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1131463

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date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Private Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether collaboration between maintained and independent schools will increase as a result of the Education and Skills Funding Agency funding, announced on 6 June
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL16257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The new partnerships grant funding announced on 7 June at the Schools Together Group annual conference, aims to raise the ambition for what schools can achieve together, and to remove a key financial barrier to new partnerships forming. It is designed to attract bids from both new partnerships who may benefit from seed funding, as well as existing partnerships looking to deepen and expand their collaborations. We will publish further details and invite schools to submit bids in the autumn.</p><p>As part of this programme, the department also plans to conduct evaluation on the success of this grant in increasing the quality and impact of partnerships. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/06/2019 11:24:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1130815

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that modules which promote freedom of religion or belief and religious tolerance are included in all future Department for International Development capacity building programmes in Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL16182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>All DFID programmes in Pakistan, including capacity building programmes, support the poorest and most excluded people and communities regardless of race, religion, social background or nationality. The promotion of Freedom of Religious belief and religious tolerance is an important aspect of this approach. Since 2010, DFID’s skills Development Programme has trained over 332,000 poor and vulnerable people to improve their employment prospects, including people from religious minorities. We regularly raise the importance of religious tolerance at senior levels with the Government of Pakistan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/06/2019 11:28:36 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1130850

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions they gave to local electoral returning officers regarding the posting of postal votes for the recent elections to the European Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL16217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The running of polls is a matter for independent Returning Officers. The Electoral Commission provides guidance and resources for Returning Officers administering European Parliamentary elections on its website.</p><p>It is for Returning Officers to contract with suppliers and service providers for the production and distribution of items like poll cards and postal votes. Delivery times would depend on a number of factors including the recipient’s location.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16218 HL16219 question first answered 19/06/2019 11:12:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1130851

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days they expected postal ballots to take to reach each recipient for the recent elections to the European Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL16218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The running of polls is a matter for independent Returning Officers. The Electoral Commission provides guidance and resources for Returning Officers administering European Parliamentary elections on its website.</p><p>It is for Returning Officers to contract with suppliers and service providers for the production and distribution of items like poll cards and postal votes. Delivery times would depend on a number of factors including the recipient’s location.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16217 HL16219 question first answered 19/06/2019 11:12:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1130852

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what service providers other than the Royal Mail they engaged in the postal vote distribution for the recent elections to the European Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL16219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The running of polls is a matter for independent Returning Officers. The Electoral Commission provides guidance and resources for Returning Officers administering European Parliamentary elections on its website.</p><p>It is for Returning Officers to contract with suppliers and service providers for the production and distribution of items like poll cards and postal votes. Delivery times would depend on a number of factors including the recipient’s location.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16217 HL16218 question first answered 19/06/2019 11:12:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1130853

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the regulations regarding the posting of ballots were last reviewed.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL16220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps under review all electoral legislation, including the requirements relating to postal voting, to ensure it continues to support electors’ participation in elections and effective electoral administration. As part of this, we will consider any recommendations that the Electoral Commission may make about the current postal voting arrangements, for example, in its reports on elections and referendums.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/06/2019 11:13:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1130582

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Textbooks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) ensure that schools in Pakistan, supported by the Department for International Development, do not use textbooks with content that stigmatises religious minorities, and (2) encourage provincial governments in Pakistan to work with religious minority groups to remove such content.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL16126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Inclusion and respect for minority communities forms an integral part of our provincial and national education programmes in Pakistan. Through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Education Support Programme (KESP) and the Punjab Education Support Programme II (PESP II), DFID has also provided technical assistance to provincial governments to revise the school curriculum and remove discriminatory content from textbooks. Other work to promote tolerance and interfaith harmony includes: training nearly 100,000 teachers in KP and Punjab in equity and inclusion; funding the Alif Ailaan education campaign which focusses on religious minorities; and engaging with education civil society organisations to champion issues of inclusion and raise these with government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/06/2019 11:26:41 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1130583

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department for International Development (1) supports marginalised religious communities, and (2) evaluates the success of existing projects, without disaggregating data by religion or target religious groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL16127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to protecting ethnic and religious minorities. Development and humanitarian assistance is provided on the basis of need, irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity. With the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID supports marginalised religious communities: internationally in multilateral fora; by raising individual cases of persecution bilaterally; by highlighting discriminatory legislation and practices; and by funding targeted project work in many different countries. Where relevant, data is disaggregated by religion when projects are evaluated.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/06/2019 11:27:32 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1130584

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Minority Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training they provide to (1) Pakistani minority groups, and (2) non-governmental organisations, on how to organise, campaign, and lobby for minority groups; and what steps they are taking in response to the restrictions of civil society space in Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL16128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has consistently expressed our concern over the closure of civil society space in Pakistan at all levels of Government. Whilst we do not specifically train minority groups or non-governmental organisations on how to organise, campaign and lobby, we will continue to support civil society by lobbying the Government of Pakistan to pursue a fair and transparent process for INGO registration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/06/2019 11:28:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1130236

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to prevent combatant forces in Idlib Province, Syria, from killing more civilians and children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL16097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>​We are gravely concerned by the escalation in military action by Russia and the Syrian regime in Idlib. We are appalled that civilian infrastructure has been hit, including 24 health facilities, and by reports of civilian casualties and mass displacement. We are using public statements, diplomatic relationships and international fora, including the UN Security Council, to increase the pressure on all parties to end the violence, return to the ceasefire agreed in September 2018 and abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law. Through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, the UK is supporting innovative new technology that provides civilians in Idlib with early warnings of airstrikes in order to save lives. We also continue to support international efforts to document violations of international humanitarian law being committed in Idlib.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/06/2019 11:25:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton