Queen's Birthday Parties are a celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday. They are an opportunity to celebrate the relationships between the UK and other countries.<\/p>
Coming so soon after the unjustified and incendiary remarks made about the UK by the Mauritian Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly, it would not have been appropriate to have held one this year. A decision to cancel Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Party was taken at Ministerial level.<\/p>
We have no doubt about our sovereignty over British Indian Ocean Territory, which has been under continuous British sovereignty since 1814. We have made a long-standing commitment to cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius when it is no longer required for defence purposes. We stand by that commitment.<\/p>
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Queen's Birthday Parties are a celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday. They are an opportunity to celebrate the relationships between the UK and other countries.<\/p>
Coming so soon after the unjustified and incendiary remarks made about the UK by the Mauritian Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly, it would not have been appropriate to have held one this year. A decision to cancel Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Party was taken at Ministerial level.<\/p>
We have no doubt about our sovereignty over British Indian Ocean Territory, which has been under continuous British sovereignty since 1814. We have made a long-standing commitment to cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius when it is no longer required for defence purposes. We stand by that commitment.<\/p>
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It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, to establish the number of prisoners who have been released on ROTL to allow access to higher and further education in each of the last three years.<\/p>
<\/p>
There are four categories of ROTL: Resettlement Day Release (RDR), Resettlement Overnight Release (ROR), Special Purpose Licence (SPL) and Childcare Resettlement Licence (CRL). Prisons are required to record the reasons for each release on temporary licence choosing from the following options. They are not required to specify the level of education:<\/p>
<\/p>
(RDR) Education or Training<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Retail and Wholesale<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work \u2013 Manufacturing<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Catering and hospitality<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Transportation and storage<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Construction and recycling<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - IT and communication<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Agriculture and horticulture<\/p>
(RDR) Paid Work - Other<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Retail and Wholesale<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work \u2013 Manufacturing<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Catering and hospitality<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Transportation and storage<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Construction and recycling<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - IT and communication<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Agriculture and horticulture<\/p>
(RDR) Unpaid Work - Other<\/p>
(RDR) Prisoner Apprenticeships Pathway<\/p>
(RDR) Maintain Family Ties<\/p>
(RDR) Outside Prison Activities<\/p>
(RDR) Accommodation Related<\/p>
(RDR) Other RDR Linked to Sentence/Resettlement Plan<\/p>
(ROR) Resettlement Overnight Release<\/p>
(SPL) Funeral<\/p>
(SPL) Visit Dying Relative<\/p>
(SPL) Medical/Dental Inpatient Appointment<\/p>
(SPL) Medical/Dental Outpatient Appointment<\/p>
(SPL) Other Compassionate Reason<\/p>
(SPL) Court/Legal/Police/Prison Transfer<\/p>
(CRL) Childcare Resettlement Licence<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4538", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Keen of Elie"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-24T11:51:47.257Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisoners' Release: Education"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have been Released on Temporary Licence to enable them to access higher and further education in the community in each of the last three academic years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3744", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Ramsbotham"} ], "uin" : "HL17171"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 3, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }