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57559

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Homelessness
	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 pilot schemes on discharge from hospital of the homeless.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL32
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We have commissioned Homeless Link to undertake an evaluation of the Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund and expect to receive a full report in September.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/06/2014 11:59:56 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

76559

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £3 million of emergency aid to Iraq will be allocated to United Kingdom charities, and in particular to the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, operated by Canon Andrew White.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has allocated £2m to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with UK operations who were already operating in Iraq.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has not received a request for funding in response to the current situation in Iraq from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. For the financial year 2014/15 they will receive £8,070 from the MENA Conflict Pool. This is a project which has been running for a number of years and is not connected to our emergency response.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 21/07/2014 16:13:38 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

76560

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds they have allocated for reconciliation work in Iraq in the current financial year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The joint DFID/FCO/MOD Conflict Pool is used for reconciliation work, amongst other themes. The total Conflict Pool budget for Iraq in this financial year is £2.5 million and £0.3m of this is supporting reconciliation projects.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 21/07/2014 16:14:07 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

79714

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Syrian Refugees have arrived in the United Kingdom under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL1606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. Groups of Syrians are now being brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme. We will be publishing the number of people arriving under the VPR scheme each quarter as part of the Home Office’s official migration statistics.</p><p>The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees fleeing religious persecution. However, the Government has already brought a number of Iraqis into the UK under the Gateway Programme where they have been in a protracted refugee situation for five years or more, and who amongst other things are escaping religious persecution.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government will of course continue to consider asylum claims, including applications from Iraqi nationals suffering religious persecution, under our normal rules.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1607 question first answered 22/09/2014 11:48:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

79715

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to include Iraqi Refugees fleeing religious persecution.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL1607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. Groups of Syrians are now being brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme. We will be publishing the number of people arriving under the VPR scheme each quarter as part of the Home Office’s official migration statistics.</p><p>The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees fleeing religious persecution. However, the Government has already brought a number of Iraqis into the UK under the Gateway Programme where they have been in a protracted refugee situation for five years or more, and who amongst other things are escaping religious persecution.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government will of course continue to consider asylum claims, including applications from Iraqi nationals suffering religious persecution, under our normal rules.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1606 question first answered 22/09/2014 11:48:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

79819

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	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	Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have met the administration of Kurdish-controlled Iraq since ISIS took control of other Iraqi regions; and in particular whether they have discussed the situation of Iraqi Christian refugees.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL1708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), met the President and Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq on 27 June, and our Consul General in Erbil regularly meets the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and others to discuss the humanitarian crisis and assistance to displaced persons including Christians from Mosul. Most recently the Consul General met the Head of the KRG’s Department for Foreign Relations on 6 August to discuss the specific needs of Christians and other minority groups including Yezidis fleeing from Sinjar. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials meet regularly with the KRG representation to the UK, and have done so several times since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) attacks on Mosul and other parts of Iraq in mid June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 18/08/2014 10:00:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

62429

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	Sri Lanka
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sri Lanka about the attacks on Muslims on 15 June by Buddhists in Aluthgama; and what information have they received from the government of Sri Lanka about its plans to halt the sectarian violence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brinton
	uin	HL367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>We continue to raise our concerns about the recent communal tensions and the significant surge in attacks against members of religious minority groups in Sri Lanka including those of 15 June, with the Sri Lankan authorities. Our High Commissioner to Colombo has met Muslim community representatives to discuss their concerns. The Head of the EU Delegation has raised recent developments with the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary. The EU delegation has released a statement in agreement with EU Heads of Mission in Sri Lanka condemning the violence and have called on the Sri Lankan government to uphold law and order.</p><p>Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa and other senior Sri Lankan Ministers have visited the area affected by violence, and the army and police have been deployed to those areas. President Rajapaksa has also urged restraint and pledged that those responsible for the violence would be held to account. We continue to watch the situation closely.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 25/06/2014 15:49:07 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	4241 label Biography information for Baroness Brinton

62791

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 18 to 21 year-olds claim Jobseeker's Allowance in England; and what proportion of those (1) do not have a Level 3 qualification, and (2) live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brinton
	uin	HL471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In January 2014, the latest figures available, there were 140,000 claimants aged 18 to 21 year olds in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance in England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2012/13 the Department estimates it spent around £610m on Jobseeker's Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to split this expenditure for claimants by qualification level, as the Department does not collect this information in our administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more as the Department does not collect this in our administrative systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL472 question first answered 02/07/2014 14:57:24 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4241 label Biography information for Baroness Brinton

62792

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost of Jobseeker's Allowance for 18 to 21 year-olds in England; and what is the cost of Jobseeker's Allowance for those (1) with qualifications below Level 3, and (2) at or above Level 3.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brinton
	uin	HL472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In January 2014, the latest figures available, there were 140,000 claimants aged 18 to 21 year olds in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance in England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2012/13 the Department estimates it spent around £610m on Jobseeker's Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to split this expenditure for claimants by qualification level, as the Department does not collect this information in our administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more as the Department does not collect this in our administrative systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL471 question first answered 02/07/2014 14:57:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4241 label Biography information for Baroness Brinton

78867

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	King's College London
	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 of proposals by King's College London to reduce scientific staff posts in the South London<i></i>and Maudsley<i></i>catchment area by 10 to 15 per cent in (1) clinical services, (2) autism research, and (3) mental health research.<i></i>
	tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
	uin	HL1257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not for the Government but for local hospitals to decide how many staff they employ. Local National Health Service organisations are best placed to determine the skill mix of their workforce and must have freedom to deploy staff in ways appropriate for their locality.</p><p> </p><p>Safe staffing is not solely about numbers, but also importantly about the quality of care patients receive and how staff spend their time.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/07/2014 16:28:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning