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1047553

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date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise the state pension age arrangements for women born in the 1950s who are adversely affected by (1) the Pensions Act 1995, and (2) the Pensions Act 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government has no plans to revisit the policy on women’s State Pension age and does not intend to make further concessions. The changes in the 2011 Act occurred following a public Call for Evidence and extensive debates in Parliament. A concession limiting the increase in State Pension age under the 2011 Act in any individual case to 18 months, relative to the 1995 Act timetable, has already been made during the passage Act (at the cost of £1.1 billion).</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/02/2019 14:39:42 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047554

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce transitional state pension arrangements for women born in the 1950s who are adversely affected by the change of the state pension age introduced in (1) the Pensions Act 1995, and (2) the Pensions Act 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government will not be making changes to its policy on State Pension age for women born in the 1950s.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already introduced transitional arrangements, costing £1.1 billion. This concession reduced the proposed increase in State Pension age for over 450,000 men and women, and means that no woman will see her pension age change by more than 18 months, relative to the original 1995 Act timetable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not be making any further concessions in addition to those arrangements already made for women affected by the acceleration of increases in State Pension age.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:04:13 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047555

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women born in the 1950s and who retired between the age of 60 and the revised state pension age are in receipt of Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The available information is shown below and shows the number of women aged 60 and above who are on Universal Credit by employment status as of December 2018.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of Women on Universal Credit by age group and employment status, December 2018, Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employment Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not in employment</strong></p></td><td><p>25,800</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>26,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In employment</strong></p></td><td><p>10,181</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>10,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>35,978</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>36,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not centrally collate information on a person’s retirement status except when State Pension is being claimed. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:47:38 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047556

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Department for Work and Pensions' Independent Case Examiner’s Office has closed its review of complaints regarding the changes in women's state pension age.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>When a department and independent bodies face a legal case, they have to review whether they continue to assess claims or await determination of the legal case. This has been the policy under all governments, Labour, Coalition, and Conservative, for decades.</p><p>The Independent Case Examiner (ICE) closed all live cases which concerned complaints about the state pension age for women (WASPI) when they became subject to legal proceedings, as is required under its governance contract. In the event the legal proceedings fall away or there is no determination on the matters which form the basis of the WASPI complaints, the ICE could consider reopening the cases at the request of the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:52:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047557

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office global review into the persecution of Christians; what is the timeframe for agreeing the terms of reference for that review; and whether it will be possible for external experts and organisations to comment on these terms before they are finalised.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office attaches great importance to this independent global review into the persecution of Christians, which was launched on 30 January. The Terms of Reference for the review are currently being agreed with the independent reviewer. They will be published once finalised. We will ensure that the Bishop of Truro is well supported and has the resources needed to conduct the review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/02/2019 15:36:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1047558

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage departments, including the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, to make freedom of religion or belief literacy training available for their staff; and whether they will produce strategies which show how they aim to promote freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion Strategy makes clear our commitment to addressing issues of faith and belief as part of our wider approach to inclusion. The strategy also makes clear our commitment to working with all government departments to achieve this goal.</p><p>We have a Civil Service Faith and Belief Champion in place (Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary DEFRA), and Faith and Belief departmental Champions in 26 departments (across Whitehall and agencies - including the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development), tasked with promoting faith literacy and inclusion in their departments.</p><p>The Champions and networks across Government have agreed a narrative that will underpin our work towards greater faith literacy.</p><p>Faith and Belief training is currently being developed for use by line managers, Champions and networks to support more inclusive environments for faith and belief in the Civil Service.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/01/2019 14:54:19 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1047559

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Religious Freedom: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they are making in developing a database which tracks freedom of religion or belief violations and other data about religious or belief minorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>It is important that we have the best possible information about the situation members of minorities face in asserting their right to Freedom of Religion or Belief. It is certainly something that I have been looking at very closely since my appointment last summer as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy. We currently use many sources of information to determine the level of discrimination of different communities around the world. In addition, we have strong partnerships with representatives and leaders of different communities around the world. We are looking at how we can verify and use the data provided by non-governmental organisations and others ​to inform our work and help us provide the right support.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/01/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1047560

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Christianity: Oppression
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to encourage Heads of Mission and Department for International Development country heads to develop country-specific strategies and programmes to protect Christians and advance the right to freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, I encourage all Heads of Mission to develop strategies and programmes to protect and promote Freedom of Religion or Belief where it is under threat. We work with posts to develop strategies and programmes which promote Freedom of Religion and Belief, including strengthening the work of civil society organisations. The Foreign Secretary has commissioned an independent, global review into Christian persecution, which will make recommendations on the additional practical steps the government can take to support persecuted Christians. The Review is due to deliver an interim report by Easter 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2019 17:17:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1047561

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Genocide
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 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, enacted by the United States Congress, and in particular of provision regarding the negotiation of the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes as a core national security interest and moral responsibility; and whether they have any plans to introduce similar legislation to protect Christians and other religious minority groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>​The British Government has noted this US legislation but has not had an opportunity to consider it in detail. Atrocity prevention is integrated into the UK's overall approach to conflict prevention. Reducing conflict and building stability overseas are National Security Strategy priorities, referred to in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy 2011, and the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review 2015, which was endorsed by the National Security Capability Review in 2018. There are no plans to introduce legislation on genocide related to religious groups.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/02/2019 12:29:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1047562

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: Government Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Callanan on 22 January (HL12635 and HL12636), how they will prioritise the remaining bills they consider need to be enacted before the UK leaves the EU on 29 March; and whether they will list them in that priority order.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL13055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has undertaken extensive work to identify the primary legislation essential to deliver our exit from the EU in different scenarios. We are preparing for all potential outcomes and we are committed to legislate as needed to deliver our exit.</p><p>Much of this legislation is already in place, for example the Nuclear Safeguards Act and the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act, and a number of important statutory instruments.</p><p>The remaining legislation will be prioritised appropriately to ensure the measures needed are in place before the UK leaves the EU. As is always the case, Ministers will need to explain to each House the priority which should be accorded to each Bill as it is considered.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/02/2019 17:00:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton