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967503

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Sri Lanka
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals were granted in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL9992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Unfortunately, the Department does not record this information in such a way as to allow us to report on the estimated number of immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity and this data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967501

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankans (1) applied for asylum, and (2) had applications approved in each year since 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL9991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions, broken down by nationality, in table as_01_q (volume 1 of the asylum tables) in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> publication. The latest figures, up until June 2018, are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018</a></p><p>Data on ethnicity are not available.</p><p>Table 1: Asylum applications, initial decision, and grants on asylum applications from Sri Lankan nationals, 2008 to June 2018</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total applications </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total initial decisions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total grants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,251</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,612</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,756</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,744</p></td><td><p>1,384</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1,811</p></td><td><p>1,287</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,292</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>1,537</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>731</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>645</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018 (Jan-Jun)</strong></p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Grants include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants under family and private life rules.</p><p>2. Decisions made in a given year does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial decision.</p><p>3. Data include main applicants only.</p><p>4. Data for 2018 include 6 months of data only (Jan-Jun). This is the latest period that is publically available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:39:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HL991 Lord Naseby Annex A.xlsx title Table as_01_q (Vol 1 - Asylum Table)
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967498

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, futher to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 July (HL Deb, cols 963–5), what are their reasons for not establishing an inquiry into Operation Conifer conducted by the Wiltshire Police into allegations against Sir Edward Heath.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL9988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>I recognise concerns that have been raised by Noble Lords in relation to Operation Conifer, however it is for locally-elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to decide how best to hold their forces to account, and PCCs have the powers to commission an inquiry, should they deem it appropriate. The Government has no plans to launch an inquiry into Operation Conifer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2018 12:47:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

967493

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police forces in England and Wales have disbanded their specialist child protection teams and allocated their work to Criminal Investigation Departments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laming
	uin	HL9984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not keep a record of how individual police forces are structured. Team structures and deployment of officers within police forces are rightly decisions for Chief Constables, working with their democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>We recognise the need for police forces to be properly equipped to deal with the changing nature of crime. We have provided significant extra investment through the Police Transformation Fund to support policing to respond to changing crimes and threats including against vulnerable children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2018 12:46:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

533034

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why people with a British passport and of British nationality require an additional immigration check when submitting an application to rent a home.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office guidance makes clear that landlords are expected to carry out checks on all adults.</p><p>This approach helps landlords to avoid acting in a discriminatory manner and to establish a statutory excuse against a penalty should they be found letting to an illegal migrant. In many cases, landlords and agents will already be asking for the same documents for credit and tenant referencing purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2016 13:05:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

967480

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and (2) refugees of all ages, with close family members in the UK have so far been identified by UK immigration liaison officers sent to France, Italy and Greece; and how many have reached the UK as a result.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL9973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The role of the UK liaison officers is to facilitate good working co-operation between EU Member States, including Italy, France and Greece, on asylum and immigration matters with the UK. Liaison officers are not involved in identifying children under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, as it is a matter for our partner states to refer children who meet the criteria and where it is in their best interests to transfer to the UK. Liaison officers are not involved in the identification of applicants with qualifying family members either as this is also a matter for the competent national authorities of Dublin states.</p><p>On 30 November, the Government published data on the numbers of children transferred to the UK from the Calais camp clearance under both the Dublin III Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. The data can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017</p><p>On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p><p>We remain fully committed to delivering our commitment to transfer the specified number of 480 children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and are working very closely with participating States, to deliver the scheme in line with their national laws. Over 220 children are already in the UK and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers and will publish the details once all children are in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name as_22-q - Asylum Vol 5.xlsx title Table - as_22-q Asylum Vol 5 2 file name Table - Transfers of Children to UK from the Calais Op Nov 2017.xlsx title Table - Transfers of Children to the UK-Calais op[ question first answered 13/09/2018 13:39:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

77263

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the Independent Monitoring Board's Annual Report 2013, they have initiated changes at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre to ensure that detainees claiming to be under 18 are assessed by social services in the community rather than in the centre.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Harmondsworth published its 2013 report on 30 June. An action plan to address the recommendations in the report will be agreed by 11 August. Plans to make changes to the configuration of the healthcare unit to address the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems are under discussion with the new healthcare provider at Harmondsworth. This is in advance of the transfer of healthcare commissioning to NHS England on 1 September. Individuals who claim to be under the age of 18 following their detention are managed in accordance with Detention Services Order 14/2012 for the care and management of age dispute cases. This sets out the policy and procedures to follow in individual cases where there is a lack of physical or definitive documentary evidence to prove the person is under the age of 18. This also details the circumstances in which release by case owners is appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 23/07/2014 13:10:51 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

77262

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to respond to the Independent Monitoring Board's Annual Report 2013 on Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre and in particular its finding in respect of the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Harmondsworth published its 2013 report on 30 June. An action plan to address the recommendations in the report will be agreed by 11 August. Plans to make changes to the configuration of the healthcare unit to address the provision of appropriate accommodation for those with mental health or behavioural problems are under discussion with the new healthcare provider at Harmondsworth. This is in advance of the transfer of healthcare commissioning to NHS England on 1 September. Individuals who claim to be under the age of 18 following their detention are managed in accordance with Detention Services Order 14/2012 for the care and management of age dispute cases. This sets out the policy and procedures to follow in individual cases where there is a lack of physical or definitive documentary evidence to prove the person is under the age of 18. This also details the circumstances in which release by case owners is appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 22/07/2014 17:28:25 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

967465

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in the UK had one or both parents placed in immigration detention in each calendar year since 2010; what were the ages of those children; for what period were they separated from one or both parents; and if such records are not kept, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL9959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 12:50:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

967446

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have issued instructions for officials to delay consideration of discretionary leave for victims of trafficking until they consider the Court of Appeal judgment in PK(Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 98.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL9943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the judgment in PK(Ghana) officials were instructed to temporarily defer most decisions on whether to grant discretionary leave to remain to trafficking victims. This was to enable new guidance to be prepared that would take account of the findings of the Court.</p><p>Grants of discretionary leave continued to be made if it was found that a grant was necessary to enable a trafficking victim to seek compensation through the courts or to assist the police with a criminal investigation or prosecution. Victims also continued to be granted leave if they qualified for refugee status or under other provisions in the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The new guidance was published on 8 August 2018 and normal decision making has therefore resumed. The guidance is available on the GOV.UK web-pages at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/09/2018 10:51:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v2.pdf title DL - Victims of Modern Slavery
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

967445

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will issue new guidance following the case of PK(Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 98.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL9942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the judgment in PK(Ghana) officials were instructed to temporarily defer most decisions on whether to grant discretionary leave to remain to trafficking victims. This was to enable new guidance to be prepared that would take account of the findings of the Court.</p><p>Grants of discretionary leave continued to be made if it was found that a grant was necessary to enable a trafficking victim to seek compensation through the courts or to assist the police with a criminal investigation or prosecution. Victims also continued to be granted leave if they qualified for refugee status or under other provisions in the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The new guidance was published on 8 August 2018 and normal decision making has therefore resumed. The guidance is available on the GOV.UK web-pages at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:36:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v2.pdf title dl - for victims of Modern Slavery
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

967444

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the White Helmets group and their families evacuated from Syria via Israel are now in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9939 HL9940 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

967443

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where in the UK members of the White Helmets group evacuated from Syria via Israel (1) have been, and (2) will be settled.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9939 HL9941 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

967442

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether members of the White Helmets and their families evacuated from Syria vis Israel have arrived in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9940 HL9941 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

947641

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for International Development, Resettlement of White Helmets from Syria, published 22 July, whether there will be comprehensive background checks on those individuals before allowing them, or their family members, to settle in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL9897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>We take the security of our resettlement process extremely seriously. When potential cases are submitted by the UNHCR for consideration, they are carefully screened and considered for suitability for entry to the UK. We take the utmost care to ensure that those people coming here undergo rigorous vetting. We retain the right to reject individuals on security, war crimes or other grounds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 12:11:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

947639

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Retirement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the present retirement age for police officers; and what is their estimate of how many officers (1) reached that age, and (2) retired during the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL9896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The retirement age for police officers depends on their pension scheme. Members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme can take their pension after thirty years of service. This means that someone joining the scheme at 18 can retire at age 48. The 2006 scheme members’ pension age is 55. And for the 2015 scheme it is 60 years with the option to take it from 55 with actuarial reduction.</p><p>The Home Office publishes information on the number of police officers who retire, by Police Force Area, in the annual “Police workforce, England and Wales” statistical bulletin. The latest release was published on 19<sup>th</sup> July, and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p><p>Table JL4 of the accompanying data tables (see attached) shows the number of police officers who retired in 2017/18.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on the age of officers, which is grouped into the following categories: Under 26, 26 to 40 years old, 41 to 55 years old, and Over 55 years old. The exact age of the officer is not collected.</p><p>Table D5 of the accompanying data tables at the link above shows the number of officers in each of the four age groups, by rank.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table D5 Age of police officers<sup>1</sup>, by rank, as at 31 March 2018</strong></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></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Rank</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Age group</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 26</p></td><td><p>26 to 40</p></td><td><p>41 to 55</p></td><td><p>Over 55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Constable</p></td><td><p>7,207</p></td><td><p>50,968</p></td><td><p>38,330</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p><strong>97,772</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,805</p></td><td><p>11,575</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p><strong>18,693</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inspector</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p><strong>5,628</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Inspector</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>1,348</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p><strong>1,603</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>785</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>893</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Officer</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,713</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>125,093</strong></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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></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 colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Excludes British Transport Police and officers seconded out to central services (e.g. the Home Office, the National Crime Agency).</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table JL4.xlsx title Table JL4 2 file name hosb1118-police-workforce.pdf title Stats - Police Workforce England & Wales March 18 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:07:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

947617

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support programmes have been set up for the victims of so-called "grooming gangs"; what has been the cost of any such programmes; and what compensation, if any, those victims have received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling all forms of sexual exploitation and to ensuring that all victims, whether they are a child or an adult, get the support they need.</p><p>In each of the last three years the Government has allocated around £7.2m in funding to sexual violence support services to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse. This includes £1.7m to rape support services across England and Wales to provide specialist support to victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation. A further £4.7m has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners specifically to commission services supporting victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation.</p><p>In 2017/18 the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme paid out £154 million to victims of violent crime, including victims of childhood sexual abuse.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 12:11:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947615

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set up a national independent inquiry into whether police forces across the country failed to fulfil their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs” during the period 1995 to 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Home Office established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to consider the extent to which institutions – including the police – have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Inquiry has announced an investigation examining institutional responses to the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks.</p><p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling child sexual exploitation. We have declared it a national threat and this categorisation remains in force to empower police forces to apply their best skills and expertise to tackle the problem.</p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct operates independently of Government and the Home Secretary does not have the power to refer matters to it for investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9879 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:05:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

533023

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: British Overseas Territories
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to prevent human trafficking within the UK and to prosecute those responsible.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Modern Slavery Act 2015 which gives law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking and a maximum life sentence for perpetrators. The Government is working closely with law enforcement to ensure that these provisions in the Act are used to full effect.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/07/2016 13:31:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

76646

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prostitution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to support harm reduction and support services to improve conditions for sex workers on the street.
	tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
	uin	HL988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to tackling the harm and exploitation that can be associated with prostitution, and believe that people who want to leave prostitution should be given every opportunity to find routes out.<br><br>Local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. We have supported them by reviewing effective practice in terms of policing, exiting, minimising harm, holistic support and general multi agency working. The review is available on the GOV.uk website. The Home Office has also supported the establishment of a National ‘Ugly Mugs’ Scheme to help protect people involved in prostitution from violent and abusive individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 21/07/2014 15:47:46 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

947614

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to refer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation officers in Greater Manchester Police, Thames Valley Police, West Mercia Police, and Northumbria Police for any failure in their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Home Office established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to consider the extent to which institutions – including the police – have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Inquiry has announced an investigation examining institutional responses to the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks.</p><p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling child sexual exploitation. We have declared it a national threat and this categorisation remains in force to empower police forces to apply their best skills and expertise to tackle the problem.</p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct operates independently of Government and the Home Secretary does not have the power to refer matters to it for investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9880 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:05:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947611

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they receive as part of their counter-terrorism strategy from Muslim communities in reducing support for sharia law, abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the fundamental importance of working in partnership with all communities to reduce the risk of radicalisation.That is why we supported 181 community-based projects in 2017/18, reaching over 88,000 participants.</p><p>Almost half of these projects were delivered in schools, aimed at increasing young people’s resilience to terrorist and extremist ideologies. Prevent does not target a specific faith or ethnic group - it deals with all forms of extremism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:27:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947609

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islam: Legal Systems
	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 support in UK Muslim communities for sharia law; whether in making any such assessment they considered abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate to be part of sharia law; and what assessment they have made of the impact of support for sharia law on the terrorist threat in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the support in UK Muslim communities for Sharia law nor of the impact of support for Sharia law on the terrorist threat.</p><p>In Britain we have a long tradition of freedom of worship and religious tolerance, where many people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices. The Government doesn’t prevent individuals from regulating their lives through religious beliefs provided their actions don’t conflict with the law.</p><p>The Government recently confirmed in its response to the independent review of Sharia law that Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:25:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947602

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking together with international partners, to (1) disrupt and dismantle Afghan drug trafficking organisations, and (2) separate those groups from the Taliban.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL9872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The UK works closely with international partners to disrupt serious and organised criminality linked to the Afghan drugs trade, a proportion of which is conducted by the Taliban.</p><p>This work involves operational cooperation, joint operations and the provision of capacity building. It has led to significant operational results. For example, as set out in the National Crime Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts (available at <a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/915-nca-annual-report-account-2017-18/file" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/915-nca-annual-report-account-2017-18/file</a>) 5.1 tonnes of heroin was seized in 2017 / 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:36:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name NCA Annual Report Accounts 2017-18.pdf title NCA Annual Report Account 2017-18
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

753298

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) for 2017/18 is published in the Supply Estimates and comprises £6,090,000 Resource and £680,000 Capital.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA expects to employ an average of 107 full time equivalent staff during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of full time equivalent staff employed by the GLAA and its predecessor, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, in each of the last five years is set out in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Average Full Time Equivalent Staff by financial year</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:13:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly