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1522701

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the Cold Weather Payment given increased energy costs.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Cold Weather Payments help vulnerable people in receipt of certain income-related benefits to meet the additional costs of heating during periods of severe cold weather between 1 November and 31 March. We keep all policies, including Cold Weather Payment, under constant review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 27/10/2022 12:54:15 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1522074

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Xinjiang: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that crimes have been committed against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China; and what steps they are taking in response to ensure that the perpetrators of any such crimes are brought to justice.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provides new evidence of the extent of China's efforts to silence and repress Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. It includes a broad range of evidence, including first-hand accounts from victims.</p><p>The UK has led international efforts to pressure China to change its behaviour. We have imposed sanctions, led joint statements at the UN, taken action to tackle forced labour in supply chains, funded research to expose China's actions, and consistently raised China's human rights violations at the highest levels in Beijing. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on 20 September.</p><p>Given the seriousness of the report's findings, on 6 October we supported formal action at the UN Human Rights Council that requested a Council Debate on the situation in Xinjiang. While this vote didn't pass, China's attempts to stifle debate and hide the truth will not succeed. We will continue to work with our partners to hold the Chinese authorities to account and continue to shine a spotlight on China's human rights violations.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 21/10/2022 11:25:42 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1506471

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Kenya: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Kenya in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK provided the following amounts of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Kenya:</p><p>1) 2017 - £153 million</p><p>2) 2018 - £116 million</p><p>3) 2019 - £134 million</p><p>4) 2020 - £92 million</p><p>5) 2021 - final figures have not yet been released by the <ins class="ministerial">FCDO.</ins> <del class="ministerial">Office for National Statistics</del></p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 23/09/2022 10:21:03 question first ministerially corrected 27/09/2022 15:23:25 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park previous answer version 20150 answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1506472

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Sudan: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Sudan in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK provided the following amounts of humanitarian aid to Sudan:</p><ul><li>Financial Year (FY) 2017/2018 - £26.2 million</li><li>FY 2018/2019 - £67.5 million</li><li>FY 2019/2020 - £60.2 million</li><li>FY 2020/2021 - £65.9 million</li><li>FY 2021/2022 - £27.7 million</li></ul><p>In light of the 25 October coup, the UK has paused all financial assistance to the Sudanese authorities, with the exception of humanitarian aid. We will continue to carefully review our assistance to Sudan as the situation develops.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 23/09/2022 10:19:58 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1506473

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Afghanistan: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Afghanistan in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has provided the following amounts of overseas aid to Afghanistan over 2017 to 2021:</p><p>2017 £235 million</p><p>2018 £249 million</p><p>2019 £290 million</p><p>2020 £226 million</p><p>2021 £150 million</p><p>The 2017-2020 figure represent the total UK bilateral Overseas Development Assistance across Government reported in Statistics on International Development (SID). The SIDS data for 2021 is provisional and does not include detail by country, the 2021 figure noted represents only the FCDO's spend for 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/09/2022 11:45:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1506474

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Xinjiang: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of crimes being committed against (1) Uyghurs, (2) Kazakhs, and (3) other Turkish Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang in China; and what discussions they have had with international partners about taking steps to investigate, and if necessary prosecute, any such crimes.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text The report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provides new evidence of the extent of China's efforts to silence and repress Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. It includes a broad range of evidence, including first-hand accounts from victims. The UK has already led international efforts to pressure China to change its behaviour. We have imposed sanctions, led joint statements at the UN, taken action to tackle forced labour in supply chains, funded research to expose China's actions, and consistently raised China's human rights violations at the highest levels in Beijing. Given the seriousness of the report's findings, we are now supporting formal action at the current Human Rights Council (HRC) that will request a Council Debate on the situation in Xinjiang. If successful, this would be the first time we have succeeded in putting China on the Council's agenda. We have also raised the report's findings with the Chinese Embassy in London as well as senior officials in Beijing. answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 29/09/2022 11:44:26 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1506475

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Churches and Historic Buildings: Bats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) church buildings, and (2) other historical buildings, in the UK are adversely affected by the presence of bat roosts.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Whilst His Majesty’s Government does not directly hold this information, we are aware of data through the Bats in Churches project, which is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and is a partnership between Natural England, Historic England, Church of England, Bat Conservation Trust, and Churches Conservation Trust. The project aims to bring together the parties to create solutions to allow bats to be managed in churches either by their exclusion or by restricting access within the church itself to concealed roof spaces. The project has accumulated some data about the prevalence of bats in ecclesiastical buildings.</p><p>This data highlighted that around 60% of pre-16th century churches contain bat roosts, many home to nationally important breeding colonies. Churches are known to house larger roosts than other, natural sites.</p><p>Of 120 churches with bats consulted by the project partnership, for the 2015 project questionnaire, 90 churches reported damage caused by bats to the fabric of the church building, 81 churches reported damage to more than one monument, and 97 churches reported damage to fixtures and fittings.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 22/09/2022 10:26:56 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1505807

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	South Sudan: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to South Sudan in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on the UK Government's international development work can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/statistics-on-international-development . The UK has provided the following amounts of bilateral and multilateral Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to South Sudan between 2017 and 2020: £221,802,000 (2017), £178,127,000 (2018), £259,752,000 (2019) and £118,217,000 (2020). Final UK Aid spend for 2021 will be published in Autumn 2022.</p><p>The UK remains a leading donor to South Sudan. We use our aid budget to work with the UN and partners to respond to South Sudan's humanitarian crisis, fund crucial health and education services, and support peacebuilding efforts. Our aid budget is complemented by our diplomatic work, which presses for the implementation of the peace agreement, constitutional reforms and good public financial management. These are essential for the wider progress towards stability and prosperity of South Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 06/10/2022 11:35:43 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1505808

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Somalia: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Somalia in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK's total bilateral Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to Somalia in the years between 2017 and 2020 from the published accounts at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/statistics-on-international-development is shown below. The Final 2021 UK Aid spend is yet to be published.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia (<strong>£m</strong>)</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/09/2022 12:57:53 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1505664

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Djibouti: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Djibouti in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK does not have a bilateral aid programme with Djibouti. The UK does make contributions to multilateral programmes, such as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which has allocated funds to Djibouti.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/10/2022 15:12:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans