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1683968

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Dependants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of dependents brought to the UK by foreign students in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022; and what estimate they have made of the number of these (a) foreign students, and (b) their dependents, who have since returned home.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of student dependant visas granted are published in table Vis_D02 of the Entry clearance detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2023 Q3.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and applicant type (e.g. dependant), and how long they continued to hold leave to remain in the UK. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022. The report looks at periods when people held valid leave which does not necessarily mean they were in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 05/02/2024 15:40:16 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2023.xlsx title table Vis_D02
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1489964

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many maritime operators have used the (1) Mode Shift Revenue Support, and (2) Waterborne Freight Grant, schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>There are no currently supported flows by inland waterways and there have been none during the last three financial years since April 2019. This scheme is open to all freight operators, including maritime operators, who wish to move freight through inland water freight transport instead of road, where inland waterway transport is more expensive.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no projects supported by the Waterborne Freight Grant during the last three financial years since April 2019. This scheme is also open to all freight operators, including maritime operators, who wish to run waterborne freight transport instead of road, where transport by water is more expensive.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2022 14:46:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1344942

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any department provided advice in the period up to and including 31 January 2020 noting a possible shortage of HGV drivers after the UK’s departure from the EU; and if so, whether they will deposit all internal Government correspondence that relates to this matter in the House of Lords library.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The shortage of HGV drivers is longstanding and predates the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.</p><p>Publishing all government advice on this issue could not be done without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/07/2021 13:49:56 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1180207

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to maintaining a force of 19 operational destroyers and frigates by the 2030s, as stated in their report National Shipbuilders Strategy, published in September 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring that the Royal Navy will have the ships required to fulfil Defence commitments now and in the future.</p><p>The Prime Minister has committed to undertake the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy. This review will examine how we strengthen and prioritise our alliances, diplomacy and development and will consider all aspects of our defence and security capabilities, including our approach to procurement and maintaining our technological edge.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/03/2020 14:11:56 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

767910

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
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 access for prisoners to chaplains, to support better links with prisoners' families.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>All prisons have multifaith chaplaincy teams and chaplains are readily available to meet with and support prisoners. They may liaise with families at a time of crisis including bereavement. Some chaplaincies are heavily involved in the facilitation of family days to foster contact between prisoners and their partners and families following a risk assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/10/2017 16:13:26 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

581697

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Developing Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to share the UK's experience in implementing tobacco control policies with low- and middle-income countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom regularly supports other countries to develop tobacco control policies, sharing our expertise and experience. Most recently, the UK has provided support to other countries looking to implement standardised packaging.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK Government is funding a project to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, using official development assistance funds. Through this project, we will share the UK’s experience in tobacco control, thereby supporting low- and middle-income countries to save lives by putting effective measures in place to stop people using tobacco.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/09/2016 11:33:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

392074

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the Department for International Development budget in the last two financial years was allocated to (1) British non-governmental aid organisations, and (2) indigenous non-governmental aid organisations directly assisted in-country by the Department; and how much was similarly allocated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on all UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) is only available on a calendar year basis.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of total DFID and FCO Bilateral ODA disbursed through UK based non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) for 2012 and 2013, the last years for which figures are available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% Total DFID ODA</p></td><td><p>% Total FCO ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The percentage of total DFID and FCO Bilateral ODA disbursed through developing-country based NGO’s for 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% Total DFID ODA</p></td><td><p>% Total FCO ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence did not disburse ODA to non-governmental organisations during 2012 or 2013.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 13:29:54 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

90903

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General was consulted about the European Arrest Warrant issued for the parents of Ashya King.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both the police and CPS are independent of Government and save in cases which require his consent to prosecute the Attorney General has no role to play in the decision to apply to a court for a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The alleged offence in this case did not require Attorney General’s consent and he was not, therefore, consulted prior to the application for a warrant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>After the EAW had been obtained, as superintending Minister for the CPS, the Attorney General did discuss the case with the CPS; but the decision to apply to withdraw the warrant remained entirely that of the CPS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 22/09/2014 11:11:31 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne