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date	02/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many cases involving anti-Semitism or Islamophobia were prosecuted in UK courts in (1) 1980, (2) 2000, and (3) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions in England and Wales for racially or religiously aggravated offences, however to identify which of these, or wider hate crime offences involved anti-Semitism or Islamophobia would require a manual search of court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/06/2020 16:20:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1199246

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to alter higher rates of income tax to ensure that no-one unduly benefits financially from the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a fair tax system in which those with the most contribute the most. The income tax system consists of three progressive rates of tax, which sit above an internationally high personal allowance. This creates a highly progressive income tax system, with the top 1% of income taxpayers projected to pay over 29% of all income tax in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is proud of its record of reducing tax for working people. The personal allowance has increased by more than 90% in less than a decade, which means that a typical basic rate taxpayer pays over £1,200 less income tax compared to 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review; as the UK exits the current crisis, the Government will take stock of the economy and public finances and make further decisions at that point.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/06/2020 11:11:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1199247

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Redundancy: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are giving to companies facing making substantial redundancies due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to reduce the increase in unemployment.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made available a wide range of schemes to companies in order to help them avoid making redundancies in response to the covid-19 pandemic. These include the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; deferral of VAT and self-assessment payments; business rates relief; the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS); the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS); the Coronavirus Future Fund; the Coronavirus Bounce Back Loan; the COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility; the Coronavirus Small Business Grant Fund; the Coronavirus Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund; and the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund.</p><p>The Government has published details of all these schemes on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 15:40:34 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1199344

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what support was provided to those released from immigration removal centres as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to providing support and accommodation to those who need it. In light of the pandemic, we have introduced temporary measures to continue supporting those who would normally have had their accommodation and financial assistance stopped until at least the end of June when we will review the situation.</p><p> </p><p>We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 million in targeted funding to help support individuals who are sleeping rough off the streets, and an additional £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.</p><p>In addition, local authorities may provide basic safety net support, regardless of immigration status, if it is established that there is a genuine care need that does not arise solely from destitution, for example, where there are community care needs, migrants with serious health problems or family cases where the wellbeing of a child is in question.</p><p> </p><p>The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended. People granted refugee status in the United Kingdom are able to access the mainstream benefits in the same way as a British Citizen.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be unable to support themselves are provided with accommodation and financial assistance to meet their essential living needs.</p><p>Individuals released from immigration detention will usually be subject to certain conditions which may require a person to report to a Home Office reporting centre at regular intervals or to remain living at the same address. Any foreign national offender released into the community on bail is subject to conditions and additional monitoring is available, including electronic tagging and telephone contact.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5096 question first answered 16/06/2020 16:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1199345

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether those released from immigration removal centres as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic were required to provide the address at which they would be living on their release.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to providing support and accommodation to those who need it. In light of the pandemic, we have introduced temporary measures to continue supporting those who would normally have had their accommodation and financial assistance stopped until at least the end of June when we will review the situation.</p><p> </p><p>We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 million in targeted funding to help support individuals who are sleeping rough off the streets, and an additional £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.</p><p>In addition, local authorities may provide basic safety net support, regardless of immigration status, if it is established that there is a genuine care need that does not arise solely from destitution, for example, where there are community care needs, migrants with serious health problems or family cases where the wellbeing of a child is in question.</p><p> </p><p>The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended. People granted refugee status in the United Kingdom are able to access the mainstream benefits in the same way as a British Citizen.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be unable to support themselves are provided with accommodation and financial assistance to meet their essential living needs.</p><p>Individuals released from immigration detention will usually be subject to certain conditions which may require a person to report to a Home Office reporting centre at regular intervals or to remain living at the same address. Any foreign national offender released into the community on bail is subject to conditions and additional monitoring is available, including electronic tagging and telephone contact.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5095 question first answered 16/06/2020 16:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno