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167251

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date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sri Lanka
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the European Union decision in 2010 to remove trade concessions from Sri Lanka pending the government of that country improving its human rights record has created a precedent for other countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>In 2010 some trade preferences, known as GSP+, were removed from Sri Lanka by the European Union following investigations and reports which found significant shortcomings in respect of Sri Lanka’s implementation of three human rights conventions. Sri Lanka continues to receive beneficial but less generous trade preferences from the EU under the ‘standard’ GSP scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As was the case for Sri Lanka, any decision for the EU to remove GSP+ preferences from a country is based on the objective criteria and following the process established in the GSP Regulation as agreed by European Member States and the European Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 15/12/2014 17:51:12 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

167252

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average annual cost of incarcerating a prisoner in each year between 2011 and 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The average cost per prisoner has been reducing year-on-year since 2009-10. Between 2009-10 and 2013-14 there has been a real terms reduction of 17% in the overall average cost per prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place, based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. This includes a breakdown of these costs by prison category and individual prison within each category.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published information for the average cost of a prison place and average cost of a prisoner for financial year 2013-14, together with other information on the calculation of prison unit costs is published alongside the Management Information Addendum to the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Annual Report &amp; Accounts. This can be accessed using the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p><p>A copy of this and similar information for previous financial years can also be found in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department and we are committed to delivering prison changes designed to modernise the prison estate and further reduce prison costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/12/2014 17:29:53 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167253

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to improve enforcement of the national minimum wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs enforces the National Minimum Wage for all workers and investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline. In addition, HMRC conducts pro-active enforcement in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking a tough approach towards employers that do not comply with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) law, including through making their non-compliance public. 55 employers have been named so far and between them they owed workers a total of over £139,000 in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also increased the financial penalty percentage that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law from 50 per cent to 100 per cent of the unpaid arrears owed to workers and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. This came into effect on 7 March 2014. We are introducing primary legislation so that the penalty can be calculated on a per worker basis.</p><p> </p><p>Any worker who thinks they are not being paid what they are legally entitled to can call the Pay and Work Right Helpline on 0800 917 2368. Employers can also call the helpline for free advice if they are unsure of their obligations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/12/2014 14:21:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167254

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support services are currently available to victims and survivors of Northern Ireland-related acts of terrorism in Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Individual victims and survivors of Northern Ireland related acts of terrorism who are resident in England and Wales are able to apply for funding from the Victims and Survivors Service (VSS) in Northern Ireland. The VSS is the main funder of victims’ groups in Northern Ireland and provides a tailored package to meet the individual needs of victims and survivors including counselling, physiotherapy and the purchase of equipment such as wheelchairs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own devolved arrangements for supporting victims of crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/12/2014 17:58:12 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167255

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many foreign nationals convicted for criminal offences have re-offended over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Proven re-offending data currently produced by the Ministry of Justice does not include information on the nationality of all offenders. To extract this information would require the manual inspection of individual offender records, and linking releavnt offender details to the Police National Computer to assess their re-offending, which could be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/12/2014 17:59:23 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167256

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people from Northern Ireland were recruited to the Army in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Annual recruitment to the Army from Northern Ireland over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(to 31 October)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10. Numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 08/12/2014 16:40:37 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167257

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland were employed in the Republic of Ireland and were liable for United Kingdom income tax in (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by HM Revenue &amp; Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 16/12/2014 16:53:09 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167258

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the National Research Unit for Nursing was disbanded; and which organisation was given responsibility for collecting statistics concerning the nursing profession.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL3359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme (PRP) funds research in three main ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- long term programmes of research in academic policy research units, designed to meet the longer-term research needs of the Department as well as to provide a rapid response function;</p><p> </p><p>- large-scale initiatives, comprising linked groups of studies, providing a range of empirical evidence on a key policy area or issue; and</p><p> </p><p>- single projects and literature or scoping reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A PRP contract with the National Nursing Research Unit at King’s College London ended in December 2012. This funded a programme of policy-relevant nursing research including research based on analysis of new and existing datasets. The PRP does not currently fund research units in any specific health professions. The PRP will continue to fund new high quality research into policy and practice in nursing or other health professions using its policy research units and programme or other mechanisms as necessary. Details of research units and other research funded by the PRP is available on the website of the PRP Central Commissioning Facility:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/PRPFiles/Commissioned%20Projects%20-%20Nov%202014LaySummaries.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 14:28:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

167259

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which health professions have retained a national research unit to collect data on the profession; and what is the current annual budget for each.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL3360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme (PRP) funds research in three main ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- long term programmes of research in academic policy research units, designed to meet the longer-term research needs of the Department as well as to provide a rapid response function;</p><p> </p><p>- large-scale initiatives, comprising linked groups of studies, providing a range of empirical evidence on a key policy area or issue; and</p><p> </p><p>- single projects and literature or scoping reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A PRP contract with the National Nursing Research Unit at King’s College London ended in December 2012. This funded a programme of policy-relevant nursing research including research based on analysis of new and existing datasets. The PRP does not currently fund research units in any specific health professions. The PRP will continue to fund new high quality research into policy and practice in nursing or other health professions using its policy research units and programme or other mechanisms as necessary. Details of research units and other research funded by the PRP is available on the website of the PRP Central Commissioning Facility:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/PRPFiles/Commissioned%20Projects%20-%20Nov%202014LaySummaries.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 14:29:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

167260

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Student Wastage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current attrition rate in numbers and percentage for student nurses in each year of their training at each higher education institute for each of the past three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL3361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) took responsibility for commissioning pre-registration nurse education on 1 April 2013 and has a mandate deliverable to reduce attrition over the coming years. To replace the Department’s national data collection exercise, HEE has undertaken a data collection exercise to identify training output as a percentage of reported starters. The figures for the output, as a percentage of starters expressed as a projected attrition rate, in each of the last three years for which information is available are in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Attrition as a percentage of reported starters:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year course started</p></td><td><p>Projected attrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>24.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health Education England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE is determined to ensure that there is a year on year reduction in levels of attrition and will be working with universities to deliver this, including ensuring a single definition of attrition and how it is managed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 16:26:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough