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890042

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Salvation Army: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether regular safeguarding inspections of sub-contractors are carried out by the Salvation Army in its capacity as the Government’s modern slavery victim care contract manager.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	137094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Salvation Army (TSA) are contracted by the Home Office to deliver the Victim Care Contract, which ensures that the needs of adult potential victims of modern slavery are met. This includes accommodation, medical care, counselling, translation services and a dedicated specialist support worker. TSA are required to adhere to the Home Office’s own requirements in respect of safeguarding.</p><p>TSA subcontracts to a network of 13 subcontractors in England and Wales to deliver this service. Within the contract, there are requirements for subcontractors to be inspected on a regular basis; these are inspections on both accommodation standards and safeguarding, which are carried out annually.</p><p>The Salvation Army undertakes routine safeguarding checks of all subcontracted provision – undertaken by their independent inspection team. The Key Performance Indicators show that these inspections consistently prove satisfactory across all subcontractors.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/04/2018 14:48:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

884264

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Baby Care Units: Admissions
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 Young of Cookham on 14 March (HL5971) showing a “clear overall upward trend” in the number and rate of hospital episodes for neonates from 2000–01 to 2016–17, what assessment they have made of the reasons for that increase; and what was the annual expenditure resulting from such admissions in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Two factors have led to the increase in the number and rate of hospital episodes for neonates. Firstly an increase in the numbers of extremely preterm children admitted and surviving over the last 16 years, a trend that continues.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, there has been an increase in admission of babies born at full term. This is a factor that has been recognised and that we are tackling through the Addressing Term Admissions In Neonatal Units (ATAIN) programme. The ATAIN programme will support healthcare professionals to improve outcomes for babies, mothers and families through the delivery of safer care with a focus on four clinical areas: respiratory conditions; hypoglycaemia; jaundice; and asphyxia (perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia). ATAIN aims to ensure that no baby is separated from their mother unnecessarily by admission to the neonatal intensive care unit.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the data supplied by hubs in the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Expenditure exercises which NHS England undertakes annually against the NPoC (National Programme of Care) code E08 Neonatal Critical Care. This data covers specialised services expenditure only and no data is held prior to 2013/14 when NHS England came into being.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure £ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The financial values have been consolidated through the use of NPoC (National Programme of Care) codes and are taken from our annual CCG expenditure exercise. This exercise uses Provider Aggregate Contract Monitoring as the basis for the data; where this data is incomplete hubs will apportion / estimate any missing values.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/04/2018 15:39:52 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884265

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take following the killing of unarmed demonstrators during recent protests in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for the Middle East, and I, have raised the use of force during the protests with the Israeli authorities, in particular the use of live ammunition which is of very deep concern. It is plain that Hamas and their operatives have been exploiting these protests for their own benefit, and we have been clear that Israel has the right to secure itself against Hamas and other terrorist groups. We continue to urge Israel to show restraint and the Palestinian leadership to ensure the protests are peaceful. There is a need to establish the facts, including why such a volume of live fire has been used and secondly what role Hamas has played in escalating and inciting violence. Given the importance of accountability, we are supportive of an independent and transparent investigation. We therefore welcome Israel's commitment to investigate the conduct of operations, and would urge that its findings be made public and if wrongdoing is found, that those responsible be held to account.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 15:20:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884266

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take following reports that members of the press in Gaza were either targeted by Israeli snipers or that shooting was indiscriminate, during recent protests.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that the Israeli Defense Forces shot two journalists identified as Yasser Murtaja and Ahmed Abu Hassin, who were wearing PRESS identification. We continue to urge Israel to show restraint and the Palestinian leadership to ensure the protests are peaceful. Given the importance of accountability, we are supportive of an independent and transparent investigation. We therefore welcome Israel's commitment to investigate the conduct of operations, and would urge that its findings be made public and if wrongdoing is found, that those responsible be held to account.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 15:21:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884267

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in regard to reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by Israeli forces against protestors.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are not aware of any such reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2018 11:28:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884268

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports that 15 year old Hamed al-Masri was shot in the head by an Israeli Defence Force soldier.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>​Whilst we have not raised this specific issue, we continue to raise concerns with the Israeli authorities about the Israel Defense Forces' use of live fire. We urge all sides to show maximum constraints and prevent further loss of life.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 15:18:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884269

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Ameer As'ad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding the prison conditions experienced by wheelchair user Ameer As’ad who is on hunger strike in order to be provided with an accessible toilet in Israeli prison.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL6954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>​Whilst we have not raised this specific issue, we urge the Israeli authorities to ensure that prisoners are provided with the necessary health care and other provisions that they require in line with international obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2018 11:29:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

884270

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to be in a position to release, on licence or otherwise, more prisoners serving indeterminate sentences following the introduction of tags incorporating GPS-based electronic location monitoring.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL6955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>GPS location monitoring will be available next year and may be used to monitor a licence condition. Although it is not possible to predict whether this will result in more prisoners serving indeterminate sentences being released, a recent pilot has demonstrated a demand for this technology in the management of individuals released by the Parole Board.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:43:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

884271

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what is their objective for military action against Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL6956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The objective for our targeted strike on 14 April was to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme and to deter the further use of these weapons against their own population. It was not about regime change.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/04/2018 16:08:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

884272

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to ensuring that the United Nations Security Council completes President Putin's 2013 initiative to rid Syria of chemical weapons.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL6957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to ensuring the removal of all chemical weapons in Syria, but this is complicated by Russia's refusal to hold the Asad regime to account for chemical weapons use. In 2013, Russia committed itself to ensuring that Syria would stop the use of chemical weapons and destroy its chemical weapons stockpile. Yet since then investigations mandated by the UN have found the Asad regime responsible for using chemical weapons in at least four separate attacks. Russia has vetoed UN Security Council resolutions on Syria chemical weapons six times since 2017, including following the chemical attack in Douma. The Syrians have still not provided a comprehensive declaration of their programme, as required by the Chemical Weapons Convention and UN Security Council Resolution 2118.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2018 11:31:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott