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385210

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Work Programme: Older People
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 Work Programme in relation to its support for older people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Work Programme is succeeding. It is helping push long-term unemployment to its lowest level in over 5 years, and is transforming people’s lives.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the Work Programme published by DWP in December 2014 identified that 63.9% of older participants found Work Programme support useful in helping them find work or move closer to work, and 63.5% felt that the support offered through the Work Programme matched their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Since this research was carried out, we have made changes to our contracts with providers to further strengthen our performance management activities, and deliver even better outcomes for participants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the full evaluation report has been placed in the House of Commons library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 30/06/2015 16:46:28 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

385211

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
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 effect of removing housing benefit from 18 to 21 year-olds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The detail of the policy will be announced in due course, and the Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 30/06/2015 15:20:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

384513

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Employment: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people they expect to find jobs as a result of the Disability Confident campaign.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Disability Confident campaign makes the business case for recruiting and retaining more disabled people and aims to increase the number of employers taking positive action to be more disability confident. We are not able to measure the number of disabled people moving into employment as a direct result of it, but the campaign is an important contributor towards our commitment to halve the gap between the employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 06/07/2015 12:00:19 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

384514

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 recent High Court ruling regarding delays in Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Court rejected two of the three legal grounds brought by the claimants, finding that their human rights had not been breached and not awarding damages.</p><p> </p><p>Where the Court found that the historic delay for the two claimants was unlawful, they also ruled that they are not “test cases” and it would be inappropriate to make wider findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Court accepted that the Government had made significant improvements to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) process and there are now no inherent failings in the system.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these improvements, the average time taken for a claimant to be assessed by an assessment provider has fallen by more than three quarters since June 2014. In April 2015, the average new claimant was waiting 5 weeks for their PIP assessment – well within the 16 week target set by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 30/06/2015 15:50:02 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

383723

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Azerbaijan: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about the shrinking space for civil society and freedom of expression in Azerbaijan, including the selective application of the rule of law. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a number of statements expressing concern, most recently on 17 and 23 April 2015, following the sentencing of human rights defender, Rasul Jafarov, and human rights lawyer, Intigam Aliyev. We consistently raise our concerns both bilaterally and in international organisations such as the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe and the UN. Our Ambassador in Baku raised concerns about freedom of the media in a statement on 17 June about the opening ceremony of the European Games in Baku.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/06/2015 13:17:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

383724

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran concerning the case of Atena Farghadani.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned by the continuing detention of Ms Farghadani, apparently for drawing satirical cartoons and describing her ill-treatment in prison. Our non-resident Chargé d’affaires discussed freedom of expression in Iran when he met the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Human Rights in May 2015. We have not raised the detention of Ms Farghadani specifically.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 15:53:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

383725

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>We welcomed the early commitments by President Sirisena, and his new government, to make progress on human rights concerns in Sri Lanka. Since then there have been a number of positive steps taken, including the adoption of the 19th amendment to the constitution that restores the independence of key institutions; removal of restrictions on freedom of expression, with exiled journalists invited to return to the country and a number of banned websites unblocked; and, more democratic space with travel bans on foreign nationals visiting the North lifted and the Non-Governmental Organisations Secretariat moved from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs.</p><p>Challenges however remain, particularly over high military levels in the North and their involvement in civilian life and land occupation.</p><p> </p><p>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will make an assessment of progress at the September UN Human Rights Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 02/07/2015 14:12:04 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

381615

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the latest situation in Libya.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by the continuing violence and political polarisation in Libya, and its impact on the Libyan people and the stability of the wider region. The Libyan people have suffered gravely from human rights violations by all sides in the conflict, and over 400,000 Libyans have been internally displaced. Infrastructure has been seriously damaged while the depletion of state resources threatens the Libyan economy. Terrorist groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have established themselves, and threaten the security of both Libya and the wider region. Criminal gangs are exploiting the security void to smuggle and traffic increasing numbers of refugees and migrants through Libya, leading to continuing loss of lives at sea.</p><p>A united Libyan government is urgently needed in order to address these challenges. That is why the UK welcomed the latest round of talks in Morocco and Berlin on 8 and 10 June respectively on the fourth draft Libyan political agreement, led by UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Leon. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), and our diplomatic network have intensively lobbied Libyan negotiators and regional governments in support of the agreement. We welcome regional efforts and those of the African Union and others in support of the process. We urge all parties in the dialogue to sign an agreement and establish a representative Government of National Accord (GNA) that can deal with the political and security challenges that Libya faces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 25/06/2015 14:37:47 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

381616

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Belarus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Belarus regarding Ihar Tsikhanyuk.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK has made no direct representation specifically on behalf of Mr Tsikhanyuk. We are careful not to do so in such sensitive cases unless we have the consent of those concerned. Our Embassy in Minsk supports the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Belarus where possible. Our Embassy in Minsk also support events to raise awareness of LGBT issues. The UK raises Belarus’s human rights record in meetings with Belarusian ministers and officials.</p><p>The UK raised the issue of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the UK advanced questions to the Belarus Universal Periodic Review this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/06/2015 13:16:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

381617

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Eritrea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Eritrea regarding Aster Fissehatsion.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text We remain concerned about the case of Aster Fissehatsion who is one of a group of prominent public figures in Eritrea who were arrested after calling for democratic reforms. We have directly, and through the EU, called on the Eritrean authorities to unconditionally release all political prisoners, including Aster Fissehatsion. The UK remains concerned about the human rights situation in Eritrea, including the arrests of opposition leaders, journalists and religious figures. Eritrea featured as a country of concern in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual human rights report. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 14:59:51 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley