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838122

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Part-time Employment: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking regarding reports of stagnant pay progression for part-time workers, particularly with regard to the gender pay gap.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL5450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The majority of part-time workers are women, especially mothers of young children, and they often choose part-time work in order to balance work and family care. The unequal sharing of childcare responsibilities between men and women is a key driver of the gender pay gap. The Government is committed to tackling the gender pay gap, including through introducing a legal requirement for business to report their gender pay gaps in April this year. The Government has also taken measures to help parents to balance work and childcare. We introduced the right to request flexible working in 2014, and we have also introduced tax-free childcare and 30 hours free childcare for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to support working families. We also launched a communications campaign on Shared Parental Leave on 12 February.</p><p>In response to Matthew Taylor’s Good Work report the Government will launch a joint taskforce with industry on flexible working to unlock the potential in the labour market, including amongst women.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:06:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

838085

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not bought into force section 1 of the Equality Act 2010; and whether they will now do so following recommendations by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a country that works for everyone, where success is based on merit, not privilege, and where everyone has the chance to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. That is why the Government has in place a number of strategies to address social mobility and improve outcomes for those who experience disadvantage.</p><p>Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 is the public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities, which the Government has no plans to commence in England.</p><p>We believe that specific programmes designed to address social mobility problems in particular areas will be a more effective approach than blanket and potentially burdensome legislation of this type.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:07:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

837297

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Children
	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 estimate by the Thomas Coram Foundation that there are some 120,000 children in the UK without regular immigration status, of whom half were born here; what are their proposals for improving this situation in line with the best interests of the child; and whether free legal advice is, or will be, available to such children who wish to claim citizenship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>Any non-European Economic Area national child wishing to remain in the UK to settle here must apply for leave under the family Immigration Rules. These Rules give direct effect to the Secretary of State’s statutory duty in section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, to have regard, as a primary consideration, to a child’s best interests in making an immigration decision affecting them.</p><p>Comprehensive information about applying for citizenship is available on the GOV.UK website. If an individual wishes to seek additional legal advice there are a number of sources available, including regulated immigration advisers. Whether a person is charged for that advice would depend on the organisation concerned and the individual’s situation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:23:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

837298

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children with temporary leave to remain after reaching the age of 18 were deported to their countries of origin, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested in a reportable format. The data requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office only returns an unaccompanied child with no lawful basis to remain in the UK if it is satisfied that safe and adequate reception arrangements are in place in the country to which they are to be removed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:10:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

837299

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment of the best interests of the individual child is provided before a deportation at the age of 18 is approved.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s duty under Section 55 of the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Act 2009 applies to those under the age of 18. In the case of vulnerable adults aged 18 and over, a risk assessment is completed prior to removal or deportation to ensure their safety and security is protected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:08:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

837295

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the occupations and salaries of foreign workers for whom restricted certificates of sponsorship under Tier 2 (General) were allocated by the Home Office in the January 2017 allocation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>The number of restricted certificates of sponsorship granted, and the points threshold, for each monthly allocation since April 2016 is published on the Home Office website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:24:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

837316

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Occupied Territories
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 29 January (HL4714), what assessment they have made of the reasons why (1) their immigration statistics show that 19 per cent of Israeli settlers living illegally on Palestinian land were refused entry to the UK in 2017 whereas 32 per cent of Palestinians were refused entry, and (2) in the last four years the Palestinian refusal rate has been over three times the Israeli refusal rate.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>All applications are assessed on a case by case basis, according to the individual circumstances and against the part of the Immigration Rules which relates to the purpose for which they are seeking entry. The nationality of the applicant only determines whether an application is decided before departure or on arrival.</p><p>All non-EEA citizens seeking to enter the UK are assessed against the criteria set out in the published Immigration Rules (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules</a>). These are the same regardless of nationality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/02/2018 14:12:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge