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1723993

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The limited access environment and ongoing internet and telecommunication disruptions in Sudan means that reporting on the ground is extremely restricted, so making an accurate assessment of the humanitarian situation on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions is difficult. According to UNHCR, an estimated 332,582 people have fled to Blue Nile and 445,338 to South Kordofan since 15 April 2023. The recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) snapshot for Sudan reveals that 755,000 people are in catastrophe levels of food insecurity (IPC 5) in 14 states including South Kordofan and Blue Nile. This is the largest number of people in IPC 4/5 in the world, greater than Gaza, South Sudan, Mali and Afghanistan combined. The UK continues to press the warring parties to concede to unimpeded humanitarian access to allow the provision of, and access to, lifesaving aid in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 02/08/2024 13:43:49 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1671291

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support free and fair elections in Bangladesh.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK wants to see free, fair, participatory and peaceful elections in Bangladesh. I made this clear to the Government of Bangladesh when I met Prime Minister Hasina in October. We are concerned at the violence that has taken place at recent demonstrations and have called on all stakeholders, privately and publicly, to exercise restraint. The UK continues to stress to the Government of Bangladesh that respect for human rights, rule of law and access to justice are essential elements of the democratic process.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/12/2023 17:23:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1464797

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 28 April (HL7853), what steps they took before July 2019 to (1) ascertain, and (2) secure, the ownership of Victoria Tower Gardens for the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and what assessment they made of the statutory provisions that existed relating to the use of the land.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Victoria Tower Gardens is Crown land. The feasibility of the site was discussed with key stakeholders, including DCMS, Westminster City Council, and The Royal Parks, and no technical obstacles were raised that would prevent the Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 08/06/2022 15:49:02 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1316461

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Meat and Seafood: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to decrease the paperwork burden for the meat and seafood industry as a result of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to consider means by which the burdens on traders can be minimised. Our longer term 2025 Border Strategy is aimed at modernising the customs and wider system.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has launched EHC Online, the new IT system that exporters of animals and products of animal origin will need to use to submit their export health certificates (EHCs) to ensure that their goods can successfully enter the EU. This has simplified the export health certification process and reduced the amount of paperwork that trade need to produce.</p><p> </p><p>Technical work is underway on the production of electronic EHCs and ePhytos. This work is being conducted in parallel with technical and policy discussions with the EU Commission to ensure the delivery is technically acceptable to the EU and does not necessitate further dialogue. This work has been accelerated as part of the GB-NI Digital Assistance Scheme but will be equally of benefit to GB-EU exporters certifying via EHC Online or Plant Health Export System. We are expecting this to be delivered this winter which should automate the transfer of export and import data between GB and EU systems, improve data quality, reduce re-keying of information, and enable the removal of some paper-based certificates.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 03/06/2021 14:12:38 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1170819

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many child refugees came to the UK to join family members in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office publishes a range of data on asylum seekers and refugees in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p> </p><p>This data includes a range of topics relevant to the question above:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The number of asylum applications received in the UK and initial decision on such applications, broken down by age and whether or not the application was lodged by an unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people resettled in the UK, broken down by age are published in table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of family reunion visas granted to family members of refugees in the UK, broken down by age are published in table Fam_D01 of the family reunion datasets.</p><p> </p><p>The number of asylum seekers transferred into and out of the UK under the Dublin Regulation, broken down by Dublin article are published in table Dub_D01 of the Dublin regulation datasets.</p><p> </p><p>On overview of the Dublin articles, and the criteria for meeting each article can be found in the User Guide. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019 and covers the period requested for (2015 to 2018).</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2020 17:34:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1156329

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of those who have been held in immigration detention centres for more than 28 days in each of the last four years were granted (1) refugee status, and (2) the right to remain, in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Information on the length of detention, and reason for release from detention, is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_14,q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2019’. The published statistics show the number of people who were granted leave to remain (LTR) in the UK on leaving detention. However, this is not broken down by type of leave, nor will it include those who are released from detention for other reasons and subsequently granted LTR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2019 18:01:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name detention-jun-2019-tables (1).xlsx title Detention Tables - Immigration Stats - June 2019
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

747449

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Henley on 1 March concerning the Pensioners' Christmas Bonus (HL5502) what would the value of the £10 bonus be in real terms had the bonus been increased in line with the cost of living and increases in incomes.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Christmas Bonus was introduced in 1972 and was £10. If it had been increased in line with the cost of living, in 2016 its current value would be approximately £133. If it had been increased in line with average earnings, in 2016 it would be approximately £202.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 11/07/2017 15:24:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

522862

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Christmas Bonus
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 Verma on 11 May (HL8116), what is their assessment of the view expressed in section 4.1.1 of the Overseas Development Institute’s Final Report of November 2015 <i>Evaluative Review of the Statebuilding Grant and the Palestinian Governance Facility—DFID Palestinian programme </i>that "the manner in which DFID’s funds are demonstrated to have only paid the salaries of PEGASE-approved employees is of questionable efficacy", and the "accounting exercise" "undertaken <i>ex post </i>to show that DFID funds are less than the outstanding amount needed to fund salaries of PEGASE-approved PA employees" "is of questionable robustness, as this kind of notional earmarking provides few fiduciary assurances."
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>UK direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority is used for the sole purpose of paying the salaries of civil servants responsible for providing essential services. Our support is provided through a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank, which carries out close monitoring of PA expenditure. Only named civil servants from a pre-approved EU list are eligible, and the vetting process ensures that our funds do not benefit terrorist groups. The process is subject to independent auditing, which is regularly reviewed and strengthened accordingly.</p><p>As the ODI report itself makes clear, UK support to the PA is delivering real results, improving lives and is instrumental in preventing economic collapse and violent escalation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 20/06/2016 12:33:41 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

349544

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Refugees
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 for violence and fighting in countries surrounding Syria if UNRWA have to stop cash payments to Palestinian refugees from Syria, because of a lack of funds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is concerned that cuts to UNRWA assistance may exacerbate existing tensions amongst Palestinian refugees who have fled to Syria’s neighbouring countries. That is why the UK has been in close contact with UNRWA, other donors, and host governments on how best to manage and mitigate the impact of funding shortfalls. The UK is the third largest donor to UNRWA’s General Fund, and the fourth largest donor to UNRWA’s operations overall. This includes over £28 million provided to date to support Palestinian refugees in Syria and the region affected by the Syria crisis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/06/2015 16:45:07 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

62484

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Expert Evidence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the allegations made regarding expert witnesses in the BBC Panorama programme Justice for Sale, broadcast on 9 June, they intend to revise the rules regarding the use of expert witnesses in criminal trials.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There is no place in the justice system for corrupt expert witnesses. Those who are found guilty can face prosecution for perjury, or for perverting the course of justice which carries the maximum penalty of a life sentence.</p><p>Following the Government's response to the Law Commission's report into Expert Evidence, the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee was asked to make changes to the Rules which will clarify the duties of expert witnesses and remind the parties, and the courts, of the vital importance of distinguishing between those conclusions that expert evidence can support, and those which it cannot. The Committee has agreed to do so and I expect these new Rules to come into force in October.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 30/06/2014 11:34:37 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass