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1676503

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date	07/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current humanitarian situation for the almost 1 million Rohingya in refugee camps in Bangladesh; and what plans they have to provide any additional humanitarian aid and support.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Food ration cuts in the Rohingya refugee camps is currently resulting in rising malnutrition and insecurity is worsening. The UK is a leading donor to the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, providing over £373 million in humanitarian support for the crisis since 2017. The UK will be announcing further funding this week, for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the humanitarian response in Myanmar.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2023 16:43:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1470887

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answers by Lord Gilbert of Panteg on 5 June 2018 (HL7937), 20 November 2018 (HL11157) and 5 June 2019 (HL15875), and Earl Howe on 12 February 2020 (HL923), and (2) remarks made by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 14 May 2018 (HL Deb col 418), what is the timetable for secondary legislation on electoral registers for the purposes of democratic engagement.
tabling member printed	Lord Gilbert of Panteg
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing the timetable for secondary legislation on electoral registers to ensure that elected representatives and political parties can continue to use the electoral register for the purposes of democratic engagement. We will discuss plans with the Parliamentary Parties Panel and other stakeholders in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 29/06/2022 14:32:11 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4543 label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg

1332159

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Kurds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make a statement on the activities of the British Council in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
tabling member printed	Lord Austin of Dudley
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The British Council maintains an office in Erbil and all of the British Council's cultural relations activities in Iraq extend to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). This includes programmes in arts and culture, education and English. The British Council runs a free digital library service across Iraq, including KRI, and paid education services in online English teaching and face-to-face English language assessment at centres in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/06/2021 16:45:20 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

753298

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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 what is the budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) for 2017/18 is published in the Supply Estimates and comprises £6,090,000 Resource and £680,000 Capital.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA expects to employ an average of 107 full time equivalent staff during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of full time equivalent staff employed by the GLAA and its predecessor, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, in each of the last five years is set out in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Average Full Time Equivalent Staff by financial year</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:13:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

533021

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the decision-making criteria are for the closure and sale of prisons as part of their prison building programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Prisons are selected for closure through a well-established process including an economic analysis that identifies those prisons that are no longer fit for purpose in the modern prison estate and/or are most expensive to operate or maintain. The assessment also considers the impact of closure on the ability of the National Offender Management Service to deliver its business effectively.</p><p>Following a decision to close a prison and it subsequently being decommissioned the Ministry of Justice will prepare the site for disposal. At that stage, the Ministry of Justice will work closely with the local authority and others, on future options for the site. No decisions have yet been made about closures, other than those already announced.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 19/07/2016 16:46:15 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

386491

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
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 the availability of Access to Work grants for those who especially need them to start working.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Access to Work grants are available for those who meet the eligibility criteria for the scheme including those who are about to start working. Access to Work has specialist teams to ensure more complicated cases are processed as quickly as possible and fast track applications for those who know their circumstances or have a prior assessment enabling support to be put in place quickly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 08/07/2015 11:37:14 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

76644

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Film
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 film makers take into account the potential psychological effect of filming rape scenes on female actors.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Under Section 1.28 of the Ofcom broadcasting code, due care must be taken over the physical and emotional welfare and the dignity of people under eighteen, and they must not be caused unnecessary distress or anxiety by their involvement in programmes, or by the broadcast of those programmes.</p><p> </p><p>For adults, employers are under a common law duty of care to take steps reasonably necessary to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all their employees, as well as complying with relevant health and safety law. There is specific guidance issued by the Health and Safety Executive in respect of the legal duties owed by employers for audio-visual productions, which includes conducting risk assessments and taking control measures in respect of identified risks.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:19:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew