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819328

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use by the CPS of the phrase “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” in cases where there is no evidence at all against the accused; and what guidance they have given, or intend to give, to the CPS in respect of such use.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) sets out the general principles Crown prosecutors must follow when they make decisions on cases.</p><p>The full Code test has two stages. Crown prosecutors must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction against each suspect or defendant on each charge. If the case does pass the evidential stage, Crown prosecutors must proceed to the second stage and decide if a prosecution is needed in the public interest.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has adopted the wording recommended in the 2016 report of Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”. That terminology is not a comment on the strength or weakness of the evidence in any particular case.</p><p>The test applied by prosecutors continues to be that set out in the Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/01/2018 16:55:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

819329

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that police forces adopt and implement a consistent definition of what constitutes use of a mobile phone whilst driving; and whether they intend to introduce legislation to clarify the law in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The enforcement of the offence of driving whilst using a mobile phone is an operational matter for Chief Officers of police. This Government supports any action taken by the police to deter and reduce the number of mobile phone offences.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/01/2018 14:58:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

819330

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the criminal law relating to the use by drivers of satellite navigation apps on mobile devices, and to introduce legislation to clarify the law if necessary.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>There is legislation in place which prohibits use of a hand-held mobile phone, and obliges a driver to be in proper control of the vehicle. Provided the phone is fixed in a cradle and in a position that does not obscure the driver’s view of the road, it is lawful for a satellite navigation app to provide information to the driver. The Government is keeping the law under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2018 14:00:39 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

819331

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the criminal law relating to the use of all in-car devices which could act as a distraction to drivers, and to introduce legislation to clarify the law if necessary.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>There is legislation in place which prohibits use of a hand-held mobile phone, and obliges a driver to be in proper control of the vehicle. Provided the phone is fixed in a cradle and in a position that does not obscure the driver’s view of the road, it is lawful for a satellite navigation app to provide information to the driver. The Government is keeping the law under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2018 14:12:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

819332

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Government Communications Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the management of HM Government Communications Centre, in particular of whether (1) clear management guidelines and objectives are issued, (2) employees are enabled to work towards those objectives without undue bureaucracy, (3) financial management is adequate and ensures minimal waste of public money, and (4) resources are fully utilised.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We welcome the recent announcement by the Ethiopian Prime Minister on reforms to open up political dialogue, including the planned release of some imprisoned politicians. The British Government is in close contact with the Ethiopian authorities to seek more information on what this will mean in practice, including for British nationals currently imprisoned in Ethiopia. The UK has repeatedly raised human rights concerns with the Ethiopian government, including around the arrest and imprisonment of people for their political views.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) follows government best practice in working to clear and strong management guidelines and performance objectives, and in the allocation of resources with an organisational strategic plan.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with its strategic plan, individual members of staff agree their objectives on an annual basis, and their performance is assessed regularly against a range of standard and professional competencies. Managers are given appropriate training and have full access to internal guidance and external best practice.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HMGCC ensures that it maintains rigorous financial management and that resources are used fully in a timely and appropriate manner. HMGCC adheres to HMT's fees and charges guidance, Managing Public Money, relevant accounting and audit standards and other appropriate HMT guidance. HMGCC has for the last five years followed a programme of LEAN & Continuous Improvement, using best commercial practice to examine internal processes, derive improvements and measure effectiveness.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HMGCC's use of resource has been approved by both internal and external audits.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/01/2018 16:03:40 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2018 17:00:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 34736 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

819333

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
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 Williams of Trafford on 21 December 2017 (HL4228), whether they have made any assessment of the finding of the report by Quilliam, Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation – Dissecting Grooming Gangs, published in December 2017, that 84 per cent of child sexual exploitation offenders who operate in gangs or groups are Asian, most of whom are men “of Pakistani (Muslim) origin”; what is their estimate of that percentage; and, if different, on what statistics and records they have based their estimate.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Child sexual exploitation is not exclusive to any single culture, community, race or religion. It happens in all areas of the country and can take many forms.</p><p>The Government has made significant progress in tackling child sexual exploitation as set out in its ‘Tackling CSE: Progress Report’ published in February 2017. This announced a £40m package of measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, and to crack down on offenders. This includes our new £7.5 million centre of expertise on child abuse which is conducting research into offender motivations, so that we can better understand and target different forms of offending.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/01/2018 15:41:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

818578

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Christine Lagarde
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reputational risks associated with hosting an International Monetary Fund event at which Christine Lagarde, who was found guilty in France of criminal negligence in 2016, gave a speech.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>On 20 December 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde spoke at a Press Conference in HM Treasury after the completion of the IMF’s annual Article IV assessment of the UK economy. She did this in her official capacity as the Managing Director of the IMF.</p><p>In 2016, the IMF Executive Board issued a statement reaffirming its full confidence in the Managing Director’s ability to continue to effectively carry out her duties. The UK supported this statement.</p><p>This followed a decision by France’s <em>Cour de Justice de la République</em> that Lagarde’s action were not serious enough to warrant any penalty, nor a criminal record.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2018 14:12:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810425

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which occasions in the last ten years they have given an official Treasury platform to someone convicted of a criminal charge in a court in another EU country.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold any information of this kind on external stakeholders who may have spoken at HM Treasury events in the last 10 years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 16:53:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810426

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the International Monetary Fund predictions of the UK growth rate, and (2) the actual growth rate, over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Forecasts for UK GDP growth published in the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook over the last five years are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>GDP growth (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Growth rate</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>IMF forecasts</p></td><td><p>Apr 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:46:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810427

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: International Monetary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which dates during the last seven years they have hosted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Treasury for the IMF to launch a report on the British economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) undertakes regular consultations on each of its member countries, usually every year, as part of its country surveillance function, under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. During the last seven years, concluding statements of IMF Article IV missions to the UK have been published, accompanied by an IMF press conference hosted at HM Treasury, on 6 June 2011, 22 May 2012, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2014, 11 December 2015, 13 May 2016 and 20 December 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:39:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra