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927364

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Public Health and Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what increases, in constant prices and on present funding plans, will be provided for (1) Public Health England, (2) local authority public health services, and (3) adult social care services, over each of the next five years; and what are the planned annual percentage increases for each of those service areas over that period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The available figures are provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019-20 budget</p></td><td><p>2020-21 budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England: operating expenditure £ million</p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">287 </ins><del class="ministerial">237</del></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">287 </ins><del class="ministerial">237</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (£)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019-20 planned</p></td><td><p>2020-21 planned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public health funding for local authorities £ billion</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (£)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Budgets for both Public Health England and local authorities beyond these years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>Spending decisions on social care, including annual increases, are a matter for local government which know their local areas best. Overall, the Government has given access to £9.4 billion additional funding for social care between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Funding allocations for local government beyond 2019-20 are subject to the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:11:53 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2018 10:43:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy previous answer version 67072 answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

926926

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government’s plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onto the Alpha Pensions Scheme from April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	155365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has carried out extensive reforms of public service pension schemes to ensure that they are fair and sustainable, including the introduction of new pension schemes for the main public sector workforces in 2015. As part of these reforms the Government plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers into the Alpha Pension Scheme in due course. <ins class="ministerial">Officials are continuing to engage on this issue. </ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/06/2018 15:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2018 10:56:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 66146 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926993

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Official Engagements: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies she has had engagements since her appointment to that office.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	155239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has had engagements in twelve of the <del class="ministerial">sixteen</del> <ins class="ministerial">eighteen</ins> parliamentary constituencies since her appointment.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/06/2018 11:36:19 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2018 11:03:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 65684 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

927370

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	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 effectiveness of the 2014 reforms for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL8810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted and Care Quality Commission inspections of the effectiveness of special educational needs and disability (SEND) services, which began in 2016 and will see all 152 local areas inspected by 2021, are providing evidence of progress.</p><p> </p><p>The most effective areas have strong strategic leadership, and we are beginning to see positive results on the ground in relation to joint working between education, health and care. For example, in Wiltshire’s inspection ‘senior leaders in the local area from education, health and social care are working together constructively to deliver and improve services for children and young people who have [SEND].’ In West Sussex ‘local area leaders have established strong and well-conceived joint commissioning arrangements. For example, the majority of health services that support children and young people who have SEND are commissioned jointly by the local authority and clinical commissioning groups who work within the local area.’</p><p>We are particularly encouraged by local authorities and the clinical commissioning group being pro-active in working with partners, including families, to take forward learning from the inspections, particularly where inspectors have identified concerns with services.</p><p>More than 98% of statements of special educational needs were reviewed by the 31 March 2018 deadline for introducing Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Moving across to EHC plans should enable those children, young people and their families to feel the benefit of the reforms and to receive a more joined-up approach to meeting their needs and improving their outcomes.</p><p>A survey of over 13,000 parents and young people who received an EHC plan in 2015 found that 66% were satisfied with the EHC plan planning process. 73% agreed their EHC plan had led to the child getting the help they needed and 67% agreed their plan improved the child or young person’s experience of education.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/07/2018 13:14:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

927369

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they hold on the number of schools in England and Wales which are currently in financial deficit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL8809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>We trust schools to manage their own budgets and the vast majority are operating with a cumulative surplus, with only a small percentage having a deficit. The latest published overall figures for England’s schools show 2,819 academy trusts (94.5%) and 14,645 local authority maintained schools (91%) reporting a cumulative surplus or breaking even, against 165 academy trusts and 1,461 maintained schools reporting a deficit. The percentage of maintained schools in deficit has remained stable compared to 2010, as has the total balance held by maintained schools, at £1.7 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing an additional £1.3 billion to our schools across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above previous plans. Core funding for schools and high needs will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will maintain school and high needs funding in real terms per pupil over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of schools in deficit in Wales is a devolved matter, and therefore for the Welsh government to answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/07/2018 15:15:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

927367

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in England and Wales they estimate will have a cash terms reduction in their budget for 2018–19, compared to 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL8808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Through the national funding formula (NFF) the government is giving every local authority in England more money for every pupil in every school in 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table illustrates how much each school is attracting under the NFF in 2018-19, 2019-20 and under the fully implemented NFF. The first tab provides information on how to look up the NFF for a specific school and the NFF data for all schools. The spreadsheet and NFF data is also available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644809/Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644809/Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has always been clear that local authorities remain responsible for determining schools’ final budget allocations in these years, in consultation with their schools. All local formulae must contain a Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) to limit the losses schools can see year on year. Local authorities have had the flexibility to set the MFG between -1.5% and +0.5% per pupil.</p><p>The Department understands that many local authorities have decided that the right thing to do is to replicate the national funding formula locally, including setting the MFG to pass on the minimum 0.5% per pupil increase in full to their schools. We support and encourage this. A school’s overall budget may also decline if it has fewer pupils year on year.</p><p>The Welsh Government is responsible for schools funding in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/07/2018 13:19:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL8808 Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx title NFF_schools_allocation
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

927366

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister for Immigration on 15 June (HCWS768), what criteria were used to determine which countries were included in the expanded low-risk Tier 4 visa category for overseas students; and why India was not amongst them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL8807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Careful consideration is given to which countries could be added to Appendix H of the Immigration Rules, taking into account objective analysis of a range of factors including the volume of students from a country and their Tier 4 immigration compliance risk.</p><p>The list of countries in Appendix H will be regularly updated to reflect the fact that countries’ risk profiles change over time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/07/2018 11:06:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

927365

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Growth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage growth in GDP is forecast currently by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for each of the next five years; and whether the OBR has forecast any increase in GDP in those years as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility set out its latest forecast in its March 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. In March the OBR forecasted that growth would be 1.5% in 2018, 1.3% in 2019, 1.3% in 2020, 1.4% in 2021 and 1.5% in 2022. Since the referendum, the OBR have made provisional, “broad brush” assumptions about the impact of EU Exit on the economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/07/2018 13:43:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

927363

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they have received in the past 12 months about the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli Defence Force in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and what assessment they have made of the case for referring the government of Israel to the International Criminal Court.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received a number of parliamentary questions from members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, letters from Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents, and letters and emails from members of the public on the issue of the alleged disproportionate use of force by the Israeli Defence Forces.</p><p>The International Criminal Court Prosecutor has been conducting a Preliminary Examination into the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 2015 and on 8 April released a statement saying that, “any new alleged crime committed in the context of the situation in Palestine may be subjected to my Office’s scrutiny”. The Government respects the Prosecutor’s independence in this matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2018 16:12:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

927362

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they maintain a record of (1) new settlements, and (2) demolitions, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if so, how many such events have been recorded in each of the past three years; and what representations about those incidents, if any, they have made to the government of Israel in the past 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office monitors both settlements and demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, based on official Israeli, UN and EU figures, as well as those of a range of non-governmental organisations.</p><p>The settlement picture and relevant metrics are complex. These include settlement unit advancements at various stages in different planning processes, as well as the construction and establishment of both new settlements and settlement outposts. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics in 2015 there were 1,962 new construction starts in settlements, in 2016 there were 3,069, and in 2017 there were 1,626. No data is currently available for 2018.</p><p>According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, an average of 35 Palestinian structures each month were targeted for demolition by the Israeli authorities between January and May this year. In 2017, 35 structures per month were targeted; in 2016, 91 per month, and in 2015, 47 per month.</p><p>We regularly make representations to the Israeli authorities about both settlements and demolitions. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa raised our concerns about new settlement announcements and demolitions with the Israeli authorities during his visit to Israel on 30-31 May. The Foreign Secretary also raised the proposed demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar with Prime Minister Netanyahu on 6 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 13:19:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

927361

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they maintain a record of allegations of war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if so, how they use this information.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not maintain a record of alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:52:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

927360

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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 how many times ambulances have been required to take women prisoners to hospital in the two most recent years for which information is available; and what support is provided to women prisoners after any return from hospital.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL8801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on safety in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. The most recent tables were published on 26 April 2018 and cover the period to the end of December 2017. In 2017 there were 8,317 incidents of self-harm in the women’s prison estate. In 2016 there were 7,670 such incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of times ambulances have been required to take women prisoners to hospital could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the published figures reveal that there were 183 self-harm incidents that required hospital attendance in the women’s prison estate in 2017, and 138 such incidents in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The support available to prisoners when they return from hospital depends on the cause of their injury or illness. Continuing medical treatment or observation is provided where necessary. The Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) case management process is used to provide support for prisoners who have self-harmed, and where the prisoner was subject to the ACCT process prior to the incident, there is a review by the multi-disciplinary team to identify any changes that need to be made to the support that is being provided.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and the recent increase in the number of self-harm incidents shows that we can and must do more. We have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 15,500 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL8800 question first answered 03/07/2018 15:39:44 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

927358

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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 how many incidents of self-harm occurred in the women's prison estate in the two most recent years for which information is available.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL8800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on safety in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. The most recent tables were published on 26 April 2018 and cover the period to the end of December 2017. In 2017 there were 8,317 incidents of self-harm in the women’s prison estate. In 2016 there were 7,670 such incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of times ambulances have been required to take women prisoners to hospital could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the published figures reveal that there were 183 self-harm incidents that required hospital attendance in the women’s prison estate in 2017, and 138 such incidents in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The support available to prisoners when they return from hospital depends on the cause of their injury or illness. Continuing medical treatment or observation is provided where necessary. The Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) case management process is used to provide support for prisoners who have self-harmed, and where the prisoner was subject to the ACCT process prior to the incident, there is a review by the multi-disciplinary team to identify any changes that need to be made to the support that is being provided.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and the recent increase in the number of self-harm incidents shows that we can and must do more. We have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 15,500 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL8801 question first answered 03/07/2018 15:39:44 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

927357

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they assess the providers of mental health contracts commissioned by NHS England; and what criteria they use to evaluate the standard of services provided.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL8799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>All providers of National Health Service funded care (NHS and independent sector providers) for specialised mental health services are contracted using the same standard NHS national contract. These contracts set out the standard terms of business relating to the provider and commissioner relationship.</p><p>The monitoring of performance is undertaken by NHS England centrally and through the contracting hubs. Performance management includes:</p><p>- Performance against operational standards within the NHS Contract;</p><p>- Reporting against Key Performance Indicators undertaken quarterly and reviewed as part of contract management meetings between commissioner and provider;</p><p>- Regular performance review meetings with the provider;</p><p>- Measurement against local quality standards developed by individual hubs;</p><p>- Measurement of service specification compliance;</p><p>- NHS England Hub ward visits;</p><p>- The patient satisfaction survey and implementation of service improvements informed by patient feedback; and</p><p>- Triangulation with Care Quality Commission inspections.</p><p>The Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework sets out the quality assurance and improvement activity undertaken in relation to all specialised commissioned services.</p><p>The outcome of the annual assessment has two features:</p><p>- Identification of levels of surveillance for the following year; and</p><p>- Assessment of compliance and non-compliance and if non-compliant, whether provider action or commissioner action is required.</p><p>A framework has been introduced which requires those reviewing and assessing the information on quality, to categorise services into one of three categories to determine levels of surveillance for the following year:</p><p>- Routine surveillance – services that have been scored at 100% with no risks identified and those services that have not scored 100% but regional teams have determined that the issue is not material;</p><p> </p><p>- Enhanced surveillance – services in this category will require further discussions between provider organisations and relevant commissioning teams to determine whether formal provider action or commissioner action is required, or whether after further discussion the service is deemed to be compliant; and</p><p> </p><p>- Peer review visit – services considered for peer review should be discussed with the provider and commissioner to confirm that the factors leading to this proposed option are relevant and proportionate for the action. Based on the level of risk agreed at hub or regional meetings, the service may also be subject to a provider or commissioner action.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:09:45 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

927356

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average length of sentence for (1) Muslim, and (2) non-Muslim women convicted under any terrorism legislation since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL8798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to determine the average sentence length of a cohort that includes indeterminate sentences. The Home Office releases statistics quarterly on The Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation. The most recent publication was released on 14 June 2018 and includes public statistics relating to sentence length of all offenders convicted under this Act since 2009-10 until 2017-18. These can be found using the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716000/police-powers-terrorism-mar2018-hosb0918.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716000/police-powers-terrorism-mar2018-hosb0918.pdf</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/07/2018 15:40:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

927355

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Muslim, and (2) non-Muslim women have been remanded or convicted under any terrorism legislation since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL8797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>28 women have been remanded or convicted under terrorism legislation since 2010. Of these, 27 were Muslim and 1 was non-Muslim.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/07/2018 15:38:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

927353

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israeli Settlements: Electricity Interconnectors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the news that the EU has agreed to supply Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Golan Heights with electricity once the EuroAsia Interconnector has been completed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>​The European External Action Service published guidelines in 2013 clarifying the eligibility of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 for grants, prizes and financial instruments funded by the EU from 2014 onwards. We would expect agreements pertaining to the EuroAsia Interconnector to uphold these guidelines.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:51:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

927352

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports of Israeli forces in Hebron welding the front door to a Palestinian home shut, with no other doorway to the outside, in order to prevent the family walking on a Jewish only road.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we remain deeply concerned about restrictions on freedom of movement within the West Bank, including Hebron.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:51:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

927350

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Israel: West Bank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel following the new Israeli military order taking effect which negates the existing planning and building system in the West Bank and abolishes the right to appeal against planned demolitions or to obtain a permit retroactively.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised this issue with the Israeli authorities on 22 May. We are concerned that the military order would severely limit the opportunity to appeal before demolitions are carried out.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2018 16:12:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

927349

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Virgin Money: Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group
	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 potential loss of 1,500 jobs arising from Virgin Money's takeover of the CYBG plc banking group.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of potential job losses arising from the takeover announcement.</p><p> </p><p>In any case where job losses are announced, HMG stands ready to support employees who may be affected, and Job Centre Plus Rapid Response Service can be swiftly deployed as necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 02/07/2018 12:38:48 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

927348

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
	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 possible effect of Brexit on investment in the pharmaceuticals industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has one of the strongest and most productive life sciences sectors in the world, the strongest clinical pipeline in Europe, and £29.5bn worth of exports of life science goods in 2017. The Government has been clear that as we exit the European Union continued cooperation is in the best interest of EU and UK patients. We continue to engage with industry to discuss issues with the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Life Sciences Sector Deal is starting to implement the vision of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy<strong>. </strong>2017 saw 60 life science foreign direct investment projects in the UK, the highest level in Europe and 2nd only to the USA - the highest number in the past 7 years and double the number in 2011. Over €750m of private equity was invested in 67 UK projects. We have seen companies within the Life Sciences sector demonstrate their confidence in Britain with major investments announced since the referendum. Denmark's Novo Nordisk is to invest £115m over 10 years in a new science research centre in Oxford; GSK and Regeneron announced an investment in a major research initiative with UK Biobank to co-fund sequencing of the first 50,000 samples for the first year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis and preparatory work looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. We continue to engage with a wide range of stakeholders in order to inform our negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position, so the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 02/07/2018 14:00:29 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

927347

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Construction: Migrant Workers
	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 possible effect of Brexit on the recruitment of foreign workers in the construction industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that following our exit from the EU, we will continue to welcome those with the skills, drive and expertise to make a positive contribution. We are also committed to avoiding labour shortages in key sectors.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU. The MAC will build on the significant analysis already underway in Government, but we want the MAC’s credible, independent advice to inform our decisions on our future immigration arrangements.</p><p>The MAC is due to report in September 2018 and the Government will take account of their findings when making final decisions about our future immigration system.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/06/2018 13:24:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

927346

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to leave the European Convention on Human Rights after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/07/2018 16:16:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

927345

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: London Airports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to return the waiting time for passport controls at London's airports to the official target.
	tabling member printed	The Duke of Somerset
	uin	HL8788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is committed to providing an excellent service and over 95% of all passengers seeking entry at Heathrow in 2018 have been dealt with within the service level agreements. But this must be balanced with Border Force’s responsibility to secure the border. It is worth noting that the 95% figure in the answer is in absolute passenger number terms rather than number of wait time measurements.</p><p>Border Force is taking a number of steps to ensure passengers are dealt with quickly, including through investment in technology and maximising available staff at the busiest times of the day.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/07/2018 10:41:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3147 label Biography information for The Duke of Somerset

927343

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: London Airports
	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 reasons for some of the automated e-passport gates at London's airports not being available to incoming passengers.
	tabling member printed	The Duke of Somerset
	uin	HL8787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>ePassport gates are open to UK/EU/EEA and Swiss nationals, aged 12 and over as well as adult members of the Registered Traveller Service (RTS). ePassport gates are used by over 70% of those passengers eligible to use them.</p><p>The ePassport Gates at London Airports operate flexibly dependant on demand, operating in banks of 5 and 10. Egate operation requires Border Force Staff deployed into monitoring roles such as behavioural detection to enhance security at the border and provide safeguarding assurances. The number open can be flexed dependent on passenger flow, if there is a large number of arriving passengers that are not eligible to use the e-Gates, a bank of e-gates could be closed, and those officers deployed to the main Passport Control Point to check non-eligible passengers.</p><p>If the eGates were to be open even when no eligible passengers were arriving, this could worsen the passenger experience of those not eligible to use e-Gates as a result of Officers engaged in monitoring roles, when they could be better deployed processing passengers on the main Passport Control Point where Officers can use various techniques</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/07/2018 10:43:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3147 label Biography information for The Duke of Somerset