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	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Philippines: Prosperity Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent or invested by the UK Prosperity Fund in the Philippines in the (1) current, and (2) previous two years; and what impact this has had on increasing employment, establishing minimum wages and conditions, and reducing the need for the emigration of workers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL9977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund (PF) has spent the following in the Philippines over the last three years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£507,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£58,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 (estimated up to Aug 2018)</p></td><td><p>£83,653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Project activity has covered a number of areas including health, urban development and disaster protection, and includes preparatory work for larger programmes shortly to be approved. It is too early to fully assess impact.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/09/2018 13:30:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

967484

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Turkey: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress made by the Council of Europe’s project on improving the effectiveness of investigation of allegations of ill-treatment and combatting impunity in Turkey.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL9976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The project was launched in January this year and will run until mid-2019. While the UK is thoroughly supportive of the project it is too early to gauge progress. We will continue to monitor the activities of the project, which include workshops, training and mentoring, and to encourage the implementers to meet their objectives.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/09/2018 15:09:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

969319

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	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of (1) exports, and (2) imports, of food and drink between the UK and the rest of the EU in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL10149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>UK food and drink Exports are a success story, reaching £22bn for the first time in 2017. Our exports to Europe continue to increase, and have grown by £3.4bn since 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Exports</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2015 the value of food and drink exports to the rest of the EU was £10.9bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>This increased to £12bn in 2016.</p></li><li><p>This increased again in 2017 to a total of £13.3bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Imports</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2015 the value of food and drink imports from the rest of the EU was £27.6bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2016 this increased to £29.8bn.</p></li><li><p>In 2017 this increased to £32.4bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:36:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton