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775902

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date	23/10/2017
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	Gambling: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make it unlawful for gaming operators to permit people under 18 to gamble online or in gambling premises.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The minimum legal age for most forms of gambling in Great Britain is 18. This applies to adult gaming centres, betting shops, bingo halls, casinos, race tracks and online gambling.</p><p>All gambling operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must have a licence from the Gambling Commission, and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling.</p><p>All online gambling operators must have robust age verification controls.</p><p>The Gambling Commission has a range of powers to act where there is a failure to prevent underage gambling. These include powers to suspend or revoke a licence, impose financial penalties or launch criminal action.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/11/2017 12:45:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

775910

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average speed of a freight train on British railways for the last year for which figures are available; and how that figure has changed over the previous three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not routinely hold information on the annual average speeds of freight trains.</p><p> </p><p>Data regarding average speeds of freight trains is available from Network Rail, as the infrastructure manager for the national network. Network Rail’s Freight Network Study, published in April 2017, included some analysis which looked at average line speeds and potential capability enhancements to reduce journey times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 01/11/2017 13:00:49 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

775912

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Cholera
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to encourage the World Health Organisation to address and formulate policy to deal with the outbreak of cholera in Yemen; whether this is the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of cholera in modern history; and whether the majority of those affected are children.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL2320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We continue to encourage the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other agencies to respond more effectively to the cholera outbreak in Yemen.</p><p>The current cholera outbreak in Yemen is the fastest-spreading on record. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the majority of those affected are children. As of October 2017, 56% of the 862,858 suspected cases affect children under 18, and 26% affect children under 5.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/10/2017 17:10:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

775913

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	World Health Organization
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the World Health Organisation (WHO) concerning the appointment of Robert Mugabe as a WHO Ambassador.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL2321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization has now rescinded President Mugabe’s appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador on Non-Communicable Diseases. The United Kingdom welcomes this decision, and we are pleased that Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus listened to the concerns raised by many countries, including the UK, and also by civil society groups working in global health. We look forward to working with him to help the organisation address the world’s most pressing health challenges in the years ahead.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 02/11/2017 14:53:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

775916

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
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 most recent rises in reported crime and the underlying trends relating to reported crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL2324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Police recorded crime figures for England and Wales are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Annual figures for the years ending June 2014 to June 2017 are included in Table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1: Police recorded crime, ONS, year ending June 2014 – year ending June 2017. Taken from ‘Crime in England and Wales: Bulletin Tables’, </em><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables" target="_blank"><em>https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables</em></a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year Ending</td><td>June 2014</td><td>June 2015</td><td>June 2016</td><td>June 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Total police recorded crime in England and Wales (inc fraud)</td><td>3,717,089</td><td>4,260,239</td><td>4,577,375</td><td>5,156,928</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overall police recorded crime (including fraud) increased by 13% in the year ending June 2017 compared with the previous year. The ONS points to improvements to recording practices by forces, expanded offence coverage, an increased willingness of victims to come forward and report certain crimes like sexual offences and domestic abuse to the police and genuine increases in some crime categories, especially in those that are well recorded, as important factors in explaining trends in police recorded crime.</p><p> </p><p>Crimes traditionally measured by the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales are down by almost 40% since 2010 and by 70% since their peak in 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent national crime figures are published by the Office for National Statistic in ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2017’ (<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/june2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/june2017</a>).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 14:01:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

775917

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Norfolk Constabulary: Police Community Support Officers
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 proposal by Norfolk Police to dispense with all of their Police Community Support Officers.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL2325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>It is for the Chief Constable and the directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioner of each force area to take decisions on the size and composition of the workforce including community support officers in order to meet local needs and priorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:58:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

775919

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Hungary
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the European Commission in relation to Hungary's refusal to participate in the EU-wide programme of relocation of refugees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL2327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK does not participate in the EU relocation scheme for asylum-seekers and, therefore, we are not involved in the related discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government notes the recent Court of Justice of the European Union judgment on the legality of the scheme in a case brought by Hungary and Slovakia. The court found the scheme was legal and proportionate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 14:09:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

775922

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 October (HL Deb, col 615), what work they are doing with industry to tackle hate crime; what measures are being developed to tackle such abuse; and when such measures will be implemented.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL2330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Hate Crime Action Plan was launched in July 2016. This plan sets out a range of non-legislative responses including counter-narrative activity and collaborative work with the Internet industry to identify ways to reduce the harm caused by hate crime online.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October. As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the technology industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:58:01 answering member 1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

775928

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Airedale NHS Foundation Trust: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a letter of comfort has been given by the NHS Business Authority to the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to enable NHS staff who transfer to its proposed wholly owned subsidiary company to be able to continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority has not provided a letter of comfort to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. The Authority has written to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust requesting further information about the proposed transfer but to date this has not been supplied. A letter of comfort can be considered upon receipt of this information.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 02/11/2017 14:48:52 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

775938

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Forfeiture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vehicles were confiscated in England and Wales in 2016; for which offences; how many were (1) released, (2) sold, and (3) crushed; and how much money was raised for each police service through those confiscations and subsequent sales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not centrally recorded. The recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:46:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb