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1699268

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Malawi: Droughts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from UNICEF that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the president of Malawi declaring a state of disaster in 23 out of the 28 districts in the country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2024 answer text <p>We share UNICEF's assessment that the El Nino phenomenon has contributed to failed rains across Southern Africa, resulting in serious drought in both Zambia and Malawi, which in turn will have a serious impact on children and the most vulnerable. We welcome the swift actions of Presidents Hichilema (Zambia) and Chakwera (Malawi) in declaring a state of national disaster and emergency across Zambia and within 23 out of 28 districts in Malawi.</p><p>In Zambia, the UK is committing to the rapid expansion of the Social Cash Transfer scheme to reduce food insecurity for an additional 6 million people and pivoting our existing nutrition programmes to expand access to treatment. We deployed a UK Humanitarian Stabilisation Operations Team to support the Government of Zambia's drought response coordination. In Malawi, the UK has contributed to the Government's investment into disaster risk financing instruments which will provide an immediate response when triggered. The Malawian Government is currently preparing its own El Nino Response Plan which will outline further international assistance requirements. The UK will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL3648 question first answered 10/04/2024 11:07:25 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1544698

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many caseworkers are engaged in considering applications for each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3647 HL3648 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1365278

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safety of women in prison.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Safety of prisoners in our custody is a key priority. We have established a Women’s Estate Self-Harm taskforce which is co-ordinating longer-term work to address the factors driving self-harm.</p><p><br> Our Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model is transforming how we support prisoners and significant investments have been made to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers to improve safety and deliver key work. In April 2021 we began implementing a gender specific OMiC model in the women’s estate.</p><p>The Challenge, Intervention and Support Plan (CSIP) is also in place for the effective case management of those prisoners who are at a raised risk of violence towards other prisoners. While the newly revised version of the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) framework includes a stronger person-centred approach and improved focus on risks, triggers, and protective factors.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 17/11/2021 11:48:37 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1191466

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children from refugee camps in Greece they have committed to allow into the UK since 1 January; when such children will be received in the UK; how many of those children they decided to allow into the UK as a direct result of COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold detailed information on the location of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children within European Member States.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the Dublin III Regulation on an annual basis (each February) in the Immigration Statistics This includes data on the number of requests to transfer into and out of the UK and the number acceptances and transfers into and out of, broken down by article. The latest data, covering up to 2019, can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#dublin-regulation</p><p>Instructions on how to use the data can be found in the ‘Notes’ sheet.</p><p>Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation. Arrangements to complete a transfer have always been and still are the responsibility of the sending State who have 6 months to enact transfer after acceptance. We continue to liaise with our counterparts in Member States so that we can effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.</p><p>The Government remains committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (‘the Dubs amendment’). Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have continued to make further progress with participating States including Greece, to move closer to achieving this commitment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/05/2020 15:57:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

795244

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what legal provision an NHS doctor can deny an NHS patient access to their medical records.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Patients have a legal right to apply for access to their medical records and to request copies of all medical records about them. Requests should be made directly to the healthcare provider that provides the treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Data Protection Act 1998, information can be exempt from disclosure if it ‘would be likely to cause serious harm to the physical or mental health or condition of the data subject or any other person’.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3645 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:03 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

647949

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to reintroduce pre-registration of Feed-in Tariffs for communities and schools.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>In our 2015 review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme, we determined that reintroducing the tariff guarantee element of pre-registration was not compatible with the wider cost control measures introduced. However, we continue to keep the situation under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/12/2016 12:53:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

428923

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what dates in the last 24 months the government of the Republic of Ireland attended in any capacity meetings held under section 1 of the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has held regular meetings with the Irish Government over the last two years in accordance with the established three-stranded approach.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 30/11/2015 12:18:52 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

169360

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage Protection Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications for a Forced Marriage Protection Order have been made since the coming into force of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007; and how many have been successful.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Forced marriage is an appalling practice and should not be tolerated. That's why the Government has criminalised forced marriage to ensure that victims are protected by the law. The new offences of forced marriage in section 121 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into force on 16 June.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 came into force on 25 November 2008 and up to the end of September 2014, 762 applications for a forced marriage protection order have been made, and 785 forced marriage protection orders have been issued. The number of orders made generally exceeds the number of applications as forced marriage protection orders are sometimes made during the course of applications for other family orders, and there is no differentiation between interim orders and final orders.</p><p> </p><p>Section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which also came into force on 16 June 2014, made it a criminal offence to breach a forced marriage protection order. There were 63 applications for a forced marriage protection order in the period 1 July to 30 September 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3647 question first answered 23/12/2014 12:54:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill