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226807

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date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average number of passengers per hour passing through a single manned Border Agency control point at Heathrow Terminal 3 at peak times, and how that rate compares with the flow through a single electronic passport point at the same terminal at the same time.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL5604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p><br></p><p> </p><p>UK Border Agency was abolished in March 2013.</p><p>It is not possible to readily provide a direct like for like comparison of the average number of passengers passing through a single manned control compared to the average number passing through an ePassport (electronic) gate at peak times.</p><p>One assistant Border Force Officer is able to monitor a bank of five ePassport Gates, dealing with a greater volume of passengers, compared to one Border Force Officer operating a single manual desk.</p><p>Border Force has a programme in place to roll out new and faster ePassport gates at key UK ports including Heathrow. This will allow Border Force to deal with an increased number of passengers effectively and efficiently whilst maintaining border security.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2015 11:58:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

226809

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will promote an effective global institutional framework to counter cybercrime across frontiers.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL5605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling cybercrime internationally, and has taken a number of steps to support international cooperation in this area. The UK strongly supports the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime which we ratified in 2011, as the main global framework for effective international cooperation to tackle cybercrime. The Convention is open to all countries, and we encourage them to accede to it.</p><p>The Government is firmly focused on developing practical cooperation and capacity to tackle cybercrime through existing institutions, rather than developing additional international treaties. The UK leads international efforts to raise global cyber resilience through our £2 million per year capacity-building programme, working with the National Crime Agency and multilateral institutions such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe and others, to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the threat from cyber crime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/03/2015 15:17:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

226810

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Marks and Spencer
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 Garden of Frognal on 10 March (HL5444), whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission has intervened and reported back to them on the Marks and Spencer discrimination matter.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights commission is an independent body and is under no obligation to report back to government on specific cases. Any discussions between the EHRC and Marks and Spencer would be a matter to be dealt with between the parties.</p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 23/03/2015 15:23:08 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

226811

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Christianity: Equality
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 Garden of Frognal on 10 March (HL5444), whether the guidance found within the document she has cited, and which runs to more than 60,000 words, includes, or is intended to include, any effective measures relevant to protecting the rights and sensitivities of Christians: and if so, where in that document it might be found.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is very aware of concerns about freedom to hold and express religious beliefs and the guidance it produces does specifically cover these issues: for example in guidance about employment which can be found at <a href="http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/private-and-public-sector-guidance/employing-people/religion-or-belief-guidance-employers" target="_blank">http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/private-and-public-sector-guidance/employing-people/religion-or-belief-guidance-employers</a> . The EHRC recently completed a public consultation on this subject, which was its largest ever, and following that will be issuing further guidance and a report on the adequacy of the laws protecting religion or belief, to be issued later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 23/03/2015 15:22:49 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

226812

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Households
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the projected increase in households in the 2012-based household projections for England are as a result of (1) population growth, and (2) future net migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Variant projections will be considered as part of the further analysis of household formation mentioned in the Household Projections Statistical Release.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL5609 question first answered 18/03/2015 13:52:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

226813

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Households
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish variant projections to accompany the 2012-based household projections for England published on 27 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Variant projections will be considered as part of the further analysis of household formation mentioned in the Household Projections Statistical Release.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL5608 question first answered 18/03/2015 13:52:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

226814

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Households
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the increase in households between the 2001 census and the 2011 census came from households with (1) a foreign-born household reference person, and (2) a United Kingdom-born household reference person.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/03/2015 13:38:52 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL5610 ONS Letter.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - 2011 Census
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

226815

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Fund for Strategic Investments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding they have committed to the European Fund for Strategic Investment; which other member states have so far committed funds; and, in each case, how much.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is a €21bn guarantee fund which seeks to leverage other sources of investment, with the aim of delivering a total estimated target of €315bn in investment in the European economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding for the EFSI’s first loss €21bn guarantee will be backed by the EU Budget (€16bn) and the EIB (€5bn). All EU Member States, including the UK, contribute to the guarantee through our shareholding at the EIB, and as a contributor to the EU Budget. No Member States have committed bilateral funding to the EFSI, though some Member States have announced an intention to partner with the EFSI through their National Promotional Banks by contributing to projects benefiting from finance by the EFSI.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 25/03/2015 16:16:55 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

226816

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Translation Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce hospital translation costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>It is for National Health Service providers to decide how much funding they allocate towards the cost of providing translation costs for patients, their families and the public.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:53:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

226817

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy in respect of smokers and obese people being given access to National Health Service treatments such as in vitro fertilisation, varicose vein and hair removal treatments.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Blanket restrictions on procedures that do not take account of the individual healthcare needs of patients are unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The commissioning of in vitro fertilisation, varicose vein and hair removal treatments, where clinically necessary, is a local matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinicians should take account of the latest available evidence and best practice guidance, if any, as well as the individual circumstances of each patient when considering the appropriateness of a treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:54:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick