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750542

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government How many EU nationals, other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens, are on the electoral register in Northern Ireland, broken down by constituency; what is the distinction between the G and K markings placed against EU citizens on the electoral register; and what are the differences in the eligibility to vote between such EU nationals and UK citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The G markings placed against EU citizens on the electoral register denotes their eligibility to vote at local and Assembly elections. The K marking denotes an EU citizen who has confirmed that they intend to vote in Northern Ireland, rather than their home state, at a specific European Parliamentary election. The K designation only lasts for one year and consequently there are currently no individuals with a K marking on the Northern Ireland register.</p><p> </p><p>UK, Irish and Commonwealth citizens are eligible to register to vote in UK General Parliamentary Elections. Citizens of EU countries other than the UK, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta (the latter of which are Commonwealth as well as EU countries) cannot vote in UK General Parliamentary Elections, although they can register to vote at local government, and Northern Ireland Assembly elections.</p><p> </p><p>The number of EU nationals, other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens, on the electoral register are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>EU nationals on the electoral register (other than Irish, Cypriot, Maltese and UK citizens)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast East</strong></p></td><td><p>1943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast North</strong></p></td><td><p>1617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast South</strong></p></td><td><p>2857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belfast West</strong></p></td><td><p>462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Londonderry</strong></p></td><td><p>1044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fermanagh &amp; South Tyrone</strong></p></td><td><p>3801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Foyle</strong></p></td><td><p>636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lagan Valley</strong></p></td><td><p>1330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mid Ulster</strong></p></td><td><p>1919</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Newry &amp; Armagh</strong></p></td><td><p>3017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>1928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North Down</strong></p></td><td><p>708</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Antrim</strong></p></td><td><p>1233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Down</strong></p></td><td><p>1165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Strangford</strong></p></td><td><p>591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Upper Bann</strong></p></td><td><p>4563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Tyrone</strong></p></td><td><p>1114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>30,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/07/2017 11:00:05 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

748025

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government during the last 12 months, how many prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection were (1) offered places on a training course which could lead to their release, (2) were released following completion of such training courses, and (3) refused to take up a place or dropped out of such courses; and how those figures compare with those for the preceding 12 month period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost as central records are not kept for all aspects of the management of prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. This group continue to achieve release in high numbers, with 576 first time IPP releases in 2016, the highest figure since the sentence was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will continue to invest in interventions to assist prisoners to both reduce their risk and demonstrate such progression to the Parole Board. However, it is important to remember that it is not mandatory for IPPs to complete accredited offending behaviour programmes in order to achieve release. Completing an accredited offending behaviour programme is one way in which IPP prisoners may demonstrate that they have reduced their risk of harm and reoffending; other options may include work and employment, education and one to one work with psychologists or prison offender supervisors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/07/2017 16:25:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

751168

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 20 January (HL4582), to what extent the training for foster carers and support workers commissioned from the Refugee Council and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking addresses (1) the indicators of modern slavery, and (2) particular risks and needs of children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to update the practice guidance ‘Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked’. The revised statutory guidance ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ will be published this autumn.</p><p>The training for foster carers and support workers that DfE commissioned from the Refugee Council and ECPAT enables those caring for unaccompanied and trafficked children to understand the challenges and risks facing these children, and equips participants with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively to their needs. Participants were also provided with access to an e-learning course to help recognise the needs of child and adult victims of trafficking and guidance on actions carers and professionals should take to identify and safeguard victims.</p><p>Foster carers and support workers attended training courses located in 48 local authorities (see list below). Training was not limited to carers from those authorities.</p><p>The forthcoming safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children will address the need for any additional training required by foster carers and support workers to care for children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>Further to the training which has recently commissioned, the statutory guidance on ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ states that “Everyone involved in the care of unaccompanied and trafficked children should be trained to recognise and understand the particular issues likely to be faced by these children. This includes recognising the indicators of trafficking as a child’s previous history or current experience of being trafficked might not be apparent on entering care.&quot;</p><p>List of local authorities where the training by ECPAT and Refugee Council was located:</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Bournemouth</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Bromley</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Camden</p><p>Cheshire East</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Croydon</p><p>Derbyshire</p><p>Devon</p><p>Doncaster</p><p>East Riding</p><p>Essex</p><p>Gloucestershire</p><p>Hampshire</p><p>Haringey</p><p>Harrow</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Kent</p><p>Lambeth</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Leicester City</p><p>Leicestershire</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Medway</p><p>Merton</p><p>Middlesbrough</p><p>North Somerset</p><p>North Tyneside</p><p>Northumberland</p><p>Nottingham City</p><p>Oldham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Shropshire</p><p>Somerset</p><p>Staffordshire</p><p>Suffolk</p><p>Sunderland</p><p>Thurrock</p><p>Walsall</p><p>Warrington</p><p>West Sussex</p><p>Wiltshire</p><p>Worcestershire</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL764 HL766 HL767 HL768 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:13:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

751137

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how any higher education provider that does not obtain a Bronze status or higher in future Teaching Excellence Frameworks will be categorised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2017 answer text <p>All providers who successfully meet the eligibility criteria, including the rigorous quality assessments by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education<strong>​​</strong>, and which have sufficient metrics to be assessed, will achieve a Bronze award, or above, in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Those providers which have met the eligibility criteria but do not have sufficient metrics will instead receive a provisional award.</p><p>As noted during the Higher Education and Research Bill process some providers do not meet the eligibility requirements noted for TEF. Providers who do not meet the eligibility requirements, or who chose not to participate, will appear without a TEF award on Unistats and on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/08/2017 16:11:24 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

747995

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) legally qualified staff, and (2) staff without legal qualifications, now working in the Department for Exiting the European Union (a) have been transferred from, or (b) are on secondment from, the Ministry of Justice.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
	uin	HL449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff, and is growing fast. The Department for Exiting the European Union obtains its legal advice from the Government Legal Department. We will not be providing a running commentary on particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing. We will ensure we have the right skills to get the best deal for the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/07/2017 15:55:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4206 label Biography information for Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

749242

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Chinook Helicopters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many BAME (1) men, and (2) women, hold senior and chief officer positions in police constabularies in England and Wales; how many such positions there are; and what assessment they have made of the recruitment trends to such positions, in terms of improved access to, and diversity within, senior positions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins. The Home Office does not collect information on the number of posts available.</p><p>Detailed data on the number of officers in post, broken down by rank, gender and ethnicity are collected and published on an annual basis only. The requested data, representing the picture as at 31 March 2016, can be found in the attached Table_D1 accompanying the main release here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016</a></p><p>Data for previous years can be found in the Open Data Tables, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539981/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539981/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods</a></p><p>The Government has made it easier than ever before for the public to hold their PCC and chief constable to account over how diverse their force is compared to the local population. Police.uk now gives access to diversity data for officers and police staff, and the profile of BME and female officers by police rank, in comparison to the local force area population. We are in regular discussion with the College of Policing, who are leading work with chief constables and others to improve senior police recruitment.</p><p>The Government’s direct entry schemes at Inspector and Superintendent ranks help to attract the most talented people into policing, bringing in fresh experience, diversity and perspectives. Of the 40 inspectors and superintendents who have started the scheme so far 43% have been women and 13% were from an ethnic minority background. Chief Constable appointments have also been opened up to those with equivalent experience from overseas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 14:40:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table D1 - BME officers by police force.xlsx title Table D1
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

747981

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many EU nationals have been removed from the UK under Article 14(4)(b) of Directive 2004/38 because (1) they did not satisfy the work requirements, or (2) they were homeless.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but the data requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 11:32:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

748009

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Fishery Protection ships are patrolling UK waters at any one time; and what is the total number in the squadron.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to confirm the position at a UK level as fisheries protection is a devolved matter. However, the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron comprises of 3 offshore patrol vessels of which one is currently tasked to meet the contractual commitment to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for the purposes of fisheries enforcement in England.</p><p> </p><p>The number of RN Offshore Patrol Vessels reflects the adoption of a risk based, intelligence led operational model that enables targeted enforcement interventions in the right place at the right time. The requirement for all vessels over 12 metres in length to be fitted with the satellite tracking devices (Vessel Monitoring System) gives a real time picture of where fishing activity is happening enabling the efficient employment of patrol vessels. This information is monitored at the MMO control room in Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, when the RN Offshore Patrol Vessels are at sea but conducting other tasks they are still able to provide a presence which has a deterrent effect. This is supplemented by joint working with other agencies such as Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), UK Border Force (UKBF) and the Police to ensure effective and timely intervention where illegal activity is suspected. Radar sweeps can be used by patrol vessels to identify potential targets and the AIS (Automatic Identification System) is also used in fisheries enforcement to detect fishing activity, including where fishing vessels are operating.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/07/2017 16:53:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

749233

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Royal Birmingham Conservatoire: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Special Constables there are in each police force in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of Special Constables in each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p>The latest available data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2016’ statistical bulletins.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2017 13:09:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name ePQ6917 Lord Kennedy Table2.xls title Table - HL569
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

749918

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many academies there are in North-West England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 July 2017 there were 566 academies, free schools, studio schools and University Technical Colleges (UTCs) in the North West region of England. The breakdown of these is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy Converter</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsor Led Academy</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Studio School</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>566</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As at 1 July 2017 there were 6,925 academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy Converter</p></td><td><p>4,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsor Led Academy</p></td><td><p>1,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Studio School</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6,925</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/07/2017 09:28:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn