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date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Airport Station
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 11 December 2018 (HL11834), in view of the proportion of airport passengers using Gatwick Airport railway station, what assessment they have made of requesting Gatwick Airport Limited to make a greater contribution to the costs of improving the station.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL12623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has been seeking to agree Gatwick Airport Limited’s contribution to the costs of enhancement works at Gatwick Airport Station through a process of negotiation.</p><p> </p><p>The objective of these negotiations has been to secure an appropriate level of contribution from the airport, which also recognises that the enhancement works are designed to improve passenger journeys for airport and non-airport users.</p><p> </p><p>Negotiations with Gatwick Airport Limited are still ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2019 16:31:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1036982

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those who have claimed asylum after arriving in the UK by crossing the Channel are (1) Iranian Christians, and (2) from minorities other than Iranian Christians persecuted for their religious beliefs.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Over 500 migrants, the majority of whom are Iranian nationals, attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels in 2018. The vast majority of those attempts were made in the last three months of the year.</p><p>All asylum claims made in the UK are processed, managed and decided in line with Home Office policy, guidance and relevant case law and legislation. This supports an efficient and effective asylum process for the UK and en-sures that asylum claims are handled in a manner that is appropriate to the individual, including ensuring any reasonable adjustments and safeguarding needs are considered.</p><p>All asylum claimants must be treated with dignity and fairness regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief.</p><p>However, the Home Office does not electronically record the grounds on which an individual claims asylum and so we cannot identify how many asy-lum claimants, from those crossing the Channel are Iranian Christians and from minorities other than Iranian Christians persecuted for their religious beliefs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2019 17:14:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1036983

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Tyres
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 10 December 2018 (HL11832), how many roadside checks, which involved checks on whether buses, coaches, or lorries have a tyre fitted which is more than ten years old, were conducted in the last three years for which figures are available; and how many such cases were referred by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL12625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) carried out the following number of roadside checks (mechanical checks/encounters) involving buses, coaches and lorries, in the last 3 calendar years. All mechanical encounters involve a check of the condition of a tyre irrespective of its age.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>117,600</p></td><td><p>114,965</p></td><td><p>105,471</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Buses and coaches have been checked from June 2017 to identify if they have a tyre that is more than ten years old fitted on the front axle. When conducting roadside checks, the DVSA has a process in place to identify tyres that are more than 10 years old, irrespective of condition, and will conduct follow up investigations with operators.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No such cases have been referred by the DVSA to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner since the referral process began in December 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2019 18:01:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw