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598144

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Mobarik on 21 September (HL1561), how many hours of education per week is currently provided in Young Offender Institutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Since 16 August 2015, education providers in public sector under-18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) have been required to provide 27 hours of education a week, supplemented by three hours of physical education.</p><p>YOI Parc is operated by G4S and is currently contracted to provide 25 hours of education and 5 hours of interventions each week.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/10/2016 16:17:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

576321

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Education
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 Faulks on 2 December 2014 (HL2982) about young offender institutions, what progress has been made in providing more than 12 hours a week of purposeful activity since new education contracts came into operation in spring 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL1561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>Since the new education contracts came into operation in public sector under-18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in August 2015, young people have accessed an average of more than 12 hours education per week.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to continually improving the youth custodial system in England and Wales. We are considering the recommendations of Charlie Taylor’s Review of the Youth Justice System and will publish his review and our response later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Mobarik question first answered 21/09/2016 15:33:31 answering member 4335 label Biography information for Baroness Mobarik
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

470618

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Africa: Breast Ironing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current increase in girls suffering "breast ironing" in Western and Central Africa, and especially in southern Cameroon.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is aware of the harmful practice of breast ironing in some Commonwealth and other African countries. There is little reliable data on the number of girls suffering this form of abuse, but we strongly condemn violence against women and girls in all its forms.</p><p>The Government places gender equality at the heart of our bilateral development programming and works through diplomatic and development channels to tackle the causes and drivers of violence against women and girls as a matter of priority. The manifestations of violence may change but it is critical to address the structural causes of violence, including harmful beliefs and attitudes.</p><p>In Cameroon, Kenya and Nigeria we are continuing to engage with governments and local communities to support the rights of women and girls, including ending harmful practices which constitute violence against women and girls. In Cameroon our High Commission has been working closely with the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family on campaigns in coordination with local religious leaders, to raise awareness and support community-led change to end the harmful practice of breast ironing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL6965 question first answered 30/03/2016 15:27:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

470619

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Africa: Breast Ironing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of the practice of "breast ironing" in Commonwealth countries of Africa, including Kenya and the Benin State of Nigeria, and if so, whether they have raised that issue with the governments concerned.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is aware of the harmful practice of breast ironing in some Commonwealth and other African countries. There is little reliable data on the number of girls suffering this form of abuse, but we strongly condemn violence against women and girls in all its forms.</p><p>The Government places gender equality at the heart of our bilateral development programming and works through diplomatic and development channels to tackle the causes and drivers of violence against women and girls as a matter of priority. The manifestations of violence may change but it is critical to address the structural causes of violence, including harmful beliefs and attitudes.</p><p>In Cameroon, Kenya and Nigeria we are continuing to engage with governments and local communities to support the rights of women and girls, including ending harmful practices which constitute violence against women and girls. In Cameroon our High Commission has been working closely with the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family on campaigns in coordination with local religious leaders, to raise awareness and support community-led change to end the harmful practice of breast ironing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL6964 question first answered 30/03/2016 15:27:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

470621

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Breast Ironing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the fact that more than 50 per cent of pubescent girls under 10 in Cameroon are subjected to "breast ironing", what steps they are taking to prevent the spread of that practice among the Cameroonian diaspora living in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s new Violence against Women and Girls Strategy, we will continue to challenge the cultural attitudes that may underpin harmful practices, and ensure professionals have the confidence to confront these issues, safeguard victims and bring perpetrators to justice.</p><p>We are clear that political or cultural sensitivities must not get in the way of preventing and uncovering brutal practices, including breast ironing. Where breast ironing is practised on girls it is child abuse and should be treated as such by all frontline professionals. The clear legal frameworks that apply to child abuse apply to breast ironing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/03/2016 13:35:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

449199

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Basic Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, <i>Building Skills for all: A Review of England, </i>published in January, in respect of the report's findings that (1) seven per cent of university graduates in England under the age of 35 have numeracy skills below level 2, and that 3.4 per cent have literacy skills below level 2; (2) competition between universities in England for the ablest students has intensified to the point that less successful universities have lowered their admission demands to attract applicants; and (3) with a record number of students now entering for degree courses, money should be diverted from universities and deployed to enhance basic school education.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL5709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government agrees it is critical that all students acquire the essential literacy and numeracy skills they need to make the most of their courses and progress into a fulfilling career.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the reforms to raise standards in schools and increase the number and quality of apprenticeships, our Higher Education Green Paper sets out further measures to ensure all students benefit from high-quality teaching.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about which students to admit is ultimately a matter for individual institutions, but by lifting the cap on student numbers we are ensuring that more students can benefit from higher education than ever before.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/02/2016 16:28:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

443622

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Languages
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 Bates on 21 December 2015 (HL4282), how they reconcile that answer with the statement by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in <i>Postnote on forensic linguistics</i> of September 2015 that even recordings of an offender's voice, verified to the satisfaction of police experts, are "not admissible as evidence" in the criminal justice system.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL4906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The research briefing to which the noble Lord refers distinguishes between speaker profiling, which courts have yet to find to be sufficiently reliable a technique to constitute admissible evidence in a criminal case, and speaker comparison, evidence of which may be admissible.</p><p>Expert evidence is admissible in criminal proceedings at common law. In summary, the evidence must be relevant to what is in issue; it must be capable of helping the court to assess the significance of matters beyond everyday experience (for example, the results of scientific tests); and it must be given by someone who is competent to do so. The Criminal Procedure Rules and the associated Criminal Practice Directions set out the procedure for introducing expert evidence, and list the factors to which the court will have regard in determining the reliability of expert opinion.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/01/2016 14:24:57 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

443623

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report <i>Living with Difference</i> published on 7 December 2015 by the Woolf Institute, following the work of the Institute's Commission chaired by Baroness Butler-Sloss; and what action they plan to take on the recommendations made.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL4907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomes this report and its contribution to the debate on faith in Britain today. We continue to celebrate the role of faith in society, with a particular emphasis on cooperation between different faiths as a way of breaking down barriers and strengthening communities.</p><p>The report raises a number of questions for a range of organisations. I will ensure that all Government Departments consider the recommendations relevant to their individual policy areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/01/2016 12:22:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

435707

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Languages
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 Bates on 17 November (HL3221) concerning the use of forensic linguistics by the Home Office in immigration cases, whether they have plans to enable the admittance in court, as in some other European jurisdictions, of evidence derived from forensic linguistics, and if not, what are their reasons.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL4282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Evidence derived from language analysis undertaken for immigration purposes is admissible and, in practice, is routinely presented in immigration appeals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2015 12:49:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

428927

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the press release by HMRC on 25 June, what initiatives HMRC have put in place to improve performance in respect of relieving public frustration at being able to make contact by telephone.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL3650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) recognise that their customer service has not been good enough, and have taken major steps to improve, including recruiting 3,000 new staff into customer service roles, available outside normal office hours when many of their customers choose to call them. The process of recruiting and training the new staff is now complete. These improvements have started to make a difference. This month, HMRC have answered more than 80 per cent of calls, and average queue times are now around 10 minutes.</p><br /><p>HMRC also recognise that some customers have been waiting too long for a response to their complaint. HMRC have recovery plans in place and their performance is improving week on week.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL3651 question first answered 01/12/2015 17:09:50 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk