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626790

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date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the public sector spend on health per head of population in real terms for each of the years from, and including, 2010; and what is the projected spend per head in real terms for each of the years up to, and including, 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>Public sector spend on health in England per head of population from 2010-11 to 2015-16 and projected spend per head from 2016-17 to 2020-21 in cash and real terms is shown in table below:</p><p> </p><p>Department spend per head in England 2010-11 to 2020-21</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Plan/Outturn</p></td><td><p>Spend per head (£)</p></td><td><p>Spend per head 2016/17 prices (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>1,908</p></td><td><p>2,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>1,937</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>1,967</p></td><td><p>2,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>2,038</p></td><td><p>2,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>2,087</p></td><td><p>2,127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>2,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>Plan</p></td><td><p>2,184</p></td><td><p>2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>Plan</p></td><td><p>2,223</p></td><td><p>2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>Plan</p></td><td><p>2,254</p></td><td><p>2,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Plan</p></td><td><p>2,287</p></td><td><p>2,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>Plan</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Real terms growth calculations based on Gross Domestic Product deflators 30 September 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Department public expenditure is classified as the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit set by HM Treasury.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/11/2016 15:50:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

626791

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Councillors: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether exit payments may be made to councillors when a councillor loses office or is no longer required to undertake specific duties within a local authority.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finn
uin	HL2869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The rules on councillors’ allowances are set out in the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003. The rules are clear that allowances are paid on a pro rata basis should a councillor lose office or, is no longer required to undertake a specific duty, during the course of the year. The rules make no provision for allowances to be paid as a result of loss of office or no longer performing specific duties. Any such exit payments would therefore be unlawful. Whilst I am aware that the last Labour Government proposed legislation to facilitate such 'golden goodbyes' (DCLG, <em>The Government Response to the Councillors Commission</em>, July 2008, p. 22), we have no plans to amend the law in this respect.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:17:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4567 label Biography information for Baroness Finn

626792

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Jordan: Migrant Camps
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to obtain full access for representatives of the UNHCR to the refugee camp at al-Rukban on the frontier of Jordan, together with the provision of water, food and medical supplies for its inhabitants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned about the situation of many Syrians in genuine need of support at Rukban. However, a minority of individuals pose a security threat there, as was demonstrated by the terrorist attack on a Jordanian army border post near the camp on 21<sup>st</sup> June 2016.</p><p>At present, because of security concerns the staff of UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies do not enter the camp. They have been operating through the use of local volunteers. Only limited amounts of aid have been delivered over the last few months. Water supply, however, has continued.</p><p>UK government officials along with our international partners and the Government of Jordan have been working tirelessly to find a viable modality of aid distribution which will not jeopardise border security.</p><p>Considerable progress has been made in recent weeks and we anticipate that deliveries of food and daily essential items, as well as access to a basic medical provision for children, will resume shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/11/2016 16:20:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

626793

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Gaza
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to make representations to the governments of Israel and Egypt to provide entry permits to Gaza for UN and international NGO personnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>We continue to call on the governments of Israel and Egypt to show maximum flexibility in opening the crossings into Gaza to help facilitate travel in and out of Gaza. While we have not raised the specific issue of United Nations and Non-Governmental Organisation personnel, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv most recently raised the issue of movement and access with the Head of Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories Civil Division on 7 September. We remain concerned that the Rafah crossing has been mostly closed since October 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/11/2016 17:06:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

626794

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Israel: West Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to protest to the government of Israel about the number of demolitions of houses, farm buildings and other structures in the West Bank since 2015, affecting both Palestinian homes and livelihoods; and what assessment they have made of the prospect of an EU approach on the issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>According to the UN, since the start of 2016, 946 Palestinian-owned structures were demolished in Area C and in East Jerusalem, displacing 1420 people, including 662 children, already surpassing the number of demolitions in the whole of 2015. We are extremely concerned by this trend. We have raised our concerns with the Israeli authorities on numerous occasions. On 28 July, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), issued a public statement condemning demolitions. On 7 September, during a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Lieberman in London, Mr Ellwood also raised our concerns about demolitions. We have consulted EU partners on the issue of demolitions and they share our views. The EU collectively condemned demolitions in Foreign Affairs Council conclusions on 18 January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/11/2016 17:07:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

626795

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recommendations concerning guardianship in paragraphs 320 and 321 of the 2nd report of the EU Select Committee <i>Children in Crisis: unaccompanied migrant children in the EU</i>, published on 26 July, and concerning the availability of legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children for the purposes of proceedings for family reunification, in paragraph 291.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government responded to the European Union Committee’s report on 1 November. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) are looked after by local authorities, in keeping with arrangements for other children. They are provided with a social worker and an independent reviewing officer to oversee their care arrangements, as well as access to an independent advocate and an independent visitor. We are working with the Legal Aid Agency and local authorities to ensure that UASC get the legal advice they need.</p><p>Children are not eligible to sponsor relatives for family reunion under the Immigration Rules. Allowing them to do so would create perverse incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk dangerous journeys to the UK rather than stay with their family and seek protection in the first safe country they reach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2874 question first answered 15/11/2016 12:36:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

626796

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to ensure that child asylum applicants admitted to the UK are not moved to areas where specialist legal advice on immigration matters is unavailable.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government responded to the European Union Committee’s report on 1 November. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) are looked after by local authorities, in keeping with arrangements for other children. They are provided with a social worker and an independent reviewing officer to oversee their care arrangements, as well as access to an independent advocate and an independent visitor. We are working with the Legal Aid Agency and local authorities to ensure that UASC get the legal advice they need.</p><p>Children are not eligible to sponsor relatives for family reunion under the Immigration Rules. Allowing them to do so would create perverse incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk dangerous journeys to the UK rather than stay with their family and seek protection in the first safe country they reach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2873 question first answered 15/11/2016 12:36:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

626797

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many assaults there have been on prison officers and prisoners in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Safety in Custody statistics, including assaults on prison staff and prisoners, are published quarterly. The latest bulletin was published on 27 October 2016 and can be found on gov.uk</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Prisoner on prisoner assaults, and assaults on staff in prison custody, England and Wales, 12 months ending June 2014, 2015 and 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>12 months ending</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun 14</p></td><td><p>Jun 15</p></td><td><p>Jun 16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(p)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ALL ESTABLISHMENTS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prisoner on prisoner assaults</p></td><td><p>12,039</p></td><td><p>13,472</p></td><td><p>17,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults on Staff</p></td><td><p>3,458</p></td><td><p>4,177</p></td><td><p>5,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. Figures include incidents at NOMS operated Immigration Removal Centres.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 15/11/2016 17:17:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

626798

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many deaths have occurred in prisons in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL2876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Safety in Custody statistics, including deaths in custody, are published quarterly. The latest bulletin was published on 27 October 2016 and can be found on gov.uk</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Deaths in prison custody, England and Wales, 12 months ending September 2014, 2015 and 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>12 months ending</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep 14</p></td><td><p>Sep 15</p></td><td><p>Sep 16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total deaths<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>324</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Figures include incidents at NOMS operated Immigration Removal Centres.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 15/11/2016 17:18:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

626799

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Veterans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made regarding the employment prospects of black and minority ethnic personnel leaving the Armed Forces and entering the job market.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL2877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest Department for Work and Pensions 'Labour market status by ethnic group' report, based on annual data to 2015, shows that the ethnic minority employment rate in 2015 was 62.8 per cent. The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employment rates of Service leavers who have used the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is 68 per cent, 5.2 percentage points higher than the general UK BAME population. This demonstrates that serving in the Armed Forces enhances the employment prospects of BAME Service leavers when they choose to enter the employment market at the end of their military career.</p><p>The CTP is the official Ministry of Defence (MOD) provider of resettlement services to members of the Armed Forces. The latest CTP Annual Statistics for Financial Year 2014-15 show that six months after leaving the Armed Forces BAME Service leavers who used CTP services had a lower estimated employment rate than white Service leavers (87 per cent). They also had a higher estimated unemployment rate and economically inactive rate. These differences were statistically significant and replicated differences seen in the general UK population. 89 per cent of CTP users were white, which was comparable to the UK population, where 86 per cent of the population was white.</p><p>All Service leavers bring significant transferable skills to the job market along with a proven ability to learn new skills and concepts quickly.</p><p>The CTP contract provides employers with unique access to the Service leaver talent pool. Employers can upload job opportunities to RightJob via the CTP website, which receives over 50,000 unique hits per month, and promotes employment opportunities through regular e-bulletins sent to over 20,000 active clients. Through the resettlement contract, the CTP can link employers with the best Service leaver candidates for their vacancies. The CTP offers a high quality, no-cost recruitment service for organisations looking to recruit highly motivated, skilled and experienced Service leavers.</p><p>The MOD and the CTP strive to further improve the employment prospects of BAME Service leavers and to work with other Government Departments to help overcome potential societal barriers which may be experienced by some. The MOD is not aware of any specific civilian employment discrimination related to the military service of BAME Service leavers.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2879 question first answered 15/11/2016 17:38:14 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley