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447972

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Bicycles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the House will provide further bicycle parking spaces, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords currently has 47 covered bicycle parking spaces in State Officers’ Court, 12 spaces in Chancellor’s Court and six spaces in Black Rod’s Garden. The House keeps opportunities to increase the number of spaces under review, and following completion of works on the Cast Iron Roofs and Chancellor’s Court, will consider again the provision of further bicycle parking spaces.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 09/02/2016 15:34:26 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

445369

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider the work undertaken by Thames Valley Police in their newly published review of good practice in policing local Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to be innovative; and what plans they have to encourage other police forces to undertake a similar approach to policy and practice in their areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Equality and diversity are important – people across all communities want the police to fight crime while having confidence that their needs will be understood and respected.</p><p>The Government are pleased that Thames Valley Police have undertaken this piece of work which was co-authored by one of the Executive Directors of the national Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Police Association.</p><p>The Government established the College of Police as the professional body for policing to set standards, establish an evidence base for policing and disseminate what works.</p><p>It remains a matter for forces how they deal with issues to do with Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities. However, we would expect the College of Policing to make an assessment of effective policing practice and share effective and innovative practice where they find it.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2016 16:51:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

444365

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Syrian Dom people will be included in the 20,000 refugees selected to be given refuge in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies refugees for potential resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) scheme using its established vulnerability criteria. Although these do not include membership of a particular ethnic group, Dom people may qualify under the criteria, which include survivors of violence and/or torture and refugees with legal and/or physical protection needs. The scheme prioritises those who cannot be effectively supported in the region, and there are no quotas for the number of refugees that will qualify under each criteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2016 16:59:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

424126

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European Union directives apply to urban air pollution; and how each is enacted in United Kingdom law.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>There are two main pieces of European legislation applicable to urban air pollution:</p><ul><li>The Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe Directive 2008 (“the Directive”) applies to urban air pollution. It has been transposed in England by the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively, the Directive has been transposed by the Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010, the Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2010 and the Air Pollution and the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. The regulations reflect the legally binding limits set by the Directive for concentrations in outdoor air of major air pollutants that impact public health such as particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>). The Directive requires the undertaking of air quality assessments and the reporting of findings to the European Commission annually. The UK has statutory monitoring networks in place to meet the requirements of the Directive, with air quality modelling used to supplement the monitored data.</li><li>The National Emission Ceilings Directive (2001/81/EC) (NECD) sets limits on total annual emissions of key air pollutants (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia) to help reduce transboundary air pollution. The NECD is transposed into UK law by the National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2002.</li></ul><br /><p>There is also further legislation aimed at delivering specific reductions in emissions from certain areas of the economy, which for competitive or single market reasons has been set at European level. This includes:</p><ul><li>The Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU)</li><li>The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels Directive (1993/32/EC)</li><li>Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive (94/63/EC)</li><li>The Quality of Petrol and Diesel Fuels Directive (98/70/EC)</li></ul><p>.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:51:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

424127

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which authorities are responsible for the monitoring of urban air.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>In England, overall responsibility for monitoring ambient air quality lies with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In addition the Environment Agency is responsible for monitoring emissions from large and complex industrial processes in England. This function is undertaken by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency in Scotland, Natural Resources Wales in Wales and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. Under the Local Air Quality Management System, local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing ambient air quality.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:51:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

424128

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Lambeth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the impact of air pollution on the lung function of children in the London Borough of Lambeth.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made any estimate of the impact of air pollution on the lung function of children in the London Borough of Lambeth.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/11/2015 08:58:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

222701

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Youth Engagement Fund
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 14 August 2014 (HL1625), how many young people from the Gypsy and Traveller communities have benefited from the Youth Engagement Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Engagement Fund aims to support the most disadvantaged young people in society who are at risk of becoming long term NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). The Fund is being awarded through a competitive bidding process over two stages and we expect to announce the winning bidders in the coming weeks. Programmes will start delivering support to disadvantaged young people soon afterwards.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 02/03/2015 15:11:52 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

222702

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Travellers: Education
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 Nash on 6 May 2014 (WA 346), whether the new web portal to improve access to 16–18 performance data has been developed; and what data they expect it to yield on the experience of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma young people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL5043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The School Performance Web Portal as alluded to in the Written Answer on 6 May 2014 (WA 346) has not yet been developed. The programme to develop it in the way envisaged at the time was discontinued in August 2014. It had become apparent that the programme was going to experience some delays to delivery and with a significant IT transformation programme taking place within the Department, and other changes across Government, it was clear that it was not the right time to progress with this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education remains committed to the objective of improving access to performance data.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently conducting small scale research with groups of parents, school leaders, governors and Department for Education officials. This is to ensure any future web presence for performance data meets both the priorities of the Department and the needs of users.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/03/2015 16:23:02 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

179210

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recommendations made in the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons of February 2014 reviewing the monitoring of Gypsy, Romany and Traveller prisoners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>I welcome the report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, People in Prison: Gypsies, Romany and Travellers<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Meeting the needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) prisoners has traditionally been challenging due to very low declaration rates. To address this, and to improve the support received by them, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has carried out work to increase the confidence of these prisoners to declare their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2014, NOMS implemented a new tool to monitor various outcomes for prisoners against a range of protected characteristics, including GRT prisoners. This has proved to be successful and declaration rates have increased. The tool allows NOMS to better understand where gaps in services for GRT prisoners are, and for services to be commissioned where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has worked closely with organisations such as the Friends Family and Travellers and the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain to provide information to staff and prisoners regarding best practice when working with GRT prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) commissioned and jointly published (with HMIP) the report: 'Children and Young People in Custody 2012-13: An Analysis of 12-18 year olds' perceptions of their experience in secure training centres'. This was the first published annual summary of children and young people's self-reported experiences and perceptions from surveys carried out with young people in each of the four Secure Training Centres (STCs). The YJB will continue to commission these reports and monitor the findings from this survey in future years to gain a better understanding of the representation GRT young people within STCs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 25/02/2015 17:25:39 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

174563

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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
hansard heading	Roma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the 2014 Report of the European Commission on the implementation of the European Union framework for National Roma Integration Strategies which was critical of the implementation of some of the 28 recommendations of the 2012 Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis) on 5 January 2015, UIN reference 218133, and my answer to the noble Lord Avebury on 11 November 2014, <em>Column </em>WA36.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4156 question first answered 23/01/2015 12:24:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker