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746651

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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 how many Nepalese students applied to undertake further education in the UK in the last two years for which figures are available, and how many were accepted.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on total sponsored entry clearance visa applications to study by nationality, is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Sponsorship tables, (found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">//www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a>).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2017 14:38:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table - C11-C13 - Immigration Stats Sponsorship Tables.xlsx title Table - C11-C13 Immigration Stats Sponsorship
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1170135

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the (1) expiry of UN authorisation for cross-border humanitarian access to areas of Syria outside government control, and (2) rejection of two draft resolutions to renew that authorisation under Resolution 2449, on displaced refugees in Syria.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>​The UK abstained on UN Security Council Resolution 2504 on 10 January which extended authorisation for only two of the previous four border crossings for humanitarian assistance to Syria. This followed the vetoes by Russia and China of a renewal of Resolution 2249. We abstained because, while we support continued cross-border assistance through two border crossings from Turkey to north-west Syria, we were appalled that the other two existing crossings were not included in the new resolution at Russian insistence despite continued humanitarian need. This includes Yaroubiya crossing, between Iraq and north-east Syria, which last year was used to deliver medical aid to more than 1.4 million people. Ending the UN mandate for aid to enter via this route will therefore have a severe impact on north-east Syria. The UK is working closely with partners to consider how best to continue providing for the urgent need of Syrian civilians in the area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/01/2020 14:50:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1462930

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lay regulations that (1) define what a stable coin is, and (2) require particular (a) forms, and (b) levels, of collateral for such coins.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The legislation to bring stablecoins, where used as a means of payment, within the regulatory perimeter is expected to be part of the forthcoming Financial Services and Markets Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech on 10 May. The Bill will be introduced later in the session when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s response document, with respect to stablecoins used as a means of payment, the government proposes that regulation should capture all stablecoins that reference fiat currencies, including a single currency stablecoin or stablecoin based on a basket of currencies.</p><p> </p><p>The financial services regulators will be required to consult on rules associated with this legislation in due course, including on assets or funds backing the stablecoin where relevant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 24/05/2022 14:34:48 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1314981

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Nepal: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what requests for bilateral support they have received from the government of Nepal to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic; and what their response has been.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is one of the leading donors to Covax, committing £548m to the scheme, which will provide more than a billion vaccines to developing countries including doses for almost a fifth of Nepal's population. The UK has also funded a new £180,000 duplex oxygen generation plant at the Nepal Police Hospital in Kathmandu to help address oxygen shortages to treat COVID19 patients. The UK is also providing £15m of support to international NGOs and the UN to provide shelter, nutrition and other critical needs in Nepal - including cash and voucher assistance to 220,000 vulnerable people's basic needs, nutrition support to 120,000 pregnant and lactating women and infants, 400,000 people with WASH (UNICEF's water, sanitation and hygiene) support, and 210 truckloads of relief supplies to 52 different destinations.</p><p>On Friday 28 May, a plane carrying the UK’s donation of 260 ventilators and 2,000 visors arrived in Nepal, in response to an urgent request for medical supplies from the Government of Nepal. Moreover, since the beginning of the pandemic, British Embassy Kathmandu has helped Nepal respond to COVID-19 by reprioritising over £40m of its aid budget. This support has included the construction of an oxygen plant in a Kathmandu hospital; technical advice to local government on managing the impact of COVID-19; water, sanitation and hygiene facilities to support around 300,000 people; safe spaces for women in isolation centres; cash and voucher assistance for the most vulnerable; and nutrition support for pregnant and lactating women.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL281 question first answered 02/06/2021 16:03:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1151645

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Babylon Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish separately a list of (1) all meetings between all health ministers and the private health care provider, Babylon, and (2) social and other events organised by Babylon attended by one or more health ministers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Since the current Government came into office in 2017, there has been only one external meeting between a Departmental Minister and Babylon, as of June 2019. This was in March 2018 when the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage MP) attended a meeting where Babylon and other organisations’ representatives were present. Lists of Departmental external meetings are publicly available online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/11/2019 13:06:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

61504

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Nash on 9 June (HL Deb, col 167), whether the investigation by the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education into the handling of the Trojan horse allegations in 2010 will be made public; and what is the timeframe for the report.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an internal review into how the Department for Education dealt with warnings in Birmingham since the formation of this Government in 2010, and before. The Permanent Secretary intends to present his findings to the Secretary of State later in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/06/2014 12:11:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

348510

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how many newly displaced and malnourished people there are in South Sudan following the latest outbreak of fighting in Unity State.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The exact numbers of newly displaced and malnourished people following the May outbreak of fighting in Unity State have yet to be confirmed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Due to the ongoing fighting, humanitarian access has been extremely limited, preventing assessment of the humanitarian impact. We expect an update in mid-June, following the launch of the mid-year review of the 2015 United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan in Geneva on 16<sup>th</sup> June 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 17/06/2015 16:11:47 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

521033

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Nepal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the process is for ensuring that quick decisions are made about the treatment of critically ill infants suffering from hypophosphatasia in cases where effective drug treatment is available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>National Health Service commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Highly Specialised Technologies evaluations. If the drug is not recommended, and until NICE’s final guidance is issued, it would be for NHS England to decide whether to make it available to patients.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is currently evaluating asfotase alfa (brand name Strensiq) for the treatment of paediatric-onset hypophosphatasia under its Highly Specialised Technologies programme, which looks at drugs for very small patient populations.</p><p> </p><p>The Evaluation Committee’s preliminary recommendation, published in December 2015 for consultation, was not to recommended asfotase alfa, within its marketing authorisation, for long-term enzyme replacement therapy in paediatric-onset hypophosphatasia to treat the bone manifestations of the disease.</p><p> </p><p>NICE makes its recommendations based on the available evidence and in consultation with stakeholders, including manufacturers and patient groups.</p><p> </p><p>This is not NICE’s final guidance and its recommendations may change after consultation. NICE currently expects to publish its final guidance to the NHS in October 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/06/2016 13:19:11 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1670150

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Residence Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many transfers of residency orders have been issued by family courts in the past two years; and of those, (1) how many were issued following findings or allegations of parental alienation, and (2) how many were made in favour of a parent previously accused of child sexual abuse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Transfers of residency orders, incidences of findings of child sexual abuse in private law proceedings, and cases involving allegations of parental alienation or alienating behaviours are not recorded centrally. Such information could only be obtained by analysis of individual case files at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the term “parental alienation”: as part of his judgment in the case of <em>Re C</em>, the President of the Family Division outlined that most family judges regard the label of “parental alienation”, and the idea that it “may be a diagnosable syndrome” as being “unhelpful”. He noted that instead the courts should focus on identifying any specific “alienating behaviours”.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL283 HL284 question first answered 30/11/2023 12:10:01 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1723116

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Attendance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consultation with Gypsy and Traveller families they undertook with regard to the use and implications of the term "mobile child" in the statutory guidance Working together to improve school attendance, published on 29 February.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 and accompanying statutory guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ use the term ‘mobile child’ to describe a child of compulsory school age who has no fixed abode and whose parent is engaged in a trade or business that requires them to move from place to place. This is a new term, but covers the same children as section 444(6) of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>Parents of mobile children have longstanding protection in attendance law and guidance, including how absence is recorded in the register, but feedback from parents, schools and local authorities suggested inconsistency in how these are applied. The term ‘mobile child’ is intended to clarify that the provisions are for all pupils who meet the definition as set out in regulation 3 of the 2024 Pupil Registration Regulations (and the statutory guidance) and that they concern the child’s mobility rather than ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>A draft of the new Regulations and guidance was subject to full public consultation in 2022 and training has been provided both to schools and local authorities to improve consistency and support implementation. The department will continue to monitor feedback on implementation during the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL283 HL284 HL285 question first answered 05/08/2024 13:15:12 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker