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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

820512

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Environment Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which functions of the Environment Agency they are proposing to transfer to the Canal and River Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We are proposing to respond to the Canal &amp; River Trust’s recent proposal for the transfer of EA navigations imminently. As such, I am unable to comment further.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/01/2018 17:54:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

820513

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are proposing to make further changes to the contractual or financial arrangements of the Community Rehabilitation Company following the recent inspection report of HM Chief Inspector of Probation, Quality and Impact inspection: The effectiveness of probation work by the National Probation Service in London.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The report of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMI Probation) published on 10 January focuses on the performance of the National Probation Service (NPS) in London. The NPS works closely with London Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC), and as HMI Probation note, that relationship is much improved since the last inspection in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with both the NPS and CRC to improve probation services in London. We robustly manage CRC performance and will make further changes to contracts if that is necessary to ensure we are delivering a probation system that protects the public, rehabilitates offenders and commands the confidence of the courts.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/01/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German