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1037580

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date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Repatriation
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 costs in each of the last three years of repatriating to the UK British nationals who are convicted of criminal offences overseas; and whether they intend to pay the same costs for British nationals forced into marriage overseas; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL12640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Costs associated with the deportation/return of British citizens to the UK at the end of a criminal sentence abroad are borne by the country seeking to deport/return them.</p><p>Victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the UK by the Forced Marriage Unit will no longer be asked to take out a loan for their repatriation costs. From now on, no one who is assisted by the Forced Marriage Unit - and would previously have been offered a loan - will have to cover the costs of their repatriation. Where possible, the Government will continue to seek to ensure the costs fall on the perpetrators by means of Forced Marriage Protection Orders (FMPOs). The Government has also agreed to ensure that those victims who have outstanding loans will have no further costs fall to them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2019 17:21:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1037583

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what estimate she has made of the parliamentary time required in the House of Lords to complete the remaining Brexit related bills before 29 March 2019; and whether the time available allows for the usual minimum intervals.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL12642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>It is my intention that we should create the time to do our business properly. I note that so far all bills associated with Brexit have been scheduled in accordance with the minimum intervals recommended in The Companion. As the Noble Lord will recall, from time to time the recommended minimum intervals have, with Usual Channels agreement, been dispensed with when it has been necessary for the House to do so. I undertake to work with my counterparts in the usual channels to ensure that business continues to be scheduled in a way which allows proper scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/01/2019 15:46:36 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1037586

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether written ministerial direction for expenditure on the contingency planning for a no deal Brexit was requested, in particular for (1) contracting with shipping lines and port operators to operate additional services, (2) developing the port of Ramsgate, (3) the provision of ferries, and (4) any necessary dredging works.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>No such direction has been required for any of these purposes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2019 14:10:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1037587

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, before awarding Seaborne Freight a contract to provide additional shipping services to and from Ramsgate in the event of a no deal Brexit, they complied with the provisions of section 7 of the Government Functional Standards for General Grants Guidance that "all Government grants shall be subject to timely and proportionate due diligence and fraud risk assessment"; and whether they will place a copy of any contract due diligence report in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>No grants have been made to Seaborne Freight, nor are there any plans to make any. Seaborne Freight has been contracted to provide ferry services and will only be paid for those services after they have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 13:39:43 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1037589

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Dredging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which company received the award to dredge the port of Ramsgate; what is the value and completion date of that contract; where the resulting spoil will be dumped; and what are the dates on which the necessary dredging and dumping licences for this work were issued.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is not a party to this contract and so this information is not held centrally. Works in ports and harbours are matters for the relevant authority and must comply with the relevant regulatory regimes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2019 13:17:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1037591

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lord Janner of Braunstone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse about the disclosure of material held in social services and criminal records relating to the case of Greville Janner.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>It is a matter for the inquiry which is independent, to disclose where appropriate and in line with security and data protection protocols, any documents which are considered relevant as part of the inquiry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2019 16:58:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1037592

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Hospitals: Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a legal limit on the ratio of nurses to patients on wards in NHS hospitals in England; and if so, what are those limits.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL12650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not have a legal ratio of nurses to patients.</p><p>Appropriate staffing levels are the responsibility of commissioners and trusts. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 include a requirement for the deployment of sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons at all times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Manzoor question first answered 22/01/2019 16:02:02 answering member 4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1037593

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people sleeping rough in London from 21 December 2018 to 7 January 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL12651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to halting rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every autumn. The next publication will be released on 31 January 2019 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping</p><p>The Greater London Authority (GLA) also commission the CHAIN database which holds information on the number of people rough sleeping in London. This is published quarterly, and the next data release will be available on 31 January 2019 at: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/01/2019 16:40:43 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

1037594

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places in hostels in London were available for rough sleepers from 21 December 2018 to 7 January 2019; and what was their aggregate occupancy rate.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL12652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Central government does not commission hostel provision directly. This is done at the local or mayoral authority level. For this reason we do not hold data on the total number of hostel spaces available in London, nor their occupancy rate.</p><p>However, the government does commission Homeless Link to conduct annual reviews on single homelessness support, which includes the number of hostel bed spaces (and void bed spaces) in the capital, and across the country. The latest of which is for 2017, and can be found (attached) at: <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/annual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/annual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/01/2019 16:59:14 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 190114 Annual Review 2017- HL12652.pdf title Annual Review of single homelessness
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

1037596

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places are available in hostels in London for rough sleepers accompanied by a dog or dogs.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL12653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Central government does not commission hostel provision directly. This is done at the local or mayoral authority level. For this reason we do not hold data on the total number of hostel spaces available in London, nor specific data on those rough sleepers with dogs.</p><p>However, the government does commission Homeless Link to conduct annual reviews on single homelessness support, which includes the number of hostel bed spaces (and void bed spaces) in the capital, and across the country. The latest of which is for 2017 and can be found (attached) at: <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/annual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/annual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england</a>.</p><p>We appreciate that those rough sleeping with dogs have specific needs and do fund, through the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) and other programmes provision that accounts for this. For example, the new St Mungo’s RSI hostel in Bristol takes clients with dogs, as does emergency accommodation in St Edmundsbury and Nottingham. The RSI funded floating London hub – that moves between boroughs and is currently in Westminster – also accepts dogs into their service. Moreover, as a result of RSI funding, Birmingham has linked closely with Dogs On the Streets (DOTS). This organisation has significantly helped in working with entrenched rough sleepers who have dogs and other pets. As with the complex needs of any rough sleeper, we try and ensure someone having a dog, or any pet, is not a barrier to them getting the help they require.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/01/2019 16:47:04 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 190114 Annual Review 2017HL12653.pdf title Annual Review
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford