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680939

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date	30/01/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 January (HL Deb, col 665–6), what assessment they have made of whether refugee children who have been reported as having gone missing are likely to have become victims of human trafficking and exploitation; and what measures they and their European partners have taken to protect such children.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied minors to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Many have been reunited with family members already in the UK, while others are being cared for by local authorities across the UK.</p><p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. The Government has established a £10 million Refugee Children Fund for Europe to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. We have also created a Child Trafficking Protection Fund of up to £3m, which seeks to fund work at a local, regional or national level, adding value to the existing provisions for child victims of modern slavery, including trafficking. The fund will help victim support and recovery, which might include specialist care to trafficked children. It will also reduce vulnerability to exploitation, for example by tackling the problem of trafficked children going missing after identification in the UK, and possibly being re-trafficked.</p><p>My honourable Friend, Robert Goodwill’s joint Written Ministerial Statement with Edward Timpson on 1 November committed the Government to publishing a strategy for the safeguarding of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children in England; and the children who have been identified for transfer from Europe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 14:07:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680940

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 January (HL Deb, cols 665–6) what support they have given to Europol in determining the fate of the 10,000 refugee children whom Europol reported in January as having gone missing.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK has committed significant resources to helping the EU deal with the migration crisis, including seconding staff to Europol.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government recognises the vital role Europol has to play in coordinating law enforcement activity against migration related criminality. The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Immigration Enforcement second staff to Europol to work on these issues specifically, including within the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC). The UK continues to encourage international partners to share relevant information with Europol, supporting the EMSC's aim of strengthening support for EU Member States through enhanced intelligence exchange.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the support we give to Europol, the Government has established a £10 million Refugee Children Fund for Europe to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. The UK is the largest bilateral contributor to the humanitarian response to the crisis in Europe and the Balkans with a total allocation of £70 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/02/2017 14:22:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680941

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress towards full humanitarian access to the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states following the meeting between of the UK Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan and the Sudanese Foreign Minister on 24 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Following the meeting between the UK Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan and the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, the Minister has reconfirmed the government of Sudan’s commitment to improving humanitarian access to the two areas of Blue Nile and South Kordofan. We continue to encourage the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) to agree to proposals to guarantee direct medical support to the areas under their control as a way to unblock a broader agreement on longer term access.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/02/2017 16:28:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680942

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations the UK Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan made to the Sudanese Foreign Minister regarding the environment for civil society activists in Sudan at their meeting on 24 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan and the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour discussed the political process outlined in the African Union Roadmap agreement, including the need for inclusivity in Sudan’s national dialogue, which was designed to be open to all political parties, civil society and rebel groups. The UK Special Representative also raised our concerns about the detention of human rights defenders, civil society activists and members of the political opposition directly with the Foreign Minister.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL5069 question first answered 08/02/2017 15:35:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680943

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations the UK Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan made to the Sudanese Foreign Minister regarding the case for an inclusive national dialogue process at their meeting on 24 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan and the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour discussed the political process outlined in the African Union Roadmap agreement, including the need for inclusivity in Sudan’s national dialogue, which was designed to be open to all political parties, civil society and rebel groups. The UK Special Representative also raised our concerns about the detention of human rights defenders, civil society activists and members of the political opposition directly with the Foreign Minister.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL5068 question first answered 08/02/2017 15:35:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680944

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Sudan: Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 23 January (HL Deb, col 425) concerning recent developments in Sudan, whether they are providing any support to (1) the British commercial mission that will visit Khartoum in April, and (2) a seminar focusing on the promotion of British business to be held in Khartoum in February.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Khartoum will facilitate these events by providing business links and advice to the Middle East Association’s commercial mission. The Government is not providing any financial support. More widely, we will continue to provide support to UK companies to understand the opportunities and challenges of operating in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 08/02/2017 15:33:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

680945

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS's) decisions not to initiate prosecutions in cases of domestic violence have been successfully challenged, whether they will commission an inquiry into the policy and practice of the CPS in relation to that issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Victims of domestic abuse can challenge a CPS decision not to prosecute their case, under the Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) scheme. In 2015-16, the CPS made 41,503 decisions in domestic abuse cases. 520 of these cases were appealed through the VRR scheme; 49 of which were upheld. Of the total number of domestic abuse decisions, the upheld rate was 0.12%. Of the number of domestic abuse VRR appeals, the upheld rate was 9.4%. An inquiry is not required because these volumes and proportions are small and the CPS is, in the majority of domestic abuse cases, accurate in its decision making.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/02/2017 14:24:37 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

680946

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice: Travellers
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 recommendations by the Traveller Movement in its report <i>Overlooked and Overrepresented: Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in the youth justice system, </i>to address the poorer outcomes for Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in youth justice, and in particular the case for the Youth Justice Board to update its ethnicity data collection system to include Gypsy and Traveller categories.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>We have made clear that, outcomes for children in custody are not good enough. This is evident for all young offenders, including those who identify as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT).</p><p> </p><p>It is noteworthy, however, that in the 2015/16 ‘Children in Custody’ report that describes the number of GRT children in young offender institutions (YOI), that participation in education, work or vocational or skills training in custody is higher for those identifying as GRT in YOIs when compared to the rest of the cohort.</p><p> </p><p>In December we set out our response to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system and how we will improve outcomes for young people across the youth custodial estate. Measures include developing a new pre-apprenticeship pathway to ensure that all children and young people are in education, training or employment on their release, boosting the number of front line staff in YOIs and developing two ‘secure schools’ with a particular focus on education and health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is keen in principle to move to the 18+1 ethnicity monitoring system from the 2011 Census and is examining the requirements and dependencies with existing IT systems and identifying the feasibility and indicative costs of moving to the revised classification system.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/02/2017 15:44:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

680947

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider targeted education and vocational skills interventions for Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in youth custody in the light of the Traveller Movement’s finding in <i>Overlooked and Overrepresented: Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in the youth justice system </i>that 55 per cent of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in Secure Training Centres had learnt skills for jobs they would like to do in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>We want all children in custody to be fully occupied in education and training throughout the day with a core curriculum focussed on preparing them for employment, an apprenticeship or continued education when they are resettled back into their communities. As part of our reforms we will ensure governors have increased flexibility to work with providers to decide how education is best delivered to meet the different needs of the young people in their establishments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/02/2017 14:26:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

680948

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration has been given to establishing and promoting Gypsy, Traveller and Roma groups in Secure Training Centres and Young Offenders Institutions, based on successful models seen in the secure adult estate.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>We have already introduced elements from the models used in the adult estate in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). These include guidance on good practice, which is available to all staff and includes guidance on those identifying as Gypsy, Romany or Traveller (GRT); and issues for the management of GRT young people which is incorporated into the general training of new officers.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving the outcomes for all young people in the youth justice system, including those who identify as GRT. We want all young people in custody to have their individual needs assessed and a personal plan in place to drive improvements in their behaviour, education and health.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/02/2017 15:43:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham