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1584753

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many employees currently work in each UK freeport; and how many (1) full, and (2) part, time jobs have been created in existing freeports in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>With the majority of English Freeports now fully up-and-running, we are starting to see them attract new investment to their regions. Following the construction of new facilities and infrastructure, this investment will deliver thousands of high-quality, long-term jobs for local communities. For example, SeAH Wind Ltd are investing £400 million in the Teesside Freeport to build an offshore wind manufacturing facility that will create around 1,500 jobs.</p><p>That is just one example: English Freeports expect to create 130,000 direct and over 80,000 indirect jobs. On top of this, we recently announced two new Green Freeports in Scotland, which estimate they will create over 75,000 new, high-skilled jobs. These forecasts will be reviewed through a baselining exercise in early 2023 and performance against them tracked and reported on as part of <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ca1b7f2766747403c8bdd08db135dfa5a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638125066562222738%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eSO64fAJlv%2FPMNd3W29fTaFbKs2ImBN9N6P0e1Byt7M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">the UK Freeports Programme Annual Report</a> (attached). The next Annual Report is due to be published towards the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 20/02/2023 17:33:48 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL5417 - UK Freeports Programme Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK.pdf title Annual Report
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1584754

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many employees at freeports in the UK are excluded from employer National Instance contributions under the Freeport Upper Secondary Threshold.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>There is a zero rate of secondary Class 1 national Insurance contributions on the earnings of new employees who spend 60% or more of their working time within Freeport tax sites. This rate can be applied on the earnings of all new hires up to £25,000 per annum from April 2022 and for 36 months per employee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 20/02/2023 17:35:05 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1584755

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Industrial Relations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether existing trade union and labour relations laws will operate inside freeport zones in the same way they operate outside of them.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Freeports will maintain the UK's high standards with respect to workers' rights and Freeport areas are subject to the relevant legislation to ensure this, including relevant UK employment laws and protections.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 20/02/2023 17:35:24 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1584756

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what variation in normal customs rules are applied within each freeport in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Businesses authorised by HMRC to operate on specific, secure 'customs sites' within Freeports can take advantage of a special customs procedure which builds on facilitations available elsewhere in the UK. The details of this procedure can be found (attached) in <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Foperating-a-freeport-customs-site&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C3325d833154a49fd34a608db132c3c85%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638124852923243019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jf0pnSsexojFplV%2BGIc3JafkvtubQVb2u8YUP%2Badh2c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC's guidance on customs sites</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 21/02/2023 16:34:09 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL5420 - Operating a UK Freeport customs site - GOV.UK.pdf title UK Freeport customs site
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1584757

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Human Trafficking and Money Laundering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address concerns of criminality relating to (1) money laundering, or (2) people trafficking, in instances where a freeport is located within an existing port approved location or within a freeport boundary with a variation from normal customs rules.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ffreeports-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy%2Ffreeports-programme-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C920ae6f2626f4e8f197108db132dcd50%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638124859655873295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z5%2BzBw1Lq1pEcsgEqH9E5l3FrOVP0k4C1JNLWScbc0I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Freeports Programme monitoring and evaluation strategy</a> (attached) sets out how the effectiveness and impact of the Freeport programme will be measured.</p><p>A breakdown of the amount of jobs that English Freeports estimate they will contribute to can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C920ae6f2626f4e8f197108db132dcd50%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638124859655873295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EkFfPVUQ0EA0wPGrq1lmrnelz9wIX0NaG0orWxOoxHs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Freeports programme annual report</a> (attached). In addition, we recently announced two new Green Freeports in Scotland, which estimate they will create over 75,000 new, high-skilled jobs. These forecasts will be reviewed through a baselining exercise in early 2024 and performance against them tracked and reported on through the Government's ongoing <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ffreeports-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy%2Ffreeports-programme-monitoring-and-evaluation-strategy&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C920ae6f2626f4e8f197108db132dcd50%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638124859655873295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z5%2BzBw1Lq1pEcsgEqH9E5l3FrOVP0k4C1JNLWScbc0I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">monitoring and evaluation of the programme</a> (attached).</p><p>With the majority of English Freeports now fully up-and-running, we are starting to see them attract new investment to their regions. More information about how Freeports deliver for the UK economy can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C920ae6f2626f4e8f197108db132dcd50%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638124859655873295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EkFfPVUQ0EA0wPGrq1lmrnelz9wIX0NaG0orWxOoxHs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Freeports programme annual report</a> (attached).</p><p>Freeport’s special customs status - which builds on facilitations available elsewhere in the UK - is available only on specific 'customs sites' within the wider Freeport footprint. These are secure sites administered by a specially authorised 'Customs Site Operator' or CSO. CSOs are required to obtain AEO(S) or equivalent authorisation from HMRC, an international gold standard for safety and security, and remain subject to robust ongoing oversight from HMRC. Freeports uphold the UK's high standards on security and preventing illicit activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL5421 Freeports Programme monitoring and evaluation strategy - GOV.UK.pdf title Monitoring and evaluation strategy 2 file name HL5421 UK Freeports Programme Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK.pdf title Annual Report question first answered 20/02/2023 15:42:45 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1584758

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Freeports: Job Creation and Population
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what additional support they have provided to local governments to support additional needs following (1) job creation, and (2) the movement or growth of population, in the areas around freeports.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL5422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The Freeport policy model features a generous package of funding for local authorities to help them drive local regeneration, including by meeting local infrastructure and other needs. This encompasses £1 million of funding to support local capacity to deliver, £25 million of funding for local capital works, and potentially hundreds of millions of flexible funding through local retention of business rates, to be used in line with local priorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 20/02/2023 15:49:25 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1605338

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide access to affordable domestic energy for low-income customers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government has set up a number of Energy Affordability Schemes to support low-income customers with energy prices such as Energy Bills Support Scheme and the Energy Price Guarantee which all households will benefit from.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Spring Budget, the Energy Price Guarantee has been extended at £2,500 for an additional three months to the end of June 2023 to further support households with energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Statement set out a commitment to work with consumer groups and industry to consider the best approach to consumer protection from April 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, for 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living payments. Pensioners will receive a £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment alongside their Winter Fuel Payment.  The Warm Home Discount will also provide £150 per eligible household for the financial year 2023/24.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 03/04/2023 14:22:39 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1605339

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many new detention centres will be required in the event that the Illegal Migration Bill is enacted; and how many sites or locations they have identified for such centres so far.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>An economic impact assessment will be published for the Illegal Migration Bill in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/04/2023 15:16:11 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1605340

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	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 His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those with disabilities are in receipt of benefits that they are entitled to receive.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government makes information on benefits widely available to all those who may wish to claim, including disabled people and people with health conditions, through a variety of channels including GOV.UK. In addition, information is available from a wide range of other sources, including organisations and charities, who provide advice and support. The DWP continually seeks to improve the information it makes available to encourage people to claim the benefits they may be entitled to.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2023 15:15:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1605341

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passport Office: Industrial Disputes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that people have access to a (1) new, or (2) renewed, passport during the period of five weeks of industrial action by Passport Office workers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Passport Office are working to manage the impact of strike action, whilst ensuring they can continue to deliver vital services to the public, with comprehensive contingency plans in place.</p><p>There are currently no plans to change our guidance which states that it takes up to ten weeks to get a passport.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/04/2023 15:14:51 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608835

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what they have plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government does agree that the Vagrancy Act is antiquated and not fit for purpose, and therefore we have committed to repealing it. We made that commitment during the passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act. Our commitment to repealing it has always been dependent on introducing modern replacement legislation to ensure that police and other agencies continue to have the powers that they need to keep communities safe and protect vulnerable individuals.</p><p>I cannot give a specific date when we will bring the legislation in. We will bring forward suitable replacement legislation in a future legislative vehicle.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 12/04/2023 12:31:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608836

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have regarding unaccompanied children seeking asylum that have gone missing while in temporary hotel accommodation; and what assessment they have made of any evidence of organised crime involvement in those disappearances.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of those in our care is our primary concern. We have robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) in emergency interim hotels are safe and supported whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of specialist social workers and nurses.</p><p>We have no power to detain UASC in hotels and we know some do go missing. Many of those who have gone missing are subsequently traced and located. Children’s movements in and out of hotels are monitored and recorded and they are accompanied by support workers when attending organised activities and social excursions off-site, or where specific vulnerabilities are identified.</p><p>There are many reasons why children go missing from care. This is also true of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. It would be wrong to make generalisations regarding the reasons for this.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/04/2023 10:16:42 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608837

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	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	Commonwealth: Foreign Relations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish (1) details, and (2) minutes, of the meeting of Commonwealth foreign ministers in March.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) was organised and hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat on 15 March 2023. The Foreign Secretary made clear the UK's desire to work with partner nations to deliver tangible benefits for Commonwealth countries and citizens, in particular on trade and investment, climate and values. The Commonwealth Secretariat published details of the meeting on their website: https://thecommonwealth.org/news/commonwealth-foreign-affairs-ministers-meet-discuss-responses-global-crises.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 05/04/2023 15:58:56 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608838

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum caseworkers were employed (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023; and what was the attrition rate of asylum caseworkers in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The number of asylum decision makers employed by the Home Office each month from January 2020 to December 2022 can be found in the ASY_05 (M) tab of the published migration transparency data located here: Immigration and protection data: Q4 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Data for 2023 will be published in future releases.</p><p>The attrition rate of decision makers is not routinely published but have been released to the Home Affairs Select Committee. The response can be found here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31774/documents/178754/default/</p><p>To reduce attrition rates and help maintain our decision-making experience we have also implemented a recruitment and retention allowance. We have already doubled our decision makers over the last 2 years, and we are continuing to recruit more. This will take our expected number of decision makers to 1,800 by summer 2023 and 2,500 by September 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name letter - HASC.pdf title Letter - HASC 2 file name Asy-05 M Table .xlsx title ASY-05- M Table question first answered 14/04/2023 13:37:27 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608839

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected impact of their Illegal Migration Bill on victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK government remains committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery and supporting victims. The Illegal Migration Bill will prevent people who come to the UK through illegal and dangerous journeys from accessing the provisions of the National Referral Mechanism.</p><p>It is right that the government takes steps to address the threat to public order posed by individuals making dangerous journeys that cause loss of life and are inherently unsafe, both for themselves and First Responders.</p><p>We support thousands of victims each year and will continue to do so following the implementation of the Illegal Migration Bill.</p><p>We are working on developing guidance regarding the operation of these measures, including any potential impacts and how they relate to victims of Modern Slavery, to be introduced when it is appropriate to do so once the Illegal Migration Bill has progressed through Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/04/2023 09:29:39 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608840

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have signed agreements with any countries, other than Rwanda, to remove those seeking asylum in the UK and to process their asylum applications; and if so, what are those countries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL6965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>We have not yet entered into any Third Country Asylum Processing (TCAP) agreements with any other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/04/2023 10:15:51 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609392

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting period for an individual entering the National Referral Mechanism awaiting a reasonable grounds decision (1) before, and (2) after, the introduction of the updated guidance that came into effect this year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Reasonable Grounds decisions will be made as soon as possible following referral. Statistics on the timescales of Reasonable Grounds decisions for victims of modern slavery are not currently published.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/04/2023 17:08:31 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609393

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Labour Turnover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the attrition rate for caseworkers at the Passport Office in 2022.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The attrition rate for case-working staff only is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/04/2023 13:57:43 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609394

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many suppliers to government departments have been excluded from subsequent procurement processes on the grounds of either fraud or corruption.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The grounds for the exclusion of bidders from public procurement procedures are set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These rules set out the circumstances in which bidders must, or may, be excluded from a public procurement process.</p><p>In all cases, individual departments and other public sector bodies are responsible for their own decisions on these matters, and will hold their own records. This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/04/2023 14:29:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609395

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS: Nuclear Reactors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government where the nuclear reactors for the SSN–AUKUS submarines will be built.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As the Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk) highlighted in his Oral Statement to the Commons on 14 March, all nuclear reactors for the SSN-AUKUS Class submarines will be built by Rolls Royce in Derby.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 17/04/2023 15:57:36 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609396

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of disabled people affected by changes to the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme between 2022—23.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As a result of expanding and reforming the scheme in England and Wales, the Government estimated in the final impact assessment that 160,000 more households, where a person has a disability or long-term illness, will receive a rebate.</p><p> </p><p>These changes do not apply in Scotland, where customers apply for a Broader Group rebate through their energy suppliers, who can set their own eligibility criteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/04/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609397

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Freeports: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Windsor Framework will allow the establishment of freeports in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
	uin	HL7051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to extending the benefits of our Freeports programme across the UK and to working with stakeholders from sectors and places across Northern Ireland on how best to do so. Of course we need to see a restored Northern Ireland Executive before those discussions can be progressed further, similar to our engagements with Scottish and Welsh governments on proposals there.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/04/2023 16:15:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1007480

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Counter-terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the Prevent Strategy within the NHS as a safeguarding measure to protect those with care and support needs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL11484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the National Health Service fully embeds the Prevent Statutory Duty of 2015 within its safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p>Great strides have been taken to embed Prevent within the health sector to date. For example, since the Prevent Duty made training mandatory over 830,000 NHS staff have received Basic Prevent Awareness training and over 470,000 have attended advanced training.</p><p>The Department is committed to engaging with relevant professional bodies and ensure that further opportunities to develop bespoke training for health professionals are undertaken.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 28/11/2018 14:50:55 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1010091

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their planned domestic abuse legislation will consider and provide for domestic abuse in communities where men assume that abuse is sanctioned by their faith.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL11538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that domestic abuse is a crime irrespective of whether that abuse is claimed to be sanctioned by faith.</p><p><br>We will be publishing a response to our public consultation on domestic abuse, together with a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, later this Parliamentary session.</p><p>The draft Bill will clearly define the types of behaviours that comprise domestic abuse be they controlling, coercive, threatening or violent and recognise that abuse can encompass psychological, physical, sexual, economic and emotional harms.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:37:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1037580

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Repatriation
	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 costs in each of the last three years of repatriating to the UK British nationals who are convicted of criminal offences overseas; and whether they intend to pay the same costs for British nationals forced into marriage overseas; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL12640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Costs associated with the deportation/return of British citizens to the UK at the end of a criminal sentence abroad are borne by the country seeking to deport/return them.</p><p>Victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the UK by the Forced Marriage Unit will no longer be asked to take out a loan for their repatriation costs. From now on, no one who is assisted by the Forced Marriage Unit - and would previously have been offered a loan - will have to cover the costs of their repatriation. Where possible, the Government will continue to seek to ensure the costs fall on the perpetrators by means of Forced Marriage Protection Orders (FMPOs). The Government has also agreed to ensure that those victims who have outstanding loans will have no further costs fall to them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2019 17:21:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar