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1002283

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the extra £1 billion for defence in 2018–19 and 2019–20 announced in the budget will be for the Dreadnought programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL11304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion for Defence announced in the 2018 Budget is additional funding to ensure that the Armed Forces can continue to modernise and invest in key priority capabilities. We will decide how much of this funding is for Dreadnought as part of our normal budgeting process.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/11/2018 14:33:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

999760

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for free trade zones in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL11205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>We will consider all options that have the potential to support trade and promote economic growth, including free trade zones. We will carefully examine the advantages and risks associated with them before any final decision is made.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 09/11/2018 12:06:01 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

998898

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will include an examination of cases of honour-based abuse in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL11151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 April 2018 the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published details of the areas it will investigate and research in its interim report - <a href="https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports/interim." target="_blank">https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports/interim.</a></p><p>The Inquiry is independent of government and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. It is for the Inquiry to decide how to conduct its investigations within its terms of reference. As a statutory inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, it has the powers and autonomy it needs to fulfil its important role of getting to the truth, exposing what has gone wrong and learning lessons for the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11152 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:18:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

998899

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will consider cases of sexual grooming in the UK, including an examination of the particular characteristics of the perpetrators.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL11152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 April 2018 the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published details of the areas it will investigate and research in its interim report - <a href="https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports/interim." target="_blank">https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports/interim.</a></p><p>The Inquiry is independent of government and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. It is for the Inquiry to decide how to conduct its investigations within its terms of reference. As a statutory inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, it has the powers and autonomy it needs to fulfil its important role of getting to the truth, exposing what has gone wrong and learning lessons for the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11151 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:18:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

998904

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what overnight allowance is paid to jurors in trials in the High Court who have to stay overnight in London to attend a trial.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The High Court has not conducted a jury trial since 2016. Use of juries in High Court trials is rare. When juries are used, the jurors are called from within Greater London through the Jury Central Summonsing Bureau. No overnight allowance is payable and the need for overnight accommodation is not envisaged.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/11/2018 14:51:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

998913

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what elements of the Department for International Development's Safety, Support and Solutions Programme for Refugees and Migrants in Europe and the Mediterranean have been focused on supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina in managing the impact of migration affecting the country since 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL11163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s Safety, Support and Solution programme has not included funding to support Bosnia and Herzegovina.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/11/2018 14:59:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

998914

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have provided for the International Organisation for Migration and International Committee of the Red Cross operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the influx of migrants into the country since 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL11164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a long-standing supporter of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), reflecting our shared commitment to ensuring that UK aid reaches the most marginalised. Across 2016 and 2017, the UK contributed in excess of £100m to IOM and £300m to the ICRC in support of their work with those affected by humanitarian crises. It is not possible to disaggregate the amount of this funding utilised in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Development has also committed to provide IOM with an annual contribution of £6m, and ICRC with £63m core unearmarked funding (up to 2021). This funding will enable both IOM and the ICRC to continue their critical work with some of the world’s most vulnerable, as well as ambitious system-wide improvements to deliver the greatest possible impact for those most in need.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/11/2018 15:00:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

998915

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 whether asylum applicants who are required to attend regular appointments at reporting centres are now obliged to travel to Salford; and if so, why they may not attend appointments near the place where they reside.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not required to report until they have received a negative decision on their application and when they are in receipt of support, their travel costs are met.</p><p>Individuals may be required to attend the nearest reporting centre or other location, including police stations, to their home address. There is no upper limit to the distance which an individual may be required to travel in order to attend their nearest reporting location but the Home Office assesses the needs of all types of reportees, not only asylum seekers when deciding reporting frequency and location.</p><p>As part of Immigration Enforcement’s transformation programme the Home Office is rationalising the use of reporting locations to move reportees to locations which are fully resourced to deal with each individual and their needs. We work closely with our estates partners to identify sites that provide adequate access to the public, security and accommodation that would enable us to provide a good level of service to the reporting population.</p><p>Individuals would only be required to report to Salford if this is the nearest suitable reporting location to their address.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/11/2018 13:19:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

998923

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Trees: Disease Control
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 need to increase resilience against threats of disease to ash and oak trees in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall; and what plans they have to provide such resilience.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL11172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra is committed to protecting our trees from pests and diseases and building the resilience of our trees, woods and forests. In May we published a new Tree Health Resilience Strategy. The strategy sets out a joint action plan for how government and others can work together to address threats to tree health, including threats to ash and oak nationally.</p><p> </p><p>One example of joint action is Action Oak, a hugely important partnership of charities, landowners and government, proactively working together to protect and conserve our oak trees for future generations.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/11/2018 17:32:09 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

998465

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Indonesia: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on his recent trip to Indonesia raised the situation of the non-religious in that country, as that country does not recognise the right to be a humanist, atheist or agnostic.
tabling member printed	Lord Garel-Jones
uin	HL11124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Yes. During my visit to Jakarta I talked about the rights of people of faith and those of no faith during a meeting of representatives of different religious communities, as well as raising the issue of Freedom of Religion or Belief in my meeting with the Minister of Religious Affairs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:12:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	840 label Biography information for Lord Garel-Jones