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381624

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether Polish citizens of working age settled in the United Kingdom are more or less likely to claim benefits than the national average.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Specific assessments of the number of Polish benefit claimants as a proportion of the working age population are not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/06/2015 14:50:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

349517

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 10 June (HL23), what assessment they have made of the effect of the increase in employment tribunal fees on the number of claims being brought.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 11 June 2015 the Government announced a review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunal.</p><p>Further details are available on the Ministry of Justice website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2015 16:24:59 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

349154

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts
	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 economic return to gross domestic product arising from each £1 invested in support for the arts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>A report called <em>The contribution of the arts and culture to the national economy</em> was published in May 2013 by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and showed that arts and culture make up 0.4% of the UK's gross domestic product. The report explained that for every £1 of gross value added (a measure of the economic value of goods and services) generated by the arts and culture sectors, an additional £1.43 of GVA is generated in the wider UK economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/06/2015 16:24:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

350107

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 10 June (HL125), what is their current estimate of the number of men, women and children in those camps; why that estimate was not given in that Answer; and what is their estimate of the average number of years refugees have been living in the camps on the Burma–Thai border.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>According to latest reports from The Border Consortium (TBC) at the end of December there were 110,094 refugees who had been verified in the TBC database and were living in the camps. According to UNHCR’s refugees profiling report on years of residency, as of 2014: approximately 64% of the refugees have lived in the shelter for less than 10 years. Almost 30% have lived in the shelter between 11-20 years and only 7% have lived in the shelter over 20 years.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 24/06/2015 15:26:20 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

381007

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the recommendation of David Anderson QC that communications data should not be intercepted without the authorisation of senior judges for warrants; and if so when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt Honourable Friend, the Home Secretary, said in her statement on 11 June, the Government will need to give proper consideration to the recommendations made by David Anderson, QC, as well as those made by the Intelligence and Security Committee, before bringing forward legislative proposals in the autumn for pre-legislative scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/06/2015 13:49:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

350138

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Communications Data and Interception Powers Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of David Anderson's finding that there is no compelling case for the compulsory retention of third party data in his report of the Investigatory Powers Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord Paddick
	uin	HL452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>As my right Honourable Friend, the Home Secretary, said in her statement to the House of Commons on 11 June (Col 1356), which I repeated, David Anderson does not say that access to third party data should not be permissible or possible but that a compelling operational case should be made first. The Government will consider all David Anderson’s recommendations carefully before bringing forward legislative proposals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/06/2015 13:49:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4288 label Biography information for Lord Paddick

381604

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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	EU Reform
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 11 June (HL206), whether the Prime Minister has yet discussed with other European Union leaders the repatriation of agriculture and fisheries policies to member states, and what position he has taken in those discussions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>Discussions are at an early stage. My reply of 11 June referred to some of the areas where the Government believes the EU needs to change.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/06/2015 11:17:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

381718

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Mediterranean Sea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they have made to ensure that refugees crossing the Mediterranean are not assumed to be economic migrants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>EU Member States have obligations requiring them to accept and consider without delay an application for asylum from any migrant arriving on their territory. These obligations include the application of the Dublin Regulation to determine which EU member State is responsible for examining the merits of the application. Her Majesty's Government has made very clear that it expects all EU Member States to honour those obligations as we do.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/06/2015 13:51:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

381009

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	FCO Services: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place for assessing whether information assurance and cyber security systems in FCO Services are adequate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>FCO Services follows the principles set out in the Government Security Policy Framework and the Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) Handbook. The FCO Services appointed SIRO is a Board member supported in their role by the Head of Corporate Knowledge and Security and the Chief Information Security Office. The SIRO provides an annual report to the Chief Executive Officer and FCO Services Audit and Risk Assurance Committee on the effectiveness of information risk management arrangements. All FCO Services Directors are made accountable and responsible as Information Asset Owners, and provide quarterly assurance to the SIRO on the security of and risk to all information assets in their area of responsibility. Each Information Asset Manager is supported by a network of Information Asset Owners, and a suite of Information Management policies. Risk management of information assets and cyber security is considered at the quarterly Security Committee chaired by the CEO.</p><p>The FCO Services Cyber Security Steering Group provides assurance that IT System security is effectively managed in accordance with Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG) good practice guidelines, CESG Information Security standards, and any relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Chaired by the SIRO, it identifies and mitigates cyber security risk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:36:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381010

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	FCO Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when information systems at FCO Services were last independently penetration tested.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>FCO Services operates a range of security accredited information services on behalf of our clients. External penetration tests are conducted as a mandatory part of the security accreditation process. The external penetration tests are commissioned at solution deployment and then at least annually thereafter to maintain the security accreditation. The last external penetration test commissioned was completed in April 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:37:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey