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917794

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Gaza: Israel
	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 policy of Israel to create a variable buffer zone within the Gaza strip limiting the land available to those living there.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text We have not made any assessment on this issue as there is not any official policy on the matter. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 16:09:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

917800

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Nicaragua: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there may be regional instability as a result of current disturbances in Nicaragua.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL8394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>​The current situation in Nicaragua is a national issue. We do not anticipate a wider regional impact.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 16:14:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

917768

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Macedonia: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consult with the government of the United States to resolve the issue of the name of the Republic of Macedonia.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>​It is for the governments in Skopje and Athens to agree a resolution of the Name Issue. The British Government commends both sides for the political courage and leadership they have shown so far in their efforts to reach an agreement and we will continue to support them in any way that we can.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 16:08:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

918914

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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	Special Operations Executive
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to commemorate in 2020 the 80th anniversary of the forming of the Special Operations Executive (SOE); and whether they will introduce a recognised annual date to commemorate the SOE.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Crawley
	uin	HL8410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>​A major event was held in 2015 to mark the 75th anniversary of the foundation of Special Operations Executive. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not aware of any plans at present for a further commemoration.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 16:37:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3386 label Biography information for Baroness Crawley

916592

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated shortfall of foster carers in England at present in relation to children being placed in institutional care; and how any shortfall is being addressed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL8298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the number of looked after children has increased steadily over the last nine years, the proportions of children placed in foster care (74%) and in residential care (11%) remain similar to previous years. We cannot ascertain, however, whether there is a shortfall of carers in certain parts of England. Data on children looked after in England can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is carefully considering how to support local authorities and fostering agencies to improve the recruitment and retention of foster parents as it develops the government’s response to ‘Foster Care in England’ (attached) the independent review into the fostering system, and the report from the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into fostering (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The department is working with Boarding Schools Partnerships to encourage more local authorities to consider boarding for children in or at risk of going into care, where it might be the right support for them. There are few more vulnerable groups of children in England and the department is focused on enabling them to succeed in life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name House of Commons Education Committee report on fostering.pdf title Education_Select_Committee_inquiry 2 file name Foster_Care_in_England_Review.pdf title Foster_Care_in_England question first answered 18/06/2018 16:58:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

916595

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Trees: Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries in mainland Europe, if any, have tree diseases not present in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL8301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>While there is no comprehensive database which records all tree diseases within individual countries, the UK Plant Health Risk Register has 347 entries of pests and diseases which are present in Europe, but not in the UK, of which 126 are known to affect either coniferous or broadleaved trees or both.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/06/2018 12:14:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

916591

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	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 future education prospects and social mobility of children taken into local authority care and moved around the care system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL8297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We know that stability for a child in care is a key factor in forming secure, high-quality relationships that can help a child to thrive in education and into adulthood. Research by the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education shows the important relationship between stability and better outcomes for young people in care in mainstream schools at the end of key stage 4.</p><p>The Department for Education is working to improve stability for looked after children, including investing £3.8 million in the Mockingbird Family Model. This aims to improve placement stability by providing enhanced support to foster carers and the children they look after. The department collects and publishes annually information on the educational attainment of looked-after children and outcomes for care leavers aged 19, 20 and 21 years old and uses this information to inform policies to improve outcomes.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/06/2018 16:38:34 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

916560

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to respond to the recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in their performance review Accessing, staying and succeeding in basic education—UK aid’s support to marginalised girls, published in December 2016.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL8266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We have taken comprehensive action on the issues identified by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in their report. This has included: a focus on marginalised girls in our recent education policy; strengthening co-ordination between our Girls’ Education Challenge programme and bilateral education spend; and embedding equity into our education sector Value for Money guidance. We continue to champion this important issue through our cross-Government work on securing 12 years of quality education for all girls globally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/06/2018 15:21:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

916568

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Balkans: Chevening Scholarships Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will announce at the Western Balkans Summit in London in July an increase in the number of Chevening Scholarships to be made available to the countries of that region who are not EU members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We have a strong track record of using our Western Balkans Chevening Scholarship Programme to influence and help deliver policy objectives. Since 2014-15 the number of Western Balkans Chevening Scholars has more than tripled. We are considering next steps and a decision will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 13:19:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

916600

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Tommy Robinson
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safety in prison of Tommy Robinson.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL8306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases. However, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service takes very seriously its duty of care to ensure all prisoners are able to serve their sentences in a safe environment. Each prisoner is risk assessed on their reception into custody and extra measures are put into place to protect prisoners where there are concerns for their welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/06/2018 16:00:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch