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1195945

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date	14/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the statistics detailing the number of families and children affected by the two-child limit benefit policy up to April.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to annual statistics releases related to the operation of the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children. Statistics related to the period up to April 2019 are available on GOV.UK. Statistics related to the period up to April 2020 will be published in the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/05/2020 12:26:48 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1195946

registered interest
date	14/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the statistics detailing the number of families affected by the two-child limit benefit policy broken down by (1) parliamentary constituency, and (2) local authority.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to annual statistics releases related to the operation of the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children. Statistics related to the period up to April 2019 are available on GOV.UK. Statistics related to the period up to April 2020 will be published in the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/05/2020 12:23:11 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1193918

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have put in place to ensure that children can continue to be transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 committed the Government to transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Greece, Italy and France to the UK; 478 have now successfully transferred.  We remain in contact with our counterparts in Italy to complete the transfer of the final two children as soon as it is safe to do so.  We welcome the pledges made by other countries to support Greece and stand ready to offer advice and guidance to those developing their own schemes.</p><p>The UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin Regulation. Despite covid-19 restrictions, the UK is ready to accept transfers under Dublin whenever Member States are in a position to make those arrangements. Following close collaboration with the Greek Government, 50 asylum seekers arrived in the UK from Greece on 11 May in order to unite with family members who were already lawfully present in the UK.</p><p>Protecting vulnerable children is a key priority for the Government. In 2019, the UK received more asylum applications from unaccompanied children than any country in the EU and accounted for approximately 20% of all reported UASC claims made in the UK and the 27 EU Member States.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4111 question first answered 05/06/2020 12:32:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1193919

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: 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 the implications for the UK of successful transfers of separated children from Greece to other countries in Europe under the European Commission’s relocation scheme for transfers of unaccompanied children.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 committed the Government to transfer 480 unaccompanied children from Greece, Italy and France to the UK; 478 have now successfully transferred.  We remain in contact with our counterparts in Italy to complete the transfer of the final two children as soon as it is safe to do so.  We welcome the pledges made by other countries to support Greece and stand ready to offer advice and guidance to those developing their own schemes.</p><p>The UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin Regulation. Despite covid-19 restrictions, the UK is ready to accept transfers under Dublin whenever Member States are in a position to make those arrangements. Following close collaboration with the Greek Government, 50 asylum seekers arrived in the UK from Greece on 11 May in order to unite with family members who were already lawfully present in the UK.</p><p>Protecting vulnerable children is a key priority for the Government. In 2019, the UK received more asylum applications from unaccompanied children than any country in the EU and accounted for approximately 20% of all reported UASC claims made in the UK and the 27 EU Member States.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4110 question first answered 05/06/2020 12:32:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1189793

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
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 (1) short-, and (2) long-term, financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early years childcare providers in receipt of local authority funding who have restricted access to the Job Retention Scheme. [T]
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL3310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Our immediate objective is to ensure that critical workers have the childcare that they need to do their jobs during this crisis and that vulnerable children have access to early years provision.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining a healthy childcare market in the longer term is also crucially important, which is why the government will continue to pay for free early years entitlement places from the Dedicated Schools Grant, as well as ensuring early years providers have access to other government support schemes for businesses whose operations have been severely affected by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the support available is included in the guidance ‘Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak’ which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 28/04/2020 15:42:18 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1186336

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence was used to inform the increase in the immigration health surcharge, announced in the 2020 Budget.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2020 answer text <p>The Department looked at actual data on surcharge-payers’ use of the National Health Service between April 2015 and September 2019 and their length of stay in the United Kingdom. This estimated the total costs to the NHS of treating the average surcharge-payer to be around £624 per person per annum.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/04/2020 14:41:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1186337

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish an impact assessment of the proposed increase in the immigration health surcharge; and whether any such assessment will include the impact on children's rights.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The Impact assessment for the Immigration Health Surcharge Order can be found here: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2020/30/pdfs/ukia_20200030_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2020/30/pdfs/ukia_20200030_en.pdf</a></p><p>A policy equality statement and family test have also been completed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/04/2020 14:22:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name ukia_20200030_en.pdf title Legislation - UKIA 2020/30
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1186338

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to exempting NHS workers from the immigration health surcharge.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the role overseas Doctor’s Nurses and Allied Health Professional play in our NHS, hence we are working to introduce an NHS visa for qualified health professionals who will be offered fast track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated support to come to the UK with their families.</p><p>Yet it is right all who come to work in the UK contribute towards the cost of providing the NHS services they will have access to from their arrival as do providers of other essential public services such as teachers and care-workers. Those who show a long-term commitment to our country become exempt from the immigration health surcharge when they secure Indefinite Leave to Remain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/04/2020 14:23:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1185963

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Ministers of Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there will be any change to the existing requirements for a Temporary Worker-Religious Worker visa (Tier 5) under the new points-based immigration system.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Under the current Immigration Rules, there are a range of routes for specialist activities, including temporary religious workers. From January 2021, these routes will be opened to EEA and Swiss citizens.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/03/2020 14:20:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1176599

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to adopt the Social Metrics Commission's measurement of poverty across all departments following the Department for Work and Pensions' commitment in May 2019 to develop experimental statistics using that Commission's measurement; and whether they have any further information on this issue.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL1353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>In May 2019 the Government announced that it would develop a new experimental poverty statistic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department aims to publish these statistics in the second half of 2020 and this work is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 04/03/2020 16:11:06 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham