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934655

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date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organ donations were made in England in each of the last five financial years by deceased individuals who were not on the Organ Donor Register.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for organ donation and transplantation in the UK.</p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant have advised that the following table sets out information on the number of organ donors in England who were not registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR) and the number of donors who were registered.</p><p>The table also shows the number of families approached who did not consent to organ donation for eligible donors who had not expressed a wish to donate on the ODR or the donation wish was not known at time of approach. Also shown is the number of families approached who have overridden express consent for donation for potential donors who had expressed a wish to donate on the ODR and it was known at time of approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of deceased organ donors: - who were not registered on the ODR</p></td><td><p>653</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- who were registered on the ODR</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of families approached but who did not give consent to organ donation for an eligible donor who had not expressed a wish to donate on the ODR or donation wish was not known at time of approach</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>1,063</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of families approached but who have overridden express consent to organ donation for an eligible donor who was on the ODR and this was known at time of approach</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> NHS Blood and Transplant, 2018</p><p>Note:</p><p>All figures are for England.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9233 HL9234 HL9235 question first answered 18/07/2018 16:15:25 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932375

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Supply Chains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the findings of The Sancroft-Tussell Report: Eliminating Modern Slavery in Public Procurement, published on 22 March, whether they will terminate contracts with companies that have failed to comply with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what other actions, if any, have been or will be taken against those Government suppliers failing to meet the requirements of section 54; whether contracts to supply Government departments include obligations to demonstrate compliance with section 54; and what steps, if any, they have taken to ensure that their suppliers are taking steps to reduce modern slavery in their supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide various grounds on which contracting authorities must or may exclude suppliers from a public procurement process. Mandatory exclusion grounds include convictions for forced labour and human trafficking offences. Discretionary grounds include violations of obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour laws.</p><p>It is the responsibility of individual contracting authorities to ensure suppliers meet their contractual obligations and this is achieved through effective contract management. Such contracts have a range of mechanisms to enable performance to be managed and issues to be addressed, which includes termination.</p><p>The Home Office have developed and piloted a modern slavery supplier assessment tool to assess risk of modern slavery in supply chains, which has been trialled in five departments and is currently being updated prior to further roll-out. The Cabinet Office is also working with the Home Office to develop guidance for departments in identifying and tackling modern slavery, particularly in high risk sectors.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2018 15:16:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932376

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prostitution
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 Keen of Elie on 8 May (HL7173), how many people were (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017; and what penalties were imposed in cases of conviction.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>There have been zero defendants convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/07/2018 16:36:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932377

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many victims of human trafficking and modern slavery were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK in each financial year from 2009–10 to date; and of those how many were (1) EEA nationals, and (2) non-EEA nationals.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p><br> Statistics on the total number of people granted discretionary leave for all reasons can be found online at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p><p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism on a quarterly basis. These reports are available via the following links and the documents are attached for ease of reference.</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p><p><br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 2017 Annual Report Modern Slavery.pdf title 2017 - Annual Report - Modern Slavery 2 file name Tables Sponsorship April-Jun 2017 - Cs_01_q to Cs_14_q.xlsx title Tables Sponsorship April-Jun 2017 question first answered 12/07/2018 16:22:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

910422

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each of the last five calendar years, what percentage of victims of modern slavery who have made an application for discretionary leave to remain following a positive National Referral Mechanism conclusive grounds decision (excluding those non-EEA national victims who were considered for discretionary leave on the grounds of their personal circumstances automatically) have received a decision about the discretionary leave within (1) 45 days, (2) eight weeks, and (3) six months.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL8180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>All applications for discretionary leave made by victims of modern slavery are considered on a case by case basis and processing times vary with complexity of individual circumstance.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on the processing times for such applications. As part of the ongoing reform of the National Referral Mechanism, changes will be made to ensure a quicker, more certain decision making process that victims have confidence in and which may include customer service standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL8181 HL8182 question first answered 05/06/2018 11:48:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

910423

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average length of time for a victim of modern slavery to wait for a decision following an application for discretionary leave to remain in the calendar years 2016 and 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL8181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>All applications for discretionary leave made by victims of modern slavery are considered on a case by case basis and processing times vary with complexity of individual circumstance.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on the processing times for such applications. As part of the ongoing reform of the National Referral Mechanism, changes will be made to ensure a quicker, more certain decision making process that victims have confidence in and which may include customer service standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL8180 HL8182 question first answered 05/06/2018 11:48:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

910424

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the customer service standard target time for making a decision on an application for discretionary leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL8182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>All applications for discretionary leave made by victims of modern slavery are considered on a case by case basis and processing times vary with complexity of individual circumstance.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on the processing times for such applications. As part of the ongoing reform of the National Referral Mechanism, changes will be made to ensure a quicker, more certain decision making process that victims have confidence in and which may include customer service standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL8180 HL8181 question first answered 05/06/2018 11:48:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

889841

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar year since that provision came into force in 2010; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL7173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and the number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, from 2010 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Criminal justice statistics for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1), England and Wales, 2010 to 2016(2)(3)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Proceeded Against</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Guilty</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Sentenced</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate Custody</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspend Sentence</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Sentences</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute Discharge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional Discharge</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise dealt with</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>' - ' = Nil</p><p>(1) Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 inserted by Policing and Crime Act 2009</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p><p>Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/05/2018 16:27:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

864515

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that some schools are encouraging families to home school children with complex difficulties, possibly with an eye to those schools' performance statistics; and what plans they have to ensure that such children benefit from the support of the proposed mental health support teams.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The department shares concerns that some children are potentially being educated at home as a result of pressure by schools. However, it is not in a position to confirm how far these concerns are justified by actual cases.</p><p> </p><p>A pupil’s name can only lawfully be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended. Schools should not seek to persuade parents to educate their children at home as a way of excluding the pupil or because the pupil has a poor attendance record. It is unlawful to permanently exclude a pupil from a school other than for disciplinary reasons. Schools may not exclude pupils because of their academic attainment or ability, or because they cannot meet their needs. Sending a pupil home without recording it as an exclusion is also not permitted.</p><p> </p><p>Parents have a duty to ensure their child of compulsory school age receives a suitable full-time education but this does not have to be at a school. On receipt of written notification from a parent to home educate their child, the school must inform the pupil’s local authority that the pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register.</p><p> </p><p>We will test how the new mental health support teams proposed in the green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’ can provide support to all children in an area, including those not at school.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/03/2018 16:54:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

856326

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 personal budgets for looked after children, those at risk of entering care, adopted children, and care leavers, are spent on evidence-based interventions and not on the replication of services offered by universal provision.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Personal health budgets and the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) are generally used for interventions that are not universally offered or commissioned locally, offering access to support that would not ordinarily be available to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>The use of personal health budgets for looked after children and young people is being piloted and independently evaluated. The evaluation includes assessment of the benefits of personal health budgets, including impact on mental health outcomes. Regular reviews also take place at an individual level to ensure the support provided continues to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the ASF was published in August 2017, which can be found attached. The government gave a commitment, in ‘Adoption: a vision for change’, also attached, to strengthen the evidence base of ‘what works’ in terms of preventative and therapeutic adoption support. The department is currently exploring ways to achieve this, including through use of the findings of a new independent evaluation of the ASF, monitoring the impact of the fund for children, families, local authorities and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 1.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation 2 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 2.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation Appendix 3 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 3.pdf title Adoption: A Vision for Change grouped question UIN HL6116 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:41:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich