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802407

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Iran: Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Prime Minister’s speech in Jordan on 30 November, what action they intend to take to "strengthen [the Government’s] response to Iran’s ballistic missile programme and its proliferation of weapons".
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL3940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>​We have consistently made clear our concerns to Iran about its ballistic missile programme and the supply of weapons to neighbouring countries. We continue to raise our concerns under United National Security Council Resolutions 2231 and 2216, alongside our French, German, and US colleagues, and work with the relevant UN bodies to support the implementation of these resolutions. The UK Government condemned the Houthi missile attacks on Riyadh on 4 November and 19 December which deliberately targeted a civilian areas. The supply of ballistic missiles to the Houthis threatens regional security and prolonging the conflict. It is essential that the UN investigates this. In his visit to Iran on 9-10 December, the Foreign Secretary pressed his Iranian counterparts to use their influence to ensure that these indiscriminate and dangerous attacks come to an end.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2017 17:52:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

802424

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the number, and (2) the cost, of (a) those directly employed by government departments, and (b) those hired as consultants by government departments, to work on matters related to Brexit, has increased since the Brexit referendum; and if so, by how much.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
	uin	HL3957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Whilst HM Treasury has oversight of all policies with spending implications, we do not collate information on recruitment numbers or individual costs, including recruitment and consultancy costs, incurred ahead of EU Exit. Where spend is not novel, contentious or repercussive, and is not above delegated limits, departments have autonomy to incur expenditure without seeking formal HM Treasury clearance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2017 16:18:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

802387

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	North Korea: Refugees
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the compliance of their decision not to raise the individual cases of the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea with the UK's treaty obligations to act in cases where it is aware of treaty violations in another state.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We remain concerned that China continues to regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as economic migrants rather than refugees under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. The UK Government calls upon China to observe the fundamental principle that refugees should not be returned to a country where they may be subject to persecution. This is clearly the case in North Korea. We raised this issue most recently with China at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017.</p><p>The UK Government has made clear on many occasions our serious concerns about the human rights situation in the DPRK and the regime's treatment of its people, particularly those who are repatriated. These are issues we have raised repeatedly both directly with the DPRK government and through our leading roles in multilateral organisations.</p><p>We continue to work with allies and partners to maintain pressure on the DPRK to address the significant concerns we have about its human rights record, including the treatment of DPRK defectors. Most recently, the UK helped to advance an EU-Japan sponsored resolution at the United Nations Third Committee condemning the DPRK's appalling human rights situation and calling for immediate action.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3921 question first answered 20/12/2017 17:56:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

802388

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	North Korea: Refugees
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the moral and practical implications of their decision not to intervene to seek safe passage of the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea to the Republic of Korea or a third country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We remain concerned that China continues to regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as economic migrants rather than refugees under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. The UK Government calls upon China to observe the fundamental principle that refugees should not be returned to a country where they may be subject to persecution. This is clearly the case in North Korea. We raised this issue most recently with China at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017.</p><p>The UK Government has made clear on many occasions our serious concerns about the human rights situation in the DPRK and the regime's treatment of its people, particularly those who are repatriated. These are issues we have raised repeatedly both directly with the DPRK government and through our leading roles in multilateral organisations.</p><p>We continue to work with allies and partners to maintain pressure on the DPRK to address the significant concerns we have about its human rights record, including the treatment of DPRK defectors. Most recently, the UK helped to advance an EU-Japan sponsored resolution at the United Nations Third Committee condemning the DPRK's appalling human rights situation and calling for immediate action.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3920 question first answered 20/12/2017 17:56:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

802397

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding will be available to local authorities to extend personal adviser support to care leavers aged 21 to 25, as provided for in section 3 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL3930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We initially assessed that the new burden associated with the new duty in section 3 would be £8 million per year nationally, once the new duty is fully implemented. We have since refined that initial assessment in light of consultations held with local council leaving care managers and new data published in September 2017, and are currently consulting the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services before agreeing it with the Department for Communities and Local Government’s new burdens team. We plan to publish the final new burdens assessment and confirm each local council’s funding allocation in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>The new burden associated with the support provided in sections 4 to 7 was estimated at between £30,000 and £50,000 per local council. The new burdens assessment explains that savings from reforms to adoption, including regionalisation of adoption, will offset this new burden. Average timeliness in adoption has improved by around six months since 2012-13, offering savings to local councils from the decreased cost of care. These can be reinvested to extend Virtual School Head support to previously looked after children. To date, we have launched six Regional Adoption Agencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL3931 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:21:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

802398

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding will be available to local authorities to extend virtual school head support to previously looked after children, as outlined in sections 4 to 7 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL3931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We initially assessed that the new burden associated with the new duty in section 3 would be £8 million per year nationally, once the new duty is fully implemented. We have since refined that initial assessment in light of consultations held with local council leaving care managers and new data published in September 2017, and are currently consulting the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services before agreeing it with the Department for Communities and Local Government’s new burdens team. We plan to publish the final new burdens assessment and confirm each local council’s funding allocation in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>The new burden associated with the support provided in sections 4 to 7 was estimated at between £30,000 and £50,000 per local council. The new burdens assessment explains that savings from reforms to adoption, including regionalisation of adoption, will offset this new burden. Average timeliness in adoption has improved by around six months since 2012-13, offering savings to local councils from the decreased cost of care. These can be reinvested to extend Virtual School Head support to previously looked after children. To date, we have launched six Regional Adoption Agencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL3930 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:21:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

802423

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when (1) Bath Spa, and (2) Bristol Temple Meads, railway stations will be directly served by a high-speed, electrified railway line.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The new bi-mode Inter City Express Trains are already serving both destinations. Benefits to passengers include more frequent services operating on the line and up to 32% more seats.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The planned enhancement project between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa is subject to ongoing assessment and investment decisions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/12/2017 16:23:28 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

802401

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	English Language: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to eliminate long waiting periods before refugees needing tuition in English can enter English for Speakers of Other Languages courses; and if funding is an obstacle, whether they will bring this to the attention of the lottery managers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL3934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises that it is important for refugees to have timely access to English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. In 2016/17, ESOL provision increased with the department providing full or partial funding for 114,400 adult learners to improve their levels of English – up from 110,600 adult learners in 2015/16.</p><p>The Adult Education Budget (AEB) provides flexibility to enable providers experiencing waiting lists, including to deliver additional ESOL courses, to increase the size of their ESOL delivery to help meet local demand. In addition, providers can request AEB growth funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The scope and timeline for growth opportunities are outlined in the AEB Funding and Performance management rules.</p><p>Additional funding is also available for refugees who come to the UK as part of the Vulnerable People’s Resettlement Scheme. All local councils resettling Syrian families are required to ensure that refugees are able to access ESOL provision within a month of arrival.</p><p>The forthcoming integration strategy will set out how we will support people in more isolated communities to engage with the wider world, help women into the workplace, and teach more people to speak English.</p><p>With regards to National Lottery funding, this is distributed by independent distribution bodies. Their decisions are based on the published criteria of each of their different Lottery funding programmes and are made independently of government.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2017 17:58:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

802406

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	USA: Global Compact for Migration
	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 government of the United States' decision to withdraw from the process leading to a UN global compact on migration on its effectiveness in protecting the rights of refugees and migrants.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL3939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK – alongside partners – remains committed to the UN process to develop both a Global Compact on Migration and a Global Compact on Refugees. The decision by the United States to withdraw from the former does not alter the UK Government's commitment to engage fully and work towards the successful delivery of these compacts. We believe that the Global Compact on Migration should offer an effective international framework to ensure that migration is safe and orderly and that it should balance the rights and responsibilities of both states and migrants.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2017 16:26:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

802389

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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: Public Consultation
	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 University College London Constitution Unit report Citizens' Assembly on Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL3922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government notes the report published by University College London Constitution Unit Citizens' Assembly on Brexit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As the PM has stated on many occasions, the Government is committed to securing the best possible deal for the United Kingdom - a deal that works for all parts of the UK and UK economy. We are engaging on EU exit issues with a wide range of organisations from all sectors including academia, businesses and industry bodies, as well as the public, in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/01/2018 12:58:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top