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753901

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to finance the construction of HS2 Phase 1; and whether they intend to use a Public Private-Partnership arrangement for any of the construction work.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>Delivery of HS2 is being taken forward on the basis of public funding by HM Treasury. A long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn (2015 prices) was set out in Spending Review 2015, of which £27.18bn is allocated to Phase 1.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to explore opportunities for private financing, where this offers value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/07/2017 09:11:37 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

753922

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religion: Freedom of Expression
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July (HL47), whether UK citizens are free to criticise religions in private and in public.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Citizens of the United Kingdom are of course, free to criticise religions in private and public. However, it is not acceptable to stir up or promote hatred and violence against people because of their faith. Freedom of speech is one of the values that underpin our society but there are limits – it is not acceptable for people to abuse freedom of speech to incite hatred and division.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/07/2017 14:03:35 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

753924

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of (1) children in South Sudan who are malnourished, and (2) South Sudanese children who are crossing into Uganda; and what steps have been taken to address the plight of children in South Sudan affected by the ongoing armed conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL1070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest estimate from the UN is that there are 1.1 million acutely malnourished children in South Sudan. There are 586,600 children under 18 who have fled to Uganda and many of these will have been malnourished when they arrived. The UK is leading the international response to the crisis in South Sudan, and this year will feed 500,000 people and, with other donors, provide lifesaving nutritional support for 100,000 children and mothers, and over 1.8 million health consultations to children under five.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2017 15:01:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

753928

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of comparative public and private sector pay, including the value of pensions, for the years for which this information is available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL1074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by HM Treasury shows that on average, when including employer pension contributions, there is a premium of about 10%. Details can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Pay and Employer Pension Contributions – Differential between Public and Private Sector (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>7.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>7.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>14.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9.12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Technical notes to the table:</strong></p><p>This analysis was conducted by HM Treasury based on data from the ONS’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and compares public and private sector earnings when including employer pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The differential obtained shows the percentage hourly compensation from working in the public sector above that of the private sector after accounting for differences in composition between the two. To factor in these compositional differences, the analysis accounts for differences in age, gender, job type (full- or part-time, permanent or temporary), occupation category, region, and tenure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 14:14:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe