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626791

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date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Councillors: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether exit payments may be made to councillors when a councillor loses office or is no longer required to undertake specific duties within a local authority.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finn
uin	HL2869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The rules on councillors’ allowances are set out in the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003. The rules are clear that allowances are paid on a pro rata basis should a councillor lose office or, is no longer required to undertake a specific duty, during the course of the year. The rules make no provision for allowances to be paid as a result of loss of office or no longer performing specific duties. Any such exit payments would therefore be unlawful. Whilst I am aware that the last Labour Government proposed legislation to facilitate such 'golden goodbyes' (DCLG, <em>The Government Response to the Councillors Commission</em>, July 2008, p. 22), we have no plans to amend the law in this respect.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:17:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4567 label Biography information for Baroness Finn

622454

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether accommodation provided for refugee families settled directly from Syria is equipped with television sets and access to UK channels.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government provides funding to local authorities for accommodation to be provided to refugees resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme.</p><p>This covers the provision of food storage, cooking and washing facilities. We do not collect information on equipment such as television sets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2016 15:58:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

622648

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/11/2016 17:06:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

621161

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 claim that only one per cent of international students break the terms of their visa by refusing to leave after their course ends.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics has confirmed that the International Passenger Survey continues to be the best source of information to measure long-term international migration.</p><p>Data collected at the border does not record passengers' onward travel plans or duration of stay, so cannot be used to measure migration figures. Over time the data obtained through exit checks will contribute to the statistical picture and the ONS data on net migration figures, but it will not replace the current IPS survey.</p><p>We do not recognise the 1% figure as the proportion of international students that overstay. The Home Office is continuing to assess and analyse elements of the exit check data collected in relation to specific cohorts to understand the extent to which estimates provided are statistically robust. This level of detail is not yet available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2016 16:42:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick