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713673

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Zimbabwe: South Africa
	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 on the Zimbabwe economy of the announcement by the South African Home Affairs Minister on 7 February that Zimbabweans who previously acquired permits to work, conduct business, or study in South Africa under special dispensation will have to follow the normal channel of applying for work and study visas when their permits expire in December, and of the extent to which those new requirements will lead to Zimbabweans holding such permits losing their jobs and rights of residence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL6270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The South African Government has the right to apply their own rules about visas and work and study permits. It is for the South African and Zimbabwean authorities to comment on the impact this might have on the Zimbabwean economy and on jobs held by Zimbabweans in South Africa.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:56:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

713679

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment in the tax years (1) 2013–14, (2) 2014–15, and (3) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimates are not available for the extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment. However, the Government remains committed to supporting people saving for retirement.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment has produced a significant change in private pension saving and has already reversed the decline seen in the decade prior to its introduction. As at the end of February, over 7.5 million people had been enrolled into a workplace pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 10:47:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712567

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Syria: 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 protect the rights of women in Syria, as part of their overseas operations in that country.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL6162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>All of the projects the UK funds through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund in Syria incorporate awareness of gender equality issues and work to promote the empowerment of women. In particular, we have supported women-led projects through a governance programme, which has enabled women to participate in community engagement activities, project development and decision-making at the local level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:58:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

713675

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Southern Africa: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last held discussions with the Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) about SADC’s commitment to ensuring free and fair elections in SADC member states.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL6272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK representative to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) participated in the annual general conference of the Electoral Commission Forum of SADC countries in August 2016, attended by President Khama of Botswana, the previous Chair of SADC. We also regularly emphasise the importance of free, fair and credible elections, in accordance with SADC's own guidelines, in our bilateral dialogues with countries in the region. We are also providing practical support, for example, we accredited a team of observers to last year's local elections in South Africa and will do the same for this year's general elections in Lesotho. Her Majesty's Government is also working through a multi-donor programme to improve the electoral environment in advance of elections in Zimbabwe in 2018</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:56:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

712575

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Somaliland: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to Somaliland to enhance political stability in that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL6170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to enhancing political stability in Somalia, including in Somaliland. We are supportive of dialogue between Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, and with the Federal Government of Somalia on areas of mutual interest.</p><p>In Somaliland, the UK is an active member of a group of international donors which provide technical, financial and political support to the National Electoral Commission and the broader electoral cycle in Somaliland. This included £2.18million in UK support to plan, prepare and deliver biometric voter registration in Somaliland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:57:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

714936

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Libraries: Publications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that the number of textbooks and library books available in maintained schools is not reduced, and that that number is not reduced in comparison to the number of books available in private schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL6423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>We want all schools to have the resources they need, and through our careful management of the economy we have been able to protect the core schools budget in real terms. School funding is now at its highest level on record at more than £40bn in 2016-17 - and that is set to rise, as pupil numbers rise over the next two years, to £42 billion by 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>We agree that high quality textbooks are important in delivering high quality education. Schools are best placed to determine appropriate teaching resources which they fund from within their budgets. We do not collect detailed information on the purchase of books in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that school libraries play a key role in encouraging young people to read for pleasure. We believe that it should be for schools to decide whether to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/04/2017 11:00:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

714756

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	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	Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions have been given to FCO country desk officers to ensure that freedom of religion or belief is included in their work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>Advancing human rights - including the right to freedom of religion and belief (FoRB) - is embedded across the work of our diplomats. In order to enhance the capabilities of staff working to promote FoRB in their country context, the FCO issued a revised toolkit in October 2016. This coincided with our London Conference on FoRB and Countering Violent Extremism, which was attended by a number of country desk officers. The FCO also routinely provides training and seminars to increase religious literacy amongst staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:50:27 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

714966

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Northolt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered opening RAF Northolt to scheduled commercial flights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	uin	HL6451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/04/2017 14:14:58 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

712598

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Qatar: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate (1) they, and (2) the International Labour Organisation, have made of the number of (a) deaths, and (b) serious injuries, which have occurred on stadium and hotel building sites in Qatar in the last two calendar years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
	uin	HL6193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the death of five construction workers over the past two years – of which two were workplace accidents on world cup building sites, and the other three were health-related. We do not have any figures for serious injuries and do not estimate them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:57:05 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

713677

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings to HM Treasury in terms of tax relief which would be gained if the annual allowance for pension contributions were reduced from £40,000 a year to (a) £30,000 a year, (2) £25,000 a year, and (3) £20,000 a year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The impacts of reducing the Annual Allowance from £40,000 a year would depend upon a number of factors including earnings growth and behavioural response to the policy change.</p><p> </p><p>A costings note for the reduction of the Annual Allowance from £50,000 to £40,000 and the Lifetime Allowance from £1.5 million to £1.25 million was published at Autumn Statement 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This policy costings document was published alongside Autumn Statement 2012</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 11:09:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name as2012_policy_costings.pdf title policy costings
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann