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924164

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date	14/06/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast-Dublin Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive and the government of Ireland about improving the rail line between Dublin and Belfast, including any plans to electrify the route.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Transport Infrastructure in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 20/06/2018 14:32:21 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

924178

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tommy Robinson
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Onley: 25 July – 5 August 2016 by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 2 December 2016, why Tommy Robinson has been moved from HMP Hull to HMP Onley; and what steps they are taking to ensure his safety and wellbeing.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>As per my answer to your previous question, HL8306, we do not comment on individual cases. We take very seriously our duty of care to ensure all prisoners are able to serve their sentences in a safe environment. Every prisoner is risk assessed on their reception into custody and extra measures are put into place to protect prisoners where there are concerns for their welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/06/2018 16:02:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

924179

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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	Mosques
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they collect data on the number of (1) mosques, and (2) madrassas, in England and Wales; and if so, how many there are.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that there are around 1500 mosques and prayer halls in England. We do not hold any data on the number of madrassas.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/06/2018 12:24:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

924185

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Welfare State: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the cumulative saving made from welfare reform since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL8664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility put cumulative savings from welfare reform from 2010 to the end of 2015/16 at £65 billion. In addition, in 2015, the Government announced plans for welfare reform which will deliver an extra £12 billion of annual savings; these have now been legislated for, and implementation has begun.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/06/2018 12:10:34 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

923151

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Parents: Suicide
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 number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">and I will place the response in the Library of both houses.</ins></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Pearson of Rannoch, dated 15 June 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking about the number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers <strong>(HL8615)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes suicide rates for the UK, constituent countries, regions and local authorities in England and Wales in an annual bulletin[1].</p><p>The information we hold on deaths is limited to what is recorded on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death by a doctor, provided to the registrar by the informant at the time of death registration, or recorded by a coroner following their inquest into the cause and circumstances of the death. We can provide the number of suicides per year by legal marital status, but we have no available information on whether the deceased was (a) separated at the time of death, that is, living apart from their partner; or (b) was a father or mother.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the numbers and crude rates per 100,00 persons of deaths due to suicide, by sex, for each year between 2000 and 2016 in England and Wales. The rates are broken down by marital status recorded at death. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2018 15:35:32 question first ministerially corrected 22/06/2018 13:43:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham previous answer version 64664 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

923158

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	European Development Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the peace-keeping activities of the EU currently managed by the European Development Fund.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL8622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK currently contributes to the European Development Fund (EDF) as part of its obligations as a Member State. For the period covering 2014-2018, 5.2% of the EDF was directed towards African-led peacekeeping, through the African Peace Facility.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has recently published plans that would see future support to peace-keeping activities, currently managed by the European Development Fund, routed through a newly proposed European Peace Facility under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The UK will have left the EU when this comes into force in January 2021. After we have left the EU the UK will decide how best to fund the priorities previously funded through our EU contributions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 13:08:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

923159

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	ACP Countries: EU External Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to opt into any future successor to the Cotonou Agreement.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL8623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK government welcomes the EU’s intention to involve a broad range of actors in the EU’s post-2020 partnership with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. This is of particular interest to us as we consider the UK’s future partnership with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We will only continue our development collaboration with the EU where it is in our mutual interest and represents the best value for taxpayers’ money. As the successor to the current Cotonou agreement is still subject to negotiation between the EU and ACP countries, it is not yet possible to determine whether it will be in the UK’s best interests to seek to join any future agreement. We will continue to participate in those discussions while we remain an EU Member State.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 13:08:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

923162

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to put pressure on the Burmese authorities to comply with international humanitarian law and assist Kachin civilians trapped in the fighting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL8626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary raised his concerns about the fighting in Kachin State in his most recent call with Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 June. He called for Burma's military to exercise restraint and allow humanitarian access. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific made clear on 17 May the Government's concern about the situation in Karen State, calling on all parties to cease fighting; allow access for humanitarian aid; and abide by the National Ceasefire Agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/06/2018 16:24:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

923163

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to press the government of Burma to address the underlying causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL8627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government considers the full implementation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission's recommendations the best route to addressing the underlying causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis. The UK ensured the UN Security Council's Presidential Statement of November 2017 urged all parts of the Government of Burma to work together to implement the Commission's recommendations swiftly and in full, and supports the work of the Advisory Board to the Implementation Committee for the Rakhine Advisory Commission. The Foreign Secretary has pressed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to create the conditions in Rakhine State that would allow Rohingya refugees to return, and in their most recent conversation on 11 June underlined the importance of promoting reconciliation between the different communities of Rakhine. The UK continues to press the Burmese authorities to hold to account those responsible for human rights violations in Rakhine, to make clear there can be no impunity for those responsible for the violence that has caused almost 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh since 25 August 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/06/2018 16:34:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

922986

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	UK Notified Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK Notified Bodies will be able to continue to work with UK manufacturers, checking their products conform to the essential requirements of European directives which have also been transposed into UK law, until the end of the anticipated Brexit implementation period.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL8559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable work undertaken by UK Notified Bodies in ensuring that products placed on the market have been through suitable assessment to ensure they comply with the relevant requirements.</p><p> </p><p>During the implementation period the UK will no longer be a Member State of the European Union, but market access will continue on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>For UK Notified Bodies this means that they will continue to be able to conduct third-party conformity assessments for both the UK and the EU markets as they do now.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/06/2018 16:43:49 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull