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172313

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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Nepal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 8 December 2014 (HL3326) and 18 December 2014 (HL3645), how many applications from Nepal were received in 2014 in Delhi and how many of these were approved.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>There were 7,022 Visa applications made in Nepal and processed in New Delhi between Jan - Sep 2014. Of these, 5,251 were approved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:03:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172314

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 15 December 2014 (HL3258), whether any gallantry medals have been awarded but not gazetted in the last 15 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Unless precluded on National Security grounds all gallantry medals awarded are a matter of public record via an announcement in the London Gazette.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 20/01/2015 16:18:33 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172315

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 15 December 2014 (HL3255), why the repayment conditions were not agreed in advance of the European Commission announcing the additional contribution to the European Union Budget; and what contingency planning they had undertaken to prepare for such an additional repayment demand.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Own Resources system – which underpins Member State contributions to the EU budget – adjustments are made to Member State contributions towards the end of each year, as a result of statistical revisions to factors underlying the contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister said in his statement following the October European Council last year, in some years the UK adjustment has been negative and in some years we contribute a little bit more. This happens every year. However, what has never happened is for €2 billion to be demanded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister also made clear that it was an unacceptable way for the Commission to suddenly present a bill like this for such a vast sum of money and with so little time to pay it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Commission Vice-President Georgieva confirmed that there was no way that Member States could have known the net figure until 17 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following intensive discussions with the Commission and at the November ECOFIN meeting, the Government halved the bill for the UK, delayed the bill, will pay no interest on the bill, and has changed the rules of the European Union so that such unacceptable behavior never happens again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/01/2015 15:01:43 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172316

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a Freedom of Information request which would exceed the financial threshold can be validly submitted on the basis that the enquirer pays the excess so that the information is provided.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL3899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Public authorities may provide information in response to a request for information exceeding the “appropriate limit” in section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the basis that the requester pays certain costs. The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 set out fees that may be charged in such cases under section 13 of the Act. However, it is entirely left to the discretion of the public authority whether or not to offer to comply on payment of such a fee.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/01/2015 16:57:08 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

172317

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 16 December 2014 (HL3641), whether they have discussed the risk factors relating to the entry into the country of foreign citizens with the government of the United States; and if so, why their assessment of the risks posed by Israeli citizens entering the United Kingdom differs from the assessment made by the government of the United States about entry into that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government regularly discusses a range of immigration issues with the Government of the United States, including on migration. We do not disclose the details of such discussions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/01/2015 14:32:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

172318

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the counter-terrorism work carried out as part of the Prevent strategy and the Channel process.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL3901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to monitor and evaluate the Channel programme and locally delivered Prevent projects in order to ensure that they are as effective as they can be and that good practice is shared across the country. In the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, we are proposing a new statutory duty on specified authorities (including local authorities, universities, Further Education providers, schools, parts of the NHS, prisons, young offender institutions, probation providers and the police) to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. We are also putting the Channel programme on a statutory footing. These measures will enshrine this good practice and secure local cooperation and delivery in all areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/01/2015 14:31:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

172319

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people committed suicide in prison in England in 2014; and of those (1) how many received mental health assessments prior to their deaths, and (2) how many were diagnosed with a mental health illness.
tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Bradford
uin	HL3902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody in 2014 is due to be released on the 29<sup>th</sup> January 2015 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent Safety in Custody statistics bulletin covers deaths in prison custody up to the end of September 2014. In the first 9 months of 2014 there had been 58 self-inflicted deaths in prison custody in England. As it can be difficult to determine a person’s intent to take their own life, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) classifies any death where a person has apparently taken their own life, irrespective of intent, as a self-inflicted death.</p><p> </p><p>Information on mental health assessments and diagnoses are not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners receive a detailed medical examination on reception and those identified as having mental health needs are referred for a further mental health assessment. The reception healthcare screen also includes an assessment of the risk of self harm or suicide. Prisoners identified as being at risk of self harm or suicide (on reception, or at any point during their time in custody) are subject to Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT), a flexible, prisoner-centred care planning process. The ACCT process includes a detailed psychosocial assessment by a trained assessor within 24 hours, and this is followed immediately by the first multi-disciplinary case review, at which a decision is reached about whether or not a further mental health assessment is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We are applying strenuous efforts to learn from each death and are providing further resources and support to prisons to help support their safer custody work. Reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons is a top priority, and our dedicated resources are providing support to many vulnerable prisoners every single day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 15/01/2015 12:16:13 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3798 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Bradford

172320

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Employment: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial implications for employers of the ruling by the European Court of Justice that under certain circumstances obesity should be considered a disability.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL3903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>A formal assessment of the impact of a court judgment on business is only carried out where a change in our domestic law is thought necessary in the light of that judgment. No such change is expected to arise from the relevant European Court judgment (Fag og Arbejde v Kommunernes Landsforening – aka the “Kaltoft” case</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

172321

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO: Newport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people comprised the United Kingdom delegation at the NATO summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Wales in September comprised a total of 40 people, of which 10 were women. The first ever meeting at a NATO summit on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) was held. The meeting launched NATO’s new Policy and Action Plan on WPS, and made permanent of the role of the Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:06:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

172322

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO: Newport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people comprised the Afghanistan delegation attending the NATO Summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Afghanistan delegation to the Summit in Wales in September comprised a total of 12 people, of which 2 were women.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:07:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger