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1126300

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date	13/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK nationals have returned from Syria in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL15660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Since the beginning of the conflict around 900 people of national security concern have travelled from the UK to Syria and Iraq, against the advice of the Foreign Office. Of these, around 40% have returned to the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/05/2019 15:15:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

1126304

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Nigeria: Boko Haram
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria about reports of recent attacks by Boko Haram in Molai, Borno State.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL15664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>We are concerned about reports of continuing attacks by insurgents in Borno State. We continue to urge the Nigerian Government to develop a clear strategy to tackle the conflict. The Foreign Secretary met the Nigerian Vice President during his visit in April to discuss long-term solutions to improve security, increase livelihoods and provide opportunities in the region. We will continue to look at how best to support the Nigerian Government in tackling the threat of terrorism, along with options for how the UK could further support dialogue and peacebuilding efforts.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/05/2019 11:42:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1126307

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	NHS: Civil Proceedings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money the NHS spent as part of legal settlements in each year from 2009 to 2018; and how much of each year's spend relates to legal fees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL15667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Resolution has provided the following information:</p><p>NHS Resolution has provided tables which cover:</p><p>- total expenditure for NHS Resolution Clinical Negligence Schemes and NHS Resolution non-clinical negligence schemes from 2009 to 2018;</p><p>- the total legal costs per financial year; and</p><p>- the draft budget for legal fees/damages 2019 for NHS Resolution Clinical Negligence Schemes and NHS Resolution non-clinical negligence schemes.</p><p>The data is attached due to the size of the data.</p><p>National Health Service spend on legal fees for matters other than clinical/non-clinical negligence settlements since 2009 has been interpreted as spend relating to NHS providers and commissioners.</p><p>This includes NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and NHS England and clinical commissioning groups. NHS spend on legal fees for non-negligence matters is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total legal fees (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>171,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>162,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>172,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>160,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Prior to 2013-14, expenditure on legal fees was not separately classified by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities who both carried out NHS commissioning and NHS trusts. Therefore, comparable information pre 2013-14 is unavailable.</p><p>There is no specific category of expenditure that isolates spend relating to legal settlements in the NHS.</p><p>We have interpreted the request for data for the amounts set aside in 2019 as the value of said provisions as at the end of the financial year, 31 March 2019. This data is still subject to audit and will not be available until after publication of the Annual Report and Accounts in July 2019.</p><p>The budget totals for legal fees relating to NHS spend in 2019 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15668 question first answered 24/05/2019 11:47:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL15667 & HL15668 Data.docx title HL15667_HL15668_data
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1126308

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	NHS: Civil Proceedings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money the NHS has set aside for potential legal settlements in 2019; and how much they have budgeted for legal fees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL15668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Resolution has provided the following information:</p><p>NHS Resolution has provided tables which cover:</p><p>- total expenditure for NHS Resolution Clinical Negligence Schemes and NHS Resolution non-clinical negligence schemes from 2009 to 2018;</p><p>- the total legal costs per financial year; and</p><p>- the draft budget for legal fees/damages 2019 for NHS Resolution Clinical Negligence Schemes and NHS Resolution non-clinical negligence schemes.</p><p>The data is attached due to the size of the data.</p><p>National Health Service spend on legal fees for matters other than clinical/non-clinical negligence settlements since 2009 has been interpreted as spend relating to NHS providers and commissioners.</p><p>This includes NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and NHS England and clinical commissioning groups. NHS spend on legal fees for non-negligence matters is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total legal fees (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>171,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>162,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>172,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>160,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Prior to 2013-14, expenditure on legal fees was not separately classified by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities who both carried out NHS commissioning and NHS trusts. Therefore, comparable information pre 2013-14 is unavailable.</p><p>There is no specific category of expenditure that isolates spend relating to legal settlements in the NHS.</p><p>We have interpreted the request for data for the amounts set aside in 2019 as the value of said provisions as at the end of the financial year, 31 March 2019. This data is still subject to audit and will not be available until after publication of the Annual Report and Accounts in July 2019.</p><p>The budget totals for legal fees relating to NHS spend in 2019 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15667 question first answered 24/05/2019 11:47:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL15667 & HL15668 Data.docx title HL15667_HL15668_data
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1126309

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Office for Police Conduct: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to investigate a public complaint about police behaviour.
tabling member printed	Lord Hogan-Howe
uin	HL15669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The information you requested is available on the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) website, published via their annual reports. The 2017/18 report can be accessed</p><p><a href="https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Who-we-are/accountability-performance/IOPC_annual_report_and_accounts_2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Who-we-are/accountability-performance/IOPC_annual_report_and_accounts_2017-18.pdf</a> with previous reports available<a href="https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/who-we-are/accountability-and-performance/annual-report-and-plans" target="_blank"> https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/who-we-are/accountability-and-performance/annual-report-and-plans </a>The police conduct accountability and performance annual report: describes our work over the past year, including the investigations we have carried out, the appeals we have handled, and our work to increase public confidence in the complaints system. It also outlines what we have been doing over the past year to review and implement changes to the way we work.</p><p>The 2017/18 performance year, the figures include 9 months of IPCC data (April to December) and 3 months of IOPC data (January to March).</p><p>Figures for the 2018/19 performance year will be included in the IOPC’s next annual report which will be laid before Parliament and published later in the year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/05/2019 13:22:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name IOPC_annual_report_and_accounts_2017-18.pdf title OPC Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18
tabling member	4693 label Biography information for Lord Hogan-Howe

1126310

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Working Links: Insolvency
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 Working Links going into administration on the charities to which it owed money.
tabling member printed	Lord Hogan-Howe
uin	HL15670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department considered the impact on stakeholders and sub-contractors, based on the Administrator’s statement of affairs at the point of Working Links going into administration, and has worked with both the Administrator and Fedcap, who have taken over a number of Working Links contracts, to minimise the impact on those supply chain partners owed monies by Working Links at the point of administration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/05/2019 14:19:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4693 label Biography information for Lord Hogan-Howe

1126315

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Glyphosate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the use of glyphosate is consistent with plans to conserve and increase the population of pollinating insects in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL15675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>For all pesticides, the Government carries out a thorough assessment of the scientific evidence, drawing on advice from experts in the Health and Safety Executive and the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides. The current evidence shows that glyphosate pesticides do not carry unacceptable risks to pollinators and can therefore be authorised. Ministers have acted where the evidence shows an unacceptable impact on bees – for example, with respect to neonicotinoids.</p><p> </p><p>Any highly effective means of removing flowering weeds can reduce the food and shelter available to pollinators. We are taking action to provide wildflower-rich habitat through the National Pollinator Strategy, including supporting partnerships of landowners and conservationists on large-scale habitat management projects. In 2015, we introduced new and simple agri-environment ‘packages’ to make it easier for farmers to put flowers back into fields. We are also raising awareness to help everyone support pollinators through action in their gardens and public spaces, through the ‘Bees’ Needs’ campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan puts Integrated Pest Management (IPM) at the heart of its approach. This means developing and implementing policies that encourage and support sustainable crop protection with the use of pesticides and their impact kept to a minimum.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 28/05/2019 15:55:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1126316

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why sales of electric cars in the UK have fallen behind sales in other European countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL15676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the UK was the second largest market for ultra-low emission vehicles and the fourth largest market for battery electric vehicles. The UK is also global leader in the development and manufacture of electric vehicles; in 2018 a fifth of battery electric cars sold in Europe were made in the UK. So far in 2019, sales of battery electric vehicles have increased significantly, up by 54% over the same period in 2018. Our Road to Zero Strategy sets out a clear pathway to zero emissions, to give clarity and certainty to both industry and motorists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 28/05/2019 15:56:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1126317

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Cameroon: Conflict Resolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what involvement the UK currently has in conflict resolution in Cameroon; what plans they have, if any, to raise the conflict in Cameroon at the UN Security Council; and what representations they have made to the government of France about the impact of its policies on the government of Cameroon.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL15677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK continues to be deeply concerned at high levels of violence in the North-West and South-West (Anglophone) regions of Cameroon, reports of human rights violations and abuses and the severe impact the deteriorating humanitarian situation is having on ordinary civilians. We continue to call for an end to violence on all sides and urge the Government of Cameroon to establish a credible political dialogue to address the root causes of the crisis. The UK has shared experiences with the Government on conflict resolution; we remain ready to provide further support. On 13 May, the UK participated in an informal discussion on Cameroon at the UN Security Council, noting that dialogue and humanitarian assistance were needed to exit the crisis. The UK also raised concerns in a statement at the bi-annual UN Office for Central Africa briefing in the UN Security Council on 13 December 2018, calling for urgent action by the Government to prevent further conflict. The UK regularly discusses developments in Cameroon with international partners, including France and the US, to encourage and support efforts to resolve the crisis.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/05/2019 11:42:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1126318

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Euthanasia: Vulnerable Adults
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the current law permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment has ever been proven inadequate in the courts to protect vulnerable people from being pressured to end their life prematurely.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL15678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>We have not seen evidence from the courts that the current provisions permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining treatment provide inadequate protection for vulnerable people.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/05/2019 12:37:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett