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911056

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many more prison officers are currently needed in the UK; how they plan to recruit the necessary prison officers; and what success the Unlocked programme has had in contributing to increasing recruitment.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL8219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Following their introduction in July 2015, there have been 222 applications and 205 orders made for Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders, up to 31 December 2017.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In this period no breaches of an FGM Protection order have been dealt with in the criminal courts. In the Family Courts, proceedings for breach would be dealt with as a contempt of court matter and are not recorded separately. The information could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Statistics on FGM Protection Orders are publicly available as part of the Family Courts Statistics Quarterly series at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly. The next publication of Family Court Statistics Quarterly is due on 28 June 2018. This will provide data up to the end of March 2018.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The first cohort of 52 graduates from the Unlocked scheme, which encourages the brightest graduates to consider a career in HMPPS, entered the HMPPS workforce in August last year – 15% higher than had been anticipated. Due to the popularity of the programme, up to 115 candidates will be recruited for the 2018 cohort. They are due to join the service in July 2018.”</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the Prison Safety and Reform agenda, Governors have been given greater responsibility for workforce planning and determining their local organisational structure. This includes the number of officers they employ and Governors can implement changes to shift arrangements and resource deployment providing they remain within the agreed funding envelope.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This empowerment of the Governor’s position is intended to enable them to make best use of resources to support prison safety and develop strategies to reduce reoffending. HMPPS does not set workforce planning arrangements for Scotland and Northern Ireland, as this is a matter for devolved Governments.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The recruitment drive continues across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/06/2018 13:56:34 question first ministerially corrected 18/06/2018 10:30:43 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie previous answer version 61928 answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

910439

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there have been under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in each year since 2015; and how many have been successful.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL8197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017, there was one prosecution (in 2016) under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, and that did not result in a conviction. This data relates only to those proceedings where the principal offence prosecuted was under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>Where a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, data would only record the offence for which the heaviest penalty was imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected would be the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty was the most severe.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018 will be published in May 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/06/2018 15:40:15 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

911054

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the needs of general aviation pilots will be addressed under any future airspace strategy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
	uin	HL8217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>General aviation is a key stakeholder in the successful delivery of airspace modernisation and the creation of a future airspace which is efficient and meets the reasonable requirements of all airspace users. The specific needs of general aviation pilots will be considered by the independent airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, when determining proposals to amend the UK airspace design or with any other measure that may affect them.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Secretary of State commissioned NATS to produce a feasibility assessment of the potential future demands for airspace of airports in the South of the UK. This work was the first step in the co-ordination of airspace modernisation, examining its feasibility and potential implementation. It was a design requirement of the NATS modelling that the total volume of controlled airspace does not increase and that where possible, controlled airspace would be released to other airspace users, including general aviation. The Government expects to publish the high level findings of this later in 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/06/2018 13:25:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	891 label Biography information for Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

911062

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis supports the view of the Chief Executive of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs that the proposed maximum facilitation customs arrangement after the UK leaves the EU could cost businesses between £17 billion and £20 billion per year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
	uin	HL8225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>Analysis to support the numbers used by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs was outlined in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee sent on 4 June 2018<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. The letter is also attached.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/hmrc-customs-costs-040618.pdf</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/06/2018 16:36:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name hmrc-customs-costs-040618.pdf title HMRC letter
	tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

911048

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Training
	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 value of the UK flight training sector.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL8211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”. That research contained an estimate of the value of the UK flight training sector being £42m in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>We have commissioned research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/06/2018 13:38:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

911070

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	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	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Bahraini Ombudsman is conducting swift and thorough investigations into allegations that female political prisoners Hajer Mansoor Hassan and Medina Ali are being denied access to medical treatment in Isa Town Prison.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL8233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Embassy in Bahrain are aware of these cases and continue to monitor events. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the appropriate oversight body. We urge these oversight bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations into any such claims. We understand that the National Institution for Human Rights is aware of these cases and is monitoring the situation, and that the Ombudsman of the Ministry of Interior is also investigating the claims.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/06/2018 13:37:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

910413

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Urban Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what control measures they are considering to monitor and curtail the movements and violent behaviour of some young men in large UK cities; and whether these measures include the introduction of identity cards.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL8171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published a new Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The strategy outlines an ambitious programme of over 60 commitments and actions to tackle this issue. It establishes a new balance between prevention and the rigorous law enforcement activity. The strategy will shift our approach towards steering young people away from crime in the first place and put in place measures to tackle the root causes.</p><p>In 2010 the then Government decided to scrap the identity card scheme and the associated National Identity Register because it was expensive and represented a substantial erosion of civil liberties. This Government has no plans to revisit that decision.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2018 13:40:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

910419

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: South West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what cost-benefit analyses were done before the Somerset and Dorset local government re-organisations were agreed; and whether safeguards exist to prevent savings and value-for-money being absorbed by increase in salaries and other administrative costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In both cases the councils’ proposals included well developed business cases, providing clear evidence of estimated costs and savings. The former Secretary of State considered these when concluding that these proposals fully met the criteria for implementing mergers and unitarisations as set out in my statements to the House on 26 February and 22 March. How savings are used and value for money achieved most effectively will be matters for the new councils, which are accountable to their local electorates.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/06/2018 15:39:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

911055

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airspace
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what powers the Civil Aviation Authority has to manage lower airspace in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
	uin	HL8218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>Sections 66, 68 and 104 of the Transport Act 2000 provide the Secretary of State with powers to issue directions to the Civil Aviation Authority on how it should manage the UK’s airspace. These powers are set out in The Civil Aviation Authority (Air Navigation) Directions, the latest version of which came into force on 1 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of these directions can be found in the Air Navigation Guidance 2017 which the department published on 24 October 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/06/2018 13:39:36 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	891 label Biography information for Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

910412

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Urban Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have conducted on the influence of violent media material on the behaviours of young men in large UK cities; and what steps they are taking to monitor and address it.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL8170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In the Serious Violence Strategy, published on 9 April 2018, the Government sets out our analysis of the trends and drivers in serious violence and this includes the role that social media plays. That analysis shows that social media has created an opportunity for rivals to antagonise each other, and for those taunts to be viewed by a much larger audience for a much longer time period. This may lead to cycles of tit-for-tat violence.</p><p>We are working with social media companies and law enforcement agencies to take preventative action to address the availability of such violent gang related material available via social media.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2018 13:40:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton