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820497

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Ethiopia: Political Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of any British citizens being held as political prisoners in Ethiopia; and what representations they have made to the government of Ethiopia regarding their release.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office records the charges, or category of charge, on which individuals are detained, where that information is provided to consular staff. We are currently aware of a small number of British nationals detained in Ethiopia, but not necessarily as political prisoners. The UK has repeatedly raised human rights concerns with the Ethiopian Government, including around the arrest and imprisonment of people for their political views. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides consular support to detainees as usual.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/01/2018 16:25:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

820499

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the proportion, availability and affordability of transitional housing, including on areas of disused public land.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL4580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We announced £100 million to deliver low cost ‘move on’ accommodation for people leaving homelessness hostels and domestic abuse refuges and helping them move towards independent living.</p><p>We are also engaging with the sector to help us shape the detail of the local grant for short-term supported housing. This funding will be ring-fenced so it can only be spent on short-term supported housing and we have committed to it being in place for the long term.</p><p>The short-term accommodation grant will remove rental costs for the tenants at a particularly vulnerable point in their lives, allowing them to seek work safe in the knowledge that their housing costs will be met. It will also help people who can, to move-on with greater choice about where they go without carrying a legacy of rent arrears and debt.</p><p>This Government have made a commitment to release more of its surplus land for housing during the current Parliament.</p><p>The Public Land for Housing annual report published in February 2017 shows that by September 2016 public sector land with capacity for 13,817 homes had been sold.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/01/2018 17:28:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

820500

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Innovation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Professor Mariana Mazzucato's recent evaluation of innovation-led growth and strategic public investment.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL4581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Government does not tend to undertake assessments or comment on independent work such as that undertaken by Professor Mazzucato.</p><p>Innovation is about new ideas, new ways of doing things, new goods and services and new technologies that are central to driving productivity and a key driver of our modern Industrial Strategy.</p><p>Our Industrial Strategy will enable the UK to work more productively and boost earning power of people, businesses and places and the nation as a whole. To support UK priorities in key areas of innovation we will invest a further £725m in a second wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, turning our research into global industrial and commercial leads. We will ensure that the UK is the best pace for innovators and through our Grand Challenges we will invite business, academia and civil society to work together to innovate and develop new technologies.</p><p>We have committed to raise investment in R&amp;D to 2.4% of GDP by 2027; we will invest an additional £2.3bn in 2021, raising total public investment in R&amp;D to approximately £12.5bn. Increasing public R&amp;D spending as a share of GDP each year and making a total increase of £7bn over five years. This will be the biggest ever increase in public funding R&amp;D.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 17/01/2018 15:46:07 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

820501

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Leigh Day
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 July 2017 (HL423), whether the Home Office will now refer Leigh Day to the National Crime Agency for investigation of any possible misconduct.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) is operationally independent of the Home Office. As set out in Section four of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, and the ‘Revised Framework Document for the NCA’, published in May 2015, the Director General of the Agency is responsible for all decisions about which operations to conduct and how they should be conducted. It is therefore not for the Home Office to refer matters for investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:13:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

820502

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Enforcement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they estimate it would cost a local authority, or local authorities acting together, in England to implement civil enforcement powers under the Traffic Management Act 2004, covering 100,000 people.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not produce estimates of this kind. Local authorities are responsible for considering the financial implications of civil enforcement when deciding whether to apply for these powers. Their estimates will reflect a range of local factors, such as geography, road use, parking demand, specific traffic issues and the proposed intensity of enforcement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2018 13:01:34 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

820503

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Axle Weights: Weighing Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 9 January (HL4413), what information they have on how often the weighbridges referred to are used.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, 51 weighbridge sites were used to carry out enforcement action. The combined number of days that each weighbridge site was used was 3,762.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2018 13:04:10 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

820505

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 9 January (HL Deb, col 113), which projects funded by the Fair Chance Fund have been successful in reducing family and relationship breakdown.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL4586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The £15 million Fair Chance Fund (FCF) was an innovative three year programme designed to improve accommodation, education and employment outcomes for homeless young people aged 18 - 24, who did not have priority need under the homelessness legislation but had a range of support needs which presented barriers to securing and sustaining, accommodation and getting on in life.</p><p>Many of the participants had multiple needs, often resulting in on-going problems and issues. This included a history of family and relationship breakdown, alongside other vulnerabilities. The causes of homelessness can be multiple and complex. Where family and/or relationship breakdown is present, it is often just one part of the wider picture. That is why the FCF key workers in all 7 areas worked intensely with the young people by offering tailored support to meet their needs.</p><p>Two interim evaluations of the FCF were published last year [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fair-chance-fund-evaluation-interim-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fair-chance-fund-evaluation-interim-reports</a>], and the final evaluation will be published later this year. Findings are being used to inform future policy work on supporting young people experiencing homelessness and on the use of social investment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 180122 Fair Chance Fund interim report Year One - HL4586.pdf title Fair Chance Fund 2 file name 180123 Fair Chance Fund interim eport Year TwoHL4586.pdf title Fair Chance Fund Year two report question first answered 23/01/2018 13:02:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

820509

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Pornography: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their forthcoming internet safety strategy will address the harms of pornography to adults, including to their interpersonal relationships; whether any measures to mitigate such harms were included in the Internet Safety Strategy green paper published in October 2017; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL4590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Evidence has shown that the easy availability and nature of online pornography is changing the way children understand healthy relationships, sex and consent. The Digital Economy Act 2017 will require commercial providers of online pornography to have robust age verification controls in place to prevent children from accessing pornographic material online, as is already the case offline. We do not have plans to restrict adults' access to this content and this issue was not specifically highlighted in the Internet Safety Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy does look more widely at how we can build users' digital literacy skills and includes initiatives which will help users access the benefits of the Internet, while managing potential risks.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/01/2018 13:17:07 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

820510

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Southern Africa: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many education projects have been supported by the British Council in (1) Swaziland, (2) Botswana and (3) Lesotho, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Council have advised that in each of the last five years the number of education projects the British Council has supported in each country is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Country</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Swaziland</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Botswana</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lesotho</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Country</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2017</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Swaziland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Botswana</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Lesotho</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/01/2018 16:25:50 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2018 11:55:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 36615 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

820511

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Southern Africa: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which aid programmes they have supported in (1) Swaziland, (2) Botswana, and (3) Lesotho, since May 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided £5.7million of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Lesotho in 2016. DFID provided £4.8 million of this total in drought response through the United Nations Humanitarian appeal for assistance for food security, access to water, and recovery of livelihoods and the contribution helped to provide targeted assistance to 375,000 people affect by the drought.</p><p> </p><p>UK bilateral ODA to Botswana and Swaziland in 2016 supported education programmes funded through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the amount of UK bilateral ODA that was received by Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland between 2015 and 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Millions £</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Statistics on International Development (SID) 2017 (see below)</p><p>Full details on all the projects supported in these countries can be found on gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2018 17:35:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German