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518782

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that the new Education Cannot Wait fund will focus on the most marginalised children, including girls and children with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL76
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in the development of Education Cannot Wait – a fund for education in emergencies. A key focus for Education Cannot Wait will be on ensuring that marginalised children and young people are able to access a quality education. This includes refugees and internally displaced children, as well as children facing barriers to their education because of their gender, disability or other factors.</p><p>This focus is reflected in the Fund’s indicative headline results, which commits to providing “Inclusive education [that] reaches the most marginalised children and young people in crises” with a target of “100% of supported education opportunities demonstrate increase in education for girls, disabled and those in remote locations”.</p><p>The UK will continue to engage closely during Education Cannot Wait’s inception phase, to ensure that this commitment is fully reflected in its final design and results frameworks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 02/06/2016 15:48:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

518754

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Sudanese asylum seekers were refused citizenship by the Home Office in each of the last five years, and in each year what percentage of total applicants that represented.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL48
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The available published information is on Sudanese nationals granted and refused British citizenship from 2010 to 2014. Information that breaks down the applicant’s previous immigration status is not currently available. Figures are provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Sudanese nationals granted and refused British citizenship, 2010 to 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total decisions in applications for British citizenship</p></td><td><p>Granted British citizenship</p></td><td><p>Refused British citizenship</p></td><td><p>Refusals of British citizenship as a percentage of total decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>899</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td><td><p>1,086</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,052</p></td><td><p>982</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>671</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source:Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, Home Office, table cz_09.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501997/citizenship-q4-2015-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501997/citizenship-q4-2015-tabs.ods</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Refusals excluding administrative rejections where documentation or the correct fee were not initially submitted.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Refusal includes withdrawn applications.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excludes South Sudan.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for 2015 will be published on 26th May 2016.</p><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on British citizenship refusals are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics.</p><p>Data tables relating to British citizenship can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501997/citizenship-q4-2015-tabs.ods</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/05/2016 14:09:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

518724

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Islam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 10 most recently appointed Chief Constables in the UK were not internal candidates from the appointing police force, and over what period of time those appointments have taken place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL18
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Three of the ten most recently appointed chief constables in England and Wales were not internal candidates from the appointing police force, although eight of the chief constables have served as a chief officer outside of the force.</p><p>These appointments have taken place over the period from June 2015 to March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2016 14:24:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

518814

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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 how many pregnant women are currently held in detention under the Immigration Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office will not necessarily be aware that a woman is pregnant unless she chooses to make this known to us and a woman may not know herself that she is pregnant when she is detained. It may not always be appropriate for healthcare professionals to disclose information that the patient has asked not to be disclosed.</p><p>As of 19 May 2016 there were no pregnant women detained under Immigration Act powers in an immigration removal centre or residential short-term holding facility, subject to these conditions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/05/2016 10:58:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

518734

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions for failure by employers to pay the National Minimum Wage have been undertaken since the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 came into force; what plans they have to improve the legal enforcement of the National Minimum Wage; and when those improvements will come into effect.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL28
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act there have been 9 prosecutions for NMW offences.</p><p> </p><p>However, prosecutions are not necessarily the best approach in most cases. Criminal sanctions against companies mean that employees – the ultimate beneficiaries of enforcing the NMW – end up waiting longer for their lost earnings to be paid back.</p><p> </p><p>From April this year we increased the civil penalties incurred by non-compliant workers to 200% of the arrears owed to the worker, up to a maximum of £20,000 per worker – having recently increased the penalty cap from £5,000 per employer. We have also increased the enforcement budget for the National Minimum and Living Wage to £20 million for this year, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16. The additional funds will be used to bolster HMRC’s resources through an increase in the number of compliance officers available to investigate NMW abuses, as well as to conduct risk-based enforcement in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not being paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>We will also continue to publically name and shame eligible employers in Government press notices. We expect this tobe a deterrent to employers who would otherwise be tempted not to pay the NMW, but also an incentive for all employers to make sure that they are consistent with the law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 14:28:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

518756

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Fire Regulations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how, and through what channels, they plan to ensure that asylum seekers from Sudan attend English language classes and counselling sessions, so that they can be fully prepared for their asylum application hearing.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL50
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>All asylum seekers have access to publicly-funded legal advice and an interpreter to assist in presenting an accurate account of the reasons for their claim if English is not their first language.</p><p>Asylum seekers are provided with information on how to access legal advice and signposts specialist organisations where they can find additional help, support, counselling and language provision.</p><p>The Home Office funds Migrant Help to provide confidential and impartial advice and guidance to adult asylum seekers and their dependants in a language they understand. Their services include face-to-face advice for newly arrived asylum seekers in initial accommodation and a helpline and website providing information in 15 languages.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/05/2016 14:18:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

518769

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	Southern: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the light of the news that the HALO Trust has been granted approval to clear mines around the site of the baptism of Christ, what representations they plan to make to the government of Israel about clearing mines along the River Jordan that were laid during the 1967 war.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL63
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text We welcome the HALO Trust's work in the West Bank and are pleased that the UK has provided support to this. We will continue to liaise with Israeli and Palestinian authorities on these activities. The British Government has not lobbied the Israeli government to clear mines laid in 1967 along the rest of Jordan River. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/05/2016 10:51:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

518749

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	Israel: Gaza
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in what ways they are targeting the entire population to encourage them to take up physical activity, and not just those who are overweight or obese.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL43
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Government is determined to tackle physical inactivity. Around one in two women and a third of men in England may be damaging their health through a lack of physical activity. Ministers across government continue to work together to identify opportunities to get people active in a range of ways including active travel, health initiatives, planning and sport.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2015 Government published ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation’ - the first comprehensive government strategy for sport for 13 years – it sets out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation. It has a strong focus on reaching inactive people and helping them to get moving in ways that suit them.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England's new strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’, published on 19 May, states that tackling inactivity is a major priority for the organisation, it is tripling its current investment to over £250 million over 4 years, making it the largest single national investor in tackling inactivity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL44 question first answered 31/05/2016 12:52:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

518803

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that NICE guidance is followed in the use of faecal microbiota transplants in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL97
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced guidance on faecal microbiota transplant for recurrent <em>Clostridium difficile</em> infection under the interventional procedure programme. This programme makes recommendations about the safety of the procedures and how well they work. However the guidance does not constitute a direction to National Health Service trusts to provide the interventions. Decisions about whether to provide a treatment are taken locally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL94 question first answered 26/05/2016 16:29:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

518800

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that NICE guidance is followed in the use of faecal microbiota transplants in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL94
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced guidance on faecal microbiota transplant for recurrent <em>Clostridium difficile</em> infection under the interventional procedure programme. This programme makes recommendations about the safety of the procedures and how well they work. However the guidance does not constitute a direction to National Health Service trusts to provide the interventions. Decisions about whether to provide a treatment are taken locally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL97 question first answered 26/05/2016 16:29:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath