance measure. The government subsequently consulted on po...
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Lords HL3390
To ask His Majesty's Government why they decided to reform Progress 8 and Attainment 8 notwithstanding the recommendation of the curriculum and assessment review that Progress 8 be retained with no change to its structure or subject composition; a...
Tabled: 2026-09-10
Baroness Cash
Baroness Cash
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
The government accepted the Curriculum and Assessment Review's recommendation that Progress 8 should remain the headline key stage 4 performance measure. The government subsequently consulted on po...
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Lords HL3437
To ask His Majesty's Government when Ofsted last inspected the University of Cambridge as an initial teacher education provider; what the outcome was; and when the next inspection is scheduled.
Tabled: 2026-09-11
The Earl of Effingham
The Earl of Effingham
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
The University of Cambridge’s initial teacher education provision was last inspected by Ofsted from 29 April to 2 May 2024. The university received a grade of ‘outstanding’ for all aspects of its p...
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Lords HL3436
To ask His Majesty's Government why the inspection cycle for initial teacher education providers has been extended from three years to four; and what assessment they have made of the effect of this on the quality of provision.
Tabled: 2026-09-11
The Earl of Effingham
The Earl of Effingham
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-10-07
Accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers play a critical role in the education system and it is right that they are inspected by Ofsted to ensure high quality. The previous inspection cy...
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