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810162

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date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which measures in addition to those set out in the Clean Growth Strategy will be required to keep aviation emissions to 37.5 MegaTonnes.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	120628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains open to considering all feasible measures to ensure that the aviation sector contributes fairly to UK emissions reductions, and is committed to meeting its emissions reduction targets under the Climate Change Act.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of measures available to reduce carbon emissions from aviation, including biofuels, airspace reform and improvements in technology.</p><p> </p><p>As mentioned in the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government will set out its strategic approach to the aviation sector in a series of consultations leading to the publication of a new Aviation Strategy for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will consider what the best approach and combination of policy measures are to ensure we effectively address carbon emissions from aviation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 08/01/2018 16:56:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

810400

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Technology: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on the digital and tech industries of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	903087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK digital sector currently is worth over £116 billion a year. Ensuring the sector remains strong and at the forefront of innovation is a priority for us. We published the UK Digital Strategyin March 2017, with further investment of over £500m into emerging tech announced in the November 2017 Budget and Industrial Strategy. These put in place the conditions for the UK’s digital sectors to remain world-leading, while also ensuring that the benefits of digital are felt by every business and every individual across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will remain open for business, and will strengthen trading ties with both Europe and the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 08/01/2018 13:35:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

810422

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	India: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of statistics published by Aid to the Church in Need showing that there were 316 attacks on Christians in the first five months of 2017 compared to 365 incidents in the whole of 2016; what representations they have made to the government of India regarding the rise in violence towards religious minorities; and what assessment they have made of the situation of religious minorities in India.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government condemns all instances of discrimination and violence against individuals or groups because of their religion, regardless of the country or faith concerned.</p><p>We regularly engage with Indian counterparts on a range of human rights issues, including minority rights. The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of Deputy High Commissions maintain a continuous assessment of the human rights situation across India. We are aware of reported incidents against religious minorities in India and continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/01/2018 15:16:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

810423

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Nigeria: Religious Freedom
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 current levels of violence between religious groups in Nigeria, and of an estimate by the 2017 Global Terrorism Index which states that 60,000 people have been killed in clashes between predominantly Muslim Fulani Herders and predominantly Christian farmers; and what representations have been made to the government of Nigeria about the levels of religious violence in that country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by recurrent clashes involving pastoralists and local farmers over land, farming rights, grazing routes and access to water. They have a serious impact on lives and communities of all faiths and are a major barrier to Nigeria's economic development. We discuss the issue with Federal and State Governments and encourage them to work with the affected populations on all sides of the conflict to develop a solution. We welcome President Buhari's commitment to focus on assisting the affected communities, bringing perpetrators to justice and examining longer term peaceful solutions to the conflict.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/01/2018 15:20:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

810424

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK visas have been issued to persons living in Myanmar in each visa category since January 2016; and how many they estimate were to (1) Christians, and (2) Muslims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/01/2018 17:53:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

810425

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which occasions in the last ten years they have given an official Treasury platform to someone convicted of a criminal charge in a court in another EU country.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold any information of this kind on external stakeholders who may have spoken at HM Treasury events in the last 10 years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 16:53:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810426

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the International Monetary Fund predictions of the UK growth rate, and (2) the actual growth rate, over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Forecasts for UK GDP growth published in the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook over the last five years are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>GDP growth (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Growth rate</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>IMF forecasts</p></td><td><p>Apr 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:46:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810427

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: International Monetary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which dates during the last seven years they have hosted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Treasury for the IMF to launch a report on the British economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) undertakes regular consultations on each of its member countries, usually every year, as part of its country surveillance function, under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. During the last seven years, concluding statements of IMF Article IV missions to the UK have been published, accompanied by an IMF press conference hosted at HM Treasury, on 6 June 2011, 22 May 2012, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2014, 11 December 2015, 13 May 2016 and 20 December 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:39:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810428

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mothers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of female prisoners held for non-violent crimes are mothers with children under the age of 18 in (1) England, and (2) Wales; and what percentage of those children were taken into care following their mother's imprisonment in (a) England, and (b) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fall
uin	HL4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2017, 73% of all female prisoners (including those held on remand) were held for a non-violent offence (i.e. assuming that a non-violent offence refers to all offence groups besides the ‘Violence Against The Person’ offence group). There are only women’s prisons in England, therefore the data cannot be broken down to show female prisoners in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the percentage of female prisoners held for a non-violent offence who are mothers of children under the age of 18 and what percentage of those children were taken into care following their mother's imprisonment, the information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/01/2018 17:27:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4561 label Biography information for Baroness Fall

810429

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of women in prison are re-offenders in (1) England, and (2) Wales; and of those, what percentage are in prison for non-violent crimes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fall
uin	HL4397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2016, 78% of adult women in prison under immediate custodial sentence had a previous conviction or caution.</p><p> </p><p>This data is published and can be found in table A1.19 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The information in the table refers to prisoners in both England and Wales, however please note there are no women’s prisons in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding what percentage of women with a previous conviction are incarcerated for non-violent crimes, the information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/01/2018 17:50:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Table A1.19.xlsx title Table A1.19
tabling member	4561 label Biography information for Baroness Fall