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100651

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Zimbabwe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the situation for women in Zimbabwe.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text While laws exist to protect the economic rights of women in Zimbabwe, they are frequently undermined by discriminatory practices, customary law and lack of implementation. In politics, it should be noted that there is a relatively high proportion of females in Parliament. However, women and girls are also disproportionately affected by fragile basic service provision and crumbling infrastructure. The Department for International Development’s programme in Zimbabwe continues to support progress on issues affecting women through work on economic and political empowerment, water and sanitation, health and education and skills development. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/11/2014 15:43:30 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

100652

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Honduras
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the authorities in Honduras regarding Dina Meza.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Guatemala City represents the UK in Honduras and has raised Dina Meza’s case with the Honduran authorities on several occasions, including with the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights. Our Embassy is in regular direct contact with Dina Meza herself, and is supporting a project concerning Freedom of Expression in Honduras, in which she is involved. Our Ambassador to Honduras has publicly stated our concern about crimes committed against journalists in Honduras. Officials will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/11/2014 16:00:29 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

100653

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 10 July (HL828) and 28 July (HL1115), whether they will now consolidate the replies and list the figures for the birthday honours list for 2012 which have not been supplied with regard to the number of Knighthoods and Damehoods given to those described as professors.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL2384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested concerning the number of honours recipients described as holding the title of professor since the Birthday 2012 Honours List at Knighthood/Damehood and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) levels is in the public domain, and can be found in The London Gazette at <a href="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.london-gazette.co.uk</a>. Percentages are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>List</p></td><td><p>Number of recipients at Knight/Dame</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Knight/Dame recipients who described themselves as Professor</p></td><td><p>Percentage of Knight/Dame recipients who described themselves as Professor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2012</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NY 2013</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2013</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NY 2014</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2014</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>List</p></td><td><p>Number of recipients at CBE</p></td><td><p>CBE recipients who described themselves as Professor</p></td><td><p>Percentage of CBE recipients who described themselves as Professor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2012</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NY 2013</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2013</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NY 2014</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BD 2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 06/11/2014 17:57:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

100654

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the list of electricity generating plants that has pre-qualified to bid in to this year’s planned capacity auction, how many gigawatts of existing coal plant are eligible for contracts of over one year and how many gigawatts of new gas capacity have qualified to bid for 15 year contracts; what is the total gigawatt capacity of new plant qualifying for 15 year contracts that is under the current threshold for the application of emissions controls under the European Emissions Trading scheme; and what is the breakdown in terms of fuel type of these smaller pre-qualifying units.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL2385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>In total 67.3GW of capacity has prequalified to participate in the first Capacity Market auction in December this year.</p><p>This is extremely positive and indicates that the auction will be competitive, which will help to keep costs down while providing security of supply for consumers.</p><p>Information relating to the eligibility of each plant that has successfully pre-qualified is publicly available on National Grid’s website as the Delivery Body for the Capacity Market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 16:46:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100655

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the list of electricity generating plants that have pre-qualified to bid in to this year’s planned capacity auction, of the plants eligible for 15 year contracts, what proportion are new build compared to those subject to substantial refurbishments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL2386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information relating to the eligibility of each plant that has successfully prequalified and is eligible for a 15 year capacity agreement is publicly available on National Grid’s website as the Delivery Body for the Capacity Market.</p><p>It should be noted that E.ON, the owners of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, have publicly stated that they will not seek an agreement in excess of 3 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 17:14:40 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100656

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the effect on the carbon intensity of electricity generated measured in gCO2/kwh of the fitting of emissions abatement technology at West Burton, Cottam and Eggborough coal-fired power stations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL2387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>A recent report by independent energy consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff commissioned by this Department estimates that fitting emissions abatement technology needed to comply with the forthcoming industrial emissions Directive would result in a reduction in plant efficiency in the range 0.01 to 0.13 percentage points:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coal-and-gas-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coal-and-gas-assumptions</a></p><p>The impact on the carbon intensity of electricity generated by a plant, measured in gCO2/kWh, as a result of fitting emissions abatement technology can be expected to be of a scale that reflects this estimated range of efficiency loss.</p><p>A ‘reference plant’ was used for the purposes of the report and exact changes to efficiency and emissions intensity may vary across the UK’s coal-fired power stations due to their differing designs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/11/2014 14:51:08 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name coal_and_gas_assumptions.pdf title Parsons Brinckerhoff: Coal & gas assumptions
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100657

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the rules governing capacity market auctions, what measures have been included to guard against undue market dominance by any of the companies bidding in the capacity market mechanism; and whether OFGEM has a role in overseeing fair competition in the mechanism.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL2388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Capacity Market has been designed to mitigate the risks of gaming. We commissioned expert external advice from Charles River Associates on this issue and implemented the recommendations contained within that report which is available on the DECC website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252746/CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252746/CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf</a>.</p><p>Anti-gaming measures include having in place an auction monitor who will ensure that the rules are properly followed by all participants during the auction. If the auction monitor were to find any irregularities, the Secretary of State ultimately has the ability to annul the auction after it has taken place.</p><p>Ofgem has the power to investigate any company bidding into the auction should they consider this necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 16:48:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf title CRA Report on the Capacity Market Gaming Risks
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100658

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, given the requirements of the Climate Change Act 2008, how they will ensure that all new and refurbished power generating capacity in the United Kingdom is contributing towards the meeting of carbon targets; and how they will ensure that higher carbon infrastructure is not being locked in that will make the meeting of carbon targets harder and more expensive in the future.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL2389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act established a legally binding target to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below base levels by 2050. The Act introduced a system of carbon budgets which provide legally binding limits on the amount of emissions that may be produced in successive five-year periods, setting the UK on a least cost trajectory to 2050.</p><p>A comprehensive package of policies has been put in place to meet future carbon budgets, which includes reducing the carbon intensity of power generation.</p><p>Electricity market reform (EMR) provides support for all low carbon technologies including nuclear, Carbon Capture Storage and renewables. The EMR delivery plan also provides an outlook to 2030 illustrating different scenarios for power sector decarbonisation consistent with our carbon plan and budgets.</p><p>This approach increases energy security and minimises costs to taxpayers and consumers, while reducing emissions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/11/2014 14:26:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100659

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a table of Crown Prosecution Service child-abuse flagged (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for each financial year since 2006-07.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	211679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the attached table, a copy of which has been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence. This includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and persons under the age of 18. Child abuse includes physical, emotional and sexual criminal offences, as well as neglect of a child and historical child abuse where the victim is now an adult. The data provided is primarily used for monitoring performance on cases that involve allegations of child abuse. The data relies on the application of a monitoring flag and is accurate only to the extent that the flag is correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has published a breakdown of both pre-charge decisions and prosecutions for child abuse flagged cases within the annual ‘Violence against Women and Girls Report 2013-14’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:05:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211679 - CPS child abuse data.xlsx title CPS child abuse flagged data
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

100660

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a list of the local authorities who have adopted the information-sharing protocol launched by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	211680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number of local authorities that have adopted the national disclosure Protocol.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A survey of Chief Crown Prosecutors found that 82 local authorities have signed a local protocol as of 5 September 2014. The attached list of the local authorities identified in the survey has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:10:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211680 - Table - information sharing Protocol.docx title List: signatories - protocol
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry