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418791

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what costs were incurred in the recruitment of the House of Lords Executive Chef.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The recruitment exercise for an executive chef is ongoing. We have paid £346.61 to publicise the vacancy in relevant forums. Other anticipated costs include a £350 fee for an external recruitment panel member and the marginal cost of ingredients for a cooking test. Other costs are not envisaged, although we do reimburse reasonable candidate travel expenses.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2015 13:19:10 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

418846

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	International Labour Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the UK's membership of the International Labour Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	10328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We continue to support the ILO’s work and actively engage with the ILO to ensure that it can offer effective policy solutions that address the employment issues and challenges of an increasingly globalised economy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418885

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the development of character and life skills in young people.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is investing £5 million to expand the capacity of schools and voluntary organisations in order to deliver character education. We are committed to ensuring that all young people develop a range of character attributes, such as resilience and grit, which underpin success in education and employment. We want to ensure all young people are prepared for life in modern Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:22:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418886

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Extracurricular Activities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of (a) young people's access to extracurricular activities designed to help their personal development and (b) opportunities for increasing the availability of such activities.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department is committed to implementing measures to support schools to build character, resilience and grit in their pupils. Participating in extracurricular activities is one aspect of building character in young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are supporting head teachers to decide the activities they offer and how best to structure the school day in the best interests of their pupils. We are investing £5 million to expand character education, which includes funding projects that offer extracurricular activities that help prepare children for successful adult life. We have also made it easier for all schools to make changes to the length, structure and content of the school day so that they can expand the range of activities that they offer where it would benefit their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:23:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418925

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Central African Republic: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Central African Republic to help ensure safe, fair and transparent elections in that country next month.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Following the President of the National Transition Council’s call for a new electoral timetable in his closing speech to the National Assembly on 31 August, elections will not go ahead in the Central African Republic (CAR) in October 2015. CAR’s Electoral Authority will now produce a new electoral timetable. Free, fair and inclusive elections are crucial for the Central African Republic’s future stability and progress towards reconciliation. The UK welcomes the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections and is pleased that electoral registration has now begun in neighbouring countries. The UK is supportive of an EU Electoral Observation Mission to the Central African Republic, subject to further discussions in Brussels later this year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 13:31:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

418932

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	2,4-dinitrophenol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died after taking dinitrophenol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:57:03 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ10264.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Dinitrophenal Death
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418988

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Habitual Residence Test
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens have been unsuccessful in claiming jobseeker's allowance since January 2014 because they did not meet the criteria for the habitual residence test.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistical information regarding the habitual residence test is intended for publication at a future date.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:35:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418617

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades Commission: Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all the material used in making determinations by the Northern Irish Parades Commission is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The disclosure of information relating to decisions made by the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Commission acting independently of Government.</p><p>The Noble Lord may wish to write to the Parades Commission directly on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 18/09/2015 13:17:58 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

418618

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Belfast Agreement 1998 provides for a role for the government of the Republic of Ireland in Strand One talks where the discussions are about Northern Irish internal affairs.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord is aware, the involvement of the Irish Government in cross-party talks is in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. This provides that Northern Ireland’s internal arrangements are for the Northern Ireland parties and the United Kingdom Government alone to decide. A commitment always to stand by that principle was contained in the Government’s Northern Ireland Manifesto at the General Election.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 18/09/2015 12:08:46 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

418619

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much duty has been lost in each of the last five years as a result of fuel laundering in South Armagh.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of the loss of revenue specifically due to fuel laundering in South Armagh to the UK each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to reducing revenue loss due to fuel duty fraud and HM Revenue and Customs works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland and others to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This includes regular exchange of information, joint operational activity and the recent implementation of an improved new marker for rebated fuel (which was also introduced in the Republic of Ireland).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 21/09/2015 11:49:47 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird