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date	06/07/2020
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cost to the public purse of defending the cases brought against them by the government of Mauritius before (1) the International Court of Justice, and (2) the tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK, alongside a number of United Nations member States, participated in recent proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). These proceedings were not contentious proceedings brought by Mauritius against the UK. Rather they were advisory proceedings following a request from the United Nations General Assembly for an advisory opinion from the ICJ.</p><p>From the accessible records held by the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, the legal costs incurred by the UK in defending the proceedings brought by Mauritius in an arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea were £1,505,720.00 (comprising Counsels' fees and arbitration fees which were shared with Mauritius).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2020 11:59:46 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1220864

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date	06/07/2020
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cost to the public purse of defending all legal actions brought against them (1) by, or (2) on behalf of, Chagossians in (a) courts, or (b) tribunals, in England and Wales since 1998; and whether their assessment of these costs includes the staff costs of Foreign and Commonwealth Office personnel working on these cases.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>From the accessible records held by the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, the legal costs of defending all actions brought against HMG by or on behalf of Chagossians in domestic courts or tribunals since 1998 to present are £3,971,391.17.</p><p>This figure has not been adjusted to take account of costs awarded to HMG.</p><p>It is not possible to assess the staff costs of FCO officials working on these cases, as staff time is not recorded in this way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/07/2020 12:00:07 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1220865

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration detention cases they have reviewed since the Home Office committed to review urgently the cases of every person held in immigration detention.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lady to my answer of 16 June 2020 regarding immigration detention cases reviewed, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=58843</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2020 12:06:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1220866

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date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in rectifying the absence of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers from official monitoring systems across the criminal justice system since the publication of the Lammy Review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to improving collection and publication of data to identify and tackle any disparities in the Criminal Justice System.</p><p>In England and Wales, there are 18 ethnic groups recommended for use by government when asking for someone’s ethnicity. It is recognised that these ethnic groups do not represent how all people identify. People are encouraged to write in their ethnicity using their own words if they do not identify with any groups in the list.</p><p>Criminal justice organisations of England and Wales have adopted a revised Self-Defined 18+1 data standard to deliver greater precision when recording the defendant’s ethnicity status. This 18+1 standard added the option of “Gypsy or Irish Traveller”, however it does not include “Roma” and relies on self-identification by a defendant, who may choose to withhold this information.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) integrated the capability to collect data using the 18+1 standard into its systems from June 2018.</p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) have also now extended the ethnic categorisation within the Youth Offending Team Case Management System to the 18+1 standard, meaning that “Gypsy or Irish Traveller” is now recorded as a separate ethnic group in addition to the other 18 ethnic groups recorded. This will enable the YJB to explore and better understand the experience throughout the Youth Justice System for GRT individuals and identify areas for potential work.</p><p>W3 (White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller) ethnicity has been available in nDelius, the probation service’s case management system, since its inception in 2013 following the “Gypsy or Irish Traveller” ethnicity option being included in the 2011 Census.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has produced guidance for all criminal justice staff on working with GRT communities. This covers the importance of recording ethnicity and how to overcome the issues of low recording.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/07/2020 11:29:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1220867

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their expected timetable for implementing the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ recommendation of 1 July that the governments of Member States should include Roma and Travellers’ history in school curricula and teaching materials.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The history curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world.</p><p>Gypsy, Roma and Travellers’ history can already be taught as part of schools offering a broad and balanced curriculum. Resources are available from experts in the communities themselves and bodies such as the Historical Association.</p><p> </p><p>As part of Holocaust education, a wide array of resources are available to help teachers explain the persecution by the Nazis of different groups of people. The Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz programme and the knowledge and training provided by the Centre for Holocaust Education include information and resources to support an understanding of the Holocaust and the Nazi’s persecution of other non-Jewish groups including the genocide of the Roma.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 20/07/2020 16:32:07 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker