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680950

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish their new drugs strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL5076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The new Drug Strategy will be published soon.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing our new Drug Strategy, which will build on work to date to prevent drug use in our communities and help dependent individuals to recover, working across Government and with key partners, including commissioners, treatment providers, service users and our independent experts, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to identify what further steps we can take to tackle this issue<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5078 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:55:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

680951

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any proposals to change the terms of reference, budget or membership of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL5077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the role, duty and constitution of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) as set out in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>The budgets for the ACMD are reviewed annually as part of the Home Office business planning round. There are no current plans to change significantly the ACMD budget from current levels although we will continue to ensure the service is value for money in future.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office expects to begin an appointment round for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 2017 in line with Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/02/2017 16:55:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

680952

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be consulted in relation to the forthcoming new drugs strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL5078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The new Drug Strategy will be published soon.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing our new Drug Strategy, which will build on work to date to prevent drug use in our communities and help dependent individuals to recover, working across Government and with key partners, including commissioners, treatment providers, service users and our independent experts, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to identify what further steps we can take to tackle this issue<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5076 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:55:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

680963

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why only three of the 25,800 unaccompanied children reported by Unicef to be in Italy have been transferred to the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe. More children will be transferred under the Immigration Act and we will continue to meet our obligations under the Dublin Regulation. We have a long standing secondee in Italy who is based in the Italian Dublin Unit. We will announce in due course the process and criteria for transferring more children to the UK from Europe.</p><p>We continue to work with the Italian authorities to implement section 67 of the Immigration Act, and Immigration Minister met with his counterpart in November to discuss how we can support them; discussions are ongoing. We must secure the consent and cooperation of the host governments concerned before taking any action on their territory and can only act within their laws.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/02/2017 16:58:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

680974

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s inspection of Border Force’s identification and treatment of potential victims of modern slavery.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL5099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The report was sent to the Home Secretary on 12 December 2016. The Home Office aims to publish all ICI reports within 8 weeks of receiving them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/02/2017 16:55:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

680985

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many LGBT people seeking asylum have been deported to Russia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Code of Practice for Official Statistics has established common standards to ensure a coherent and trustworthy service to the user of statistics.</p><p><br> Home Office officials are continuing to review and assess information on the number of people claiming asylum where sexual orientation may form the basis of the claim, in order to ensure that any statistics produced meet the principles on both assured methodology and quality (ensuring statistical methods are consistent with scientific principles) and governing user needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/02/2017 18:00:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

680988

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the procedure for increasing the previously agreed size of a particular free school.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>All schools have a capacity number written into their funding agreement. Should an academy, including a free school, wish to increase their capacity by 30 places or more, they must apply for approval of a physical expansion of the academy premises. This is set out in the ‘significant changes to an existing academy’ guidance.</p><p> </p><p>If they change their admission arrangements at the same time, they must follow the requirements of the ‘school admissions code’.</p><p> </p><p>Both guidance documents are published on gov.uk copies have been attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash attachment 1 file name School_Admissions_Code_2014_-_19_Dec.pdf title School_Admissions_Code_2014 2 file name Making_significant_changes_to_an_open_academy.pdf title Making_significant_changes_to_an_academy question first answered 02/02/2017 17:07:54 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

680991

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Enterprise Advisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many schools in England engage with Enterprise Advisers.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We are investing £90m over this Parliament to ensure that every young person has equal access to the life-changing advice and inspiration that they need to fulfil their potential and succeed in life. This includes funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company.</p><p>The Company is continuing to make excellent progress towards transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people. Over 1,300 secondary schools and colleges across the country have signed up to the Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network. Of those that have signed up, 1,200 are secondary schools, with 957 matched with an Enterprise Adviser volunteer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/02/2017 15:08:19 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

681146

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to publish the total costs to the public purse of R (on the application of Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in the (a) High Court and (b) Supreme Court.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	62196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The figures for the total costs associated with the case will be published in due course. <br><br><br><br><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 16:28:13 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

681152

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received income tax exemption for junior individual savings account savings in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62205 62206 62207 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey