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1607644

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date	27/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in the numbers of prisoners under Imprisonment for Public Protection serving ten or more years beyond their original tariff.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of the public and the effective management of offenders. By law, prisoners serving indeterminate sentences who have completed their tariff will be released only when the Parole Board concludes that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for them to remain confined.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) continues to work closely with Samaritans for the delivery of the Listener Scheme, through which selected prisoners are trained to provide support to fellow prisoners in emotional distress. It is important to highlight that Prison Chaplaincy provides not only faith and belief advice but pastoral care to prisoners of all faiths, beliefs and of none, irrespective of sentence type or length, in support of HMPPS’ commitment to decency, safety and rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>As the number of those serving IPP sentences in prison who have never been released reduces, the proportion of cases which are the most complex and high risk increases. This does mean that we should expect that the number of first releases will continue to slow and the time spent past tariff will increase. However, the IPP Action Plan is focused on, firstly, ensuring each IPP prisoner has a sentence plan, regularly reviewed, with clear objectives as to what the prisoner has to do to reduce risk and, secondly, that the prisoner is held in a prison with an opportunity to achieve those objectives.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government response to the Justice Select Committee’s IPP report, we committed to refreshing the IPP Action Plan, focusing not only on important changes to improve the prospects of IPP offenders making progress towards a prospective safe and sustainable release, but also to ensure there are robust processes to drive effective monitoring and accountability for delivery of that plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Women’s Estate Psychology Service (WEPS) have implemented a National IPP strategy which takes a bespoke case management approach to each woman serving an IPP sentence. The overarching goal of the strategy is to ensure that all are proactively supported to progress through their prison sentences as quickly as possible. Psychologists regularly review cases and jointly work with prison and probation colleagues to remove barriers to progression and expedite completion of interventions and services. There are, as of end December 2022, 40 women in custody serving an IPP sentence, 12 of whom have never been released.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL6853 HL6856 question first answered 06/04/2023 14:58:47 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1439947

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce further plans to improve soil quality and structure in England.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>A Soil Health Action Plan for England (SHAPE) is currently being developed. Stakeholder engagement on the outline of SHAPE is planned for this spring ahead of publication, which is anticipated for 2023. As part of the Soil Structure Measuring and Monitoring Scheme, methodology and guidance for arable and grassland soils is being developed and will be tested with practitioners this spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/03/2022 17:25:10 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1224729

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Common Purpose: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Common Purpose receives financial support from (1) the EU, and (2) any external sources; and if so, how much.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/07/2020 10:44:29 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

884170

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Genocide: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has charged individuals with the crime of genocide; and how many convictions were ultimately secured.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has to date not charged any individual with the crime of genocide.</p><p>There have been a small number of prosecutions for international crimes by the CPS, including those of Anthony Sawonuik who was convicted of war crimes from World War II and Faryadi Sarwar Zardad who was convicted of torture and hostage taking as a result of offences committed in Afghanistan.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:08:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

724464

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many university places were awarded to people with refugee status in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Fink
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of people with refugee status who were awarded a university place via the UCAS system or who are enrolled at UK universities is not held by the department.</p><p>Student support is available to those recognised as refugees (and their spouses, civil partners and children named on the initial application for asylum), provided they have been ordinarily resident in the British Islands since being recognised by the Government as a refugee and are ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course. They are exempt from the three year residence requirement.</p><p>Asylum seekers who are recognised as refugees after the start of their course may qualify for support for the remainder of their studies as follows:</p><ul><li>living cost support in any subsequent years of the course (and in the quarters following the award in the year of the award); and</li><li>fee assistance in any subsequent years of the course (and in the year of the award if the award is made within three months of the first day of the academic year of the course).</li></ul><p>Management information from the SLC showing the number of refugee applicants awarded loans in England in each of the last six years can be found in the table below:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>English Domiciled applicants with a refugee status awarded student loans </em></strong></p><p><em>Academic years 2010/11 to 2015/16 (data effective as at the end of each academic year)</em></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Academic Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of refugees awarded loans</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010/11</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,500</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,700</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,800</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014/15</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,900</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015/16</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,700</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: SLC, Management Information</em></p><p><em>Note: Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC has received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/04/2017 14:32:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4219 label Biography information for Lord Fink

458821

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why there is no mention of disability in the Department for International Development’s single departmental plan; and how that Department intends to ensure disability is prioritised across the Department in the light of that omission.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s Single Departmental Plan reaffirms our commitment to eliminate extreme poverty and to lead the world in implementing the Leave No One Behind Promise agreed by the Prime Minister and other world leaders in September 2015. The inclusion of people with disabilities is central to the delivery of this promise. This is why I launched our revised Disability Framework in December 2015, setting out a comprehensive and strengthened commitment to include people with disabilities in all of our work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 21/03/2016 15:52:17 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

49858

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they will revisit the decision on whether to include Gypsies and Irish Travellers as an ethnic category in the NHS National Data Dictionary; and what account they have taken of the recommendation by the National Inclusion Health Board to the Health and Social Care Information Centre to use the 2011 Census ethnic category classifications in national data collection.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England, in collaboration with other bodies, will shortly produce guidance that advises on the codes for data collection, including those for ethnicity. National Health Service organisations continue to use the 2001 codes in order to support consistency with other data systems within the NHS. NHS organisations can choose to use either the 2001 or the 2011 categories.</p><p> </p><p>Additional codes can be included as appropriate at a local level to reflect the demographic make-up of the local population. This allows local monitoring to take place in a way that supports service planning, decision-making, and key processes such as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We envisage this position will be revisited, with decisions to change this advice based upon the breadth of utilisation of the new coding system.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, Public Health England and NHS England are together considering the findings and recommendations in the report from the National Inclusion Health Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury