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677413

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date	23/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	History: Publications
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 Young of Cookham on 23 January (HL4523), whether they intend to commission any new projects to carry forward the Official History programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL4879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>As the Noble Friend knows from my answer to his written question, there are a number of Official Histories currently being produced. The Government will decide on new history projects when the current programme has been completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 26/01/2017 14:16:37 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

675718

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Malaysia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many outstanding applications there are for leave to remain by stateless persons of Malaysian origin.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL4794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>he Home Office Stateless policy is designed to assist those who do not qualify for protection but are unable to return to the country of their former habitual residence because they are stateless and would not be admitted to any other country. The requirements are set out in the Immigration Rules and reflect our obligations under the 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of stateless persons.</p><p>The Immigration Minister released information on stateless applications and decisions made on 30 November 2016 in response to three Parliamentary Questions from the hon. Member for Sheffield Central, UINs 50073, 50074 and 50075.</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office regularly shares information with UNHCR, relating to stateless applications and decisions made. The information provided is published by UNHCR, in regular trend reports. The latest published report by UNHCR on mid year trends June 2015 is attached to this answer and can also be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/uk/statistics/unhcrstats/56701b969/mid-year-trends-june-2015.html%20" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/uk/statistics/unhcrstats/56701b969/mid-year-trends-june-2015.html </a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/01/2017 15:38:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name UNHCR Report.pdf title UNHCR Report
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

675740

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have reduced the tolls on the Severn Bridge without making a similar beneficial economic signal to the competing rail line and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has a longstanding policy that drivers using major river crossings should pay for their provision and upkeep. The proposed reduction in the toll on the Severn Crossings simply reflects that once the consortium that constructed the Second Severn Crossing have recouped their investment under the Concession, the subsequent return to public ownership will enable the Government to reduce the charges, and users will therefore benefit from lower prices. The Government is currently investing a record £40 billion in railways, which needs funding through a combination of taxpayer and farepayers contributions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/01/2017 12:01:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

675741

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the full capital cost of the Severn Bridges and approaches together with interest charges have now been recovered and, if not, what is the outstanding debt and how much longer it will take for this to be repaid with the lower tolls announced on 13 January 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The consultation that the Government launched on 13<sup>th</sup> January 2017 sets out that the revenue to be recouped under the current concession will be received by late 2017 or early 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Crossings are back in public ownership, there are costs that will need to be recouped from the proposed lower charges. These include those previously incurred outside of the concession, and future costs such as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>periodic resurfacing,</li><li>ongoing operating and maintenance costs of the roads and bridge structures,</li><li>and potential costs of introducing free flow charging.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The consultation commits to setting future charges at levels which do no more than cover costs, and to keep the amount charged under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/01/2017 12:01:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

675198

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Service Industries: Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, given the importance to the UK economy of the export of services, whether they intend that any trade agreements that they negotiate in future will give as great a prominence to services as to goods.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL4763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Services exports are of great importance to the UK economy - the UK ran an £89.9bn surplus on services exports in 2015. The UK is a strong advocate for services trade liberalisation, and leaving the European Union presents an opportunity for the UK to become a world leader in the free trade of services. The Government will consider all options in the design of future bilateral trade agreements.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 25/01/2017 12:01:37 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

675199

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 29 November 2016 (HL2733), why they will not be publishing the religious and ethnic breakdown of those resettled under the Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The refugees that we are bringing to the United Kingdom are very vulnerable people. Our prime concern is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and ensure their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p> </p><p>In resettlement the UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality- which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we resettle solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR. We therefore do not believe it is appropriate to publish a religious and ethnic breakdown of those who have been resettled.</p><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2017 15:01:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

675204

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the question asked by Lord West of Spithead in the debate on the future capability of the armed forces on 12 January (HL Deb, col 2128), whether there has been any consideration of reviewing the decision made by the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding the capital costs of the deterrence succescor programme from contingency rather than defence funds.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL4769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Defence Secretary agree that funding and control for the Dreadnought programme remain rightly part of the Defence Budget.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/01/2017 15:36:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

675212

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe (HL4337) on 9 January, what definition of reviews was used to provide the answer.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>As the noble Lord's question asked for the number of all reviews announced to Parliament by the Ministry of Defence, all Written Ministerial Statements since 2011 were examined and all those in which a Defence Minister announced a review of any kind were included.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/01/2017 15:36:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

675213

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, where one department has provided information in the response to a Question for Written Answer, whether they would expect other departments to answer a similar question in a similar manner.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. Answers to similar questions asked of different Departments can vary.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/01/2017 15:55:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

675215

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to review the penalties for animal welfare offences; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to see courts use the full range of penalties available. While there are no current proposals to increase the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences, we will continue to keep the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/01/2017 12:51:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark