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1714584

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date	29/04/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April (HL Deb col 624GC–643GC), whether a percentage of aid to Pakistan will be allocated to improving the living conditions of people from religious minorities, including the provision of fresh running water and electricity, and the creation of primary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK's targeted aid programmes are working to alleviate the issues facing minorities in Pakistan. Our £46.7 million Aawaz II programme is tackling social intolerance and exclusion by supporting systemic reforms and promoting interfaith dialogue. Our £130 million Girls and Out of School Action for Learning programme is improving education outcomes for marginalised children, including those from religious minorities; by 2027, the programme will support 250,000 children from marginalised sections of society. Our £4.2 million Hate Speech and Disinformation Programme is helping to protect vulnerable groups, with a focus on making digital spaces safer for women and religious minorities. These programmes tackle broad issues which impact across a variety of vulnerable demographics. We assess that this is the most effective way of helping vulnerable populations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4126 HL4127 HL4128 question first answered 14/05/2024 15:25:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1549733

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increased cost of living on children’s social care budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Children’s social care services are funded by the core spending power of local government. This is principally made up of council tax, retained business rates and central government grants. As agreed at the 2021 Spending Review, councils have access to £54.1 billion core spending power for their services in 2022/23. This is an increase of £3.7 billion on the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>The government announced in the Autumn Statement that £1.3 billion in 2023/24 and £1.9 billion in 2024/25 will be distributed to local authorities through the Social Care Grant for adult and children’s social care. This is in addition to the funding agreed in the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p>We are working with the sector to understand the impact of inflation and will provide further details of the total funding available to local authorities in 2023/24 in the provisional local government finance settlement as soon as is possible this winter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/12/2022 14:29:40 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1379694

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have spent on recruitment campaigns to the uniformed military services, broken down by service arm.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The recorded expenditure on advertising by the three Services, for the most recent full financial year, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£16,937,533</p></td><td><p>£11,819,962</p></td><td><p>£5,721,246</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/11/2021 15:07:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1193937

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to return provision of public transport broadly to levels that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic following the ending of restrictions on movement.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The department has been working closely with transport operators and local partners to explore options for restoring public transport services. Is it clear that restoring services is challenging, for example due to the need to bring drivers out of furlough and equipment back online, and will therefore take time. We are working to ensure that services are ramped up over the coming weeks and are grateful for the work of transport workers and for their support.</p><p>The guidance we published for the travelling public is clear that journeys on public transport should only be made if they are essential, and then only if walking, cycling or driving is not an option. Peak times should be avoided where possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/05/2020 12:53:22 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

806331

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
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 out-turn cost, in cost per single track kilometre, for completing the electrification of the Great Western Main Line.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In the National Audit Office report earlier this year, the total estimated cost of the Great Western Route Modernisation infrastructure programme was £5.58billion.</p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cost of per single track kilometre.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2017 13:09:38 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

658711

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Service: Ombudsman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill, Cm 9374, published on 5 December, does not make provision for findings of maladministration and recommendations to be made binding on government departments and other public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The draft Bill requires the Ombudsman to send a statement setting out her findings and any recommendations to the department or public body in question. As now, it will be for the department or public body to decide whether and how to give effect to any such recommendations. The legislation retains existing powers that allow the Ombudsman to draw attention to unremedied hardship or injustice where she considers it has not been or will not be put right.</p><p>This is a significant power that includes the ability to require information about how a designated authority will respond to the Ombudsman's findings and to bring that information to the attention of others – for example, by laying the report before Parliament or sending it to members of a local authority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 21/12/2016 13:17:07 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

433411

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 25 November (HL3646), on what dates over the last 24 months the government of the Republic of Ireland attended in any capacity meetings held under section 1 of the 1998 Belfast Agreement; where the meetings were held; and what was discussed.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government has held regular meetings with the Irish Government over the last two years. The Irish Government has not been in any negotiations or been involved in discussions about Strand one issues under the Belfast Agreement. As the Government set out in its Northern Ireland manifesto at the election, we are committed to upholding the well-established three-stranded approach.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 07/12/2015 14:29:54 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

173569

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	India
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 government of India regarding human rights issues in the Jammu and Kashmir region.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Allegations of human rights abuses on both sides of the Line of Control in Kashmir must be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently. Officials from our High Commissions in New Delhi and Islamabad regularly discuss the situation in Kashmir with the Governments of both India and Pakistan, and visit the region to witness the situation on the ground first-hand. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has spoken to both his Indian and Pakistani counterparts about regional issues in recent months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/01/2015 12:37:35 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed