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1242244

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date	12/10/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address racism.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Race Disparity Audit (RDA) and its website, Ethnicity Facts and Figures, was launched in October 2017. The website is a world first and has been welcomed internationally for its open and data-driven approach to highlighting inequalities of outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In response to its findings, Government has taken action to address disparities in criminal justice, increasing diversity in employment, mental health, school exclusions, and barriers to progress for young people.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Race Disparity Unit has worked across Whitehall and with local authorities to co-produce interventions to address disparities. These include:</p><p>○ In the last 12 months, we have undertaken work to improve trust between police forces and the local communities that they serve, including increasing diversity in the police workforce and developing additional training</p><p>○ We continue to provide targeted employment support in twenty areas around the country with high rates of ethnic minority unemployment to boost earning potential</p><p>○ Last year, we announced measures to drive change in tackling inequalities between ethnic groups in higher education, and the last 10 years have seen a significant increase in the rates of 18 year olds from ethnic minority groups going to university;</p><p>○ And we are acting on the findings of the Public Health England Review into disparities in the risks and outcomes of COVID-19 to ensure we take the right steps to protect and minimise the risks to vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this year the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was established and is examining all aspects of continuing racial and ethnic disparities in Britain. The Commission aims to set out a new, positive agenda for change - balancing the needs of individuals, communities and society, maximising opportunities and ensuring fairness for all.</p><p>It is building on the work of the Race Disparity Unit. The Commission is carrying out a deeper examination of what the causes of these disparities are, and is seeking to establish what works to address them effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 03/11/2020 17:49:26 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242245

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Home Secretary at the Conservative Party Conference on 4 October, what assessment they have made of the actions of "do-gooders" and "leftie lawyers"; and what steps they intend to take in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The comments were made in the context of a trend whereby individuals submit last-minute appeals on the basis of human rights claims that we would have expected to have been made far earlier in proceedings and which often transpire to be unmeritorious.</p><p>Concerns have been relayed about the behaviour of certain NGOs in France in how they are supporting migrants. We take any information of organised criminality seriously and will investigate appropriately.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/12/2020 16:56:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242246

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage of, immigration decisions were overturned on appeal in 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service publish appeal outcomes data on a quarterly basis. A link to the data for the last quarter of 2019 is provided here;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p>The table in FIA­_3 contains the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/10/2020 16:19:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Tribunal_and_GRC_statistics_Q3_201920.pdf title Tribunal Stats - Oct-Dec 2019
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242247

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Reform
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 case for reforming immigration procedure; when they last reviewed those procedures; and what plans they have to undertake another such review.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>In 2016, and again in 2019, the British people voted to take back control of our borders and introduce a new points-based immigration system that will work for the whole UK.</p><p>The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Exit) Bill delivers on these votes by ending the automatic right to live and work in UK for EU migrants and, when the Transition period with the EU ends, we will have control of our immigration system for the first time in decades.</p><p>We will be free to implement the changes we need to restore trust in the immigration system and deliver our new fairer, firmer, skills-led system from 1 January 2021.</p><p>We will continue to review the system and the underpinning Rules.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/10/2020 16:42:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242248

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain the £20 increase to the weekly standard allowance of Universal Credit, made during the COVID-19 pandemic, indefinitely.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Future decisions on spending will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event, and Parliament will be updated accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/10/2020 14:10:16 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242249

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of people awaiting a decision on their asylum claims.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>Asylum Operations has been exploring several options to get the system moving again following the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier in the year. There are plans to speed up asylum interviews and decision making with steps being taken to improve efficiency, focusing on process improvements, better quality decisions and transformation.</p><p>We are also seeking to put in place temporarily, resource from within the Home Office and other government departments to assist with outstanding claims, along with other alternatives as a short-term measure.</p><p>We are determined to fix our broken asylum system. An asylum system should provide safe haven to those fleeing persecution, oppression or tyranny. But right now, ours enables organised criminals to elbow the most vulnerable to the side.</p><p>Which is why the new system will be fairer and firmer. It will be compassionate towards those who need our help, welcoming people through safe and legal routes. And it will stop the exploitation of the broken system by those who come here illegally and often make unfounded or meritless claims to remain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/10/2020 16:41:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1241502

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much foreign aid they sent to Yemen in (1) 2017, and (2) 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL8890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>As stated in DFID's publicly available Annual Reports and Accounts, the final UK bilateral funding allocation to Yemen was £203 million for the 2017/18 financial year and £238 million for the 2019/20 financial year. This financial year (2020/21) we have committed to spend at least £200 million in aid to Yemen, the same amount we pledged last year, bringing the total UK commitment to over £1 billion since the conflict began in 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/10/2020 16:12:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1241503

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Yemen
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of UK arms sales to Yemen in (1) 2017, and (2) 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL8891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Although defence and security export statistics by region are published annually on GOV.UK, they do not separately identify data relating to individual countries.</p><p>The Government publishes official statistics about export licences granted and refused each quarter. The data currently includes details of licences up to 31 March 2020. Data for the period 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2020 was published on 13 October 2020. The data can be accessed on GOV.UK.</p><p>Licences granted are not necessarily a measure of exports shipped in a given period as they are valid for between two and five years. Licensing data only provides a partial indication of sales as exporters only declare export values for a subsection of licences (Standard Individual Export Licences). Some licences expire before they are used and, in these circumstances, exporters must submit a further application, which can result in an element of double counting. All UK export licence applications are assessed rigorously against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing criteria.</p><p>Export values declared for Standard Individual Export Licences for military exports granted to Yemen in 2017 and 2019 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£21,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is also the case that there is a partial arms embargo on Yemen. The embargo applies only to designated individuals and entities.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 21/10/2020 10:52:13 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1241504

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia in (1) 2017, and (2) 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL8892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Although defence and security export statistics by region are published annually on GOV.UK, they do not separately identify data relating to individual countries.</p><p>The Government publishes official statistics about export licences granted and refused each quarter. The data currently includes details of licences up to 31 March 2020. Data for the period 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2020 was published on 13 October 2020. The data can be accessed on GOV.UK.</p><p>It should be noted that licences granted are not necessarily a measure of sales or exports shipped in a given period as they are valid for between two and five years. Licensing data only provides a partial indication of sales as exporters only declare export values for a subsection of licences (Standard Individual Export Licences). Some licences expire before they are used and, in these circumstances, exporters must submit a further application, which can result in an element of double counting. All UK export licence applications are assessed rigorously against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing criteria.</p><p>Export values declared for Standard Individual Export Licences for military exports granted to Saudi Arabia in 2017 and 2019 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£ 1,133,477,661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£ 638,236,675</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 21/10/2020 10:48:50 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1241505

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Insulin: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government from which (1) sources, and (2) countries, they purchase insulin.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL8893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>All medicines require a licence approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. This includes information about the sites where the medicine may be manufactured and where components may be sourced. There may be multiple sites associated with each licence, which is gives manufacturers resilience in their supply chains, but means that it is not possible for the Department to determine accurately the proportion of medicines manufactured in any one country at any particular time. In addition, any information of this nature that suppliers do share with the Department is commercially confidential.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL8894 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:52:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno