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381048

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of people who have received compensation under the terms of the Mesothelioma Act 2014 since the Act came into effect, and (2) the number of people projected to receive compensation in each of the next three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is available from the attached Impact Assessment for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme which was published in March 2014 and sets out the anticipated levels of claims over the first 10 years of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has now been running since April 2014 with payments being made from July 2014. We will publish statistics on the number of claims made in 2014/15 in due course, and consider a review of the estimates made in the Impact Assessment in light of this data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 23/06/2015 16:07:28 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name mesothelioma-payment-scheme-ia-mar-2014.pdf title Impact Assessment for Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

381601

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new inward investment projects were secured for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively in the last year for which figures are available; and what is their estimate of the number of new jobs associated with these projects in each of the four nations respectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>During 2014/15 UKTI recorded a total of 1,988 successful foreign direct investment projects successfully landing in the UK. The table shows the regional distribution of these projects, and the estimated number of new jobs created.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Inward Investment Projects 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Estimated new jobs associated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England (excluding London)</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>38,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>796</p></td><td><p>21,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>5,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>5,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4,007</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/06/2015 12:36:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381593

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Life Peers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proportionality objective on appointments to the House of Lords as set out in the agreement made by the governing parties in the 2010–15 Coalition agreement remains an objective for Her Majesty's Government over the next five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister. Any appointments will be vetted for propriety by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL371 HL372 HL373 question first answered 23/06/2015 16:19:32 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

350122

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average age of an Army Reserve Officer.
	tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
	uin	HL436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2015, the average age of Army Reserve Officers was 26 years (untrained) and 44 years (trained), providing an overall average of 43 years.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/06/2015 16:32:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

381047

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Reserve Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many direct entry Army Reserve or Territorial Army Officers have been commissioned each year for the last 15 years.
	tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
	uin	HL495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify commissions of direct entry Army Reserve or Territorial Army Officers before April 2012. Rounded figures for the financial years from 2012-13 to 2014-15 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Direct Entry Commissions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/06/2015 16:32:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

350129

	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	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in recent weeks, and what action they intend to take, to respond to the number of displaced people in Calais.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The large number of displaced people in Calais is, in part, a consequence of the Schengen Area, in which the UK does not participate. The maintenance of law and order on French soil is, of course, a matter for French Government, but it is in the UK's interest to work with them to bolster security at the port.</p><p>The Home Secretary and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve set out a number of commitments in a joint declaration on 20 September 2014 to tackle problems at the port of Calais. This included £12m from the UK Government to help reinforce security.</p><p>We continue to work with the French Government to implement the practical solutions that have been agreed. We are also working to address the wider problem of illegal migration, for example by increasing joint intelligence work with the French to target the organised crime gangs behind people smuggling.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/06/2015 15:47:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

381044

	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	Racial Discrimination
	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 actions and resources required to minimise the adverse effects and impact of institutional racism in society as a whole and in the Metropolitan Police Service, particularly in the light of the statement by the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police that institutional racism remains a serious problem.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that people from all communities want the police to fight crime while having confidence that their individual needs will be understood and respected.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police have worked hard to improve equality and diversity since the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. The officer workforce is more representative in terms of gender and ethnicity than it has ever been. However, the Government is clear that there is more for all police forces to do.</p><p>Our reforms will allow for faster progress on equality and diversity. PCCs and the College of Policing will play a key role in ensuring improvements in forces. The College of Policing has published advice for forces on the use of more proactive, lawful approaches to the recruitment and progression of officers from currently under-represented groups, using positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>New entry routes into policing such as direct entry and Police Now are also helping to improve the diversity of the police workforce. Police Now, a flagship Metropolitan Police scheme aimed at attracting top university graduates, which is supported by Home Office funding received over 2,200 applications, of which 48% were from women, and 19% were from people from Black or Minority Ethnic backgrounds. 79 individuals accepted provisional job offers. Of these, 16% are from a Black or Minority Ethnic background and 47% are women. This is in contrast to the current representation levels in the Metropolitan Police where only 11% of police officers are from a Black or Minority Ethnic background and 25% are women.</p><p>We have reformed the use of stop and search to ensure that the police use all such powers lawfully, in a targeted and intelligence-led way; and local communities must be able to hold the police to account for their use of the powers. All 43 forces in England and Wales, and the British Transport Police, signed up to the voluntary Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme.</p><p>In London, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has introduced London residency criteria for police constable recruitment in 2014. Since its introduction MPS figures indicate that the proportion of black and other minority ethnic applicants is now reaching representative levels when compared with London’s population.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/06/2015 15:49:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

381620

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Horses
	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 Bates on 8 June (HL172), when the most recent assessment of the utility of the work of police horses in preventing crime and maintaining public safety was made.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>There is no formal assessment process to determine the utility of police animals, how resources are deployed is an operational matter which rightly rests with chief officers. The contribution of police horses remains important and the Home Office corresponds with the relevant national policing lead on an ad-hoc basis to stay apprised of their views. The most recent contact by my officials was this month and the merits of mounted policing remain unchanged.</p><p>The Home Office does not record this information, how police horses are used is a matter for chief officers to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL537 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:50:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

381621

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Horses
	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 Bates on 8 June (HL172), what is the proportion of the work of police horses (1) in operational activity such as crime prevention and maintaining public safety, and (2) in ceremonial activity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>There is no formal assessment process to determine the utility of police animals, how resources are deployed is an operational matter which rightly rests with chief officers. The contribution of police horses remains important and the Home Office corresponds with the relevant national policing lead on an ad-hoc basis to stay apprised of their views. The most recent contact by my officials was this month and the merits of mounted policing remain unchanged.</p><p>The Home Office does not record this information, how police horses are used is a matter for chief officers to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL536 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:50:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

381600

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Asbestos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Ministers and officials in the Welsh government regarding exposure to asbestos in public buildings in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no discussions. The statutory responsibility for ensuring that risks from asbestos are managed falls to the duty holder and to any employer undertaking work on asbestos-containing materials in those premises. For public buildings in Wales this could include, but is not exclusive to, the local authority, schools or the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/06/2015 12:02:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley