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753957

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date	19/07/2017
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	Her Majesty's Government, further to the repeating of an answer to an Urgent Question by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July, whether they plan to increase (1) the number of families with vulnerable children to be resettled in the UK from the Middle East under the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme; and (2) the number of vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children already in Europe with existing close relatives in the UK whom they will resettle in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), we will resettle up to 3,000 vulnerable children and their families up to the year 2020. The figures for the VCRS will be published in the usual way, and will feature in future releases of the Home Office’s immigration quarterly statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Dublin Regulation establishes which EU Member State has responsibility for assessing an individual’s asylum claim. Under Article 8 of the Regulation, another EU Member State can raise a Take Charge Request where a child has a family member legally present in the UK and where transfer to the UK is in the child’s best interests. For transfers under Article 8.2 there is the additional requirement that the relative – a grandparent or adult aunt or uncle – is able to take care of the child. We will transfer children where a Take Charge Request is raised and who meet these requirements to the UK for their asylum claim to be assessed here. This is an ongoing commitment and no number is associated with it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:17:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753292

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 whether they will grant discretionary leave to remain to persons who should move from the UK but are unable to do so through no fault of their own.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Those who have no right to remain in the UK are expected to leave voluntarily and should take all reasonable steps to do so. If they do not leave voluntarily we will seek to enforce their removal. There is provision to grant discretionary leave to remain where someone has been unable to leave through no fault of their own and there is no prospect of enforced removal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:16:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753295

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 which family tracing services they are using to assist UK residents to find their missing relatives and dependants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Requests for assistance with family tracing from UK residents are directed to the British Red Cross which provides a family tracing service to restore family links between family members separated as a result of war and conflict, natural or man-made disasters, or migration. All asylum seekers are also notified of this service when they claim asylum. In addition, when it is deemed to be in a child’s best interests, the UK government endeavours to trace the families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:14:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752448

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the TUC estimate that some 500,000 workers are on zero-hours contracts or in insecure temporary employment; and what percentage of the total workforce aged 21 to 65 this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows that the number of people who report they are on a ‘zero hour contract’ in their main employment was 905,000 in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016, which represents 2.8% of those in employment ages 16-65+, with nearly 70% happy with their hours.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752449

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many workers aged 21 to 65 are recognised as self-employed; and what percentage of the total workforce this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows the number of people reporting to be self-employed was 4.8 million in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 year olds.</p><p>However, as a proportion of the total number of people in employment (31,713,000), self-employed people between the ages of 25 and 64 account for 13.1% of total employment. Self-employed people between the ages of 18 and 64 account for 13.7% of total employment.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

750538

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plastics: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the UN Oceans Conference on 5–9 June and the Council of the European Union Environment Council on 19 June, what plans they have to reduce, and if possible eliminate, the pollution of oceans, seas and beaches by plastic materials.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>At the recent UN Oceans Conference the UK made several voluntary commitments, including signing up to the UN’s CleanSeas campaign. This programme aims to transform habits, practices, standards and policies around the globe to dramatically reduce marine litter and the harm it causes.</p><p>The UK Government has undertaken several key actions to protect the marine environment from marine litter which are set out in the Marine Strategy Part Three. Recent additional actions include the publication of the National Litter Strategy for England and our plans to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products. We also work with neighbouring countries to address this issue, particularly through the OSPAR Regional Action Plan on marine litter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:10:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

750539

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 July (HL Deb) on Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, why no reference was made to zero-hours contracts; what consideration they are giving to increasing the level of employment rights protections afforded to workers employed under such contracts towards the level afforded to full-time workers, or the self-employed; and whether they intend to introduce a right to weekly guaranteed minimum paid hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The oral statement referred to was to bring to the notice of the House the publication of the independent Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. Zero hours contracts are just one example of a working practice in the UK labour market and Matthew in his review has considered the labour market as a whole. I refer the noble Lord to the full transcript of the <a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-07-11/debates/805C6758-D847-475F-98D2-49F75499FAF8/TaylorReviewOfModernWorkingPractices" target="_blank">statement</a> where zero hours contracts are discussed.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2017 10:47:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL671.pdf title Extract from Official Report
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

749232

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take to help protect democratically elected representatives and officials in Turkey from politically motivated prosecutions, and to safeguard Kurdish culture and language.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We expect Turkey to undertake any legal processes against MPs fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. We take a strong interest in the situation of minority groups in Turkey and encourage the Turkish authorities to safeguard their welfare. We will continue to engage closely with the Turkish government on these issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/07/2017 16:44:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

748844

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to local authorities of assessing home-educated children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimate is possible as no data are collected on this expenditure from local authorities, and there are no reliable data on overall numbers of children educated at home. Furthermore, local authorities need to take different approaches to assessment of the suitability of home education depending on the circumstances of each child known to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:34 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

747982

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Turkey to provide access for humanitarian and re-construction supplies from Turkey into north-east Syria; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID-funded humanitarian partners are on the ground in north-east Syria delivering food, water, medical supplies and shelter to those in need. We discuss regularly the question of access to these areas from Turkey with the Government of Turkey.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/07/2017 16:43:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton