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1141945

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Balkans: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to projects aimed at tackling unemployment and migration in the Western Balkans.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL17489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office commissioned a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) in 2017 (refreshed in 2019) for the Western Balkans. A JACS is a strategic assessment used to strengthen cross-government approaches to tackling conflict and instability overseas. The analysis covered youth unemployment as well as migration and &quot;brain-drain&quot;. In addition, the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office has commissioned analysis on 'The Cost of Youth Emigration from Serbia' and analysis by the British Council for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p><p>Through the CSSF, the Government funds the following projects to help tackle unemployment in the Western Balkans:</p><ul><li><p>21st Century Schools; which will provide training to children in over 4,500 schools, to improve digital literacy and core skills across the Western Balkans.;</p></li><li><p>a project supporting employment and social services for vulnerable youths in Albania; and</p></li><li><p>in North Macedonia working jointly with the National Youth Council and IT Chamber of Commerce to support digital skills training to young people in return for community work.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL17487 HL17488 HL17490 HL17491 question first answered 07/08/2019 14:56:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1141946

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Balkans: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many aid and development projects in the Western Balkans they support; through which (1) embassies, (2) governments, and (3) local organisations, that support is provided; and how much they have spent on such support.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL17490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office commissioned a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) in 2017 (refreshed in 2019) for the Western Balkans. A JACS is a strategic assessment used to strengthen cross-government approaches to tackling conflict and instability overseas. The analysis covered youth unemployment as well as migration and &quot;brain-drain&quot;. In addition, the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office has commissioned analysis on 'The Cost of Youth Emigration from Serbia' and analysis by the British Council for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p><p>Through the CSSF, the Government funds the following projects to help tackle unemployment in the Western Balkans:</p><ul><li><p>21st Century Schools; which will provide training to children in over 4,500 schools, to improve digital literacy and core skills across the Western Balkans.;</p></li><li><p>a project supporting employment and social services for vulnerable youths in Albania; and</p></li><li><p>in North Macedonia working jointly with the National Youth Council and IT Chamber of Commerce to support digital skills training to young people in return for community work.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL17487 HL17488 HL17489 HL17491 question first answered 07/08/2019 14:56:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1141947

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Balkans: Migrant Camps
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of non-EU migrants currently in refugee camps in the Western Balkans; and whether they are making any contributions through the EU, United Nations agencies or other channels to support such migrants.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL17491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office commissioned a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) in 2017 (refreshed in 2019) for the Western Balkans. A JACS is a strategic assessment used to strengthen cross-government approaches to tackling conflict and instability overseas. The analysis covered youth unemployment as well as migration and &quot;brain-drain&quot;. In addition, the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office has commissioned analysis on 'The Cost of Youth Emigration from Serbia' and analysis by the British Council for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p><p>Through the CSSF, the Government funds the following projects to help tackle unemployment in the Western Balkans:</p><ul><li><p>21st Century Schools; which will provide training to children in over 4,500 schools, to improve digital literacy and core skills across the Western Balkans.;</p></li><li><p>a project supporting employment and social services for vulnerable youths in Albania; and</p></li><li><p>in North Macedonia working jointly with the National Youth Council and IT Chamber of Commerce to support digital skills training to young people in return for community work.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL17487 HL17488 HL17489 HL17490 question first answered 07/08/2019 14:56:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1141948

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Tigers: Hunting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the importation of tiger trophies to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Selkirk of Douglas
uin	HL17492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the conservation of endangered species seriously, with imports of hunting trophies into the UK subject to strict controls under the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has adopted stricter national measures for three species, including tigers, than those set out in CITES and in European legislation. The import and export of live wild taken specimens and tiger parts and derivatives, including hunting trophies, is banned.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also continuing to work hard on the international stage to agree tough, transparent, global standards on trophy hunting to make sure hunting safeguards are of the highest standard and there is no impact on the sustainability of the species concerned. We will continue to discuss this with other countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Government hosted a stakeholder roundtable in May to hear views from all sides of the debate surrounding trophy hunting. Those discussions continue and we are actively reviewing our position on this important issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL17493 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:40:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	802 label Biography information for Lord Selkirk of Douglas

1141949

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Hunting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the importation of big-game trophies to the UK; and if they have any such plans, when they intend to publish their proposals to implement such a ban.
tabling member printed	Lord Selkirk of Douglas
uin	HL17493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the conservation of endangered species seriously, with imports of hunting trophies into the UK subject to strict controls under the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has adopted stricter national measures for three species, including tigers, than those set out in CITES and in European legislation. The import and export of live wild taken specimens and tiger parts and derivatives, including hunting trophies, is banned.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also continuing to work hard on the international stage to agree tough, transparent, global standards on trophy hunting to make sure hunting safeguards are of the highest standard and there is no impact on the sustainability of the species concerned. We will continue to discuss this with other countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Government hosted a stakeholder roundtable in May to hear views from all sides of the debate surrounding trophy hunting. Those discussions continue and we are actively reviewing our position on this important issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL17492 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:40:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	802 label Biography information for Lord Selkirk of Douglas

1141956

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that referrals to child mental health units from primary schools for pupils aged 11 and under have risen by almost 50 per cent in the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made as comparable data is not available at a national level.</p><p>Referral data for children and young people’s mental health services is published by NHS Digital in the Mental Health Services Dataset since 2017. This shows that in 2017/18 there were 259,615 new referrals to children and young people’s mental health services for people aged 0-18 and 381,528 new referrals for the same in 2018/19.</p><p>The number of providers supplying data has increased in 2018/19 and so a direct comparison between the two years is not possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 07/08/2019 11:38:28 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141959

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Clinical Trials
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which clinical trials are currently recruiting patients with HER2+ breast cancer.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL17503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is currently recruiting to 15 clinical trials for people with HER2+ breast cancer via its Clinical Research Network. The majority of these are commercially funded. To date, a total of 7,986 participants have been recruited to these 15 trials.</p><p>Of the 15 clinical trials, 12 are commercially sensitive, with appropriate cost recovery from the companies. The data for these commercial trials has been provided from the relevant companies as ‘commercial in confidence’ hence we are unable to provide details about these trials such as their titles.</p><p>However, the three clinical trials which are not commercially sensitive are:</p><p>- Cancer Research UK; NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre (NETSCC). Title: The UK plasma based Molecular profiling of Advanced breast cancer to inform Therapeutic Choices (plasmaMATCH);</p><p>- Cancer Research UK. Title: Response to Optimal Selection of neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy in Operable breast cancer; and</p><p>- Medical Research Council. Title: A mechanistic non-invasive imaging study of HER2 expression in breast cancer using [18F]GE-226 positron emission tomography.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 07/08/2019 11:43:14 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough