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date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many police officers were deployed in Wales (1) in 2010, and (2) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2017 13:22:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

521010

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date	24/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Police: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the tasks and role of UK military personnel committed to service at the headquarters of the UN.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK currently has four military personnel at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York:</p><p>The Deputy Military Advisor to the UN Secretary General and Deputy Head of the Office of Military Affairs (OMA).</p><p>A Special Assistant/Military Assistant to the Military Advisor to the UN Secretary General and Head of the OMA.</p><p>A Military Planner within the Military Planning Service of the OMA.</p><p>A Gender Advisor seconded to the OMA.</p><p>These officers support the UN by: providing strategic and operational military advice on the efficiency and the effectiveness of military components in UN Peacekeeping missions; conducting research and contributing to the development of policy; maintaining close links to national Permanent Missions to the UN; and liaising with non-governmental organisations. The Gender Advisor also ensures implementation of Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), providing advice on recruitment and force generation, and support to military gender advisors at Field Headquarters. WPS and the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative are HMG priorities, and the Gender Advisor is uniquely placed to influence the UN's work on these issues.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/06/2016 15:05:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

348487

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date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Poultry: Campylobacter
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 level of campylobacter in imported chickens and chicken meat and how it compares to the level found in their recent study of chickens produced in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency advises that there are no available comparisons of campylobacter levels between chickens imported into the United Kingdom from outside the European Union and chickens produced in the UK. Chicken imported from outside the EU is not assessed for levels of campylobacter as most chicken imported into the UK is frozen. The European Food Standards Authority has indicated that a greater than 90% risk reduction from campylobacter can be obtained by freezing carcases for two to three weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/06/2015 15:50:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

61481

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date	11/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis has been made of the ability of Universal Credit recipients to meet other essential needs after rent arrears have been deducted at the proposed level of 40 per cent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Deductions from Universal Credit are made after considering the claimant's individual circumstances and ability to afford the deductions. The maximum that can be deducted for all deductions, including rent arrears, is an amount equivalent to 40 per cent of the claimant's Universal Credit Standard Allowance. The only exceptions to this rule are deductions for normal consumption of utilities and in cases where a sanction or penalty is being applied or a (Universal Credit) advance is being recovered. Where appropriate the rate of deduction can be reduced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/06/2014 11:56:08 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market