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518782

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that the new Education Cannot Wait fund will focus on the most marginalised children, including girls and children with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL76
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in the development of Education Cannot Wait – a fund for education in emergencies. A key focus for Education Cannot Wait will be on ensuring that marginalised children and young people are able to access a quality education. This includes refugees and internally displaced children, as well as children facing barriers to their education because of their gender, disability or other factors.</p><p>This focus is reflected in the Fund’s indicative headline results, which commits to providing “Inclusive education [that] reaches the most marginalised children and young people in crises” with a target of “100% of supported education opportunities demonstrate increase in education for girls, disabled and those in remote locations”.</p><p>The UK will continue to engage closely during Education Cannot Wait’s inception phase, to ensure that this commitment is fully reflected in its final design and results frameworks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 02/06/2016 15:48:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

520586

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	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	Constituencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iranians have been executed since the visit of the Foreign Secretary to Iran and the re-opening of the UK embassy in Tehran last year, and what assessment they have made of whether that figure indicates any improvement in the human rights position of Iranian citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran believes that between 966 and 1,025 people were executed in 2015. The UK repeatedly calls on Iran to bring an end to the use of the death penalty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2016 15:45:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

519574

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Unfair Practices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action has been taken, by whom, and when, to ensure that Network Rail deals with the slippage of the start date of the South Yorkshire Tram Train service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, the joint funders of the tram train pilot project, have been advised that Network Rail has initiated a review of the current programme of works needed to adapt their infrastructure to operate the tram train vehicles between Meadowhall South and Rotherham Parkgate.</p><p>The Department understands that Network Rail has encountered significant issues with the approval of new bespoke electrification equipment needed to operate the tram train vehicles. The joint funders are clearly disappointed by this further delay.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL138 HL140 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:12:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

521798

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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	Autonomous Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to assist the International Criminal Court to bring to justice those who have been indicted for genocide or crimes against humanity, such as President Bashir of Sudan, and what action they will take against those individuals, including British citizens, who provide support to, or aid and abet, such regimes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC); we continue to promote compliance with the arrest warrants for all those indicted, including President Bashir of Sudan. The UK has made it a domestic crime to commit any of the crimes in the ICC Rome Statute, including genocide and crimes against humanity. The legislation provides for ancillary offences including in respect of persons that aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of a genocide, crime against humanity or war crime. Where such crimes take place in the UK, or elsewhere by UK nationals, UK residents or a person subject to UK Service jurisdiction, they can be prosecuted before the UK courts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2016 15:46:37 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

519602

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Turkey: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to increase the percentage of fuel made from used cooking oil and other waste products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) was amended in 2011 to provide double reward for biofuels derived from wastes.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) was established waste based biofuels have risen from 12% of total biofuel supply in the first year of the obligation 2008/09, to 50% based on the latest full year’s data for 2014/15 (<em>Biofuels Statistics obligation year 7 2015/16 - Report 6</em>). According to our latest but incomplete dataset, covering 2015/16, waste based biofuels have risen to 54% of total biofuel supply (<em>Biofuels Statistics obligation year 8 2015/16 - Report 3</em>).</p><p> </p><p>Used cooking oil from the UK was the most widely reported source under the RTFO for biodiesel in 2014/15 (by feedstock and country of origin) making up 19%. The latest available (incomplete) data for 2015/16 suggests used cooking oil from the UK has risen to 24% of biodiesel.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we have made available a total of £25 million in match-funded grants to construct three demonstration scale advanced biofuel plants in Swindon, Tees Valley and Grangemouth. These projects will convert low value waste to high value transport fuel.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/06/2016 13:13:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

518727

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hospitals
	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 carbon savings that could result from increasing the use of biofuels in UK aviation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL21
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes sustainable aviation fuels are of strategic importance, both in reducing carbon emissions and to drive the development of an advanced biofuels industry in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Those developing sustainable aviation biofuels were eligible to apply for funding under the Department’s Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition, the winners of which were announced last September.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2015 a Transport Energy Taskforce including aviation industry experts considered, amongst other things, the potential for sustainable aviation fuels to contribute to our climate change commitments to 2030 and beyond. Further to that work we are planning to consult on potential changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation later this year, including to make renewable fuels used in aviation eligible for reward under the scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL20 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:14:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

520605

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
	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 case for prohibiting full transparency in transaction costs in fund management reporting.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the principle that people should have access to appropriate and accessible investment options and understand the charges that they face.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently conducting a market study into asset management. We await the FCA’s assessment of disclosure of costs and fees in fund management reporting, where these issues fall under the scope of the market study. The FCA expect to publish an interim report in summer 2016 and a final report in early 2017.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the disclosure requirements imposed on pension trustees, the Department for Work and Pensions and the FCA jointly undertook a Call for Evidence on disclosure of costs and charges in workplace pension schemes during 2015. We and the FCA are assessing the responses received and remain committed to making regulations and rules in this Parliament requiring publication of costs and charges, as per the legal duty in the Pensions Act 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL244 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:56:49 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

520610

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
	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 findings of the Insurance Fraud Taskforce that detected insurance fraud and undetected insurance fraud costs consumers up to £50 per year; and whether they plan to establish a unit (1) to track the return of those costs to the consumer, and (2) to monitor the performance of the insurance industry in tackling fraud and addressing the practices of claims management companies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>A Written Ministerial Statement was published on 26 May 2016 to announce that the Government accepts each of the recommendations addressed to it. We expect that all organisations tasked with taking forward recommendations do so with urgency. The Government will do what it can to assist and, in order to make sure that all of the recommendations are actively pursued, we will seek an update on progress later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>The report highlighted the particular problem of fraud in relation to low value personal injury claims and the Government has established a programme of reforms in this area, particularly in respect of whiplash claims and regulation of claims management companies. We are pleased that the report’s recommendations reflect and support that reform programme.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL247 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:37:48 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

518795

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to reallocating public funds presently allocated to (1) candidate and party election addresses, and (2) government advertising, to enable a cost-neutral package of reform of the rules on political party finance, including a cap on donations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
	uin	HL89
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is open to dialogue on practical measures to reform the funding of political parties. This can only be achieved by cross party discussions from the political parties themselves.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 02/06/2016 15:47:54 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

518731

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with ministers in the devolved administrations about improving the levels of voter registration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL25
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>Following the May elections we look forward to working with the new Governments in Scotland and Wales on modernising and improving electoral registration. Electoral policy is not devolved in Northern Ireland but we are working with the Chief Electoral Officer to introduce digital registration. The Government is committed to helping ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote in polls is able to do so. Online registration makes it easier, simpler and faster for people to register to vote. Since the introduction of IER in Great Britain in 2014 there have been over 17 million applications to register to vote, with a majority of these applications online.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 02/06/2016 14:25:58 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark