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1149822

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children and Young People
	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 fee for a child or young person to register as a British citizen upon people born stateless in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has no current plans to specifically review the fees policy applicable to stateless persons applying to register as a British citizen, however the Home Office keeps its fees for immigration and nationality under review.</p><p>The Home Office has no current plans to produce a specific impact assessment in respect of the fee for a child or young person born stateless to register as a British citizen. An assessment of the impact of all border, immigration and citizenship (BIC) fees was published as an associated document to the Immigration and Nationality Fees (Regulation) 2018. In response to a recommendation from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration the Department will consider publication of fee-related Policy Equality Statements on a case by case basis going forward.</p><p>Statistics on the UK’s resident population and on births by nationality of parent are a matter for the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>The Home Office stateless leave policy is designed to assist those who are unable to return to their country of former habitual residence because they are stateless and no longer have a right of residence there. This also reflects our obligations under the UN Stateless Conventions by providing a means for stateless persons in the UK to access their basic human rights and is part of our efforts to address wider global issues facing stateless persons. Leave to remain applications to stay in the UK as a stateless person are free of charge.</p><p>There are citizenship routes for children who are born in the UK: if their parent becomes British or settled, or if they live in the UK for the first ten years of their life. In addition there are provisions for stateless children which allow us to meet our obligations under the 1961 Convention.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL111 HL112 HL115 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:53:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

732061

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what investigations are taking place with a view to reviewing the effects of the suspended aquifers on the lives of residents on Tristan da Cunha.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones
	uin	HL114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Tristan da Cunha Administration is undertaking investigations of the suspended aquifers and the possible impact on the Tristan community. It is considering whether external technical assistance is necessary to assess the situation further. The Administration does not believe there is presently a threat to the Tristan residents.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/06/2017 16:00:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

519549

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tristan da Cunha: Ground Water
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have agreed the reduction to the Block Grant for the Northern Ireland Executive as a result of the decision to introduce a lower rate of Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland from April 2018, and if so, what is the new Block Grant figure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the government legislated to make a lower Northern Ireland Corporation Tax rate possible. The Northern Ireland Executive are committed to introducing a rate of 12.5%, to be introduced in 2018.</p><p>Now Northern Ireland’s own political leaders must press on with the reforms necessary to put the Executive’s finances on the sustainable footing required to complete Corporation Tax devolution.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Stormont House Agreement, the Executive would then meet the direct and behavioural costs of any reduction in corporation tax in Northern Ireland, and we are continuing to work with the Executive on the funding arrangements which would deliver this outcome.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 02/06/2016 13:12:13 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

347250

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they regard the army's activities in Northern Ireland as overseas deployment; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Armed Forces personnel based in Northern Ireland are not considered to be on an overseas deployment. However they do receive some additional measures of support which reflect the circumstances of a posting in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/06/2015 16:27:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

58589

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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	Nigeria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether officials or Ministers of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Home Office or the Cabinet Office have met Bello Adoke, the Nigerian Attorney General, since 2012; and if so, what was the date of each meeting.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Given the the range of frequency of the many meetings by Government officials with the Nigerian Attorney General I am unable to offer a full list of these. However, I can confirm that from the list of Government departments requested, at Ministerial level only the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, my Hon. Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Mr Wright), has met the Attorney General, Bello Adoke, in Abuja on 9 January 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 14:52:17 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead