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433374

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date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Islamophobia
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 impact of Islamophobia on Muslim communities in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL4092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. There is no place for hatred against people because of their race, gender, ethnic origin, faith, sexual orientation, age or disability.</p><p>Anti-Muslim attacks rose 30-40% in the first two weeks after the Paris attacks. These attacks are unacceptable in Britain. The Government funds Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) to encourage reporting of these crimes and to support victims. We have also set up the first cross Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group to raise awareness of Islamaphobic attacks. In addition, the Prime Minister announced that the police will disaggregate hate crime by religion beginning in April 2016. This will help the police to build community trust, target their resources and enable the public to hold them to account.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/12/2015 15:09:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

433375

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the latest Bank of England figures showing elevated levels of personal indebtedness, what assessment they have made of what is an acceptable and safe level of such borrowing.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Household debt as a proportion of income has fallen to 144 per cent in Q2 2015, from a peak of 168 per cent in Q1 2008. To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past we have created the independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England, to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/12/2015 17:08:44 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

433376

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they have made to promote diversity in the composition of the lay magistracy, by reference to (1) socio-economic status, (2) ethnicity, (3) gender, and (4) age.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to promoting the diversity of all members of the judiciary, including a diverse magistracy which reflects the society it serves. The local advisory committees who are responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates, target recruitment activity to ensure that while we appoint on merit, local benches are representative of the communities they serve. This includes seeking applications from previously underrepresented groups.</p><p>As of April 2015, 53% of serving magistrates were female and 9% from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background. Data on recent appointments has continued to show encouraging signs and suggests diversity will continue to improve in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/12/2015 11:52:09 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

433377

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the breakdown of the lay magistracy according to the occupational groups with which applicants are required to identify themselves.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is no longer recorded.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/12/2015 16:48:36 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

433378

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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	Timber
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which British woods are grown for timber use, if any.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Forestry is a devolved issue, so the answer relates to England only.</p><p>Many English woods are grown for timber amongst other uses, including oak and cherry. 2.6 million tonnes of English wood was delivered to primary wood processors and others in 2014. This is a 3% increase from the previous year. Active management of English woodlands at September 2015 was reported to be at 58%, up from 53% in 2013.</p><p>This is why this Government strongly supports the work of the Grown in Britain initiative. Its work in support of the woodland economy has helped to grow a £2bn a year forestry and wood processing industry, which employs over 40,000 people.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/12/2015 17:48:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433379

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual value of tourism to the UK economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text The Office for National Statistics has estimated that tourism was worth £59.6 billion Gross Value Added to the UK economy in 2014. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:38:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433380

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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	Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
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 total annual spending by international students on fees for all types of course in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the income and expenditure of publicly funded UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the annual publication “Higher Education Finance Plus”. An introduction to the publication is available at the following link: <a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213</a> and is attached.</p><br /><p>Table 1 of the publication details the source of income for UK HEIs. The total income from the course fees of non-EU domiciled students was £3,892m in the 2013/14 academic year, which represents 12.7% of the total income of UK HE providers.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 16/12/2015 17:58:51 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name HE Stats.PDF title HE Stats
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433381

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
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 annual spending by inbound tourists to the UK and which countries are the 10 largest source markets from which those tourists come.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey, inbound visitors to the UK spent £21.85 billion in 2014. The top ten inbound markets by spend last year are set out in the following table.</p><br /><p><strong>Top 10 inbound markets by value 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>From</p></td><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>£2,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>£1,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>£1,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>£1,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>£1,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>£922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Irish Republic</p></td><td><p>£870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>£701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>£548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>£503</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>More information can be found on the VisitBritain website -<a href="https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends" target="_blank">https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:45:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433382

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
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 total annual spending of visitors and tourists in the domestic tourism sector in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text According to VisitEngland's Great Britain Tourism Survey, GB residents spent £22.7 billion on overnight trips taken across England, Scotland and Wales in 2014. Additionally, the Great Britain Day Visit Survey shows that over the same period, GB residents spent £53.8 billion on day visits across England, Scotland and Wales. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:45:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433383

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust deals effectively with the issues of racial discrimination and harassment identified by the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) is monitoring and working closely with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust to support the Trust to address these issues.</p><br /><p>We are advised by the TDA that the Trust’s Race Equality Workforce Engagement Strategy involves multiple work streams led by area specific engagement groups to address specific issues and challenges across all areas and levels of the Trust. It was launched at the joint Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Network and Trust conference in October 2014.</p><br /><p>A programme board was established and the first meeting was in February 2015. Programme board meetings are co-chaired by the Chief Executive and the Chair of the BME Network in order to provide oversight, performance management and governance of the race equality action plans developed by the various engagement groups.</p><br /><p>We are assured by the TDA that the Trust followed procedures correctly in appointing the Chairman of the Trust to hear a right of appeal from nine BME members of staff against the decision of Henrietta Hill QC.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/12/2015 12:15:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath