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795040

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with how many countries have they agreed to seek to establish a bilateral tariff-free trade agreement following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>We are talking to a number of countries about future trading options, including Free Trade Agreements. We are also using instruments like Joint Trade Reviews, a collaborative in-depth analysis into the mutual trading relationship between the UK and a partner country; to look for areas we can improve our bilateral trading relationships.</p><p>We will aim through these discussions to put in place various mechanisms to improve trading relations and remove barriers affecting UK businesses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/12/2017 13:00:35 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789912

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of police investigations in England and Wales have been (1) closed, and (2) written off, within 24 hours of the crime being reported to the police, for the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes information on crime outcomes, including the proportion of crimes that are assigned each outcome and how long it took for these outcomes to be assigned.</p><p>Information on the proportion of outcomes assigned by outcome type can be found in Table 2.2 in the data tables published alongside Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year ending March 2017, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Information on how long it has taken for these outcomes to be assigned can be found in Table 5.2 in the same link. This table includes information in the proportion of outcomes that were assigned on the same day as the offence was recorded.</p><p>We expect the police to investigate all crimes, and investigations can be reopened at any point should new evidence come to light.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 16:06:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table 2.2 - and Table 5.2 - Crime Outcomes in Eng and Wales - year ending March 2017.xlsx title Tables 2.2 and 5.2 - Crimes Outcomes Eng-Wales
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789913

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrests by the police in England and Wales there were in (1) 2007–08, and (2) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales annually, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. These figures cover the financial year (ending 31 March).</p><p>The latest instalment, which was released on 26 October 2017, can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a> -</p><p>The data show that in the year ending 31 March 2008 the police made 1,475,266 arrests in England and Wales. In the year ending 31 March 2017 the police made 779,660 arrests in England and Wales. (see page 10 of the 'Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. in the section &quot;Trends in the number of arrests&quot; (see attached)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name police-powers-procedures-mar17-hosb2017.pdf title Police and Powers and Procedures Eng/Wales Stats 2 file name Pg 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests -.pdf title Page 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests. question first answered 27/11/2017 12:13:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789914

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Safer Neighbourhood Teams
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Safer Neighbourhood Teams in England and Wales are currently operational.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of Neighbourhood Policing teams that are operational. The Home Office does collect data annually on the function of police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), including the number of full time equivalent police officers and PCSOs primarily employed in Neighbourhood Policing teams and/or Safer Neighbourhood teams. This information can be found in the data tables published alongside the annual ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Latest data as at 31 March 2017 can be found in the Tables F1, F3 F4 and F6 of the police workforce statistics published in July 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods</a></p><p>Officers and PCSOs with multiple responsibilities or designations are recorded under their primary function. The data do not therefore provide a complete picture of all officers assigned to neighbourhood policing functions.</p><p>Some forces are not able to make a clear distinction between ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ roles and ‘Incident (Response) Management’ roles, therefore those forces record the majority of, or all, employees under just one function. A more reliable measure is the number of officers employed in ‘Local policing’ roles, which includes both neighbourhood and response functions.</p><p>Any comparisons at force level should be made with care due to collaboration arrangements between forces for particular functions. Additionally, police functions data are often affected by re-structuring within police forces. Therefore comparisons over time for specific functions should be made with care.</p><p>Decisions on the size and composition of the police workforce are operational matters for Chief Officers working with their Police and Crime Commissioners and taking into account local priorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 16:08:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Tables F1-F3-F4 and F6 police-workforce-tabs-jul17 (1).xlsx title Tables F1-F3-F4 and F6 - Police Workforce Stats
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789915

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of police staff who will be working in the new online hate-crime hub in 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>It is initially planned for the national online hate crime hub to be staffed by four specialist police officers and staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/11/2017 17:27:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

785902

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a Brexit impact study on the Welsh economy; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European Union, we are carrying out a broad range of analysis, as you would expect a responsible Government to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This analysis covers a variety of sectors from across the UK economy, including Wales. However, as Parliamentary Under Secretary Robin Walker said in his opening remarks to the House on 1st November, the Government has not produced a series of sectoral impact assessments. The sectoral analysis which has been conducted is a wide mix of qualitative and quantitative analysis contained in a range of documents developed at different times since the referendum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging extensively with the Welsh Government, along with Welsh organisations and institutions and in order to secure a deal that works in the interests of not just Wales, but the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/11/2017 11:22:43 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

785903

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Glyphosate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review regulations concerning the use of glyphosate products as weed killers, in the light of evidence presented to the United States Federal Court relating to its safety.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Pesticides are highly regulated in the UK and can only be used if scientific assessment establishes that they pose no unacceptable risks to people or the environment.</p><p> </p><p>UK specialists participated in the European Food Safety Authority’s assessment of glyphosate and support its conclusions that glyphosate meets the safety requirements for approval. The Government therefore supports the continuing approval of glyphosate.</p><p> </p><p>If glyphosate is approved, we will review the authorisations of glyphosate products to ensure they meet current standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/11/2017 13:03:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

785904

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Asbestos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they give to state-maintained schools in England concerning the need to strip asbestos from school buildings.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The department takes the issue of asbestos in schools seriously, and is committed to supporting schools, local councils and academy trusts to fulfil their duty to manage asbestos safely.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s advice to schools, local councils and academy trusts on management of asbestos is contained in the attached Asbestos Management in Schools guidance also published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-management-in-schools--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-management-in-schools--2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance provides information on the action duty holders should take in order to prevent pupils and staff being exposed to asbestos. The guidance makes clear that the removal of asbestos should take place only if asbestos containing materials are in poor condition and advises on the risks of unsafe removal. This is in line with the Health and Safety Executive advice that as long as asbestos-containing materials are undamaged, encapsulated and not in locations where they are vulnerable to damage, they should be managed in situ. The guidance also advises on actions that duty holders must take where work is carried out on the premises which might disturb asbestos containing materials (including asbestos removal).</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/11/2017 11:41:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Managing_asbestos_in_your_school.pdf title Managing Asbestos in Your School
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

778747

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police stations have closed since 2010 in each force area in England and Wales; how many additional stations were opened over that period; and of those, how many are only accessible to officers and civilian staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL2656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Decisions on available resources, including the number of police stations, are a matter for the directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable of each area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 16:24:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

778748

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average response time to 101 non-emergency calls for each of the past five years, broken down by each police force in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office does not collect this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 16:46:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley