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79773

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	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	War Crimes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of a war crime.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The definition of a war crime is set out in the International Criminal Court Act 2001, section 50 and Schedule 8 (which sets out the terms of Article 8.2 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 18/08/2014 09:58:51 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93696

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medicine: 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 Earl Howe on 3 June 2013 (HL210), whether they have altered their decision to reduce by two per cent the number of students entering medical schools in 2014; what were the findings of the 2014 review by Health Education England on the question; and whether they plan to expand the numbers significantly from 2015 and in later years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not altered its decision to reduce, by 2%, the number of students entering medical school in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) has not, to date, undertaken a comprehensive review of medical student intake numbers since that undertaken by the Health and Education National Strategic Exchange review published in December 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The requirement for graduate doctors (and the medical student intakes that create this supply) will form an integral part of the 2015 annual workforce planning process undertaken by HEE.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93697

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Doctors: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many doctors were registered to practise medicine by the General Medical Council (GMC) in the last five years; and how many of the first registrations with the GMC in each year were from doctors who gained their primary medical qualification in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or rest of the world respectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information. This information is held by the General Medical Council and they have provided the information below for the purposes of answering this question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors joining the register for the first time, from 2009 to 2013, by the region of their primary medical qualification and first registration year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>No. of Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>2,368</p></td><td><p>2,973</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td><p>3,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td><p>2,579</p></td><td><p>2,959</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>7,083</p></td><td><p>7,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td><td><p>12,942</p></td><td><p>12,275</p></td><td><p>12,204</p></td><td><p>12,892</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors on the register at the end of each year by the region of their primary medical qualification. The number of registered doctors who hold a licence at the end of each year is also provided. A licence in necessary to work as a doctor in the UK, but holding one does not guarantee that a doctor is working.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>21,177</p></td><td><p>19,495</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>59,857</p></td><td><p>145,498</p></td><td><p>139,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>22,757</p></td><td><p>21,174</p></td><td><p>66,001</p></td><td><p>61,422</p></td><td><p>150,465</p></td><td><p>144,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td><td><p>22,398</p></td><td><p>66,574</p></td><td><p>61,892</p></td><td><p>155,258</p></td><td><p>148,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25,529</p></td><td><p>23,305</p></td><td><p>67,092</p></td><td><p>61,297</p></td><td><p>159,890</p></td><td><p>151,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>27,114</p></td><td><p>23,931</p></td><td><p>67,821</p></td><td><p>59,893</p></td><td><p>164,688</p></td><td><p>154,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Doctors will leave and re-join the register over the course of a year so the difference between each year end total will never be equal to the number of first time registrants in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. These tables exclude doctors who were registered with a status of “Temporary full registration for special purpose registrations”, which allows doctors to be registered for a temporary period in order to treat non-UK nationals within the UK. For example, we had a significant number of doctors who were registered temporarily in 2012 to accompany their national team to the Olympic or Paralympic games. The tables also exclude “Temporary full registration for visiting eminent specialists”. These registrations are for doctors visiting the UK for a temporary period to provide specialist knowledge and skills in a particular branch of medicine and cannot exceed 26 weeks in a 5 year period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:35:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93435

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nationality: Somalia
	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 Taylor of Holbeach on 9 July (HL396), whether the new Somali constitution drafted in 2012 is now in force; and, if so, whether it contains an article prohibiting the withdrawal of citizenship if a Somali becomes a citizen of another country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The question of whether the new Somali constitution, drafted in 2012, is now in force is subject to ongoing litigation proceedings. A hearing took place recently and a decision is awaited, which we expect will clarify the position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/10/2014 14:26:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

89941

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers are currently being housed in Northern Ireland; and how many were granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years, and under which categories.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The number of asylum seekers who currently reside in Northern Ireland is 545. The number of asylum seekers granted leave to remain whose latest address is in Northern Ireland is shown in the following table.</p><p>The figures quoted relate to main claimants only and have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, as such it should be treated as provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="7"><p>Calendar Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of Decision</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Granted Asylum</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>56</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Grant</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Number</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>64</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2014 12:04:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93698

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many European Union migrants were deported or otherwise obliged to leave the United Kingdom in the last five years for (1) criminal behaviour, and (2) inability to maintain themselves.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of EEA nationals deported for criminal behaviour for the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td>EEA Removals</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>748</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>933</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>1,147</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>1,653</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>2,130</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely collect data on the number of EU nationals removed due to the inability to maintain themselves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2014 12:27:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

89940

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers applied for asylum in Northern Ireland after having first sought and been registered for asylum in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years; how many of those applicants were children; and how many overall were returned.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is noted below. Figures for children are not recorded separately, and as such have been included in the data table.</p><p>The minimum age of those recorded in the data set is 14.</p><p>The figures quoted relate to main claimants only and have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, as such it should be treated as provisional and subject to change. In line with our data protection principles, data sets with a cohort of fewer than 10 people have been replaced with a *.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>Year of Claim</p></td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Previously claimed in Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>28</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Returned to Republic of Ireland under Dublin Regulations</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2014 11:55:50 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

79704

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of a terrorist.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK definition of terrorism is set out in section one of the Terrorism Act 2000.</p><p>Any decision by the Secretary of State to proscribe an organisation under Section three of the Terrorism Act 2000 must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Act, and it must be proportionate. Such decisions are subject to approval by Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1597 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:09:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

79705

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of a terrorist group.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK definition of terrorism is set out in section one of the Terrorism Act 2000.</p><p>Any decision by the Secretary of State to proscribe an organisation under Section three of the Terrorism Act 2000 must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Act, and it must be proportionate. Such decisions are subject to approval by Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1596 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:09:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

89939

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers were first registered in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; how many of those were children; and what were the ten most frequent countries of origin and the number of asylum seekers from each of those countries in the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL1781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally record information on the location of an asylum seekers point of claim. However we are able to provide the information that you have requested as it stands currently. This has been provided in the following tables.</p><p>In line with our data protection principles, data sets with a cohort of fewer than 10 people have been replaced with a *.</p><p>The number of cases where the claimant's latest address is in Northern Ireland by year of application is found in Table 1.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>Year of Claim</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Number</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>1089</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of these cases where the claimant was a minor, by year application is found in Table 2.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>Year of Claim</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Number</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of cases where the claimant's latest address is in Northern Ireland, sorted by year of application and by country of origin is found in Table 3.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Country of Origin</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Year of Claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>China</strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Somalia</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sudan</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Zimbabwe</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nigeria</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Iran</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pakistan</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Syria Arab Republic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bangladesh </strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eritrea</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures quoted relate to main claimants only and have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, as such it should be treated as provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2014 11:21:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird