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147377

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Cheshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to reconstitute the former Cheshire County Council by bringing together the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to bring together the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. Such resource intensive and disruptive restructuring of local government would be an unnecessary distraction. The two Cheshire councils already have the legal powers to share services and work together if they wish, and they do not need the Government’s permission to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Tri-Borough initiative in London is a good locally-led example of how councils can work together to improve services and delivery savings without the need for local government restructuring.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/11/2014 12:03:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

147405

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
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 Bates on 30 October (HL2330), how many police officers in England and Wales will be expected to undertake personal safety training; and how many operational police officers will not be undertaking personal safety training.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Data regarding police officers undertaking, or not undertaking personal safety training is held by individual police forces and is not collated by the Home Office or the College of Policing. National guidance, set by the Association of Chief Police Officers requires all police personnel to undertake personal safety training relevant to their role requirements and to refresh this on an annual basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/11/2014 11:59:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143441

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 6 November (HL2589), what savings they have made to date from alliances between passenger train operators and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The sole deep Alliance between a passenger train operator and Network Rail (NR) is the Wessex Alliance between South West Trains and NR. It seeks to deliver benefits such as more effective station management, better planning of track maintenance, aligned objectives and operational efficiencies</p><p> </p><p>The Alliance sees South West Trains and Network Rail share risks and opportunities within agreed parameters. To date, the Alliance has focused on improving the underlying condition of the infrastructure in order to secure operational efficiencies in the future. That approach has not yet generated savings for the Alliance, or therefore Government. Network Rail and South West Trains have, however, gained sufficient confidence in the potential of the Alliance to continue the arrangements into 2017 and we expect to see a financial return arising from these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 17/11/2014 12:01:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

143452

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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 30 October (HL2329), what are the extra costs to the National Health Service of net immigration between 2001 and 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is not able to make a reliable estimate of the extra costs to the National Health Service budget of net immigration between 2001 and 2011, since the NHS does not hold or collate data on costs based on a person’s nationality or immigration status.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In 2013, the Department commissioned a quantitative report to better understand the extent of the use of the NHS by migrants and visitors to support the consultation <em>Sustaining services, ensuring fairness: A consultation on migrant access and their financial contribution to NHS provision in England. </em>The report “Quantitative Assessment of Visitor and Migrant Use of the NHS in England. Exploring the Data.” estimates the total cost of visitors and temporary migrants’ normal use of NHS services to be £1.8 billion per year. This is the total gross cost and currently only a proportion of this is chargeable (approximately £460 million). Only some secondary care services are chargeable to non-European Economic Area individuals, and services for emergency care and public health reasons are exempt for all visitors and migrants, in addition to exemptions for different groups of individuals. This is an estimate for visitors and temporary migrants coming to England and does not account for the saving from individuals who migrate from the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2014 12:05:06 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

114479

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Iran
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 French-Iranian collaboration on uranium enrichment through SOFIDIF, and its relationship with the P5+1 group progress towards an agreement with Iran on the Iranian nuclear programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL2666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Areva, a French company, jointly own Société franco–iranienne pour l’enrichissement de l’uranium par diffusion gazeuse (SOFIDIF). SOFIDIF in turn has an interest in a uranium enrichment facility in France. The collaboration between AEOI and Areva pre-dates the 1979 Revolution in Iran. We do not believe it has a bearing on P5+1 talks with Iran.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/11/2014 16:48:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

114486

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Orchestras: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to hold discussions with the BBC about the future funding of the Ulster Orchestra.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/11/2014 16:59:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

114498

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland, in the light of the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree new welfare reform proposals.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Discussions on welfare reform are continuing to be held at the multi-party talks which are taking place in Belfast. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is pressing hard for an agreed resolution of the issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 11/11/2014 12:02:55 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

114503

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how official police use of international mobile subscriber identity catchers is authorised.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL2681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Investigative activity involving interference with property or wireless telegraphy is regulated by the Police Act 1997 which sets out the high level of authorisation required before the police can undertake such activity. Use of these powers is overseen by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/11/2014 17:02:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

114510

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they monitor the broadcasting of incitement to violent jihad on non-English-language broadcasts in the United Kingdom; and whether they have any plans to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government works with the independent regulator Ofcom which is responsible for regulating broadcasting services. Ofcom monitors broadcasts to detect breaches of the Broadcasting Code and a broadcast which contained incitement to violent jihad would breach this code.</p><p>Ofcom has fined broadcasters in the past for inciting violent action and has a foreign language translation resource which enables it to monitor foreign language channels.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/11/2014 16:55:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

114514

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
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 citizens who have suffered threats or violence as a result of converting from Islam to another belief system.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>No formal assessment of the number of citizens who have suffered threats or violence as a result of converting from Islam to another belief system has been made.</p><p>However the UK Government takes all forms of hate crime very seriously. We deplore all religious and racially motivated attacks and so-called honour-based violence. We are encouraging anyone who is a victim of a hate crime, or subject to race-related abuse or attack, to report the incident to the police, so the offenders can be dealt with appropriately.</p><p><br>The May 2014 progress report into hate crime provides both an overview of Government achievements, and case study examples, demonstrating how work to tackle hate crime is being carried out locally. In addition, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary will be carrying out an inspection into the police response to honour-based violence in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/11/2014 12:15:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch