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733222

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to review the Barnett formula.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The government remains committed to the Barnett formula, which is designed to ensure that devolved administrations are funded to deliver their priorities within their devolved responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/07/2017 15:10:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

732726

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the clear opening width of the single door opening on the new Stadler intercity coaches for Anglia services; how this compares with the clear opening door widths of the two door intercity coaches they will replace; and how the planned station dwell time with single door openings compares with that for existing coaches with two doors.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The specification of the new trains for the Greater Anglia franchise will need to deliver the requirements and obligations as set out in the Greater Anglia Franchise Agreement. The detailed design and specification of door widths and station dwell times are operational matters for the operator.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/07/2017 14:40:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

732727

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to review the right of polling agents appointed by candidates, or by their election agents, to enter polling stations in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission will report on the administration of the recent UK Parliamentary Election and the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland will conduct a routine post-election review of all administrative procedures, including procedures at polling stations. The Government will consider any recommendations arising from the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Commission carefully.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/07/2017 12:28:19 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

732729

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they expect the EU Refugee Facility for Turkey 2016–17, which helps refugees and internally displaced persons, will be spent; and what proportion of those funds will be allocated to education and training.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union Facility for Refugees in Turkey helps build schools, provide health services and makes social welfare payments for the most vulnerable refugees, and provides vital municipal infrastructure such as waste management and water treatment facilities to alleviate pressure on Turkish communities hosting refugees.</p><p>As of May 2017, 42% of the facility has been spent on education. Almost half a million Syrian refugee children have access to education and 20,000 Syrian volunteer teachers have received training in improved teaching techniques.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/07/2017 12:18:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

732736

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capability of the Civil Aviation Authority to (1) ensure the issuing of accurate pilot licences, (2) oversee flight training organisations, (3) implement safety activities required by the European Aviation Safety Authority, and (4) otherwise deliver effective safety oversight of aviation; and what representations they have received in the last year about those matters from the air safety regulator.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the best air safety records in the world, and the Civil Aviation Authority is subject to independent safety audits by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Aviation Safety Agency. The results of these audits show that the CAA is performing its regulatory functions in accordance with international standards and European requirements.</p><p> </p><p>We have not received any representations from the CAA on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2017 11:39:04 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

732737

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker, in the event of a vacancy occuring among the 75 hereditary peers who are elected by party or Crossbench groups, how many members would form the electorate for (1) a Conservative vacancy, (2) a Crossbench vacancy, (3) a Liberal Democrat vacancy, and (4) a Labour vacancy.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>If there were a vacancy at present the electorate in each of the groups would be:</p><p>(1) 48 Conservative hereditary peers for a Conservative vacancy,</p><p>(2) 30 Crossbench hereditary peers for a Crossbench vacancy,</p><p>(3) 3 Liberal Democrat hereditary peers for a Liberal Democrat vacancy, and</p><p>(4) 3 Labour hereditary peers for a Labour vacancy.</p><p>If a vacancy occurs amongst the 15 hereditary peers originally elected by the whole House to serve as office-holders, the electorate is all members of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 04/07/2017 11:05:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

732739

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham (HL Deb, col 1269–1271), how many additional people would be enfranchised by extending voting rights from 15 years to life for UK citizens permanently resident abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen gave him on Wednesday 9 November 2016 to HL2721 and HL2722.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL178 question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

732740

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham (HL Deb, col 1269–1271), what would be the estimated administrative costs of extending the voting rights from 15 years to life for UK citizens permanently resident abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen gave him on Wednesday 9 November 2016 to HL2721 and HL2722.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL177 question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

732743

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they, and international organisations, have to benefit the estimated 13 million children in the Middle East who according to UNICEF's 2015 report Eduction Under Fire lack access to schools; and what new educational provision is being made through radio and TV.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is playing a leading role in reaching out-of-school children affected by conflict in the Middle East. At the London Syria Conference in 2016, the international community committed to providing quality education to all 1.4 million refugee and vulnerable host community children by the end of the 2016/7 school year. By April 2017, 1 million children were benefitting.</p><p>In Lebanon, DFID’s four-year education programme will help 147,000 children enrol in formal education and 100,000 in non-formal education, and improve teaching and learning standards for all children in school. In Jordan, DFID’s four-year education programme helps provide formal education for 193,000 Syrian children. The UK also contributes to the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, which has provided access to education for almost half a million Syrian children. In the wider Middle East, the UK funds UNICEF to provide education as part of humanitarian appeals.</p><p>The UK has also supported the establishment of a new Education Cannot Wait fund to improve education in crises, with Yemen and Syria each benefitting.</p><p>DFID does not fund education provision through radio and TV in the Middle East.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/07/2017 14:42:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

732744

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health, on 24 April (HC70973), when and how the Commission on Human Medicines "thoroughly review the data" on human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine adverse reactions.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) is the Government’s scientific advisory committee, from which the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) seeks independent scientific advice.</p><p> </p><p>The CHM considered a thorough review of the safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at its meeting on 16 July 2015. Prior to 2015, the CHM considered reviews of HPV vaccine at meetings in September 2012, September 2010, September 2009, June 2009 and February 2009. These reviews included evaluation of United Kingdom Yellow Card reports, analysis of data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), published safety studies and safety data from other countries.</p><p>Most recently, the CHM considered the safety of HPV vaccine at its meeting on 15 October 2015. At this meeting, the MHRA sought advice from the CHM on the (Co)-Rapporteurs’ assessment reports prepared for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) review into reports of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome following HPV vaccine, in order to inform the UK position in the review.</p><p><strong> </strong>As with all vaccines and medicines, the safety of HPV vaccine remains under continual review by the MHRA.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 04/07/2017 16:04:46 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar