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1064572

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date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Specific Learning Difficulties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the undertaking in the letter from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Lord Addington on 3 December that those diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties before the age of 16 will no longer have to undertake a second diagnosis to qualify for the Disabled Students’ Allowance, whether those who have been qualified to carry out this assessment will continue to be so after February 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL13891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The department is yet to conclude discussions currently being held with relevant experts, including the British Dyslexia Association, about the qualifications that should be held by those undertaking specific learning difficulty diagnostic assessments that can be used to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The experts with whom the department is discussing this issue have knowledge and understanding of diagnostic assessment undertaken for school pupils. The department expects to conclude these discussions by the middle of March 2019.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13892 HL13893 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:48:55 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1064573

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Specific Learning Difficulties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all potential students with a diagnosis of dyslexia or specific learning difficulties whose assessment was carried out by somebody without the Assessment Practising Certificate before the end of February 2019 will have to undertake and pay for a second assessment to make them eligible for the Disabled Students’ Allowance in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL13892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The department is yet to conclude discussions currently being held with relevant experts, including the British Dyslexia Association, about the qualifications that should be held by those undertaking specific learning difficulty diagnostic assessments that can be used to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The experts with whom the department is discussing this issue have knowledge and understanding of diagnostic assessment undertaken for school pupils. The department expects to conclude these discussions by the middle of March 2019.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13891 HL13893 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:48:55 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1064594

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their current review of the global persecution of Christians, whether they will consider commissioning similar reviews about other religions or belief groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL13913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to commission independent reviews on other groups at this time. The persecution or discrimination against all faiths or beliefs remains of profound concern to us and we remain committed to standing up for Freedom of Religion or Belief all over the world. We will continue to work with faith leaders and civil society organisations to tackle discrimination and persecution and to promote the value and benefit - to individuals, communities and wider society - of religious freedom and mutual respect.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 17:14:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1064602

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reached agreement with the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland on its long-term budget; and what is the amount of that budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL13921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office officials continue to work with the Chief Electoral Officer to confirm the final allocation for the next financial year. I expect that this will be determined in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/02/2019 15:26:43 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1064607

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Leila de Lima
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 13 February (HL13518), whether Senator Leila de Lima remains in custody in the Philippines; what representations they have made to the government of the Philippines about her case; what discussions they have had with the Inter-Parliamentary Union about representations that organisation has made to the government of the Philippines about her case; and what action they have taken since the question for short debate in the name of Lord Hylton on 24 January (HL Deb, cols 863–878).
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of the case of Senator Leila de Lima, who has remained in detention since 24 February 2017. Our Embassy in Manila continues to follow developments over her case closely.</p><p>Our position on the importance of rule of law is clear, consistent and well known in the Philippines. We continue to underline the need for the rule of law to be upheld and due process followed.</p><p>In August 2018, the Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific underlined our views with several Philippine Ministers during his trip to Manila. In November 2018, Senior Officials underscored the same point during our High level Political Talks. Most recently, the Prime Ministers' Trade Envoy to the Philippines, Richard Graham MP, raised these issues with Philippine Ministers during his visit to the country in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 17:17:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1064609

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
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 impact of the pilot Department for Work and Pensions and Oxfam Cymru livelihoods and poverty awareness training project carried out in 2016–17; and whether there are any plans to introduce such training elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL13928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The department has not carried out any assessment of the Oxfam Cymru livelihoods and poverty awareness training project. Oxfam Cymru commissioned the University of Salford to carry out an independent evaluation the result of which can be found on their website.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is exploring how this approach could be included as part of our claimant offer and the associated training requirements for our staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/02/2019 12:01:27 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1064618

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will review the shale gas fracking regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL13937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from three scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. There are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2019 13:56:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1064623

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help reduce levels of child poverty in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>There is clear evidence that work offers the best opportunity for families to move out of poverty and towards financial independence. Children in workless households are around 5 times more likely to be in poverty after housing costs than those where all adults work. 62% of children living in a workless couple family are in relative poverty (before housing costs) compared with only 3% where both adults work full-time.</p><p>This is why we are continuing to undertake the most ambitious reform to the welfare system in decades – so that it supports people to find and to stay in work. Nationally, there are now over 3.5 million more people in work. Universal Credit is at the heart of these reforms. It is designed to promote full-time work and employment for partners where possible, through smoother incentives to increase hours.</p><p>Working parents on UC can have up to 85% of their childcare costs reimbursed – worth up to £1,108 per month for someone with two or more children. We have also introduced additional flexibility on support for up front childcare costs, increased work allowances, and doubled free childcare available to working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours per week.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/02/2019 15:58:26 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick