Lord Touhig

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average time that reservists are members of the Armed Forces.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review their policy of not offering British passports to former members of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Armed Forces Covenant extends to former members of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of morale in the Defence Medical Services.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase staff retention in the Defence Medical Services.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the relocation of families on staff retention in the Defence Medical Services.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any plans to increase the number of military doctors working less than full-time.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their target for opening new academy schools in each of the next five years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their target for opening new academy schools in the year May 2015 to May 2016.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new academy schools they estimate will open in the year May 2015 to May 2016.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their total estimated value of sponsorship for new academy schools between 7 May and 31 August.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage sponsors to open new academy schools.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sponsors have applied to open new academy schools since May.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what outcomes they expect amending the provision of teachers’ pay and conditions warning notices to produce.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to give the Secretary of State the power to delegate decisions on academy orders to regional schools commissioners; and if so, whether this will be done by secondary legislation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in all circumstances warning notices will be issued to schools prior to an academy order being issued; and what is the estimated cost for a single school academy conversion.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the current performance data held by the Department for Education and its agencies, what estimate they have made of the number of (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools that are likely to fall into the cat...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have retained the right to consultation for foundation and voluntary schools that are subject to academy orders as a result of low education standards.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria will be used to assess the quality of new providers that take over schools that convert to academy status; and whether they plan to publish the criteria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which maintained sector providers they plan to consult on the impact of the Childcare Bill [HL].