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1603023

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 His Majesty's Government what are the legal methods for refugees who are citizens of Somalia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar or the Democratic Republic of the Congo to apply for asylum in the UK when they are (1) living in the country of their citizenship, (2) living in a safe third country, or (3) living in an unsafe third country.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, we are not bound to consider asylum claims from the very large numbers of people overseas who might like to come here. Asylum is for people in danger in their home country. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015 and December 2022, just under half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK– including those from Hong Kong, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine as well as family members of refugees.</p><p>This includes over 28,200 refugees resettled through the government’s refugee resettlement schemes. Our family reunion policy has also reunited many refugees with their family members; we have issued over 44,659 visas under our refugee family reunion Rules since 2015. The UK is one of the largest recipients of UNHCR referred refugees globally, second only to Sweden in Europe since 2015.</p><p>The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Further information on existing safe and legal routes is available below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-safe-and-legal-routes-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-factsheet-safe-and-legal-routes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-safe-and-legal-routes-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-factsheet-safe-and-legal-routes</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/04/2023 14:32:16 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

1433447

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Plagiarism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plagiarism detection software government employees have access to; whether this software is used to review government publications before release; and what penalties are applied to staff found to have submitted plagiarised work for publication.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own software procurements. As such, a list of plagiarism software available to government employees is not held centrally by Cabinet Office.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 08/03/2022 12:32:35 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

1219460

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Expectancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the average life expectancy in England (1) is currently, and (2) was in 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p>Dear Lord Rooker,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what the average life expectancy in England (1) is currently, and (2) was in 2010 <strong>(HL6324)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the ‘<em>National life tables; England</em>’ dataset[1] on 25 September 2019. The latest available figures show that period life expectancy at birth for the years 2016 to 2018 was 83.18 years for females and 79.56 years for males. The corresponding figures for the years 2008 to 2010 are 82.33 for females and 78.31 for males.</p><p>Period life expectancy assumes mortality rates remain constant into the future. For further information, please see ‘<em>Period and Cohort Life Expectancy Explained’</em>[2].</p><p>The bulletin published with the national life tables contains further information about these tables[3].</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/nationallifetablesenglandreferencetables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/nationallifetablesenglandreferencetables</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/methodologies/periodandcohortlifeexpectancyexplained%20" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/methodologies/periodandcohortlifeexpectancyexplained</a></p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2016to2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2016to2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 09/07/2020 11:23:53 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

861341

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of agricultural support in the UK comes from EU funds.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Across the UK £3.95 billion is provided a year under the Common Agricultural Policy. Of this, around 93% is funding from the EU, with around 7% being national funding provided under rural development programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/03/2018 16:37:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

714303

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Bahrain: Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of Bahrain for the release from prison of (1) Abduljalil al-Singace, (2) Hussain Hubail, and (3) Hasan Mushaima, in the light of their medical conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>We encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman. We also continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments. We continue to raise concerns about human rights with the Bahraini authorities both in private and in public.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:53:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

454366

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Service Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 July 2015 (HL1549) and 12 February (HL5902), why there has been a delay in publication of proposals to repeal section 73 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which, according to Written Answer HL1549, was due by the end of 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is still considering its response to the balance of payments consultation which asked a number of questions on a range of topics. We will publish a response in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/03/2016 13:15:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

44921

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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
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 Freud on 24 March (WA 74), whether they will consider monitoring the nutrition and health of children in families when benefit sanctions are imposed on a primary care-giver; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government does not collect nutrition and health data in the way described and has no plans to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are expected to take reasonable steps to prepare for or find work. Safeguards are in place to ensure claimants are capable of achieving these steps, that they are appropriate to helping them towards or into work. These safeguards include claimants and their advisers agreeing what the actions will be, claimants being asked to give their reason for complying with the agreed actions before a sanction is imposed, the right to request a reconsideration of a decision and to lodge an appeal with Her Majesty's Court &amp; Tribunal Service.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants whose benefit is sanctioned can apply for hardship payments</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton