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1002465

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date	06/11/2018
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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, received Widowed Parents Allowance in the tax years (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, (3) 2014–15, and (4) 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11307 HL11308 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002466

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families which children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, received bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11308 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002467

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, they estimate will receive bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2018–19, (2) 2019–20, (3) 2020–21, and (4) 2021–22.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11307 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002468

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Parents: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they record annually the number of children in full-time education whose mothers or fathers have passed away; and if so, how many such children there were in each of the last six years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/11/2018 16:17:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002469

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for children to register their entitlement to British citizenship there have been in each of the last three years; and of those, how many have received a waiver of the fee.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL11310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of citizenship applications and grants is published as part of the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Citizenship tables, latest edition available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for all registration applications (entitlement and discretionary) in the last 3 calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>British citizenship applications by broad type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Applications for British <br> citizenship</p></td><td><p>Of which: Applications for registration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150,767</p></td><td><p>42,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>130,995</p></td><td><p>41,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>141,794</p></td><td><p>41,905</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Immigration Statistics year to June 2018 - table cz_01_q.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Applications for British citizenship by the applicant’s age are not routinely published.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2018 11:34:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1002470

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Trains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to alleviate any possible increase in service cancellations caused by the roll out of new Azuma trains to the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is working with Hitachi, the Office of Rail and Road, London North Eastern Railway (LNER), and Network Rail to ensure that the new Intercity Express Programme trains enter service on the the East Coast Main Line as soon as possible, and that the transition from LNER’s current fleet to the Azumas is a smooth one.</p><p> </p><p>With the rollout of any new rolling stock, it is prudent to plan for potential issues that might affect services, and the Department is working with LNER to ensure that contingencies are in place for such eventualities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/11/2018 12:47:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1002471

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Airport Station
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 Sugg on 5 November (HL10994), what proportion of the costs of the Gatwick Airport Station enhancement scheme have been funded by Gatwick Airport Ltd.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>To date, Gatwick Airport Ltd have contributed 24.9 % of the development costs of the Gatwick Airport Station enhancement scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/11/2018 12:47:38 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1002472

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
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 Sugg on 5 November (HL10993), whether they anticipate being able make proposals by Easter 2019 for reducing overcrowding across the Cross Country Trains network.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The current Cross Country Franchise is due to expire in October 2019 with an option available of extending the current contract by one year to October 2020. We are currently reviewing options for the Cross Country Franchise and are therefore unable to make any comment as to what and when any decisions will be made.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/11/2018 12:47:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1002473

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lord Janner of Braunstone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place a copy of the report of Operation Enamel in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold a report on Operation Enamel. This investigation is a matter for Leicestershire Police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/11/2018 16:14:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1002474

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Syria: White Helmets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Foreign Secretary on 1 November, whether they received independent verification of the claim that the White Helmets had saved 115,000 civilians in Syria; and whether that claim was supported by Mayday Rescue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL11315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of 115,000 lives saved is compiled by Syria Civil Defence (SCD), popularly known as the White Helmets, based on operational reports from the SCD volunteer teams and corroborated with video evidence, airstrike data and other reporting from multiple sources including human rights organisations. The number is indeed supported by Mayday Rescue, which is funded by the UK and other donors to provide support to the SCD's work. The UK and other donors also commission independent third party monitoring of the SCD's work in Syria.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/11/2018 15:39:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox