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514684

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date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Rural Areas
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 importance of rural transport services in tackling loneliness amongst (1) young people, (2) the elderly, (3) those suffering from mental ill health, and (4) those suffering from physical ill health.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL7830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public transport for both the sustainability and independence of communities. Inadequate transport provision is a very real concern and can be a barrier to the wellbeing of all, particularly those living in more isolated areas.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, however, it is for local authorities, working in partnership with their communities, to identify the right transport solutions that meet the economic and environmental challenges faced in their areas and deliver the greatest benefits for their residents.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 14:03:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

514685

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are giving to local authorities to ensure that changes to funding for local bus services do not negatively affect (1) young people, (2) the elderly, (3) those suffering from mental ill health, and (4) those suffering from physical ill health.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL7831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The majority of public funding for local bus services in England is provided by the Department for Communities and Local Government. However, the Department for Transport also provides around £40m of Grant funding directly to English local authorities for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Total Transport initiative has also provided around £8m funding for 37 pilot projects exploring how local authorities and other agencies can work together to commission transport services more effectively – including integrating NHS non-emergency patient transport.</p><p> </p><p>Authorities should remain mindful of their statutory equality duties, including the Equality Act 2010’s Public Sector Equality Duty, and the effect of proposals on all people with protected characteristics, including those who are disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 14:04:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

514686

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
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 effectiveness of the Bus Service Operators Grant in tackling isolation and loneliness in rural communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL7832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>Under the Bus Subsidy Operators Grant (BSOG) system, the Government pays out some £250m a year to bus operators and local authorities to support bus services outside London. BSOG plays an especially important role in protecting services in rural areas as it supports an extra 25 million bus journeys a year in those areas, by helping extend the bus network and allowing operators to charge lower fares. Department for Transport analysis indicates that BSOG has helped extend the rural bus network by 13%, equivalent to an additional 38 million kilometres, providing residents with vital links to local services.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2016 11:09:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

514687

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many regional devolution settlements that are (1) agreed already, and (2) currently being negotiated, include the devolution of transport powers; and what impact those settlements will have on local bus services.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL7833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>(1) The Government has agreed devolution settlements with 10 English areas. Each of the settlements contained provisions for the devolution of transport powers and responsibilities, from bus franchising to the establishment and management of key route networks, based on the ambitions and needs of each individual area.</p><p>(2) The Government is in active discussions with many other areas, however, proposals are developed and led by local areas and the decision to release information regarding the content of these discussions is a matter for the local area to decide, not the Government. As individual negotiations conclude and devolution deals are agreed, local areas may decide to publish the final deal documents on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The Bus Services Bill will enable the implementation of the commitments made in devolution settlements to provide authorities with a greater say over the bus services in their area. It will be up to authorities to determine whether and how they implement changes to the way in which local bus services are provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/05/2016 11:00:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

514699

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many failed asylum cases were overturned on appeal (1) for each of the last three years, and (2) so far in 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes figures on asylum appeals determinations in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>The following table shows the annual number of asylum appeals that were allowed, from 2013 to 2015. Statistics for January to March 2016 are scheduled to be published on 26 May 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, 2013 to 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals Allowed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,234</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Source: Table as_14, volume 4 of Asylum data tables, <em>Immigration Statistics</em> October to December 2015, Home Office</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https: //www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/05/2016 14:39:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

514304

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will now update the benefit-cost ratios for both Phase 1 of HS2 and the complete project to allow for: (1) extra costs arising from the mitigation and compensation that has already been agreed or should be allowed for as a contingency to cover recommendations of the House of Commons High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Select Committee and other Parliamentary committees or official bodies, and negotiations between the Government and affected parties; (2) any extra expenditure required to strengthen the track in order to run trains at the proposed speed, in the light of the research conducted by Professor Peter Woodward; (3) any other costs extra to those allowed for in previous benefit-cost ratio calculations; (4) revised estimates of benefits; and (5) delays in construction and the start of operations not anticipated in previous benefit-cost ratio calculations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL7794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish updated benefit-cost ratios for different phases of the scheme at the next iteration of the relevant business cases, including Phase 1, reflecting all the latest information on costs and benefits.</p><p> </p><p>All published benefit-cost ratios for HS2 account for unexpected costs. For Phase 1, the benefit-cost ratio published in October 2013 in the <em>Economic Case for HS2</em> included contingencies for unforeseen costs. There is therefore no increase to overall costs as a result of the Parliamentary process, as the cost estimate included provision for that process. The benefit-cost ratio was also tested against a range of different cost assumptions.</p><p> </p><p>For the rest of the project, the cost estimates were adjusted for optimism bias. The benefit-cost ratio estimates for the full Y and Phase 2a in latest update, published in November 2015 in the <em>West Midlands to Crewe Economic Case</em>, also accounted for the risk of construction inflation exceeding general inflation over the next five years. This information has been placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p>There is no change to the planned opening date for HS2 and HS2 Ltd remain on track to start construction in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/04/2016 11:53:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

514305

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their intention that the 20,000 refugees being brought to the UK before 2020 will be housed in local authority accommodation or hosted by British families.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has been operating resettlement schemes for many years and we already have established an effective networks to accommodate and support resettled people. We continue to work closely with Local Authorities to ensure infrastructure and support networks are in place for the appropriate care and integration of these refugees. This includes ensuring suitable housing is available for them. The accommodation provided to refugees resettled in the UK under the Syrian VPR programme is likely to be private rented accommodation and will be within existing local housing allowance rates. We are not looking to host Syrian refugees in people's homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 12:42:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

514306

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the process of resettling 20,000 refugees by 2020 fulfils the criteria of the UNHCR Integration Programme outlined in its 2013 report <i>The Integration of Resettled Refugees</i>, including provisions for pre-departure information, initial reception, orientation and documentation, social support, employment support, language training, education, healthcare, housing and income support.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has worked closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on both the development and delivery of its Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>Through the International Organisation for Migration the UK offers cultural orientation pre-departure to refugees being resettled to the UK. Upon arrival, local authorities are funded to provide refugees with a 12 month support package tailored to their individual needs which includes; accommodation, support in addressing any medical and social care needs, integration assistance and English language tuition.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/04/2016 15:22:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

514307

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost of providing accommodation for the 20,000 refugees to be resettled in the UK before 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The accommodation provided to refugees resettled in the UK under the Syrian VPR programme is likely to be private rented accommodation and will be within existing local housing allowance rates.</p><p>The first 12 months of a refugee’s resettlement costs are fully funded by central government using the overseas aid budget. At the Spending Review, the Chancellor announced an estimated £460 million over the spending review period to cover the first 12 months’ costs under the scheme. The costs which can be covered from the aid budget include, for example, any education, housing, medical or social care the refugees might need immediately on arrival.</p><p>At the Spending Review the Government committed £129 million to assist with local authority costs over years 2-5 of the scheme. This will be allocated on a tariff basis over four years, tapering from £5,000 per person in their second year in the UK, to £1,000 per person in year five.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 12:42:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

514308

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation process took place with local authorities in preparation for their policy of bringing 20,000 refugees to the UK by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure that no local authority is asked to take more than the local structures are able to cope with. That is why we work closely with local authorities and other partners, including the Local Government Association, to ensure that capacity can be identified and the impact on those taking new cases can be managed in a fair and controlled way.</p><p>This is a voluntary scheme whereby local authorities sign up to accept refugees on a voluntary basis. We have asked them to think very carefully about whether they have the infrastructure and support networks needed to ensure the appropriate care and integration of these refugees before they make an offer of places to the Resettlement Team.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 12:43:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno