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1585165

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date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they provide concerning the supervision of women by male officers at immigration removal centres; and whether they will review the use of male officers for supervision of women at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>We remain focused on the specific needs for women in our care and Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) is operated in line with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, published operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders.</p><p> </p><p>It is routine for best practice to be shared across the Detention Engagement Teams and we have robust mechanisms in place for staff to raise issues or concerns with senior leaders. Derwentside, as the sole female only IRC, presents both unique challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Published guidance, and the training received by detainee custody officers makes it clear that physical force, and the use of waist restraint belts or handcuffs, should only be used after a thorough assessment of risk, and in consideration of each individual’s personal circumstances. Restraints should be removed at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The Home Office reviews all reports resulting from a use of force to ensure that techniques are used proportionately, that they are justified, and are used for the minimum period required. Since the inspection took place Control and Restraint instructors have attended the centre to provide additional coaching and incident management support to staff. A bespoke package of training commenced in November 2022 and monthly use of force review meetings commenced in September 2022. In addition, the supplier centre manager reviews all incidents involving use of force, following a review undertaken by the supplier duty director. All use of force incidents are additionally peer reviewed by the supplier’s use of force committees from two other IRCs (Heathrow and Dungavel) to provide an additional layer of governance and independent scrutiny.</p><p>All staff working with women receive appropriate gender specific training (such as the protocol for entry to bedrooms), in addition to any generic training they receive when they undergo initial training, and undertake appropriate refresher training, this includes equality and diversity, human trafficking and modern slavery. Detention Service Order 06/2016 Women in the Detention Estate sets out the minimum provision of services for women and can be found on gov.uk here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwomen-in-detention&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDetentionServicesB%26C%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3f82b289ea8d49a5ab6d08db09c61778%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638114518613151392%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5kxXp%2BVLsZNb%2BRLJu8zZzTghXXmDY0R2vKldEuPAUuk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/women-in-detention</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/02/2023 14:57:47 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name Women in the Detention Estate.pdf title Women in detention
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1404188

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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	Nature Conservation: Urban Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Local Nature Recovery Strategies (1) protect, and (2) enhance, urban nature, in order to increase opportunities for people to benefit from access to nature near where they live and work.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Local Nature Recovery Strategies are a new, England-wide system of spatial strategies that will 1) identify areas of existing importance for nature, including in urban areas, and 2) establish priorities and map proposals for specific actions to drive nature's recovery and provide wider environmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The coronavirus pandemic has underlined the important benefits to public health and wellbeing from access to nature and green spaces. The Government expects that public authorities will wish to use the process of creating their Local Nature Recovery Strategy to also identify opportunities to increase access to nature whilst supporting its recovery.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/02/2022 17:04:57 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

1202606

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the £160 million Arts Council England COVID-19 support for the arts has been allocated to programs that (1) commercial musicians, and (2) music businesses, with no previous record of engagement with Arts Council England, can access.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The £160 million Arts Council England funding was allocated across three programmes as follows:</p><ul><li><p>£20 million available for individual practitioners, including £4 million distributed by seven benevolent funds supporting individuals working in arts and culture</p></li><li><p>£50 million made available for organisations outside the Arts Council’s National Portfolio</p></li><li><p>£90 million made available for the Arts Council’s National Portfolio Organisations and Creative People and Places organisations.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals and organisations outside the Arts Council’s National Portfolio, including those from the commercial music sector were eligible to apply for the first two programmes. Applicants were required to have a track record of working in the publicly-funded culture sector within the last three years, but were still eligible even if they did not have prior direct contact with Arts Council England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL5686 question first answered 29/06/2020 10:36:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

838390

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 6 February (HL Deb, col 1910), why 89 schools that have been identified as unregistered are continuing to operate.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Between January 2016 and August 2017, with additional funding from the department, Ofsted visited 125 suspected unregistered schools. Of those visited, inspectors determined that 38 of those were operating as schools; the other 87 were found not to be operating as schools. As at August 2017, 34 of the 38 have closed or amended their operation so that it complies with the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/02/2018 14:53:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

692692

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have had discussions with the government of the US on relations between the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), and President Trump discussed a range of foreign policy issues during their meeting on 27 January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/03/2017 16:41:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

448115

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to operate from the UK Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft belonging to (1) the US Navy, or (2) other allied nations, with British crews prior to the first UK P-8s entering service.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Although a number of options are under consideration to deliver early capability, there are no current plans to operate US Navy P-8A, or those of other Allied nations, from the UK with British crews.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/02/2016 15:42:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

225735

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 25 February (HC224623) and the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 6 March (HL5131), how and why the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was notified by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) that manufacturers were making non-CE-marked reagents available on 4 December 2013 and 23 November 2014 if the MHRA is not notified of individual instances as reported in HFEA inspection reports; and what are the alternative CE-marked products that the clinics in question had subsequently given a commitment to use.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that it has an information sharing agreement with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) so that the two organisations can better regulate the IVF sector. This can be found on the Authority’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/Joint_working_with_the_MHRA.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/Joint_working_with_the_MHRA.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MHRA was notified of the information referred to by the noble Lord by email.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it does not hold records of what CE marked alternative products clinics have given a commitment to use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:48:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

39791

registered interest
date	24/02/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the ministerial veto was used to overturn the Information Commissioner's ruling on the disclosure of the minutes of Cabinet meetings prior to the Iraq war; and why that route was preferred to an appeal to the courts as in the case of Plowden.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty&rsquo;s Government regarding documents and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry&rsquo;s inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry&rsquo;s website:</p><p><a href="http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Each request under the Freedom of Information Act is considered on its merits and handled accordingly. The reasons for the use of the veto on the disclosure of Cabinet minutes prior to the Iraq war are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5503 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL5503-HL5505.pdf title Letter on Chilcot Inquiry
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon