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943356

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date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Spaceflight: Sutherland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the business case for creating a spaceport at A’Mhoine; and what is the anticipated cost per kilogram of satellite launched as compared with existing available alternative launchers.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL9575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has this week announced grant funding for a number of projects to kick-start the market for commercial spaceport in the UK, including to support Highlands and Islands Executive (HIE) to build a vertical launch spaceport on the A’Mhoine Peninsula, Sutherland. HIE’s proposal was put forward with its commercial partners and is held in confidence by the UK Space Agency. The cost per kilogram of launch from any spaceport will depend on a number of factors, including the launch vehicle and mission profile, that can only be assessed by a launch vehicle operator.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/07/2018 14:51:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

943357

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 Gardiner of Kimble on 9 July (HL8894), what assessment they have made of the information published by the Lundy Management Forum and the Community of Arran Seabed Trust in respect of Lamlash Bay, and the Atlas of Marine Protection in respect of Flamborough Head that indicate that the total area of all no take zones in UK waters is approximately 2.7 square miles.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL9576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra has made no assessment of the information referred to.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Marine Protected Area is designated, matters relating to fisheries management become the remit of either local Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) or the Marine Management Organisation. In the case of Flamborough Head, Northern Eastern IFCA is the responsible authority.</p><p> </p><p>MPAs are a devolved responsibility and so matters relating to Lamlash Bay fall under the remit of the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on the Third Tranche of Marine Conservation Zones closed on 20 July. As part of this consultation, we asked for views on whether we should establish Highly Protected Marine Areas in the future. These are areas where most or all human activities would not be permitted.<br></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/07/2018 13:30:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

943358

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to use the apprenticeship levy funds made available by the fall in apprenticeship starts to reinstate the contracts which were removed from experienced small training providers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
uin	HL9577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Any unspent apprenticeship funds in levy payer accounts are used to support levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund apprenticeship training for non-levy payers.</p><p>The procurement for apprenticeship training for non-levy payers was managed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. We did not remove contracts from training providers, but as with any procurement, some bidders were not successful. We are not able to revisit the decisions made at that time, nor are we able to award funding to bidders that were not successful, as the procurement is now closed.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:41:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4578 label Biography information for Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice

943359

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Mental Health: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people diagnosed with mental health problems caused by gambling-related harm.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL9578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of people diagnosed with mental health problems caused by gambling-related harm. We are currently developing a new version of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset to improve data collection in this area that we will use to capture gambling related mental health problems in the future. We are aiming to introduce the updated dataset by the end of 2019, which will also enable us to evaluate IAPT outcomes for people with gambling problems.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 25/07/2018 11:49:18 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

943360

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister for Immigration on 16 July (HC Deb, col 11), whether all of the 44 children held in immigration detention, in the last period for which numbers are available, were held with their families immediately prior to return; whether all were held at Tinsley House; and whether any were detained for longer than 72 hours.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL9579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>There were 44 children held in immigration detention between January and December 2017. 11 children were removed from the UK, with five being returned from Gatwick Pre-Departure Accommodation and six from the Family Unit within Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre. All 11 children who were returned were held with their families prior to return for less than 72 hours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:31:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

943361

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive; and when it will come into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL9580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) entered into force in July of this year, with a transposition deadline of January 2020. This falls during the Implementation Period, and so the UK will transpose this Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult on the transposition of 5AMLD in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL9582 question first answered 31/07/2018 11:57:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

943363

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Conduct Authority will have responsibility for enforcing the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL9581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is already responsible for the anti-money laundering (AML) supervision of UK credit and financial institutions and certain other categories of firm specified in the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) contains measures that include bringing new categories of firm into scope of national AML regimes. The Government will consult on its approach to transposing 5AMLD in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2018 12:01:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

943364

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK will continue to apply the terms of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL9582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) entered into force in July of this year, with a transposition deadline of January 2020. This falls during the Implementation Period, and so the UK will transpose this Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult on the transposition of 5AMLD in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL9580 question first answered 31/07/2018 11:57:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

943365

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement made by the Minister for Europe and the Americas on 2 July (HC Deb, col 26) with respect to the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee reports into detainee mistreatment and rendition, what criteria they will take into account as part of their "careful consideration of calls for a judge-led inquiry"; and whether they intend for the update "within 60 days of publication of the reports" to take the form of a ministerial statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL9583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2018 answer text <p>As Baroness Goldie said on 2 July, the Government will aim to provide a full and formal response to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Detainee Inquiry within 60 days of the publication of their reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/08/2018 12:18:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

943366

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken with other countries and UN agencies, including the World Meteorological Organisation, to help restore water to the rivers and ground water resources in war torn countries in the Middle East.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL9584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with partners, including UN agencies, to improve access to and management of water resources in a number of Middle Eastern countries.</p><p>Examples include:</p><p>- Technical support for national policy and planning on water resources in Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>- Support for water resources management in Yemen, through the World Bank’s Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience.</p><p>- Working with UNICEF in Jordan to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.</p><p>- Supporting the Water Authority of Jordan carry out urgently needed improvement of the wastewater system’s operational capacity, by building a new wastewater conveyor (redundancy pipe) benefitting a total of 2.3 million people.</p><p>- Support to the construction of the Central Gaza Desalination Plant and upgrading of the water distribution network in Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton