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1054323

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date	04/02/2019
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Africa on 28 January (211702), what was the Sudanese Foreign Minister’s response to the concerns the Foreign Secretary raised in the 22 January meeting about the need for an end to violence and for political reform; and what steps they are taking to promote human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, in Sudan since the fifth meeting of the biannual UK–Sudan strategic dialogue on 24 April 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>When she met the Sudanese Foreign Minister on 22 January, the Minister for Africa communicated the UK's concerns about the Sudanese government's response to recent protests, emphasising the importance of the rule of law and human rights. The Sudanese Foreign Minister registered the depth of these concerns and set out his assessment of the economic challenges that had initiated them. We have continued to raise human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, regularly with the Government of Sudan at all levels. I visited Sudan in September 2018 and raised religious freedoms with senior members of the government, as well hearing directly from a number of religious leaders. I also raised the need for action to address these issues with the Sudanese delegation in the margins of the biannual UK–Sudan strategic dialogue in November 2018. Most recently we supported an event in Khartoum on 29 January with the Bishop of Leeds to press for greater religious freedoms, after which the Government of Sudan announced the dropping of restrictions on school opening hours at weekends, a priority freedom of religion issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2019 17:14:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1054325

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date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department for International Development (DfID) records the religion and other protected characteristics of those it employs; how funding is allocated to organisations after consideration of protected characteristics; and how DfID ensures that those non-governmental organisations, private sector companies, consultancies, and others with whom it contracts are required to report on how they have performed in ensuring equity of access to their work by those with protected characteristics.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Employees can voluntarily declare their diversity data on our HR systems.</p><p> </p><p>DFID contracts are awarded after a process of fair and open competition on the basis of value for money, capability to deliver programme outputs and, as relevant to the specific procurement, equality considerations. DFID’s standard contract Term and Conditions require partners not to unlawfully discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, have due regard for the advancement of equal opportunity and promote good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. Partners are also required to adhere to relevant recommendations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. DFID’s Supply Partner Code of Conduct requires contractors to ensure that robust procedures are adopted and maintained to eliminate the risk of poor human rights practices, including any inequality or discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, sexuality, culture or disability. Both requirements are legally binding and subject to compliance checks by DFID.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/02/2019 16:14:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1054328

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Theft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent thieves from stealing cars by using relay box equipment.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL13384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service chaired the first meeting of the Vehicle Theft Taskforce on 15 January. As part of its work, the Taskforce will review whether further measures are required to stop devices that may be used to commit vehicle theft falling into criminals’ hands.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/02/2019 17:12:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1054329

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and whether this definition includes physical infrastructure on the border itself.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL13385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government will stand by its commitment in the Joint Report that there will be no hard border, this includes any physical infrastructure. This will allow people on either side of that border to be able to live their lives as they do now.</p><p /> <p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/02/2019 15:06:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1054330

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Billing: Cybercrime
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 incidence of cybercrime against those who pay their bills electronically compared to those who pay their bills by cash or cheque.
tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
uin	HL13386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold data on losses from cyber crime for those who pay their bills electronically.</p><p>The cyber threats we face continue to grow in scale and sophistication. This is why the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment.</p><p>Advice is available to all businesses, big and small, about how to protect their customers by the NCSC.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/02/2019 17:05:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

1054332

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Spaceflight: Shetland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the UK Space Agency, and (2) Shetland Islands Council about the Shetland Space Centre's proposal to locate the UK's first spaceport in Unst; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL13387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Spaceflight Programme will enable British spaceports to unlock a £4bn opportunity to launch small satellites. Several locations around the UK plan to operate a spaceport, which will require a licence under the Space Industry Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, officials from the UK Space Agency met with representatives from Shetland Islands Council, alongside the Shetland Space Centre team, to hear about their plans to develop a spaceport in Unst. They agreed to speak again once the spaceport plans were more developed. UK Space Agency officials have subsequently met with the Shetland Space Centre on a number of occasions to hear about progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/02/2019 16:40:06 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1054333

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Borrowing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are applied by the Public Works Loan Board when a local authority seeks to borrow to acquire commercial property for investment purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hollick
uin	HL13388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text Responsibility for local authority spending and borrowing decisions lies with locally-elected council Members, who are democratically accountable to their electorates. Local authorities are required to have regard to the Prudential Code and statutory guidance when they borrow from the PWLB or from any other lender, these are published by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and form the Prudential Framework. The main objective of the Prudential Framework is to ensure that the capital investment plans of local authorities are affordable, prudent and sustainable. Before it can advance a loan to a local authority, the Public Works Loan Board requires formal assurance from the authority that the loan is within their borrowing powers and the relevant legislation. answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/02/2019 13:37:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2732 label Biography information for Lord Hollick

1054334

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Borrowing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the extent and nature of the due diligence undertaken by the Public Works Loan Board before extending loans to local authorities to acquire commercial property for investment purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hollick
uin	HL13389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text Responsibility for local authority spending and borrowing decisions lies with locally-elected council Members, who are democratically accountable to their electorates. Local authorities are required to have regard to the Prudential Code and statutory guidance when they borrow from the PWLB or from any other lender, these are published by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and form the Prudential Framework. The main objective of the Prudential Framework is to ensure that the capital investment plans of local authorities are affordable, prudent and sustainable. Before it can advance a loan to a local authority, the Public Works Loan Board requires formal assurance from the authority that the loan is within their borrowing powers and the relevant legislation. answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/02/2019 13:42:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2732 label Biography information for Lord Hollick

1054335

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Borrowing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is an limit on loans which can be extended by the Public Works Loan Board to a local authority (1) in any one year, and (2) overall.
tabling member printed	Lord Hollick
uin	HL13390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The aggregate amount that may be outstanding in respect of commitments entered into by the Public Works Loan Board is limited, and this limit set out in section 4 (1) of the 1968 National Loans Act. Since December 2017, the limit has stood at £85 billion. There is no separate limit about lending amounts in any one year.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for determining their own limits on the aggregate amount of borrowing that they may have outstanding. The statutory guidance on borrowing and investment was updated in 2018; the updated guidance introduced a new requirement for all English local authorities to set limits for gross debt compared to net service expenditure. Authorities which exceeded their self-assessed limits should, in accordance with the guidance, refrain from making further investments other than short term investments required for efficient treasury management.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/02/2019 13:41:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2732 label Biography information for Lord Hollick

1054337

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Borrowing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Public Works Loan Board takes on an ongoing basis to monitor the commercial property investments acquired by local authorities and funded by the Public Works Loan Board.
tabling member printed	Lord Hollick
uin	HL13391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has stewardship of the local government sector in England. Together with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), they maintain the statutory guidance on local authority borrowing and investment. In light of changes in local authority borrowing and investment patterns, CIPFA and MHCLG updated the prudential code and statutory guidance in 2018. In addition, local authorities must make appropriate arrangements for the appointment of an external auditor to give an opinion on their financial statements as well as arrangements for securing economy, efficiency and effectiveness in its use of resources. The Public Works Loans Board has no role in monitoring local authority activities. answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/02/2019 13:39:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2732 label Biography information for Lord Hollick