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1128820

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic Resistance Support Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation operates in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep a central register of all the organisations that operate in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/06/2019 16:12:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1129490

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students receiving free school meals (1) are children of working parents, and (2) have also received food parcels from a food bank in the previous 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL15975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible to receive free school meals (FSM), a pupil or their parent must be in receipt of any one of the following listed benefits and must make a claim to the school for FSM:</p><blockquote><p>Income Support</p><p>Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance</p><p>Income-related Employment and Support Allowance</p><p>Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act (1999)</p><p>The guaranteed element of Pension Credit</p><p>Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)</p><p>Working Tax Credit run-on: paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit</p><p>Universal Credit: if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get).</p></blockquote><p> </p><p>We do not collect or hold data on the benefit which has qualified a pupil for FSM, therefore we are unable to identify those in receipt that may be in working households. We also do not collect any data on the number of pupils who may have received a food parcel from a food bank.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes there is a need for more robust statistics in order to better understand the trend in food insecurity. Building a better understanding of household food needs will help ensure we’re targeting support to those who need it most. This is why we have worked with food insecurity experts, the Office for National Statistics, and the Scottish Government to introduce a new set of food security questions in the Family Resources Survey from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This means that from spring 2021, we will be able to monitor the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity at a national level, and for specific groups to better understand the drivers of food insecurity and identify which groups are most at risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/06/2019 11:28:42 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1129571

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the United States.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL16056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to negotiating an ambitious free trade agreement with the United States as soon as we have left the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The President and Prime Minister have made clear on a number of occasions their shared commitment to an ambitious, wide-ranging free trade deal that reflects the strength of our bilateral relationship. We welcome the publication by the US Administration of their negotiating objectives for a free trade agreement with the UK as well as the President’s positive public comments during the recent state visit.</p><p> </p><p>Although we cannot enter into negotiations with the US until we leave the EU, there is still much that we can do to lay the groundwork for an ambitious deal. This includes:</p><p> </p><p>Completing our domestic UK processes so that we are ready to start negotiations;</p><p> </p><p>Continuing our conversations with the Office of the US Trade Representative to prepare for live negotiations. These conversations are well advanced, including through the UK/US Trade and Investment Working Group, which has now met five times since it was established in July 2017. The most recent Working Group in November 2018 involved over 100 officials on each side.</p><p> </p><p>In parallel, work has taken place between our governments to ensure continuity of trade with the US, notably the UK-US Mutual Recognition Agreement, the UK-US ‘Open Skies’ Air Services Arrangement, and Wine and Spirits Agreements signed in recent months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/06/2019 11:29:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1129528

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Cancer
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year for which records are available, broken down by (1) cancer type, and (2) Clinical Commissioning Group area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL16013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Data is not collected in the format requested. However, tables showing a full breakdown of male and female cancer diagnoses by type and number at clinical commissioning group level in 2017, the last year for which records are available, is attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 18/06/2019 12:50:56 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL16013_Table.xlsx title HL16013_Table
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1129533

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their strategy for promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief as an objective of UK foreign policy.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
	uin	HL16018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to using our influence to defend Freedom of Religion or Belief as a universal human right which should be enjoyed by everyone. That is why the Prime Minister appointed me as her Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief. The UK regularly raises this topic through Ministers, our diplomatic network and at the Human Rights Council. In recent years we have seen reports of a particular rise in the persecution of Christians. The Foreign Secretary launched the independent review of FCO support for persecuted Christians on 30 January. The Review is led by the Bishop of Truro. It will map levels of persecution and discrimination against Christians around the world, and provide robust recommendations on how the FCO can respond. The Bishop has now submitted his interim report and will submit his final report in the Summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2019 13:03:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

1129529

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	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 May (HL15767), when they will assess the number of political detainees in Saudi Arabia; and what plans they have to review their policy of declining to intervene with the government of Saudi Arabia on allowing access to such detainees by independent monitors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL16014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>We closely monitor political detainees in Saudi Arabia, including women’s rights defenders. We raise concerns regularly and freely, using a range of Ministerial and diplomatic channels, including our Ambassador and Embassy team in Riyadh. The Foreign Secretary raised the detention of women’s rights defenders during his visit to Saudi Arabia in March. The British Government cannot intervene in independent monitoring or investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2019 13:05:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1129516

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training and support exists for NHS Estate Managers with respect to managing and monitoring the competence of external facilities maintenance contractors in line with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL16001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed.</p><p>NHS trusts will have local policy and procedures in place to manage external contractors including their competence.</p><p>Dissemination of information related to the Act and enforcement of it are carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>No recent discussions have taken place with the Health Estates and Facilities Management Association or the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management in respect of the Regulations.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the costs have been incurred by the NHS in respect of safety breaches by external facilities maintenance contractors or the how many accidents have occurred within the NHS Estate in each of the last five years involving, or caused by, external facilities maintenance contractors whilst carrying out maintenance work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16002 HL16003 HL16004 HL16005 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:07:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1129517

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the implications of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 for Facilities Maintenance contractors working in the NHS Estate are (1) disseminated, and (2) enforced; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that (a) dissemination, and (b) enforcement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL16002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed.</p><p>NHS trusts will have local policy and procedures in place to manage external contractors including their competence.</p><p>Dissemination of information related to the Act and enforcement of it are carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>No recent discussions have taken place with the Health Estates and Facilities Management Association or the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management in respect of the Regulations.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the costs have been incurred by the NHS in respect of safety breaches by external facilities maintenance contractors or the how many accidents have occurred within the NHS Estate in each of the last five years involving, or caused by, external facilities maintenance contractors whilst carrying out maintenance work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16001 HL16003 HL16004 HL16005 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:07:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1129518

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what costs have been incurred by the NHS in respect of safety breaches by external facilities maintenance contractors in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL16003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed.</p><p>NHS trusts will have local policy and procedures in place to manage external contractors including their competence.</p><p>Dissemination of information related to the Act and enforcement of it are carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>No recent discussions have taken place with the Health Estates and Facilities Management Association or the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management in respect of the Regulations.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the costs have been incurred by the NHS in respect of safety breaches by external facilities maintenance contractors or the how many accidents have occurred within the NHS Estate in each of the last five years involving, or caused by, external facilities maintenance contractors whilst carrying out maintenance work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16001 HL16002 HL16004 HL16005 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:07:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1129519

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have held any recent discussions with the Health Estates and Facilities Management Association or the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management in respect of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and their relevance to the management and control of external facilities maintenance contractors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL16004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed.</p><p>NHS trusts will have local policy and procedures in place to manage external contractors including their competence.</p><p>Dissemination of information related to the Act and enforcement of it are carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>No recent discussions have taken place with the Health Estates and Facilities Management Association or the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management in respect of the Regulations.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the costs have been incurred by the NHS in respect of safety breaches by external facilities maintenance contractors or the how many accidents have occurred within the NHS Estate in each of the last five years involving, or caused by, external facilities maintenance contractors whilst carrying out maintenance work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16001 HL16002 HL16003 HL16005 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:07:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath