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749239

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date	06/07/2017
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	Gibraltar: Schengen Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 9 February (HL5288), what progress they have made with the pilot scheme which aims to assist asylum applicants who have been granted leave to remain in the UK to make contact with the Department for Work and Pensions at the earliest opportunity; and whether they will publish the evaluation of that pilot.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The pilot was extended until the end of March 2017 and is currently being reviewed. We will be writing to key stakeholders with an update shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/07/2017 11:45:17 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

748843

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether it remains their intention to ensure that they do not reach a deal on Brexit without Gibraltar being fully included in that final deal.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is clear that Gibraltar is covered by our exit negotiations and we have committed to fully involve them as we prepare for the process of exiting the EU. We will negotiate as one United Kingdom, and leave as one United Kingdom. The PM has been clear that we are seeking a deal that works for Britain – not an off the peg solution. That deal must work for Gibraltar too.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/07/2017 13:50:16 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

748844

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to local authorities of assessing home-educated children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimate is possible as no data are collected on this expenditure from local authorities, and there are no reliable data on overall numbers of children educated at home. Furthermore, local authorities need to take different approaches to assessment of the suitability of home education depending on the circumstances of each child known to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:34 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

748847

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the WebRoots Democracy report, Inclusive Voting: Improving access to elections with digital democracy, published on 5 June; and, in particular, what assessment they have made of (1) the call for pilots of an online voting option in elections, and (2) the conclusion that it is highly questionable whether voters with vision impairments and other disabilities have access to the right to cast a secret and independent vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Knight of Weymouth
uin	HL510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government notes the recommendations in WebRoots Democracy report. The Government is committed to building a modern democracy that works for everyone.</p><p>All voters have the right to vote independently and in secret. To assist blind and visually impaired voters, Returning Officers must ensure each polling station is equipped with a tactile voting device which fixes over the ballot paper and allows the voter to mark the ballot paper independently, and in secret, after a member of polling station staff has read out the list of candidates on the ballot paper to them. An enlarged version of the ballot paper is also displayed in each polling station and a large handheld copy provided on request to assist visually impaired voters. Disabled electors may also take a companion into the polling station with them for assistance, or make use of postal voting or appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf, in the same manner as other electors.</p><p>The introduction of electronic voting (‘e-Voting’) would raise a number of issues which would need to be considered carefully. The selection of elected representatives for Parliament is regarded as requiring the highest possible level of integrity and, at present, there are concerns that e-Voting, by any means, is not seen by many to be suitably rigorous and secure, and could be vulnerable to attack or fraud. To provide a system over which there are doubts held by part of the electorate would not be appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/07/2017 16:12:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4160 label Biography information for Lord Knight of Weymouth

748848

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to reduce the level of smoking in both indoor and outdoor public places.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Legislation introduced in 2007 made it illegal to smoke in all public enclosed or substantially enclosed areas and workplaces. There are no current plans to introduce further smoke free legislation to outdoor places.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can however, consider adopting more extensive no smoking policies locally. Local authorities are best placed to do this working with its local population to develop flexible plans that suit the local area.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:03:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

748849

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce noise nuisance resulting from the use of motorbikes.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Technical standards for noise from new motorcycles are set at an International level by both the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). These provisions were updated in 2014 and took effect for new machines from 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission is planning to introduce new legislation concerning emissions and noise from motorcycles. An independent research-based investigation is currently underway to establish the noise limits and these are expected to take effect in 2020. The UK is actively engaged in these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The motorcycle industry are represented at the UNECE discussions and Department for Transport officials also hold routine discussions with them outside of this forum.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 12/07/2017 11:44:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

748852

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Defence Secretary’s remarks on the Today Programme on 27 June that the UK will support US military action, provided it is legal, justified and proportionate, what is their definition of “proportionate” US military action in the event of the future use of chemical weapons by the government of Syria.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The legal basis for any action the US might take is for their authorities to consider, and the UK position would be based on the facts of the case at the time. Nonetheless, the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against its own population should not be tolerated.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/07/2017 14:04:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

748853

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: F-35 Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the purchase of 138 F-35B jump–jets for the Royal Navy.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015, we reaffirmed our commitment to procure 138 F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The first tranche of 48 aircraft will be of the F-35B variant, which will be jointly operated by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and capable of operating from both land and the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The decision on the variant of subsequent tranches of Lightning will be taken at the appropriate time.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/07/2017 15:13:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

748864

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the UK's withdrawal from the EU does not jeopardise or undermine cross–border healthcare provision in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her Article 50 letter we want to avoid a return to a hard border between the United Kingdom and Ireland and maintain the Common Travel Area (CTA) between us. We recognise that for the people of Northern Ireland and Ireland, the ability to move freely across the border is an essential part of daily life. There is a strong appetite on both sides of the border and in all parts of the UK to maintain the current status quo. The Government has been clear that there will be no immediate changes to our practices surrounding the CTA.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:02:39 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

747970

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of homeless people in each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>DCLG publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief in England. The autumn 2016 number of rough sleepers counted and estimated in a single night snapshot in England was 4,134. In England, 59,090 households were accepted as statutorily homeless and in priority need in 2016/17. 77,240 households were in temporary accommodation at the end of March 2017 in England. There were 214,476 successful cases of homelessness prevention or relief outside the statutory homelessness framework in 2016/17 in England.</p><p>These are also published at a local authority level, including the ten Greater Manchester authorities. The latest statistics can be found (attached) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p><p>The Government will be implementing manifesto commitments to help those at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or with complex needs, to support them to lead more independent lives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/07/2017 16:13:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 170711 Statutory Homelessness and Prevention and Relief HL424.pdf title Statutory homelessness and prevention
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley