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62478

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Category A prisoners have escaped in each of the last 10 years; and how long after the escape each was recaptured or how long each such uncaptured prisoner has been at large.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Category A escapes remain extremely rare occurrences. The table below provides details of the two Category A escapes that have occurred in the last 10 years; both have been recaptured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Category A Escape occurring between April 2002 and March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Category A escapers</p></td><td><p>Days spent unlawfully at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>418<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0<sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Neither prisoner escaped from a prison establishment.</p><p><sup>(1) </sup>This prisoner escaped from prison contractor transport, through force of arms.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>This prisoner escaped from the witness box during a court hearing and was recaptured in less than 1 hour.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL409 question first answered 02/07/2014 16:44:19 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62480

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have absconded or escaped from each of Her Majesty's prisons or other custodial establishments in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Category A escapes remain extremely rare occurrences. The table below provides details of the two Category A escapes that have occurred in the last 10 years; both have been recaptured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Category A Escape occurring between April 2002 and March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Category A escapers</p></td><td><p>Days spent unlawfully at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>418<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0<sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Neither prisoner escaped from a prison establishment.</p><p><sup>(1) </sup>This prisoner escaped from prison contractor transport, through force of arms.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>This prisoner escaped from the witness box during a court hearing and was recaptured in less than 1 hour.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL407 question first answered 02/07/2014 16:44:20 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62427

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their (1) current estimate, and (2) projected estimate as of 7 May 2015, of the number of (a) 16 to 17 year-olds, and (b) 18 to 24 year-olds, in the United Kingdom; and, of their current estimate, what proportion of (1) 16 to 17 year-olds, and (2) 18 to 24 year-olds, in the United Kingdom are currently registered to vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics' (ONS) mid-2013 UK Population Estimate can be found here: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/population-estimates-for-uk--england-and-wales--scotland-and-northern-ireland/2013/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/population-estimates-for-uk--england-and-wales--scotland-and-northern-ireland/2013/index.html</a>. The ONS has not made a projected estimate for 7 May 2015. <br> <br> Data on the proportion of 16 to 17 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds registered to vote is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/07/2014 16:11:26 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62436

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Gender Recognition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a review of the effectiveness of the UK Border Agency's training manual "Gender Identity Issues in the Asylum Claim" which is primarily used to educate UK Border Agency case officers in trans-related issues and in evaluating testimonies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornton
uin	HL374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The document referred to is guidance to asylum decision makers rather than a training manual. The guidance was last reviewed and revised in June 2011.<br><br>Separately, training for new asylum caseworkers is provided through the Foundation Training Programme, which has been developed in consultation with stakeholders including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and A:gender, the cross-civil service staff support network for transgender staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 08/07/2014 12:50:53 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	1782 label Biography information for Baroness Thornton

62454

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the annual savings arising from the Warship Support Modernisation Initiative introduced in 2005–06.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Warship Support Modernisation Initiative (WSMI), introduced in 2002, encompasses three separate contracts between the Ministry of Defence and the operators within Her Majesty's Naval Bases (HMNB) at Clyde, Devonport and Portsmouth.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on savings are provided in the tables below. These are broken down on an annual basis where information is held in that format.</p><p> </p><p>Annual Savings from the WSMI arrangement with Babcock Marine Ltd at HMNB Clyde</p><p> </p><p>Based on the contractual share-line arrangements and the final/interim cost settlements the savings to MOD are as attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 08/07/2014 17:01:43 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever attachment 1 file name HL392 tables as part of the answer.doc title HL392 tables as part of the answer.
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

62456

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what searches have been undertaken to find the missing files on pre-1998 Northern Ireland royal prerogative of mercy cases; how many are absent; where the paperwork would normally be filed; and whether such paperwork is passed to the National Archives on a routine basis after 30 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Before 1998, the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) in Northern Ireland was relatively common since this pre-dated a number of statutory schemes which enabled sentences to be shortened for various reasons, for example where evidence had been given by prisoners to enable others to be convicted. The overwhelming majority of RPM cases during this period were not terrorist-related.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office continues to seek information on the use of the RPM between 1987 and 1997, including through contacts with other parts of Government which might hold relevant information.</p><p>The NIO takes its records management responsibilities seriously and is compliant with all public records legislation and National Archives guidance. This includes routine reviews of records, compliance with records disposal schedules and transfers of records at 30 years to the National Archives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 10/07/2014 13:26:40 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

62458

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed
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 Taylor of Holbeach on 17 December 2013 (WA 189), what was the text of the Somali nationality law which required in the case of Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed the loss of Somali nationality on his naturalisation as a British citizen.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following is a direct quote from Article 10 of the 1962 Somali nationality law which governed loss of Somali citizenship – Any Somali citizen who:<br>a) having established his residence abroad, voluntarily acquires foreign country (sic);<br>b) having established his residence abroad, and having acquired, for reasons beyond his will, foreign citizenship or the status as subject of a foreign country, declares to renounce foreign citizenship;<br>c) being abroad and having accepted employment from a foreign Government or voluntarily serving in the armed forces of a foreign country, continues to retain his post, notwithstanding the notice from, the Somali Government that, unless he leaves the employment or the service within a definite period of time, he shall lose Somali citizenship; shall cease to be a Somali citizen.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 09/07/2014 12:44:21 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

61535

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	World War II: Anniversaries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations marking the end of conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
uin	HL304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The Government fully appreciates the efforts and the often very dangerous conditions experienced by those who worked in factories producing vital equipment for the armed forces that helped contribute to winning the Second World War. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been working with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Recognition for Munitions Workers, which was set up in 2011 to explore ways to ensure that the valiant collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories are not forgotten.</p><p>Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focussing in more detail across government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. No decisions have yet been made on how the anniversary will be marked, but we expect an announcement on the commemorations to be made by the Government later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2014 16:43:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton