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1141514

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date	23/07/2019
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	Suzan Der Kirkour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have about the rape, torture, and murder by stoning of a retired Christian schoolteacher, Suzan Der Kirkour in Syria; whether they are seeking to confirm reports about who was responsible; and what assessment they have made of the statement by church leaders that “attacks against Christians, mainly women and girls, are frequent here now.”
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL17382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>​We are aware of reports of the murder of Christian school teacher, Suzan Der Kirkour in Idlib, Syria. Given the difficulties of gathering information inside Syria, we are unable to assess who was responsible.</p><p>Christians and people of other religions or beliefs, have suffered in the Syrian conflict, persecuted particularly by Daesh. The persecution of Christians, and indeed individuals of all faiths and beliefs, remains of profound concern to us. The British Government has recently accepted all of the recommendations of the Bishop of Truro's independent Review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians overseas, and we will look to implement them at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2019 14:04:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1141518

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why HM Treasury has decided to not introduce a cap on the age of tax debts which will be eligible for secondary preferential status in insolvencies from April 2020; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this decision on the costs of insolvency procedures and business lending.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL17386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>This reform is designed to ensure that when a business becomes insolvent, more of the taxes paid in good faith by that business’s employees and customers will go to fund public services as intended, rather than being distributed to other creditors such as financial institutions.</p><p>This measure does not include a cap on the age of tax debts which will be eligible for secondary preferential status, nor an exemption for existing lending. Either proposal would introduce potential distortions into the lending market which the Government does not consider to be either fair or proportionate.</p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to have a significant impact on access to finance, the cost of borrowing, business rescue support in the UK or the UK’s ranking in the World Bank’s annual “Doing Business” report.</p><p>Consistent with the Government’s impact assessment, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in response to this measure.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL17384 HL17385 HL17387 question first answered 06/08/2019 13:34:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1141519

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why HM Treasury has decided that existing lending will not be exempted from their policy of making HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this decision on the continued availability of existing business lending.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL17387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>This reform is designed to ensure that when a business becomes insolvent, more of the taxes paid in good faith by that business’s employees and customers will go to fund public services as intended, rather than being distributed to other creditors such as financial institutions.</p><p>This measure does not include a cap on the age of tax debts which will be eligible for secondary preferential status, nor an exemption for existing lending. Either proposal would introduce potential distortions into the lending market which the Government does not consider to be either fair or proportionate.</p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to have a significant impact on access to finance, the cost of borrowing, business rescue support in the UK or the UK’s ranking in the World Bank’s annual “Doing Business” report.</p><p>Consistent with the Government’s impact assessment, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in response to this measure.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL17384 HL17385 HL17386 question first answered 06/08/2019 13:34:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1141520

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	South Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the upcoming deadline for forming South Sudan’s Transitional Government, what steps they are taking to encourage the parties and regional powers in that region to (1) unify security forces, and 2) clarify, with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Dr Riek Machar’s freedom to travel back to South Sudan.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL17388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>The British Government remains closely engaged at senior levels with all sides in South Sudan, the region and the wider international community to encourage full implementation of the peace agreement signed on 12 September 2018, including through the work of the UK Special Representative to Sudan and South Sudan. As part of these efforts, the UK recently convened a meeting with regional and international partners to discuss peace agreement implementation, and risks and challenges ahead for the formation of a transitional government in November. We discussed how to secure progress on issues including the reunification of armed forces and ensuring the conditions are in place for opposition leaders to participate in government.</p><p>On the reunification of armed forces, we work closely with security implementation bodies in Juba, and fund a security advisor to the ‘Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission’ to support oversight of such work. The return to South Sudan of opposition figures, including Dr Machar, is one part of the formation of a transitional government, and we urge this to happen by the November deadline. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, as guarantors of the peace agreement, declared that Dr Machar is free from travel restrictions in a statement on 7 May. We have urged the region to ensure this message is reinforced, the status of his ability to travel clearly communicated, and no impediments are in place to prevent Dr Machar and others participating in any transitional government in Juba.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2019 14:06:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

1141521

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Formaldehyde: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Health and Safety Executive will revisit its current work place exposure limits for formaldehyde.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL17389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The EU has recently reviewed the occupational exposure limit value for formaldehyde, and in the Phase 3 amendment to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive 2004/37/EC, introduced a new binding occupational exposure limit value (BOELV) of 0.3ppm, which came into force on 11 July 2019. The current GB work place exposure limit (WEL) is 2ppm.</p><p> </p><p>Member States have two years to transpose the new BOELV (i.e. by 11 July 2021). Because of differences in cultural practices; cost of embalming and greater capacity in the facilities available; and the limited use of embalming in other Members States, the UK negotiated an additional 3-year transitional period (until July 2024) for the funeral and embalming sector, during which time an interim BOELV of 0.5ppm will apply. This is to allow the UK funeral and embalming sector to comply with the Directive without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive is currently working to implement the revised exposure limits for formaldehyde.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL17390 question first answered 05/08/2019 15:23:53 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

1141522

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Formaldehyde: Industrial Health and Safety
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 occupational exposure limits and maximum exposure limits for formaldehyde in the UK being higher than those of France, Germany and several other European member states.
tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
uin	HL17390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The EU has recently reviewed the occupational exposure limit value for formaldehyde, and in the Phase 3 amendment to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive 2004/37/EC, introduced a new binding occupational exposure limit value (BOELV) of 0.3ppm, which came into force on 11 July 2019. The current GB work place exposure limit (WEL) is 2ppm.</p><p> </p><p>Member States have two years to transpose the new BOELV (i.e. by 11 July 2021). Because of differences in cultural practices; cost of embalming and greater capacity in the facilities available; and the limited use of embalming in other Members States, the UK negotiated an additional 3-year transitional period (until July 2024) for the funeral and embalming sector, during which time an interim BOELV of 0.5ppm will apply. This is to allow the UK funeral and embalming sector to comply with the Directive without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive is currently working to implement the revised exposure limits for formaldehyde.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL17389 question first answered 05/08/2019 15:23:53 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

1141523

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a youth caution or criminal conviction in each of the past five years; and what proportion of those children were in care at the time of the caution or criminal conviction.
tabling member printed	Lord Dholakia
uin	HL17391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2014</td><td>2015</td><td>2016</td><td>2017</td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>Cautions issued</td><td>450</td><td>359</td><td>309</td><td>218</td><td>159</td></tr><tr><td>Convicted</td><td>76</td><td>86</td><td>71</td><td>70</td><td>37</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The table above shows the total number of cautions and convictions issued to 10-11 year olds over the past five calendar years. Published figures do not allow us to distil the number of individuals but instead only the number of cautions/sentences. This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on looked after children is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. However, children supervised by the local Youth Offending Team or in custody will have their needs, including identifying whether they are looked after, assessed and appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure their individual needs are met.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:19:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2685 label Biography information for Lord Dholakia

1141524

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dholakia
uin	HL17392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>Custody should always be a last resort for children. Statistics on the numbers of children aged between 10 and 14 held in Youth Custody are published regularly as part of the Youth Custody data series and can be found at the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years. It should be noted that the data from 2018/19 onwards is currently provisional.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:22:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2685 label Biography information for Lord Dholakia

1141525

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a custodial sentence in each of the past 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dholakia
uin	HL17393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>Custody should always be a last resort for children. The table below sets out the number of 10 and 11 year olds who have received a custodial sentence since 2009:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Immediate Custody</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:22:28 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2685 label Biography information for Lord Dholakia

1141526

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourist Attractions: Low Incomes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to review the affordability of major tourist attractions for children from lower income families.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>As part of the recently launched Tourism Sector Deal, the Government committed to making the UK Europe’s most accessible tourism destination by 2025. As we develop our policies in this area, we will consider our policy around this.</p><p> </p><p>The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions ranked seven DCMS-sponsored museums, free to enter for all, amongst the nation’s top ten most visited attractions in 2018. All fifteen DCMS-sponsored museums run extensive outreach programmes for schools and young people, with free activities timed to coincide with school summer holidays.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 12:00:22 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey