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167888

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date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in securing convictions for female genital mutilation.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley of Knighton
uin	HL3412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>At the Girl Summit hosted by the Prime Minister in July 2014, the government set out a clear commitment to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and announced a comprehensive package of domestic measures to achieve this.</p><p>This involved a range of measures to improve the law enforcement response and thereby help to secure convictions for FGM. A number of amendments have been tabled to the Serious Crime Bill to strengthen the law, new police guidance on FGM is being published, and a review by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary into so called ‘honour-based’ violence with a focus on FGM will commence in 2015. In addition, 42 forces have signed joint protocols with the Crown Prosecution Service on the investigation and prosecution of FGM. The government published a consultation on 5 December on how to introduce a mandatory reporting duty to increase referrals to the police in order to support more prosecutions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/12/2014 12:54:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4276 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley of Knighton

167890

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date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to ensure that Rotherham Borough Council's children's services improve in respect of protecting children, in the light of the report by Professor Alexis Jay <i>Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997–2013)</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has appointed a Children’s Social Care Commissioner, Malcolm Newsam, to examine the nature and scale of the problems and oversee and drive improvements in children’s social care functions.</p><p>On the basis of the Commissioner’s initial work and when the review of Rotherham Council's corporate governance reports, the Secretary of State will consider what further action is needed. <br> <br> A statutory direction to Rotherham is published by the Department and is available online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363018/Final_direction_to_Rotherham_Council_10_Oct_2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363018/Final_direction_to_Rotherham_Council_10_Oct_2014.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 17:10:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

167901

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Ministers last met representatives of the private security industry; and what issues were discussed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/12/2014 14:41:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

167902

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date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	British Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential for joint working between the Department for International Development and the British Council; how much Official Development Assistance has been applied for that purpose in each of the last five years; and how much is expected to be expended in the period covered by the current Spending Review.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL3426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>We primarily engage British Council through contractual relationships. DFID will continue to develop its relationship with the British Council where they have been selected as the lead supplier after fair competition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Official Development Assistance has been disbursed through the British Council in recent years as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2009/10 - £15.7m</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - £33.4m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £13.1m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 - £14.5m</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £14.5m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect to disburse £10.8m in the remainder of this spending review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 15/12/2014 15:45:29 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

167903

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	BBC Media Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the result of the latest annual review into the grant of £90 million by the Department for International Development to BBC Media Action; whether any evaluation report has suggested that the project's impact and outcomes are unlikely to be achieved; how much of the grant has been spent and where; and what are the BBC's current priorities in relation to the project.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest annual review for DFID’s grant to BBC Media Action, completed in November 2014, found the project results to have exceeded its plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From November 2011 to November 2014 the project has spent £53.3 million in the following countries; Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Burma, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia. Additional activities took place through an Asia regional programme. BBC Media Action’s priority for the global grant continues to be supporting media outputs that contribute to better governance, healthier populations and an increased ability to cope with crises.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 15/12/2014 14:05:26 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird