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388451

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Hate Crime
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 levels of hate crime in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of the implications of such crimes for community cohesion.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing robust and transparent data on hate crime. We have seen significant improvements to hate crime data including the inclusion of hate crime in National Crime Statistics and the Crime Survey of England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government funds the National Community Tension Team which analyses hate crime, together with a wide range of information from local police areas and international events. They produce ‘Operation Element’ reports weekly to inform targeted threat assessments which inform the decisions of local managers. At times of increased tension this analysis will be boosted to produce more regular or detailed products. This process has been enhanced by national Information Sharing Agreements which allow for the mutual transfer of anonymous hate crime data with some civil society organisations.</p><p> </p><p>As well as the need to reduce the harm caused to victims, we recognise such crimes also have an effect on broader communities and can lead to community tension if not addressed early. In order to address these issues all relevant Ministers are represented on a cross-Government Hate Crime Programme which includes criminal justice agencies and an Independent Advisory Group made up of victims, advocates and academics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2015 15:25:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

388452

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure an increase in physical leisure activity among the population in order to tackle the rise in obesity among adults and children.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Tackling obesity is of great concern to this Government and tackling childhood obesity is a major priority. Physical activity has an important role to play in weight management, and can bring important physical and mental health benefits, but there is no single solution to the problem.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While some progress has been made in recent years, there is much further to go. We will put forward our plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/07/2015 16:22:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

388453

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Exercise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for action to achieve the London 2012 Olympic Games objective of inspiring a generation to increase their participation in leisure, recreation and sporting activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to helping people to get more active through sport, leisure and recreation. Over £1 billion is being invested in youth and community sport through Sport England over the five years to 2017 to help more people develop a sporting habit for life. There are now 1.4 million more people playing sport once a week than when we won the bid for the 2012 Games back in 2005.</p><p> </p><p>In schools the Government is supporting the School Games to encourage competitive sport in and between schools. 19,000 schools have signed up to the School Games and over seven million young people have taken part in the Games since their inception in 2011/12. In addition the government has provided over £150m per year of ring-fenced funding to support PE and sport in primary schools, with funding going direct to every primary headteacher in England. Government has pledged to maintain this funding throughout the 2015-2020 Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government and the Mayor of London launched &quot;Moving More, Living More&quot; in February 2014, setting out its intention to tackle physical inactivity as a part of the legacy from London 2012, including though sport and recreation. Public Health England's 'Everybody Active Every Day' report, providing guidance to local authorities and others on how to promote physical activity, was published last October.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be consulting on a new sports strategy over the summer and will publish the new approach later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/07/2015 10:19:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

386898

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to address criticisms of careers education in schools from the Confederation of British Industry; and whether they plan to provide support and resources for the proposals set out in <i>London Ambitions</i>, which would ensure that London schools, including primary schools, enable every child to receive 100 guaranteed hours of experience of the world of work before they leave school.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The government’s aim is to bring the worlds of work and education closer together, helping to ensure that young people leave school well rounded and prepared for working life. This is also a key concern for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). It is why the government is providing start-up funding to the Careers and Enterprise Company, which will encourage greater collaboration between schools and colleges and employers, helping young people across England, including in London, to access the best advice and inspiration. The establishment of the Careers and Enterprise Company has been welcomed by the CBI.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service was launched in April 2012 and also provides professional and impartial careers information, advice and guidance to young people aged 13 and over and adults to support their decision making about learning and work. From October 2014, we enhanced the role of the National Careers Service. National Careers Service contractors now have a responsibility to work with schools and colleges to facilitate relationships with local employers. They will work closely with the new Careers and Enterprise Company, whose core purpose is to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people to inspire them to take control of and shape their own futures.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service users satisfaction and progression survey shows that 94% of face-to-face and telephone customers agreed that the overall quality of the service was good.</p><p> </p><p>The department welcomes the launch of the London Ambitions Careers Offer, which sets out a suggested framework for a good careers offer for young people and brings together partners from all sectors to achieve this goal. Officials will keep in touch with the Greater London Authority about this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/07/2015 16:40:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

386122

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Homelessness: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the implications for the education, health and well-being of children in homeless families; and what actions they propose to take to reduce the number of children in homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Placing families in temporary accommodation avoids a homelessness crisis and means no child will end up on the streets. However, the Government has been clear that placing families with children in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than 6 weeks is both unacceptable and unlawful and we recognise the disruption this can have on children. Authorities must by law consider the impact any change in the location of accommodation will have on a household such as proximity to education and medical facilities. A small number of authorities (5%) account for 80% of cases where the 6 week limit is exceeded. The use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children is less than a third of the peak it was in 2002.</p><p>We provided funding to authorities so they could test innovative and sustainable approaches that would tackle this issue. The lessons learned have been disseminated to other authorities across the country.</p><p><br>Households leaving temporary accommodation now spend on average 7 months less than they did in 2010.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2015 13:28:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

386123

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
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 factors contributing to reported increasing levels of domestic violence; and what action they propose to take to tackle and reduce such incidents.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the fact that more victims of domestic abuse have the confidence to report this hideous crime. The prevalence of domestic abuse has remained flat since 2007/8 with an estimated 2.1 million victims of domestic abuse in the last year (data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales). The Government has driven improvements in the criminal justice system’s response to domestic abuse resulting in a rise in police referrals, prosecutions and convictions for this terrible crime.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that the police have the tools they need to tackle domestic violence and abuse and improve the protection available to victims. We have introduced Domestic Violence Protection Orders and the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme to help break the cycle of abuse and we have introduced a new offence to criminalise coercive and controlling behaviour as part of the Serious Crime Act 2015. Following the report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in March 2014 criticising the police response to domestic abuse, every police force now has an action plan in place to improve how they police domestic abuse.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/07/2015 14:37:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

386124

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
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 consequences of increasing disproportionality of black and minority ethnic young people in HM Prisons for future social cohesion.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to making sure the criminal justice system is fair and just and recognises that continued work is needed to understand the experience of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) young people in the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board is working with a wide range of organisations, including youth offending teams, to address the over-representation of BAME young people in the justice system. <br></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/07/2015 15:41:59 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

381044

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Racial Discrimination
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 actions and resources required to minimise the adverse effects and impact of institutional racism in society as a whole and in the Metropolitan Police Service, particularly in the light of the statement by the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police that institutional racism remains a serious problem.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that people from all communities want the police to fight crime while having confidence that their individual needs will be understood and respected.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police have worked hard to improve equality and diversity since the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. The officer workforce is more representative in terms of gender and ethnicity than it has ever been. However, the Government is clear that there is more for all police forces to do.</p><p>Our reforms will allow for faster progress on equality and diversity. PCCs and the College of Policing will play a key role in ensuring improvements in forces. The College of Policing has published advice for forces on the use of more proactive, lawful approaches to the recruitment and progression of officers from currently under-represented groups, using positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>New entry routes into policing such as direct entry and Police Now are also helping to improve the diversity of the police workforce. Police Now, a flagship Metropolitan Police scheme aimed at attracting top university graduates, which is supported by Home Office funding received over 2,200 applications, of which 48% were from women, and 19% were from people from Black or Minority Ethnic backgrounds. 79 individuals accepted provisional job offers. Of these, 16% are from a Black or Minority Ethnic background and 47% are women. This is in contrast to the current representation levels in the Metropolitan Police where only 11% of police officers are from a Black or Minority Ethnic background and 25% are women.</p><p>We have reformed the use of stop and search to ensure that the police use all such powers lawfully, in a targeted and intelligence-led way; and local communities must be able to hold the police to account for their use of the powers. All 43 forces in England and Wales, and the British Transport Police, signed up to the voluntary Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme.</p><p>In London, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has introduced London residency criteria for police constable recruitment in 2014. Since its introduction MPS figures indicate that the proportion of black and other minority ethnic applicants is now reaching representative levels when compared with London’s population.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/06/2015 15:49:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

350115

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Detainees: Death
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 Faulks on 10 June (HL139), what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute for Race Relations, <i>Dying for Justice</i>, and in particular the finding that, between 1991 and 2014, over 500 deaths occurred in some form of custody, resulting in 10 verdicts of unlawful killing, five prosecutions, and no convictions.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy. Each one is investigated independently by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman or the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and is the subject of a coroner’s inquest. Every effort is made to learn lessons from these investigations, and the prevention of further deaths is a priority for police, prisons and immigration detention services.</p><p>The very small number of cases in which criminal offences are believed to have been committed are referred for further investigation by the police and/or to the Crown Prosecution Service, and where appropriate charges are brought. The final outcome in such cases is a matter for the courts.</p><p>The report by the Institute of Race Relations brings together information from a number of sources to highlight the particular issue of deaths of Black and Minority Ethnic people in custody. It describes 509 cases of ‘suspicious’ death, including large numbers of natural causes deaths as well as self-inflicted deaths and the ten cases that resulted in inquest findings of unlawful killing. These deaths occurred over a period of more than twenty years.</p><p>The report acknowledges some of the improvements that have been made during that period. It also reminds us of the enduring nature of many of the issues related to deaths in custody, particularly that the families of the deceased and others in the Black and Minority Ethnic community continue to lack confidence that appropriate action is being taken in response to such deaths. The Government is working to address this, for example through more effective liaison with families, as well as improvements to restraint techniques and training.</p><p>The Government announced in February 2014 that Lord Harris of Haringey would lead a review into self-inflicted deaths of 18-24 year olds in NOMS custody. The report will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 25/06/2015 16:33:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

349514

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corruption and Money Laundering
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 report by Transparency International,<i> Empowering the United Kingdom to Recover Corrupt Assets</i>, which claims that the police lack the resources and adequate legal processes to bring prosecutions for corruption and money laundering.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>We have published the UK Anti-Corruption Plan, which sets out our commitment to tackling corruption and its proceeds. The Government established the Economic Crime Command of the National Crime Agency to lead, co-ordinate and support the national law enforcement response to money laundering and corruption. The National Crime Agency's new International Corruption Unit creates a single UK centre of excellence within the NCA for dealing with international bribery and corruption. It brings together resources from the Metropolitan Police Service, the City of London Police and the NCA.</p><p>Tackling these crimes is not just about action by the police. The Serious Crime Act 2015 closed a number of loopholes in the Proceeds of Crime Act and has made it easier to obtain restraint orders. The Serious Crime Act also made it a criminal offence to participate in the activities of an organised crime group. We have improved our information sharing arrangements, with the National Crime Agency leading work with the financial sector to improve our response to money laundering and corruption.</p><p>On 14 December 2014 we announced a review of the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regime to develop ways of better identifying money laundering and terrorist financing, and to prevent the dissipation of the proceeds of corruption.</p><p>The Government welcomes the report of Transparency International on the recovery of corrupt assets. We continue to consider all proposals, to give law enforcement and prosecutors the tools that they need to do their job.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2015 13:15:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley