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1126330

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Telephones: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cap on the cost of phone calls between EU member states will apply to UK consumers until the end of any transition period, in the event that a Brexit deal is agreed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL15690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text Under the draft Withdrawal Agreement, EU law will continue to apply in the UK during the Implementation Period (subject to certain exceptions), including EU law that comes into force during the Implementation Period. That will include the Regulation that caps the cost of phone calls via landline and mobile phone or SMS made from one EU country to another.   answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 23/05/2019 13:51:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1127091

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult women with no previous convictions were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) below six months and (ii) six months and over in each police force area in England and Wales in 2018-19; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information on the numbers of adult women and adult men with no previous convictions who were taken into immediate custody from the Crown Courts and the Magistrates courts for sentences of below six months and six months and over are provided below. It is not possible to provide breakdowns by police force area because, due to low numbers, this would risk identification of the individuals concerned. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> female offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of female offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> male offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,561</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>752</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of male offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p>In the female offender strategy, published June 2018, we set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255284 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:06:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

1127092

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult men with no previous convictions were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) below six months and (ii) six months and over in each police force area in England and Wales in 2018-19; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information on the numbers of adult women and adult men with no previous convictions who were taken into immediate custody from the Crown Courts and the Magistrates courts for sentences of below six months and six months and over are provided below. It is not possible to provide breakdowns by police force area because, due to low numbers, this would risk identification of the individuals concerned. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> female offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of female offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> male offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,561</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>752</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of male offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p>In the female offender strategy, published June 2018, we set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255283 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:06:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

1127781

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on social prescribing.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	257061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>‘Prevention is better than cure’, published by the Department in November 2018, highlighted the important role social prescribing can play in reducing people’s isolation and improving levels of activity.</p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has committed to deliver at least £4.5 billion of new investment in primary medical and community health services over the next five years. Part of this investment will support the recruitment of over 1,000 trained social prescribing link workers - in place by the end of 2020/21 rising further by 2023/24, with the aim that over 900,000 people are able to be referred to social prescribing schemes by then.</p><p>The Prevention document and the Long Term Plan can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-is-better-than-cure-our-vision-to-help-you-live-well-for-longer" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-is-better-than-cure-our-vision-to-help-you-live-well-for-longer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-plan/" target="_blank">www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-plan/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/05/2019 14:58:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1126705

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they intend to make to the Council of Europe about finding ways to ensure that all members implement the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK unreservedly condemns the use of torture and works closely with international partners to eradicate this abhorrent practice, including making robust statements in multilateral organisations and by Ministers. The UK encourages Council of Europe members to engage fully with the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Where necessary, the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe will intervene in the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers meetings to call on member states to engage with the recommendations of the Committee's reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2019 13:06:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1126302

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the government of Pakistan to continue to uphold  the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
	uin	HL15662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK has a long history of supporting Freedom of Religion or Belief for all people. We stand up for everyone's right to practise or not practise a religion that is in line with their conscience, wherever they are in the world.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief with the Government of Pakistan at a senior level. I raised the treatment of religious minority communities with Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, during my visit to Islamabad in February, and in subsequent telephone calls.</p><p>Under the Government's Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy, the UK has supported projects in Pakistan to promote greater tolerance and religious freedom. In November 2018, the Government announced a new £12 million fund to bolster the work of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations to promote respect, and the value of religious diversity and tolerance.</p><p>On 30 January 2019, the Foreign Secretary and the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro, launched an Independent Review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians overseas. The Bishop submitted his interim report on 3 May; he will submit his final report in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2019 12:58:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

1126704

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment may, in some circumstances, be published without the prior consent of the state in question.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK encourages Council of Europe members to engage fully with the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe has intervened in the Committee of Ministers in the past, calling on Member States to agree to the publication of all CPT reports concerning that State. The UK Government promotes a general policy of transparency by authorising the publication of the visit reports and the UK responses thereon, encouraging other Member States to do likewise. We shall continue to take this approach.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2019 13:03:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1127585

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Turkey: Political Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has has with his Turkish counterpart on political prisoners participating in hunger strikes in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	256371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>​I raised the issue most recently with the Turkish Ambassador on 13 May. While strongly condemning the ongoing violence perpetrated by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, we have encouraged the Turkish authorities to implement the recommendations made by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following their visit to Imrali prison where Mr Öcalan is detained. In this regard, I welcome the fact that Mr Öcalan was granted access to two lawyers on 2 May. I also note the comment made by Mr Öcalan, via his lawyers, that individuals should not pursue these hunger strikes to the point of serious illness or death.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/05/2019 16:02:52 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1127530

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Libya: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to resettle vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers from Libya; and what support his Department provides to dedicated search and rescue teams in the Mediterranean for those trying to flee Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	256340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>​Following the UNHCR's urgent appeal for resettlement places, the UK has committed to participate in the resettlement of the most vulnerable refugees who have been evacuated by UNHCR from Libya to Niger. This is in addition to the UK's existing commitment to resettle up to 3,000 vulnerable refugee children and their families from the Middle East and North Africa more widely by 2020 under the Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme. The UK Government currently supports the EU's Operation Sophia through the provision of staff to its Operational Headquarters. Presently the Operation's naval operations are temporarily suspended, however should the Operation's air surveillance assets observe a vessel in distress, relevant information is sent to the nearest Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre to coordinate a response.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/05/2019 15:58:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1126697

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 25 January, whether they have commissioned the further studies into the possible reinstatement and reopening of the Colne–Skipton railway line as part of a TransPennine freight line and for local passenger services; and if so, who is undertaking those studies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL15714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Work is currently progressing and we expect to receive the results later this year to inform a decision as to whether the scheme should go to the ‘develop’ stage of the Government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.</p><p>Local stakeholders, including the local MP Andrew Stephenson, have championed the scheme and we are working closely with Transport for the North to assess the proposed scheme and to ensure that it can be affordable, will attract sufficient traffic, and is part of the right long-term solution for cross Transpennine rail traffic.</p><p>This is part of our new approach to rail enhancements to ensure we address the needs of passengers and freight, and that funding commitments appropriately reflect the stage of development of schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/05/2019 14:23:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves