Results 1-20 of 3,142 for speaker:Lord Triesman

Taxation: Foreign Footballers (2 Apr 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of the Football Association. I assure the House that the competition to stage the finals is very tough and that people make bids in that light. Will my noble friend the Minister give the House an explicit assurance that the Treasury and all government departments will at least match the terms on which European Governments enable their sports...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, the most recent provisional figures for 2006-07, collected for management information purposes, show completion rates of 65.1 per cent for apprenticeships and 64.2 per cent for advanced apprenticeships. The figures are provisional until publication of the LSC's outcomes statistical first release in April 2008, which will confirm the final results for 2006-07.

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, I am well aware that many employers feel that it would be better if there was direct funding, for precisely the reasons that the noble Baroness describes. However, a great many small employers have said that they would rather group their activity because they do not find it administratively efficient to do it directly themselves. That has been the overwhelming evidence from the...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, the alignment of different kinds of qualifications for those coming through further education or for adults who go through these courses is obviously important. We have the general introduction of diplomas and other arrangements in further education, a matter on which I know the noble Baroness is an expert, and it is critical that the outcome of an apprenticeship should be...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, I do not think that my noble friend is right. The entry qualifications to get into an apprenticeship either at the basic level, level 2, or the advanced level, level 3, are boundaries that employers are setting in terms of the outcomes they seek. I would prefer that that was decided by employers rather than in Whitehall as I think that we are likely to get the people we need in the...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, the plan overall is that there should be a considerable advance in the availability of apprenticeships to adults. It will be essential to raise the standards of many of those leaving school at 16 if we are to drive through to people continuing to 18, and some of the plans which my right honourable friend Ed Balls has announced to ensure one-to-one mentoring of young people who have...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, I think that some of the streams that have been identified in the new diplomas will have exactly that effect. The new diplomas have not been rolled out yet, and whether they have the whole of that effect will be seen in practice rather than just in theory. I will ensure that the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, is drawn to the attention of those working on the pathways...

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, I know that some of the evidence about the extent of demand is anecdotal, but I personally, as I said in debate in response to the noble Lord, Lord Wakeham, last Monday, completely accept the credibility of the argument put by the noble Baroness. It is essential that the work that the CBI and other partners are doing to encourage more employers into the sphere is undertaken with...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gershon Review: DIUS (14 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: The department came into existence as part of the machinery of government changes announced on 28 June 2007. There have not been any voluntary or compulsory redundancies since it was formed and it is too early at this stage to offer any meaningful statistics on natural wastage.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Universities: Physics and Chemistry (10 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: Applications and acceptances through UCAS for physics and chemistry courses have increased by some 10 per cent over the last two years. Subjects such as physics and chemistry are starting to become more popular and are taught as major subjects at some 50 and 70 UK institutions, respectively. We have consistently made clear that if a physics or chemistry department closes at one institution,...

Apprenticeships (EAC Report) (7 Jan 2008)

Lord Triesman: My Lords, first, I sincerely join all noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Wakeham, and the Economic Affairs Committee for a painstaking and helpful report. I will try to do justice to it. It is encouraging to know that it was the ninth report and that—taking these two points together—they have all been unanimous. I remember that the first report I did under the auspices...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Embryology (12 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: It is too early to say what will be accomplished by reprogramming of differentiated human cells. The current scientific consensus is that all approaches should be pursued to provide the knowledge required to advance the field.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Embryology (12 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: I am collating the information requested. I will write to the noble Lord in due course and place a copy of this letter in the Library of both Houses.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (10 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: The highest possible level of accuracy in published apprenticeship completion rates is ensured by a combination of quality-assurance arrangements. Completion rates are based on individual learner data submitted in a standard format by Learning and Skills Council (LSC)-funded apprenticeship providers. Providers' internal quality processes alongside qualification-awarding bodies' verification...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Embryology (10 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: The information requested is being collated. I will write to the noble Lord in due course and place copy of my response in the Libraries.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (6 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: The national online matching service is still being trialled in two Learning and Skills Council (LSC) areas in the south-west and south-east. The emerging findings show that young people value a single point for information and application on apprenticeships, while employers value the opportunity to advertise their vacancies and receive applications through the vacancy matching service. There...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (6 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and training providers endeavour to collect as much information as possible—but we need to continue to ensure that individuals and employers in the local area know that they should go to the LSC and training providers to find this information. We will, in 2008, introduce an online matching service that will greatly improve our ability to collect...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (6 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: We have no information on how many aspiring apprentices fail to obtain an apprenticeship place. However, rises over recent years in numbers of apprentices participating and numbers of employers offering places informed our recent commitment to a major expansion of the apprenticeship programme, with funding to increase overall places from 250,000 today to more than 400,000 by 2010-11, provided...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (6 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: We are introducing the national apprenticeship matching service in 2008. The apprenticeship review is considering the further reforms needed for young people to make an effective transition into apprenticeships, including in the area of information, advice and guidance.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Education: Literacy and Numeracy (6 Dec 2007)

Lord Triesman: Our targets to improve adult functional literacy and numeracy skills over the next three years are ambitious and challenging, especially with respect to numeracy, and are necessary to ensure that 95 per cent of adults achieve functional basic skills by 2020. We have put in place the investment to enable us to achieve this. A new numeracy strategy and marketing campaign in 2008 will drive...