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47852
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-09more like thismore than 2014-04-09
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HM Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been an evaluation into the impact on international trade and the United Kingdom economy resulting from changes to the Government Gateway and Identity Assurance programme; and, if so, whether they will publish it. more like this
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Lord Lucas more like this
star this property uin HL6794 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-24more like thismore than 2014-04-24
star this property answer text <p><strong>The Identity Assurance programme is at an early stage in development. The programme will be subjected to rigorous consultation and testing. Any relevant documents will be published when available.</strong></p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Deighton more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6795 more like this
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less than 2014-04-24T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-24T12:00:00.00Z
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4262
star this property label Biography information for Lord Deighton more like this
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1879
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Lucas more like this
47853
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-09more like thismore than 2014-04-09
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HM Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any risk assessment has been undertaken as to the impact on the Excise Movement and Control System, the Import Control System and the New Computerised Transit System following changes to the Government Gateway and Identity Assurance programme; and, if so, whether they will publish it. more like this
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Lord Lucas more like this
star this property uin HL6795 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-24more like thismore than 2014-04-24
star this property answer text <p><strong>The Identity Assurance programme is at an early stage in development. The programme will be subjected to rigorous consultation and testing. Any relevant documents will be published when available.</strong></p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Deighton more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6794 more like this
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less than 2014-04-24T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-24T12:00:00.00Z
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4262
star this property label Biography information for Lord Deighton more like this
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1879
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Lucas more like this
47834
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-09more like thismore than 2014-04-09
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 2 April (WA 208–12), how many prosecutions have been brought in the last 10 years in connection with religious hatred offences (as distinct from homophobic hatred offences) under sections 29B and 29C of the Public Order Act 1986 and in connection with religiously aggravated offences (as distinct from racially aggravated offences) under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. more like this
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Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this
star this property uin HL6776 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-04-28
star this property answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not totally possible to identify separately offences of religious hatred from those of homophobic hatred or religious aggravation from those offences of racial aggravation. Relevant details may be held on the court record, which can only be checked at disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Faulks more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6777 more like this
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less than 2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z
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4183
star this property label Biography information for Lord Faulks more like this
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2037
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this
47835
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-09more like thismore than 2014-04-09
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 2 April (WA 208–12), how many prosecutions brought in the last 10 years in connection with religious hatred offences (as distinct from homophobic hatred offences) under 29B and 29C of the Public Order Act 1986 and in connection with religiously aggravated offences (as distinct from racially aggravated offences) under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have resulted in a guilty verdict. more like this
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Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this
star this property uin HL6777 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-04-28
star this property answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not totally possible to identify separately offences of religious hatred from those of homophobic hatred or religious aggravation from those offences of racial aggravation. Relevant details may be held on the court record, which can only be checked at disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Faulks more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6776 more like this
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less than 2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z
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4183
star this property label Biography information for Lord Faulks more like this
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2037
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this
47789
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-08more like thismore than 2014-04-08
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Ministry of Justice's March 2013 report showing a link between employment and reduced re-offending, what plans they have to improve literacy education for prisoners. more like this
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Baroness Morgan of Huyton more like this
star this property uin HL6737 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-16more like thismore than 2014-04-16
star this property answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are taking a number of steps to enhance and build upon the current learning and skills offer to prisoners. We firmly believe that giving offenders the skills and training they need to get and keep jobs on release reduces their likelihood of re-offending.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) are working with the Skills Funding Agency and providers of the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) to continually improve the quality of the teaching and learning experienced by prisoners through the development and dissemination of good practice. New approaches to literacy in particular include an increase in the use of peer mentors, embedded learning as part of other regime activities, and the introduction of aNational Reading Network in association with the Shannon Trust.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Later this year we will be introducing mandatory education assessment by the OLASS providers for all newly-received prisoners. This will ensure that all prisoners, not just those who go on to learning, receive a learning assessment (focused around literacy and numeracy but also covering learning difficulties and disabilities). NOMS and its partners are also working towards implementing better data-sharing arrangements between prisons and OLASS providers, so that more is known about prisoners' previous assessments, progress, and achievements, as well as their current educational needs.</p><p> </p><p>Intensive literacy and numeracy courses, based on the Army's model, have also been piloted in prisons, particularly to address the needs of prisoners serving short sentences. Prison Governors and OLASS providers are working together to deliver such courses where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Governors do not have targets regarding the improvement of prisoners' literacy skills. As noted previously, we are taking considerable steps both to further identify literacy learning needs and then to address them.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Newby more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6739 more like this
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less than 2014-04-16T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-16T12:00:00.00Z
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1916
star this property label Biography information for Lord Newby more like this
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2168
unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton more like this
47791
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-08more like thismore than 2014-04-08
star this property answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether prison governors have targets for the improvement of literacy skills of prisoners; and whether those targets are monitored. more like this
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Baroness Morgan of Huyton more like this
star this property uin HL6739 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-16more like thismore than 2014-04-16
star this property answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are taking a number of steps to enhance and build upon the current learning and skills offer to prisoners. We firmly believe that giving offenders the skills and training they need to get and keep jobs on release reduces their likelihood of re-offending.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) are working with the Skills Funding Agency and providers of the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) to continually improve the quality of the teaching and learning experienced by prisoners through the development and dissemination of good practice. New approaches to literacy in particular include an increase in the use of peer mentors, embedded learning as part of other regime activities, and the introduction of aNational Reading Network in association with the Shannon Trust.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Later this year we will be introducing mandatory education assessment by the OLASS providers for all newly-received prisoners. This will ensure that all prisoners, not just those who go on to learning, receive a learning assessment (focused around literacy and numeracy but also covering learning difficulties and disabilities). NOMS and its partners are also working towards implementing better data-sharing arrangements between prisons and OLASS providers, so that more is known about prisoners' previous assessments, progress, and achievements, as well as their current educational needs.</p><p> </p><p>Intensive literacy and numeracy courses, based on the Army's model, have also been piloted in prisons, particularly to address the needs of prisoners serving short sentences. Prison Governors and OLASS providers are working together to deliver such courses where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Governors do not have targets regarding the improvement of prisoners' literacy skills. As noted previously, we are taking considerable steps both to further identify literacy learning needs and then to address them.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Newby more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6737 more like this
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less than 2014-04-16T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-16T12:00:00.00Z
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1916
star this property label Biography information for Lord Newby more like this
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2168
unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton more like this
47785
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-08more like thismore than 2014-04-08
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Ministry of Defence more like this
star this property answering dept id 11 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Defence more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Defence more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many claims for hearing loss they have received from former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment. more like this
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Lord Empey more like this
star this property uin HL6733 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-23more like thismore than 2014-04-23
star this property answer text <p>Claims for damages brought against the Ministry of Defence are not recorded in a manner that enables the specific regiment or unit of a claimant to be identified without incurring disproportionate cost. 10,148 such claims have been received in the last six years from current and former Service personnel serving in Northern Ireland. Around 7,500 such claims have been successful to date, and the total value of compensation paid as a result has been around £62.3 million.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6735 more like this
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less than 2014-04-23T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-23T12:00:00.00Z
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3428
star this property label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever more like this
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4216
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Empey more like this
47787
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-08more like thismore than 2014-04-08
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Ministry of Defence more like this
star this property answering dept id 11 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Defence more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Defence more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the value of the compensation paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment who have made claims for hearing loss; and how many successful claims there have been to date. more like this
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Lord Empey more like this
star this property uin HL6735 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-23more like thismore than 2014-04-23
star this property answer text <p>Claims for damages brought against the Ministry of Defence are not recorded in a manner that enables the specific regiment or unit of a claimant to be identified without incurring disproportionate cost. 10,148 such claims have been received in the last six years from current and former Service personnel serving in Northern Ireland. Around 7,500 such claims have been successful to date, and the total value of compensation paid as a result has been around £62.3 million.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6733 more like this
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less than 2014-04-23T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-23T12:00:00.00Z
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3428
star this property label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever more like this
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4216
unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Empey more like this
47392
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-07more like thismore than 2014-04-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens have obtained their nationality by naturalisation. more like this
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Baroness Berridge more like this
star this property uin HL6624 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-15more like thismore than 2014-04-15
star this property answer text <p /> <p>Information on the resident population of the UK by nationality and country of birth is published by Office for National Statistics at: <br>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=International+Migration <br><br>Information on the total number of British citizens who have obtained their nationality by naturalisation or by registration is not available.<br><br>Data is published on the annual number of grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and registration made in each year from 1962 to 2013 in table cz 03 of Immigration Statistics, available in the library of the House and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a><br><br>The latest edition of table cz 03 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods</a><br><br>From 1962 to 2013 there were 2.9 million grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and 0.9 million grants based on registration. It is not possible to determine from the administrative data how many of the persons granted British citizenship since 1962 have subsequently died or changed citizenship.</p><p />
star this property answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6625 more like this
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less than 2014-04-15T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-15T12:00:00.00Z
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3787
star this property label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach more like this
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4218
unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
47393
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-04-07more like thismore than 2014-04-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens have obtained their nationality by registration. more like this
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Baroness Berridge more like this
star this property uin HL6625 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-04-15more like thismore than 2014-04-15
star this property answer text <p /> <p>Information on the resident population of the UK by nationality and country of birth is published by Office for National Statistics at: <br>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=International+Migration <br><br>Information on the total number of British citizens who have obtained their nationality by naturalisation or by registration is not available.<br><br>Data is published on the annual number of grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and registration made in each year from 1962 to 2013 in table cz 03 of Immigration Statistics, available in the library of the House and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a><br><br>The latest edition of table cz 03 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods</a><br><br>From 1962 to 2013 there were 2.9 million grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and 0.9 million grants based on registration. It is not possible to determine from the administrative data how many of the persons granted British citizenship since 1962 have subsequently died or changed citizenship.</p><p />
star this property answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL6624 more like this
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less than 2014-04-15T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-04-15T12:00:00.00Z
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3787
star this property label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach more like this
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4218
unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this