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448113

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date	27/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of the Probate Registry and the yield from fee income.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The cost of the Probate Registry in 2014/15 was £42.5m and the yield from fee income (after remission) was £41.5m.</p><p> </p><p>The costs relate to probate for “non-contentious” cases, that is where the Will is not in dispute.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/02/2016 12:27:21 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

448114

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
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	Arts: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of spending by Arts Council England that goes to supporting children's participation in the arts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL5504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>A large number of arts and cultural organisations funded by Arts Council England work to ensure that all children get the opportunity to visit, experience and participate in arts and cultural activities. In 2012 –15, 65% of National Portfolio Organisations offered work for, by or with children and young people. During 2015-18 this number will increase to 82%.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Arts Council provide £10 million a year to fund a network of Bridge organisations and recently launched the Cultural Education Challenge. Both of these initiatives aim to link up the cultural and education sectors, to give children and young people access to great arts and cultural opportunities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/02/2016 15:51:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

448115

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to operate from the UK Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft belonging to (1) the US Navy, or (2) other allied nations, with British crews prior to the first UK P-8s entering service.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL5505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Although a number of options are under consideration to deliver early capability, there are no current plans to operate US Navy P-8A, or those of other Allied nations, from the UK with British crews.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/02/2016 15:42:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

448116

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK service personnel embedded with allied nations maritime patrol capabilities under the Seedcorn Initiative are flying the Boeing P-8 Poseidon; and what are the relevant allied nations in each instance.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL5506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>There are currently 20 RAF personnel in the Seedcorn programme operating P-8A, three pilots and 17 mission crew. All are based in the United States.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/02/2016 15:45:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

448117

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Eurostar about child trafficking.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL5507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes child trafficking extremely seriously. All Border Force officers at the Eurostar ports in the UK France and Belgium have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act. Border Force and Eurostar have daily contact on operational matters. When passengers are identified by Border Force officers as potential victims of trafficking, immediate action is taken to safeguard the individual by following Home Office guidance on the treatment of the victims of trafficking. Border Force collects data on these cases in order to notify the Human Trafficking Centre. Contact is also made with Camden Social Services Safeguarding Team as soon as possible in order to establish safe care of the child. Eurostar has its own policy on unaccompanied children travelling on its services which can be found on the internet at: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/travel-planning/accessibility#unaccompanied_children</p><p>Border Force has not provided training to French border officials on UK child trafficking patterns. All cases of suspected trafficking detected by the French border officials at St Pancras are handed to the BTP to action. In France and Belgium any concerns Border Force officers have about vulnerable children attempting to travel to the UK would be referred to the French and Belgian frontier control authorities. The Home Office has not had any discussions with Patina Rail about a proposed new routing between St Pancras and Ashford.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Minors Travelling with Eurostar.pdf title Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Children 2 file name Eurostar Policy - Special Travel Needs.pdf title Eurostar Policy - Special Travel Needs question first answered 16/02/2016 15:11:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

448118

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Patina Rail, the owners of Eurostar, about human trafficking and the creation of a commuter route between St Pancras and Ashford that mirrors the so-called Lille loophole.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL5508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes child trafficking extremely seriously. All Border Force officers at the Eurostar ports in the UK France and Belgium have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act. Border Force and Eurostar have daily contact on operational matters. When passengers are identified by Border Force officers as potential victims of trafficking, immediate action is taken to safeguard the individual by following Home Office guidance on the treatment of the victims of trafficking. Border Force collects data on these cases in order to notify the Human Trafficking Centre. Contact is also made with Camden Social Services Safeguarding Team as soon as possible in order to establish safe care of the child. Eurostar has its own policy on unaccompanied children travelling on its services which can be found on its website.</p><p>Border Force has not provided training to French border officials on UK child trafficking patterns. All cases of suspected trafficking detected by the French border officials at St Pancras are handed to the BTP to action. In France and Belgium any concerns Border Force officers have about vulnerable children attempting to travel to the UK would be referred to the French and Belgian frontier control authorities. The Home Office has not had any discussions with Patina Rail about a proposed new routing between St Pancras and Ashford.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2016 14:31:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Eurostar Unaccompanied Children Policy.doc title Eurostar Policy. Link taken out of PQ response.
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

448119

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they collect, and from whom, about the number of children trafficked, and attempted to be trafficked, on Eurostar services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL5509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes child trafficking extremely seriously. All Border Force officers at the Eurostar ports in the UK France and Belgium have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act. Border Force and Eurostar have daily contact on operational matters. When passengers are identified by Border Force officers as potential victims of trafficking, immediate action is taken to safeguard the individual by following Home Office guidance on the treatment of the victims of trafficking. Border Force collects data on these cases in order to notify the Human Trafficking Centre. Contact is also made with Camden Social Services Safeguarding Team as soon as possible in order to establish safe care of the child. Eurostar has its own policy on unaccompanied children travelling on its services which can be found on the internet at: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/travel-planning/accessibility#unaccompanied_children</p><p>Border Force has not provided training to French border officials on UK child trafficking patterns. All cases of suspected trafficking detected by the French border officials at St Pancras are handed to the BTP to action. In France and Belgium any concerns Border Force officers have about vulnerable children attempting to travel to the UK would be referred to the French and Belgian frontier control authorities. The Home Office has not had any discussions with Patina Rail about a proposed new routing between St Pancras and Ashford.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/02/2016 15:13:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Minors Travelling with Eurostar.pdf title Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Minors
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

448120

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what training on UK child trafficking patterns has been provided to French border officials at St Pancras International and Ashford International to help identify vulnerable children being trafficked out of the UK, and by whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL5510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes child trafficking extremely seriously. All Border Force officers at the Eurostar ports in the UK France and Belgium have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act. Border Force and Eurostar have daily contact on operational matters. When passengers are identified by Border Force officers as potential victims of trafficking, immediate action is taken to safeguard the individual by following Home Office guidance on the treatment of the victims of trafficking. Border Force collects data on these cases in order to notify the Human Trafficking Centre. Contact is also made with Camden Social Services Safeguarding Team as soon as possible in order to establish safe care of the child. Eurostar has its own policy on unaccompanied children travelling on its services which can be found on the internet at: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/travel-planning/accessibility#unaccompanied_children</p><p>Border Force has not provided training to French border officials on UK child trafficking patterns. All cases of suspected trafficking detected by the French border officials at St Pancras are handed to the BTP to action. In France and Belgium any concerns Border Force officers have about vulnerable children attempting to travel to the UK would be referred to the French and Belgian frontier control authorities. The Home Office has not had any discussions with Patina Rail about a proposed new routing between St Pancras and Ashford.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Minors Travelling with Eurostar.pdf title Eurostar Policy - Unaccompanied Minors 2 file name Eurostar Policy - Special Travel Needs.pdf title Eurostar Policy - Special Travel Needs question first answered 17/02/2016 15:23:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

448121

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurostar: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which authorities are responsible for safeguarding unaccompanied children on the concourse at St Pancras International, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International stations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL5511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>For unaccompanied children travelling on international train services, Eurostar International have an unaccompanied minors policy, which is available on their website. If unaccompanied, lost children are found at these stations, they are transferred to the custody of the British Transport Police by station staff.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2016 12:10:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

448122

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 January (HL5200), whether they have had regard to the preaching and teaching of Wahhabism in mosques and Muslim education bodies in Britain as part of their work on their Counter-Extremism Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>We published our Counter Extremism Strategy in October 2015 which sets out a range of measures to deal with the broad challenge of extremism. We have placed a duty on specified authorities to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being radicalised.</p><p>We consider vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values as extremist, whatever guise these are expressed under. This includes when religions are hijacked by those wishing to promote extremism. As my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in July last year “extremist ideology is not true Islam”.</p><p>HM Government’s Counter Extremism Strategy and counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, set out our approach to tackling the full range of factors that allow extremist and terrorist groups to grow and flourish. These include directly challenging ideologies, including those which have a theological basis.</p><p>The Prime Minister recently commissioned a review into the funding of extremism in the UK. This will include an assessment funding that comes from overseas. The review is due to report in spring 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2016 15:28:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill