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927347

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Construction: Migrant Workers
	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 possible effect of Brexit on the recruitment of foreign workers in the construction industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that following our exit from the EU, we will continue to welcome those with the skills, drive and expertise to make a positive contribution. We are also committed to avoiding labour shortages in key sectors.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU. The MAC will build on the significant analysis already underway in Government, but we want the MAC’s credible, independent advice to inform our decisions on our future immigration arrangements.</p><p>The MAC is due to report in September 2018 and the Government will take account of their findings when making final decisions about our future immigration system.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/06/2018 13:24:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

926500

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Kites
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in its efforts to ensure that the annual kite flying event for Palestinian children in Gaza is allowed to be held this year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has conducted two kite flying events on the 12 and 13<sup>th</sup> of March 2018 in Gaza. The event has been taking place since 2012 with the primary aim to raise funds and to send a peaceful message to the world about the importance of protecting the dignity and hopes of Palestine refugees. We recognize the valuable role UNRWA plays in supporting young Palestinians across the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/06/2018 12:45:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

924182

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how UK public spending on disability and incapacity compares with other G7 nations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL8661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>As a share of GDP, latest data shows that the UK’s public spending on disability and incapacity is the second highest in the G7. Public incapacity spending in the G7 countries is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Public spending – incapacity-related (per cent of Gross Domestic Product)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Social Expenditure Database, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 13:46:22 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

924181

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spend on supporting people with disabilities and health conditions; and how much this amount has risen in real terms since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL8660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2018/19, forecast expenditure on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions is £54.0 billion. This is £9.3 billion more than in 2010/11.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 13:45:00 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

924171

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel since 30 March, to encourage their cooperation with the independent, international commission of inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate all alleged violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL8650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has been clear that we support an independent and transparent investigation into recent events in Gaza, including Hamas’s role and the Israeli DeFence’s conduct. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary expressed concern about the loss of Palestinian lives during the Gaza protests when they met Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in London on 6 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:47:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

924161

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	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	Eritrea: Mining
	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 recent report by Eritrea Focus to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, Mining & Repression in Eritrea: corporate complicity in human rights abuses, and its implications for Government policy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL8640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​The Government has received the recent report by Eritrea Focus. Eritrea remains a human rights priority country under the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Annual Human Rights Report. The FCO and the British Embassy in Asmara regularly engages with UK companies, and companies with UK investment, involved in the extractive sector in Eritrea. Discussions include their duty to comply with the legislative and regulatory requirements of operating in Eritrea, and the human rights of Eritrean nationals involved in their operations in Eritrea.</p><p>The British Government will take appropriate action against companies and/or individuals who fail to comply with the relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:47:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

923170

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	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	Ukraine: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the government of Ukraine's undertaking to respond by March 2018 to the UK's request for action to ensure that individuals from Ukraine's Roma community are afforded full and equal access to an education, fair treatment by law enforcement bodies and the judiciary, and a right to acquire a nationality, what response they have received from the government of Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL8634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​The UK raised the treatment of members of the Roma community during Ukraine's Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations in November 2017. In their response, Ukraine noted that it was implementing the 2013-20 Strategy for the Protection and Integration of the Roma National Minority into Ukrainian Society, including efforts to improve the documentation of the Roma population and school attendance of Roma children. The UK continues to engage with the Ukrainian authorities and non-governmental organisations on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:44:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

923165

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what UK economic aid, if any, is provided to the Burmese army.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
	uin	HL8629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK provides no economic aid to the Burmese Army.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/06/2018 12:44:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

923153

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths since 2000 have been linked to Child Support Agency cases or cases managed by the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL8617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question to refer to the death, for any reason, of receiving or paying parent who is named on a case managed by the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).</p><p> </p><p>Data is only available for the 2003 CSA scheme, and for the CMS since December 2015. <del class="ministerial">IIt</del> <ins class="ministerial">It </ins>is standard practice for the Department to be informed of a death and for this to be recorded on departmental systems. It is only possible to identify a death of a case participant where the Department has a National Insurance number for the parent involved and has been informed of the death. Where the Department is informed of a death only the date is recorded as standard practice and as such any link beyond involvement in a case cannot be established.</p><p> </p><p>For 2003 scheme cases managed by the CSA there were 71,200 deaths informed to DWP between 2003 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For cases managed by the CMS there were 3,500 deaths informed to DWP between 1st December 2015 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 13:44:36 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2018 15:04:25 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe previous answer version 65349 answering member printed Baroness Buscombe answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

923149

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Child Arrangements Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what records they keep on the outcomes for children who have been subject to child arrangements orders in the family courts since 2000; and how many of those orders setting out parenting time between a father and his children were broken in 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL8613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Child Arrangements Orders replaced separate contact and residence orders in April 2014. The Department does not hold information on the outcomes for children who have been subject to such orders in the family courts. This information, including court ordered time with a father, could only be obtained by checking each court file at disproportionate cost. The Department does, however, publish information on the number of children who are the subject of applications and orders for enforcement in private law Children Act 1989 proceedings where a breach of an order is alleged. This is set out in Tables 3 and 4 of Family Court Statistics Quarterly available from www.gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/06/2018 12:54:42 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch