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	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 20 January (HL4582), to what extent the training for foster carers and support workers commissioned from the Refugee Council and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking addresses (1) the indicators of modern slavery, and (2) particular risks and needs of children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to update the practice guidance ‘Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked’. The revised statutory guidance ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ will be published this autumn.</p><p>The training for foster carers and support workers that DfE commissioned from the Refugee Council and ECPAT enables those caring for unaccompanied and trafficked children to understand the challenges and risks facing these children, and equips participants with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively to their needs. Participants were also provided with access to an e-learning course to help recognise the needs of child and adult victims of trafficking and guidance on actions carers and professionals should take to identify and safeguard victims.</p><p>Foster carers and support workers attended training courses located in 48 local authorities (see list below). Training was not limited to carers from those authorities.</p><p>The forthcoming safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children will address the need for any additional training required by foster carers and support workers to care for children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>Further to the training which has recently commissioned, the statutory guidance on ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ states that “Everyone involved in the care of unaccompanied and trafficked children should be trained to recognise and understand the particular issues likely to be faced by these children. This includes recognising the indicators of trafficking as a child’s previous history or current experience of being trafficked might not be apparent on entering care.&quot;</p><p>List of local authorities where the training by ECPAT and Refugee Council was located:</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Bournemouth</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Bromley</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Camden</p><p>Cheshire East</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Croydon</p><p>Derbyshire</p><p>Devon</p><p>Doncaster</p><p>East Riding</p><p>Essex</p><p>Gloucestershire</p><p>Hampshire</p><p>Haringey</p><p>Harrow</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Kent</p><p>Lambeth</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Leicester City</p><p>Leicestershire</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Medway</p><p>Merton</p><p>Middlesbrough</p><p>North Somerset</p><p>North Tyneside</p><p>Northumberland</p><p>Nottingham City</p><p>Oldham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Shropshire</p><p>Somerset</p><p>Staffordshire</p><p>Suffolk</p><p>Sunderland</p><p>Thurrock</p><p>Walsall</p><p>Warrington</p><p>West Sussex</p><p>Wiltshire</p><p>Worcestershire</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL764 HL766 HL767 HL768 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:13:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1175277

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether people who vape are given the same access to NHS services as people who smoke who are seeking to quit; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Stop smoking services are designed to help people who wish to stop using tobacco products and offer a range of options to support. E-cigarettes are not tobacco products and therefore people using them are not eligible for stop smoking services. We would still advise everyone that not smoking/quitting entirely is the best option.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/02/2020 16:24:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1468748

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Afghan interpreters have applied for relocation to the UK and are awaiting security clearance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 15 June 2022, 163 ARAP principals who have received offer letters are awaiting the completion of UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) checks in advance of travel to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by job role.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/06/2022 16:19:12 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1330347

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Development Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the Overseas Development Assistance budget supports the security of Israel; and what consideration they have given to requiring the government of Israel to comply with international law as a criteria for receiving any such aid.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Janke
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Israel is not eligible for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) as per the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines. The UK therefore provides no ODA to Israel.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/06/2021 15:51:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4337 label Biography information for Baroness Janke

1674520

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in determining whether suicide and self-harm prevention will be included in their guidance on relationships, sex and health education as an explicit part of the curriculum, in particular to support young people to spot the signs of, and seek appropriate support for, cases of suicidal ideation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	uin	HL765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>​The department is currently reviewing the Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance. In July 2023, as part of the review, the department held a workshop with teachers. The former Minister for Schools also chaired roundtable meetings with a panel of experts and with families to explore the inclusion of suicide prevention in the curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>The department will publish an amended draft of the statutory guidance for consultation at the earliest opportunity. The department will consider responses carefully before publishing the final revised guidance in 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 13/12/2023 13:24:20 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough