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62474

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date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible. <br><br>The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option. <br><br>The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible. <br><br>Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:07:52 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62476

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.<br><br><br>Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf<br><br><br>The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:13:37 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62482

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Defamation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the delay in implementing cost protection measures in defamation reform.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is still considering the way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/06/2014 12:42:26 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

62504

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the adequacy of pledges of humanitarian aid to South Sudan made so far.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Humanitarian agencies are appealing for $1.8 billion (£1.06 billion) through the South Sudan Crisis Response Plan (CRP) 2014 to save lives, prevent famine and avert the loss of a generation. Under the CRP agencies plan to provide humanitarian assistance to 3.8 million people in South Sudan by the end of 2014. As of June 2014 $745 million (£438 million) has been secured against the CRP. The UK is concerned about the serious humanitarian situation in South Sudan and the potential for further deterioration. Our assessment is that additional resources will be needed to deliver the CRP over the next six months. The UK is currently the second largest donor to the CRP. We will continue to press others to do more.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 26/06/2014 15:10:25 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

62520

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 Taylor of Holbeach on 6 May (WA 322), what form the review of asylum support rates will take; and which stakeholders will be consulted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review is an internal Home Office one, to ensure that the payments provided to destitute asylum seekers are sufficient to cover their essential living needs consistent with the judgement of 9 April. The Home Office has met with represenatives of &quot;Still Human Still Here&quot;, a coalition of organisations with an established interest in the issue. The review will take full account of both their views and the details of the judgment of 9 April.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/06/2014 15:48:13 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

62521

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 Freud on 19 March (WA 32), whether they will make a Written Ministerial Statement when they place in the Library of the House a copy of the review of the way local authorities have used the funding provided following the abolition of the discretionary Social Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Decisions on how this information will be presented will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 15:31:39 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

62522

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Pensions, Steve Webb, on 13 March (HC Deb, 317W) and the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 3 March (WA 278–9), how they reconcile the statements that "it was always the intention that 2014–15 would be the last year of separate funding for local welfare provision from the Department for Work and Pensions" and that "this decision was taken at the Spending Round 2013".
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I see no contradiction in the above statements.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 26/06/2014 14:14:45 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

62536

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ulster Defence Regiment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:08:13 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

62582

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for the staffing of libraries.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	201277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Public libraries are funded and run by local authorities and it is for each local authority to determine at a local level how much they spend on libraries and how to manage and deliver the service, including decisions about expenditure on staffing.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 15:15:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

62583

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representation to Lincolnshire County Council on its decision to invite volunteers to run some local libraries in Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	201278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to superintend and promote the improvement of the public library service provided by local authorities in England. The Department is aware of the proposed changes to library service provision in Lincolnshire having received a number of representations from local residents. A legal challenge to the decision taken by Lincolnshire County Council to reconfigure its library services is to be considered by the High Court on 8/9 July and this Department will consider matters further in light of the outcome of the Judicial Review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 15:16:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney