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166207

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	International Commission on Missing Persons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect to secure international agreement on the legal status of the International Commission on Missing Persons as an international organisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL3191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text Yes. The UK and the Netherlands have led a recent initiative to draft an international agreement that will accord the International Commission on Missing Persons the status of an international organisation and we expect that the UK and other States will sign the agreement shortly. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 15:54:38 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166206

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	International Commission on Missing Persons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support has been provided by the United Kingdom to the International Commission on Missing Persons in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL3190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text The UK has been a strong and consistent supporter of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) since its creation in 1996. We support the ICMP in all of its program areas – the Western Balkans, Colombia, Iraq and Libya. The UK has provided grants to the ICMP for the following amounts: 2012: £18,101; 2013: £160,407; 2014: £253,051. These grants have supported projects which relate to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification activities at the Tomasica Excavation Site in Bosnia and aiding the Government of Libya address the issue of missing persons. The UK also provides political support as the ICMP’s work supports our wider objectives on justice and accountability. With our Dutch colleagues, the UK has successfully led a recent initiative to develop an international agreement that will grant the ICMP a new, international legal status. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 15:54:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166214

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of recent allegations that abductions, murders, illegal arrests and searches, and judicial repression have been carried out against the Tatar population of the Crimea; and whether they have requested that the United Nations send rapporteurs to that region.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL3198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about human rights abuses being experienced by Crimean Tatars, including a new wave of disappearances, as noted in the latest report by the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights and by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights. The UK Permanent Representative to the UN in New York raised our concerns about the intimidation and harassment of Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and all those who have refused Russian citizenship in Crimea in his statement to the UN Security Council on 12 November.</p><p> </p><p>We call on Russia to use its influence to ensure that the de facto authorities in Crimea do not violate the human rights and fundamental freedoms of any of those living there, and allow free and unconditional access by international humanitarian and human rights organisations to Crimea at all times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 09/12/2014 14:29:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

166202

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Islamic State
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they estimate IS to have received in kidnap ransoms; and what assessment they have made of the reported Iraqi intelligence estimates that they have received $200 million.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>There is considerable speculation over how much the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other terrorist groups have secured from kidnapping for ransom. In October 2014 the UN Al Qaeda Sanctions Monitoring Team estimated that ISIL had received between US$35 and US$45 million in ransom payments in the preceding twelve months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/12/2014 12:48:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

166201

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they plan to increase the opportunity for young autistic people of school leaving age to continue learning and to access work activities in their local communities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people is currently being reformed in England. These reforms place a far greater emphasis on supporting young people with SEND to progress successfully to adulthood, including support to find employment. Supported internships have specifically been developed for young people, including young people with autism, with education, health and care (EHC) plans, SEN statements or Learning Difficulty Assessments who want to work but need additional support to make the transition from education to employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a local offer setting out all the support available locally for young people with SEND, including support for transition into employment, supported internships, apprenticeships and traineeships. The Act also brings the post-16 sector into the strategic planning arrangements for SEND provision in the local area. The reforms enable support to be provided for young people with EHC plans up to 25 years of age in further education or training where it is needed.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013 to March 2015 the Department for Education is funding Ambitious about Autism to work with the Association of Colleges, Nasen and four college hubs and associated schools on a “Finished at School” project looking at innovative ways of helping young people with autism make the transition from school to college. Learning from the project will be made available nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also funds the Autism Education Trust to provide tiered training for education staff. Over the last two years the Trust, with its partners, has been developing and arranging training for staff in early years and further education settings as well as staff in schools.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/12/2014 17:21:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

166218

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest recorded (1) numbers of self-employed, (2) numbers of self-employed recorded in income tax records, and (3) annual turnover of self-employed in income tax records.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL3202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of individuals filing a self-employment schedule in their Self Assessment tax returns for the year 2011-12 is estimated at 5.49 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The annual turnover of these individuals in 2011-12 is estimated at £296 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) for the year 2011-12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information about the self-employed is available in HMRC’s National Statistics Publications<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> Available at the following internet address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-income-by-tax-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-income-by-tax-year</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/12/2014 13:49:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

166203

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Islamic State
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which governments they are aware of which have paid ransoms to IS; and what discussions they have had with them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The UN Al Qaeda Sanctions regime sets out the international legal framework. It makes clear that ransom payments to terrorist organisations are illegal. All UN Member States are bound by this. We are unable to comment on reports of ransom payments by other countries. <br><br>The UK policy position is clear. We do not pay ransoms or make any other substantive concessions to terrorists. Ransom payments strengthen terrorist groups and encourage them to carry out further kidnaps. This is why the UK has also led the drive to secure agreement on the principle of not paying ransoms. Under UK Presidency in 2013 the G8 made an unequivocal commitment to reject ransom payments to terrorists. The UK also secured the first standalone UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on tackling terrorist ransom payments, which was unanimously adopted in January 2014, as UNSCR 2133.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 15:52:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

166204

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to introduce legislation obliging financial companies to protect against cyberbreaches, money laundering and fraud.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK already has a comprehensive anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime. The international money laundering standards set by the Financial Action Task Force form the basis of EU legislation, which is incorporated into various pieces of UK law, predominantly the Money Laundering Regulations (2007) and the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002), both of which apply to financial institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has no plans to introduce legislation obliging financial companies to protect against fraud. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which regulates most financial institutions, expects firms within its supervisory remit to establish, implement and maintain adequate policies and procedures to reduce the risk that they may be used for financial crime. This includes money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government works very closely with the financial sector through such initiatives as the CISP (Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership) and CERT-UK (the UK’s national Computer Emergency Response Team), and has participated in cyber security exercises with the sector to test defences, such as the Waking Shark II exercise held earlier this year. In addition, the Treasury is working with the relevant Government agencies, the Bank of England (including the Prudential Regulation Authority) and the FCA to respond to the Financial Policy Committee’s recommendation to work with core parts of the UK financial sector to put in place a programme of work to improve and test resilience to cyber attack.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 09/12/2014 17:50:42 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

166200

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Sponsorship
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the sponsorship of students by employers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government's view is that the best way to produce more employable graduates, with the particular ‘skill-sets’ required for the workplace, is for employers, either individually or jointly, to work directly with universities and colleges. They can and should help with course design and delivery, provide work placements, and, where appropriate, offer sponsorship for students. The Government is also promoting and making more funding available for higher apprenticeships which enables apprentices working with an employer to achieve up to degree and masters level as an in work progression route combining theoretical and applied skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/12/2014 13:06:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

166198

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	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 the quality of youth services; and what measures they plan to maintain the quality of youth workers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government works closely with national youth organisations to look at ways in which Government can support high quality youth work through our existing programme and policies.</p><p>We are working to offer practical support to the youth sector at a time when local authorities continue to make difficult decisions on how to deliver services. Our support focuses on promoting delivery models for innovative youth services, including mutuals, and better measurement of the impact of youth services on the lives of young people. We also continue to ensure opportunities exists for young people to develop skills and confidence through programmes like National Citizen Service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 09/12/2014 13:05:37 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey