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1676834

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to adopt a cross-Government strategy and outcomes framework to drive improvements for children and young people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>Children’s Rights Impact Assessments are a valuable tool in ensuring children’s rights are considered when developing new policy and legislation. Whilst the department does not intend to give these impact assessments a statutory basis, it encourages the use of them across governmental departments when developing policies.</p><p>The government takes steps to consider the needs of children and young people when developing policy such as consulting with internal policy teams, as well as the relevant external experts, organisations, and representative groups. Much of the government’s policy is targeted at helping those that need help most, including the disadvantaged and vulnerable. The government also operates within the Public Sector Equality Duty, which places a duty on government to consider the impact of policies on people who share protected characteristics, including age.</p><p>In line with Cabinet Office and HM Treasury requirements, the department produces an annual plan to ensure delivery of my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister’s, priorities. This sets out the department’s priority outcomes and ensures that they are embedded across government in relevant departmental strategies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1074 HL1075 question first answered 10/01/2024 11:05:31 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1471558

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duke of Sussex: Charter Flights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they funded the return charter flight for the Duke of Sussex from the United States to the UK for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text No public money was used for the charter flight for the Duke of Sussex from the United States to the UK.<p><strong> </strong></p>The Government provides financial support to the Queen known as the Sovereign Grant, to fund The Queen's official duties and maintain the Occupied Royal Palaces. Funding from the Sovereign Grant only covers expenses incurred by other Members of the Royal Family when they undertake official duties on behalf of Her Majesty. answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 28/06/2022 15:18:49 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1333913

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Trees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the numbers of recorded ancient and veteran trees in England are increasing or declining.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not have a statutory duty to collate numbers of ancient and veteran trees. The Natural England and Forestry Commission <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Standing Advice on Ancient Woodland, Ancient and Veteran Trees</a>, available at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk/guidance/ancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences</a>, directs users to the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory which is collated by volunteers around the country: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fati.woodlandtrust.org.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314430515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=LaVsh6gsgYALjY8uziWlW0uCYJAScGd8bT%2FYUQJy3vE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/</a>. The Ancient Tree Inventory currently lists 160,000 ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK.</p><p>In 2019, we also announced that Government would give the Woodland Trust £210,000 to work with Natural England to update the Ancient Woodland Inventory which identifies over 53,000 ancient woodland sites in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/06/2021 17:00:17 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

753929

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps, short of the appointment of commissioners, they can take to deal with children's services departments which are a cause of concern.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education intervenes in all local authorities that receive an inadequate Ofsted rating for children’s services.</p><p>In the most serious cases, improvement may require statutory intervention, whereby, under the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State is able to direct a local authority to take whatever action is deemed necessary to secure improvement. In the last few years, Ministers have directed the setting up of new governance structures, including partnering with another local authority (e.g. Isle of Wight), bringing in extra improvement support (e.g. Somerset), or establishing a Children’s Services Trust (e.g. Doncaster).</p><p>In other cases the department takes non-statutory steps, issuing an ‘improvement notice’ detailing what actions a local authority is expected to take to improve its services and closely monitoring progress. We deploy government improvement advisers who are appointed to support and challenge these authorities to make rapid progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:44:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

533708

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to give guidance to the operator of Southern Rail services on ensuring passenger safety when short formation services are in use.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Each operator is responsible for the safety of their staff, passengers and services. The Office of Rail and Road’s duty is to ensure that those responsible for keeping Britain's railways safe for passengers and providing a safe place for staff to work do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/07/2016 14:14:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

387699

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what documentation a non-European Union citizen who is resident in another EU country, and is a family member of an EU citizen, requires to (1) enter, and (2) reside in, the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>A non-EU citizen who is a family member of an EU citizen is required to present a valid national passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes identity and nationality along with evidence of their right to enter and reside in the UK as required by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/07/2015 13:09:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

77779

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the appeal by 34 voluntary organisations from Europe, America and Japan for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, an end to the blockade of Gaza, and durable solutions to violations of international law.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK and EU have noted the appeal by 34 voluntary organisations for a ceasefire in Gaza. We agree with the need to implement a durable ceasefire that ensures peace and security for both Palestinians and Israelis. The UK has three objectives towards the crisis in Gaza - to secure a ceasefire, to alleviate humanitarian suffering and to keep alive the prospects for peace negotiations which are the only hope of breaking this cycle of violence and devastation once and for all. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) visited the region between 23-24 July and the UK will continue to work with international partners to secure a durable ceasefire that will end the bloodshed and provide a platform for resolving the underlying causes of the conflict.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 28/07/2014 11:09:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton