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533035

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what fees estate agents are able to include within administration charges when letting homes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Letting agents can set their own administration charges when letting homes, but they must publicise a full tariff of their fees prominently in their offices and on their website. Agents that fail to do so can be fined up to £5,000.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/07/2016 15:05:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

533033

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	EP Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
	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 administrative and immigration check fees on those on low incomes seeking to rent a home.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Not all letting agents charge fees for right to rent checks and when right to rent was rolled out in the West Midlands, it was found that the majority of letting agents were not charging a fee for conducting the right to rent immigration checks. Letting agents are required to be fully transparent about their fees and publicise a complete tariff of fees in their offices and on their website. The Government believes that full transparency gives consumers the information they need. We intend to carry out a review later this year into how well this approach is working.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2016 15:42:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

947641

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for International Development, Resettlement of White Helmets from Syria, published 22 July, whether there will be comprehensive background checks on those individuals before allowing them, or their family members, to settle in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL9897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>We take the security of our resettlement process extremely seriously. When potential cases are submitted by the UNHCR for consideration, they are carefully screened and considered for suitability for entry to the UK. We take the utmost care to ensure that those people coming here undergo rigorous vetting. We retain the right to reject individuals on security, war crimes or other grounds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 12:11:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

947639

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Retirement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the present retirement age for police officers; and what is their estimate of how many officers (1) reached that age, and (2) retired during the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL9896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The retirement age for police officers depends on their pension scheme. Members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme can take their pension after thirty years of service. This means that someone joining the scheme at 18 can retire at age 48. The 2006 scheme members’ pension age is 55. And for the 2015 scheme it is 60 years with the option to take it from 55 with actuarial reduction.</p><p>The Home Office publishes information on the number of police officers who retire, by Police Force Area, in the annual “Police workforce, England and Wales” statistical bulletin. The latest release was published on 19<sup>th</sup> July, and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p><p>Table JL4 of the accompanying data tables (see attached) shows the number of police officers who retired in 2017/18.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on the age of officers, which is grouped into the following categories: Under 26, 26 to 40 years old, 41 to 55 years old, and Over 55 years old. The exact age of the officer is not collected.</p><p>Table D5 of the accompanying data tables at the link above shows the number of officers in each of the four age groups, by rank.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table D5 Age of police officers<sup>1</sup>, by rank, as at 31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Rank</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Age group</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 26</p></td><td><p>26 to 40</p></td><td><p>41 to 55</p></td><td><p>Over 55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Constable</p></td><td><p>7,207</p></td><td><p>50,968</p></td><td><p>38,330</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p><strong>97,772</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,805</p></td><td><p>11,575</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p><strong>18,693</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inspector</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p><strong>5,628</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Inspector</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>1,348</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p><strong>1,603</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>785</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>893</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Officer</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,713</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>125,093</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Excludes British Transport Police and officers seconded out to central services (e.g. the Home Office, the National Crime Agency).</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table JL4.xlsx title Table JL4 2 file name hosb1118-police-workforce.pdf title Stats - Police Workforce England & Wales March 18 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:07:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

947617

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support programmes have been set up for the victims of so-called "grooming gangs"; what has been the cost of any such programmes; and what compensation, if any, those victims have received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling all forms of sexual exploitation and to ensuring that all victims, whether they are a child or an adult, get the support they need.</p><p>In each of the last three years the Government has allocated around £7.2m in funding to sexual violence support services to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse. This includes £1.7m to rape support services across England and Wales to provide specialist support to victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation. A further £4.7m has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners specifically to commission services supporting victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation.</p><p>In 2017/18 the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme paid out £154 million to victims of violent crime, including victims of childhood sexual abuse.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 12:11:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947615

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set up a national independent inquiry into whether police forces across the country failed to fulfil their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs” during the period 1995 to 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Home Office established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to consider the extent to which institutions – including the police – have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Inquiry has announced an investigation examining institutional responses to the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks.</p><p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling child sexual exploitation. We have declared it a national threat and this categorisation remains in force to empower police forces to apply their best skills and expertise to tackle the problem.</p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct operates independently of Government and the Home Secretary does not have the power to refer matters to it for investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9879 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:05:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947614

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to refer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation officers in Greater Manchester Police, Thames Valley Police, West Mercia Police, and Northumbria Police for any failure in their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Home Office established the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to consider the extent to which institutions – including the police – have failed in their duty to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Inquiry has announced an investigation examining institutional responses to the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks.</p><p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling child sexual exploitation. We have declared it a national threat and this categorisation remains in force to empower police forces to apply their best skills and expertise to tackle the problem.</p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct operates independently of Government and the Home Secretary does not have the power to refer matters to it for investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9880 question first answered 07/08/2018 12:05:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947611

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they receive as part of their counter-terrorism strategy from Muslim communities in reducing support for sharia law, abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the fundamental importance of working in partnership with all communities to reduce the risk of radicalisation.That is why we supported 181 community-based projects in 2017/18, reaching over 88,000 participants.</p><p>Almost half of these projects were delivered in schools, aimed at increasing young people’s resilience to terrorist and extremist ideologies. Prevent does not target a specific faith or ethnic group - it deals with all forms of extremism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:27:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947609

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islam: Legal Systems
	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 support in UK Muslim communities for sharia law; whether in making any such assessment they considered abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate to be part of sharia law; and what assessment they have made of the impact of support for sharia law on the terrorist threat in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL9876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the support in UK Muslim communities for Sharia law nor of the impact of support for Sharia law on the terrorist threat.</p><p>In Britain we have a long tradition of freedom of worship and religious tolerance, where many people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices. The Government doesn’t prevent individuals from regulating their lives through religious beliefs provided their actions don’t conflict with the law.</p><p>The Government recently confirmed in its response to the independent review of Sharia law that Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:25:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

947602

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking together with international partners, to (1) disrupt and dismantle Afghan drug trafficking organisations, and (2) separate those groups from the Taliban.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL9872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The UK works closely with international partners to disrupt serious and organised criminality linked to the Afghan drugs trade, a proportion of which is conducted by the Taliban.</p><p>This work involves operational cooperation, joint operations and the provision of capacity building. It has led to significant operational results. For example, as set out in the National Crime Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts (available at <a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/915-nca-annual-report-account-2017-18/file" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/915-nca-annual-report-account-2017-18/file</a>) 5.1 tonnes of heroin was seized in 2017 / 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2018 15:36:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name NCA Annual Report Accounts 2017-18.pdf title NCA Annual Report Account 2017-18
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian