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1609392

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting period for an individual entering the National Referral Mechanism awaiting a reasonable grounds decision (1) before, and (2) after, the introduction of the updated guidance that came into effect this year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Reasonable Grounds decisions will be made as soon as possible following referral. Statistics on the timescales of Reasonable Grounds decisions for victims of modern slavery are not currently published.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/04/2023 17:08:31 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609393

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the attrition rate for caseworkers at the Passport Office in 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The attrition rate for case-working staff only is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/04/2023 13:57:43 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609394

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many suppliers to government departments have been excluded from subsequent procurement processes on the grounds of either fraud or corruption.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The grounds for the exclusion of bidders from public procurement procedures are set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These rules set out the circumstances in which bidders must, or may, be excluded from a public procurement process.</p><p>In all cases, individual departments and other public sector bodies are responsible for their own decisions on these matters, and will hold their own records. This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/04/2023 14:29:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609395

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS: Nuclear Reactors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government where the nuclear reactors for the SSN–AUKUS submarines will be built.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As the Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk) highlighted in his Oral Statement to the Commons on 14 March, all nuclear reactors for the SSN-AUKUS Class submarines will be built by Rolls Royce in Derby.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 17/04/2023 15:57:36 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609396

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of disabled people affected by changes to the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme between 2022—23.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As a result of expanding and reforming the scheme in England and Wales, the Government estimated in the final impact assessment that 160,000 more households, where a person has a disability or long-term illness, will receive a rebate.</p><p> </p><p>These changes do not apply in Scotland, where customers apply for a Broader Group rebate through their energy suppliers, who can set their own eligibility criteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/04/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1609397

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Freeports: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Windsor Framework will allow the establishment of freeports in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to extending the benefits of our Freeports programme across the UK and to working with stakeholders from sectors and places across Northern Ireland on how best to do so. Of course we need to see a restored Northern Ireland Executive before those discussions can be progressed further, similar to our engagements with Scottish and Welsh governments on proposals there.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/04/2023 16:15:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608835

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what they have plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government does agree that the Vagrancy Act is antiquated and not fit for purpose, and therefore we have committed to repealing it. We made that commitment during the passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act. Our commitment to repealing it has always been dependent on introducing modern replacement legislation to ensure that police and other agencies continue to have the powers that they need to keep communities safe and protect vulnerable individuals.</p><p>I cannot give a specific date when we will bring the legislation in. We will bring forward suitable replacement legislation in a future legislative vehicle.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 12/04/2023 12:31:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608836

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have regarding unaccompanied children seeking asylum that have gone missing while in temporary hotel accommodation; and what assessment they have made of any evidence of organised crime involvement in those disappearances.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of those in our care is our primary concern. We have robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) in emergency interim hotels are safe and supported whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of specialist social workers and nurses.</p><p>We have no power to detain UASC in hotels and we know some do go missing. Many of those who have gone missing are subsequently traced and located. Children’s movements in and out of hotels are monitored and recorded and they are accompanied by support workers when attending organised activities and social excursions off-site, or where specific vulnerabilities are identified.</p><p>There are many reasons why children go missing from care. This is also true of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. It would be wrong to make generalisations regarding the reasons for this.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/04/2023 10:16:42 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608837

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Commonwealth: Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish (1) details, and (2) minutes, of the meeting of Commonwealth foreign ministers in March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) was organised and hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat on 15 March 2023. The Foreign Secretary made clear the UK's desire to work with partner nations to deliver tangible benefits for Commonwealth countries and citizens, in particular on trade and investment, climate and values. The Commonwealth Secretariat published details of the meeting on their website: https://thecommonwealth.org/news/commonwealth-foreign-affairs-ministers-meet-discuss-responses-global-crises.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 05/04/2023 15:58:56 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608838

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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 His Majesty's Government how many asylum caseworkers were employed (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023; and what was the attrition rate of asylum caseworkers in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The number of asylum decision makers employed by the Home Office each month from January 2020 to December 2022 can be found in the ASY_05 (M) tab of the published migration transparency data located here: Immigration and protection data: Q4 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Data for 2023 will be published in future releases.</p><p>The attrition rate of decision makers is not routinely published but have been released to the Home Affairs Select Committee. The response can be found here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31774/documents/178754/default/</p><p>To reduce attrition rates and help maintain our decision-making experience we have also implemented a recruitment and retention allowance. We have already doubled our decision makers over the last 2 years, and we are continuing to recruit more. This will take our expected number of decision makers to 1,800 by summer 2023 and 2,500 by September 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name letter - HASC.pdf title Letter - HASC 2 file name Asy-05 M Table .xlsx title ASY-05- M Table question first answered 14/04/2023 13:37:27 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea