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1182925

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date	04/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 4 February (HL728), what discussions they have had with the Law Commission about how they intend to conduct the review of legislation related to hate crime; whether that Commission intends to call for evidence; if so, (1) when, and (2) whom, it will call for evidence; and whether the Crown Prosecution Service will be involved in that review.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL2248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of the legislation related to hate crime, which will report in early 2021. The review is considering parity in the existing legislation and the case for additional groups to be protected by legislation. Officials have met with the Law Commission since the review was commissioned for informal progress updates.</p><p>The Law Commission are scheduled to conduct a public consultation later in the year as part of their review. They will be seeking a wide range of perspectives and inviting comment from all interested parties.</p><p>As part of their review, the Law Commission are engaging with a variety of stakeholders, including the CPS, community organisations, civil rights groups, law enforcement, legal experts and academics.</p><p>The Government has asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of the legislation related to hate crime, which will report in early 2021. The review is considering parity in the existing legislation and the case for additional groups to be protected by legislation. Officials have met with the Law Commission since the review was commissioned for informal progress updates.</p><p>The Law Commission are scheduled to conduct a public consultation later in the year as part of their review. They will be seeking a wide range of perspectives and inviting comment from all interested parties.</p><p>As part of their review, the Law Commission are engaging with a variety of stakeholders, including the CPS, community organisations, civil rights groups, law enforcement, legal experts and academics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/03/2020 17:57:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1181822

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new jobs have been created in the UK since April 2018 as a result of awarding the contract to supply British passports to Gemalto.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Following the award of the contract to design, manufacture, and personalise British passports in April 2018, Thales (formerly known as Gemalto UK Ltd) have increased their UK workforce by 97 posts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/03/2020 17:51:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1181432

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures will apply following the ending of free movement and the introduction of a points-based immigration system for (1) European citizens and others to work in the UK as self-employed people, (2) self-employed people resident in the EU to provide their services in the UK as well as in the EU, (3) people who work for a company that operates in the UK but are resident in the EU to travel to and work in the UK as part of their employment, (4) European citizens and others to set up new businesses in the UK, and (5) self-employed citizens of the UK to provide their services in the EU, and to set up new businesses there.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System has been designed with businesses and employers given huge consideration.</p><p>As set out in The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System: Policy Statement, we will not be creating a dedicated route for self-employed people. However, in due course, self-employed workers will be able to benefit from the proposed unsponsored route as recommended by the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).</p><p>Self-employed workers will still be able to travel to the UK under other routes in the new points-based system. Those contracted to provide services to an organisation can continue to be sponsored under the new skilled work route, or if wishing to set up a business in the UK, use the Innovator and Start-up routes.</p><p>Provisions for UK self-employed persons to provide their services in the EU will be for individual Member States to decide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/03/2020 16:59:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1181455

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the design and build stages of the Emergency Services Network will conclude; and what estimate they have made of the cost of that project by the end of those stages.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The design and build phase of ESN is broken down into three phases:</p><ol><li>Design and build of the “Prime” product which brings together the push-to-talk application on a range of devices (including handheld, vehicles and aircraft) utilising the prioritised EE network. This is due to complete in April 2021 and is forecast to cost £442m. This represents the majority of the supplier implementation and programme resource costs that the programme will incur.</li><li>The addition of masts to EE’s core network to provide the required network coverage for ESN. It is planned that this activity and subsequent network optimisation will be completed during 2021. Costs for this work will be paid via a monthly service charge which will reduce at the start of 2022 from c.£10m per month to c.£6m per month.</li><li>Delivery of additional coverage e.g. in remote areas of the country and the London Underground. This will complete in parallel with national deployment of the ESN and is forecast to cost £334m.</li></ol><p>Following construction of the Emergency Services Network, in addition to the core operating costs of the programme of c £170m p.a., Emergency Services will need to buy ESN compatible devices and pay a monthly cost for connection, data and voice usage. (It is important to note that there is no cost for calls within ESN network.) Device pricing and call charges are commercially sensitive and subject to ongoing commercial negotiation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2024 question first answered 12/03/2020 17:07:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1181456

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the Senior Responsible Owner of the Emergency Services Network; and how long they have been in post.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Stephen Webb is the Senior Responsible Owner of the Emergency Services Network programme and has been in post since January 2011.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/03/2020 17:17:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1181457

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the police and other emergency services will use the Emergency Services Network once it has been delivered.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We have worked collaboratively with the police and other emergency services to establish a set of service acceptance criteria that once demonstrated will show that ESN meets their needs.</p><p>We have a plan of tests and trials involving organisations from across all emergency services that will build confidence that ESN is fit for them to use. We have agreed a high-level deployment plan with the police and other emergency services that sets out how they will deploy ESN across the UK once the point of service acceptance has been reached.</p><p>The police have a team of officers seconded onto the ESN programme, led by a serving Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) seconded from their home police force. This team provides a conduit between the programme team and the policing community. The programme attends monthly police governance meetings to provide updates on progress and the DCC policing team lead is a member of the key programme governance fora.</p><p>The programme provides written monthly updates on programme progress which are distributed across the policing community. A similar model is in place for the other emergency services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2023 question first answered 12/03/2020 17:03:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1181458

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to inform the police of progress towards delivering the Emergency Services Network.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We have worked collaboratively with the police and other emergency services to establish a set of service acceptance criteria that once demonstrated will show that ESN meets their needs.</p><p>We have a plan of tests and trials involving organisations from across all emergency services that will build confidence that ESN is fit for them to use. We have agreed a high-level deployment plan with the police and other emergency services that sets out how they will deploy ESN across the UK once the point of service acceptance has been reached.</p><p>The police have a team of officers seconded onto the ESN programme, led by a serving Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) seconded from their home police force. This team provides a conduit between the programme team and the policing community. The programme attends monthly police governance meetings to provide updates on progress and the DCC policing team lead is a member of the key programme governance fora.</p><p>The programme provides written monthly updates on programme progress which are distributed across the policing community. A similar model is in place for the other emergency services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2022 question first answered 12/03/2020 17:03:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1181459

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what charges police forces and other emergency services will pay in order to use the Emergency Services Network.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The design and build phase of ESN is broken down into three phases:</p><ol><li>Design and build of the “Prime” product which brings together the push-to-talk application on a range of devices (including handheld, vehicles and aircraft) utilising the prioritised EE network. This is due to complete in April 2021 and is forecast to cost £442m. This represents the majority of the supplier implementation and programme resource costs that the programme will incur.</li><li>The addition of masts to EE’s core network to provide the required network coverage for ESN. It is planned that this activity and subsequent network optimisation will be completed during 2021. Costs for this work will be paid via a monthly service charge which will reduce at the start of 2022 from c.£10m per month to c.£6m per month.</li><li>Delivery of additional coverage e.g. in remote areas of the country and the London Underground. This will complete in parallel with national deployment of the ESN and is forecast to cost £334m.</li></ol><p>Following construction of the Emergency Services Network, in addition to the core operating costs of the programme of c £170m p.a., Emergency Services will need to buy ESN compatible devices and pay a monthly cost for connection, data and voice usage. (It is important to note that there is no cost for calls within ESN network.) Device pricing and call charges are commercially sensitive and subject to ongoing commercial negotiation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2020 question first answered 12/03/2020 17:07:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman