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79726

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:25
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1618
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/08/2014 10:44:46
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many staff are employed by PICT in each senior pay band; and what has been the average yearly increase in salary for each band in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1618
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1618
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>PICT employs 1 member of staff at senior pay band 2 and 4 at senior pay band 1.</p><p> </p><p>Pay for senior staff in the House of Commons, under whose terms and conditions PICT staff are paid, has increased over the last 5 years as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Percentage increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>yet to be agreed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 04/08/2014 10:44:46 answering member 2124
	creator	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

79735

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	EU Regional Policy
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1627
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 10:30:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their priorities regarding the European Union cohesion policy.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1627
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1627
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The budget and main regulations governing European Union cohesion policy for the 2014-20 programming period were agreed formally in December 2013. The focus now is on effective implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 11/08/2014 10:30:43 answering member 4284
	creator	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

79733

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:36
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Youth Engagement Fund
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1625
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:31:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of young people from the gypsy and traveller communities not in education, training or employment, what steps they are taking to ensure that the Youth Engagement Fund will benefit people from those communities.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1625
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1625
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The £16m cross-government Youth Engagement Fund aims to support up to 18,000 of the most disadvantaged young people in England to improve their educational achievement, increase their employability and reduce their risk of offending. This includes young people from the gypsy and traveller communities. The Fund does not prescribe which particular groups of young people bidders should work with.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:31:45 answering member 1816
	creator	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

79741

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:46
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Lottery
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1633
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/08/2014 09:44:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much lottery money has been spent on sports and recreation each year since the establishment of the National Lottery; how much they anticipate will be spent in 2015, 2016, and 2017; and how much of that funding has been allocated for each Olympic and Paralympic sport.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1633
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1633
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The amounts of National Lottery money drawn down by the Lottery sports distributors for spending on the sports good cause were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1994/95 - £1.8 million</p><p>1995/96 - £40.1 million</p><p>1996/97 - £181.6 million</p><p>1997/98 - £188.3 million</p><p>1998/99 - £397.4 million</p><p>1999/00 - £316.7 million</p><p>2000/01 - £292.5 million</p><p>2001/02 - £359.2 million</p><p>2002/03 - £377.5 million</p><p>2003/04 - £315.5 million</p><p>2004/05 - £241.6 million</p><p>2005/06 - £264.1 million</p><p>2006/07 - £208.8 million</p><p>2007/08 - £216.1 million</p><p>2008/09 - £230.5 million</p><p>2009/10 - £216.6 million</p><p>2010/11 - £224.0 million</p><p>2011/12 - £302.5 million</p><p>2012/13 - £271.6 million</p><p>2013/14 - £358.2 million</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Big Lottery Fund (and its predecessor bodies) spent approximately £1 billion on sports and recreation projects that had a social impact over that period.</p><p> </p><p>The sports distributors estimate that they will drawing down approximately £450 million this financial year and in each of the next three financial years.</p><p> </p><p>UK Sport invests in four-year cycles in line with the Olympic and Paralympic calendars. The breakdown of funding for each sport up to Pyeongchang 2018 can be found on the UK Sport website.</p> question first answered 18/08/2014 09:44:47 answering member 2539
	creator	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

79727

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:40
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:27
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1619
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/07/2014 15:08:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take in response to the recommendation in the report of the Education Commissioner published on 22 July into allegations concerning Birmingham schools that "unless there are genuinely exceptional circumstances, there should be a presumption that an individual will only be a governor at a maximum of two schools at any one time".
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1619
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1619
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are considering all the specific recommendations made in the report and the Secretary of State will return to the House of Commons in the autumn on steps to be taken on these matters.</p> question first answered 30/07/2014 15:08:56 answering member 4270
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

79731

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:33
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	North Korea
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1623
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:23:29
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Baroness Warsi on 23 July (HL Deb, cols GC 460–4) on the Commission of Inquiry Report on human rights in North Korea, whether any projects to improve the substantive human rights of North Koreans, rather than cultural, economic or humanitarian initiatives, are to be implemented; and whether such projects are being considered for North Korean refugees outside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1623
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1623
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is not possible for the UK to carry out projects in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) without the cooperation of the DPRK authorities. This has an impact on the type of projects we are able to support, although we have successfully taken forward projects in some areas of human rights, such as disability rights. In the Financial Year 2014/15 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO’s) Human Rights and Democracy Programme is funding a project delivered by the Thomson Foundation titled ‘Inside Out: Working in North Korea to connect its journalists to the Internet world’, which aims to give North Korean journalists a greater understanding of freedom of expression by teaching them Internet skills. Our other engagement projects are about finding concrete ways to inform North Korean citizens about the UK and its values, so that in the long term they recognise the benefits of working with the outside world from which they are normally isolated.</p><p>Our Embassy in Seoul supports the North Korean refugee community through its “English for the Future” programme, which is funded with a mixture of FCO programme funds and corporate sponsorship. We also reserve one of our Chevening scholarships for this community. These programmes help new settlers tackle some of the barriers which can prevent their successful integration into South Korean society and improve their future prospects. The FCO’s Human Rights and Democracy Programme has also previously funded projects with North Korean refugee groups in the Republic of Korea which are more directly related to human rights in the DPRK, such as documenting the effects of torture or producing a report on the rights of women. We remain open to funding similar projects in the future.</p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:23:29 answering member 4173
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

79732

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:55:34
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Malaysia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1624
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:22:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 21 January (WA 136), what progress has been made in resuming the European Union–Malaysia Human Rights Dialogue; and whether they have asked the government of Malaysia how it reconciles the endorsement of the 2004 Amman Message (recognising the validity of all eight Islamic legal schools including Shia) with actions taken by the Malaysian authorities.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1624
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1624
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Discussions continue between the EU and Malaysia on the resumption of the EU-Malaysia Human Rights Dialogue. We are keen to have a Dialogue of substance. Bilaterally, we have regular conversations with the Malaysian government on human rights issues, including freedom of religion.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:22:10 answering member 4173
	creator	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

79756

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:47
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:56:24
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1648
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:21:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Iraqi President, Speaker and acting Prime Minister about the early establishment of an inclusive government there.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1648
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1648
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our Ambassador in Baghdad has made representations to the Speaker and President to urge the early establishment of an inclusive government and we continue to raise this with Iraqi leaders at the highest levels. The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), also discussed the issue with Prime Minister Maliki during his visit in June.</p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:21:33 answering member 4173
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

79757

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:47
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:56:25
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	China
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1649
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:19:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of China about China's obligations under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, following the recent demolition of several churches and the removal of crosses from others.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1649
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1649
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have concerns about all restrictions placed on freedom of religion and belief in China. This includes the destruction of churches and the removal of crosses from others. We believe that freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right, and continue to raise our concerns with Chinese counterparts.</p><p>We raised our particular concerns about religious buildings in China directly with Chinese authorities during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 19-20 May. We also highlight our broad range of concerns publicly in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy and in quarterly updates to it.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:19:11 answering member 4173
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

79765

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/08/2014
	date	29/07/2014
	date tabled	29/07/2014
	ddp created	29/07/2014 21:38:49
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:56:36
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Council of Ministers
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1657
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 11:17:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 21 July (WA 156), how many times since 2008 the Council of the European Union has disagreed with items on its agenda previously agreed within Coreper and to be decided without discussion as A-items.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1657
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1657
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not record information on how many times the Council has chosen not to adopt an item as an “A” point following a preparatory meeting of The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER). Where an item is on the agenda for a meeting of the Council of the European Union, COREPER will prepare that item but will not itself take any decision: the decision is for the Council to take. If a matter is planned for agreement as an A point at a Council meeting and it appears that agreement is not possible, it would be either withdrawn from the agenda or made the subject of discussion at that meeting.</p> question first answered 11/08/2014 11:17:11 answering member 4173
	creator	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch