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1546629

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date	29/11/2022
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	Jerusalem: Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Israel about policing in the Old City of Jerusalem; and in particular, whether they have recommended co-operation with any UK police forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK has repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding opposition to the manner in which the Israel Defence Forces police non-violent protests and the border areas. We also regularly raise the importance of the Israeli security force's adherence to the principles of necessity and proportionality when defending its legitimate security interest. We continue to stress the importance of the Israeli security forces providing appropriate protection to the Palestinian civilian population, which includes Palestinian medics attempting to provide services.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/12/2022 17:24:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

1546630

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	China: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what projects in China were funded with the £51.7 million in Official Development Assistance they provided to that country last year; and who were the beneficiaries of those projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government stopped direct government-to-government bilateral aid to the Chinese Government in 2011. The FCDO cut aid programming in China by 95 per cent from the 2021-22 financial year. All new FCDO ODA programming in 2021 was limited to supporting projects that furthered our open societies and human rights objectives in China, such as funding important research on the human rights violations occurring in Xinjiang. There was additional programme spend in 2021-22 to meet the exit costs of former programmes. In addition to programme spend, FCDO Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China in 2021 includes other types of spend that is counted as ODA, such as ODA eligible operational costs for UK diplomatic missions in China, Chevening scholarships, ODA-eligible British Council activity and funding for the Great Britain China Centre. It is not direct assistance to the Chinese government but is categorised as ODA in line with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Development Assistance Committee rules on ODA reporting. Total HMG ODA to China in 2021 also included spend by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [£18.8 million], the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs [£30,000] and, in the first quarter of the year only, the Prosperity Fund [£2.8 million]. Details on all UK ODA projects for 2021, including those to China, can be found in the Statistics on International Development publication in 'Data Underlying the SID': https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1119764/data-underlying-SID-2021.ods</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3794 HL3795 HL3837 question first answered 12/12/2022 17:39:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1546631

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	China: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any of the £51.7 million in Official Development Assistance that they provided to China last year was used (1) to provide assistance to, or (2) to benefit, the Uyghur communities in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government stopped direct government-to-government bilateral aid to the Chinese Government in 2011. The FCDO cut aid programming in China by 95 per cent from the 2021-22 financial year. All new FCDO ODA programming in 2021 was limited to supporting projects that furthered our open societies and human rights objectives in China, such as funding important research on the human rights violations occurring in Xinjiang. There was additional programme spend in 2021-22 to meet the exit costs of former programmes. In addition to programme spend, FCDO Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China in 2021 includes other types of spend that is counted as ODA, such as ODA eligible operational costs for UK diplomatic missions in China, Chevening scholarships, ODA-eligible British Council activity and funding for the Great Britain China Centre. It is not direct assistance to the Chinese government but is categorised as ODA in line with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Development Assistance Committee rules on ODA reporting. Total HMG ODA to China in 2021 also included spend by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [£18.8 million], the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs [£30,000] and, in the first quarter of the year only, the Prosperity Fund [£2.8 million]. Details on all UK ODA projects for 2021, including those to China, can be found in the Statistics on International Development publication in 'Data Underlying the SID': https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1119764/data-underlying-SID-2021.ods</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3794 HL3795 HL3836 question first answered 12/12/2022 17:39:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1546632

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Africa and Asia: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total reduction in Official Development Assistance to the poorest countries in (1) Asia, and (2) Africa, last year; and how many projects saw a (a) reduction, or (b) elimination, of development funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Per the recently published Statistics for International Development (SID) for 2021 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development) states that bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa decreased by £883 million (33.8 per cent) from £2,610 million in 2020 to £1,727 million in 2021. The country that that experienced the largest country-specific decrease in spend within Africa was Ethiopia. Bilateral ODA to Asia was £1,334 million in 2021, a decrease of £639 million (32.4 per cent) compared to 2020, and the largest decrease in country-specific ODA was experienced by Bangladesh (reduction of £116m from 2020). The FCDO 2021-22 annual report and accounts (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022) provides total Government ODA spend by country in pages 257-285 for the last five financial years.</p><p><br>We do not specifically record the number of projects that saw reductions/elimination of development funding, however the SID states that ODA for 2021 decreased by £3,054 million compared to 2020 which was driven by the Government's decision to reduce ODA from 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income to 0.5 per cent in 2021. The SID reports the change in ODA spend between 2021 and 2020 by sector (page 38) and by region (pages 22/23).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/12/2022 16:10:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1546633

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Sugar: Consumption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the fourth and final report from their Sugar Reduction Programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL3839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The fourth progress report, <em>Sugar reduction – industry progress 2015 to 2020: Including the final report for foods included in the programme and the latest data for drinks included in the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and juices and milk based drinks on the sugar reduction programme</em> was published on 1 December. A copy of the report is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/12/2022 16:27:32 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Sugar-reduction-and-reformulation-progress-report-2015-to-2020.pdf title Sugar reduction programme report
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1546634

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to give the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the power to change the date of the local elections in that country to avoid the counting of votes clashing with Coronation Day.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government already has the power to change the date of local elections by order under section 84 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is considering options to ensure people in Northern Ireland can celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III while ensuring the smooth running of the democratic process.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 07/12/2022 14:44:36 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1546635

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bellamy on 28 November (HL Deb col 1561), what plans they have to announce (1) the timeframe, and (2) the terms of reference, for the Royal Commission on the criminal justice process, as announced in the Queen's Speech on 19 December 2019.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Both the timeframe and terms of reference for the Royal Commission are under review. We continue to prioritise recovery in the criminal justice system and it is right to do so in light of the disruption caused by the Criminal Bar Association’s recent action. Our focus is on delivering our priorities over the coming months and overhauling the UK human rights framework through the Bill of Rights, which will safeguard the wider public interest, while restoring some common sense to our justice system.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 13/12/2022 17:37:06 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1546636

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Sudan: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had at the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative regarding sexual violence in (1) Sudan, and (2) South Sudan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL3842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government are working in both Sudan and South Sudan to address Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV). The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) International Conference was an important opportunity to raise awareness and work together on these issues. The Government of South Sudan was represented at the conference, endorsed the CRSV Political Declaration and made a national commitment to prevent CRSV in South Sudan. South Sudan's Defence Minister and several civil society actors participated in panels on CRSV prevention, reparations and peacebuilding. The Prime Minister's Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict met the South Sudanese Ministerial delegation to press for urgent action to address CRSV in South Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 09/12/2022 14:34:48 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1546637

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Overseas Students
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 likely impact on (1) the UK economy, and (2) the financial viability of Britain’s higher education sector, of overseas students being deterred from coming to the UK for their (a) graduate, and (b) post-graduate, studies.
tabling member printed	Lord Leong
uin	HL3843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>International students make an estimated contribution to the UK economy of at least £25.9 billion per year, with every part of the UK being financially better off because of international students. International students also make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, which is important for our universities and delivers growth at home.</p><p>The department continues to work to ensure that the UK remains an attractive destination to international students. The government looks forward to continuing to welcome international students to our world class HE institutions. We remain committed to the targets set out in the International Education Strategy to continue to host at least 600,000 international students in the UK per year, by 2030. With 605,130 international students in the UK hosted in the 2020/21 academic year, the government has met its International Students ambition for the first time, nearly ten years early.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/12/2022 16:48:47 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4959 label Biography information for Lord Leong

1546639

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Overseas Students
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 likely impact of overseas students being prevented from entering the UK for their (1) graduate, and (2) post-graduate, studies on UK universities’ reputation internationally.
tabling member printed	Lord Leong
uin	HL3845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s HE sector has a strong reputation globally. The department is committed to maintaining the UK as an attractive study destination for international students. As set out in the International Education Strategy, we are working closely with the higher education (HE) sector and other government departments to ensure international students are welcomed and supported.</p><p>The department works with colleagues across government to ensure up-to-date immigration advice is available to students to help with their student visa journey.</p><p>The department has met the International Education Strategy’s ambition to host at least 600,000 international students per year in the UK, nearly ten years early, with a total of 605,130 international students in the UK in the in the 2020/21 academic year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/12/2022 17:03:56 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4959 label Biography information for Lord Leong