Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

940050

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Islamic State: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 March (HL5931, HL5932 and HL5933), what progress has been made in assessing the capacity of the Iraqi courts to prosecute Daesh in pursuance of UN Security Council Resolution 2379.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The UN will soon deploy a Needs Assessment Mission to Iraq to assess capacity building needs and advise where Member States and the UN should target their support. We look forward to the UN reporting on their findings. The UK is also working directly with the Iraqi judiciary to build their capacity, as called upon by UN Security Council Resolution 2379. A Special Advisor, Karim Khan QC, has been appointed to lead the UN Investigative Team established by the Resolution. The Special Adviser will deploy with the Investigative Team to Iraq to gather evidence and support the work of the Iraqi judiciary.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/07/2018 11:43:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

940051

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	China: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the complaint recently filed by Alessandro Amicarelli to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against China for its use of arbitrary detention against unregistered religious believers.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about the persecution of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Falun Gong practitioners and others on the grounds of their religion or belief in China. The freedom to practise, change or share ones faith or belief without discrimination or violent opposition is a human right that all people should enjoy. Her Majesty’s Government remains committed to promoting and defending the right to freedom of religion or belief for all individuals. <br> <br>The UK has a close working relationship with UN bodies and is committed to upholding the rule of law and rules-based international system. My officials continue to monitor the progress of the complaint filed by Alessandro Amicarelli and await the outcome.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2018 11:51:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

940052

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they give to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK supported the establishment of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in 1991 and has subsequently voted in favour of the renewal of the Working Group’s mandate. The UK cooperates with the Working Group when required, as it does with all UN human rights mechanisms.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2018 11:52:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

940053

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airwave Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 June (HL8482), what provisions are in place to ensure that the electric relays of the fibre networks to which Airwave sites are connected would continue to work during a prolonged power outage.
tabling member printed	Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
uin	HL9468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Airwave service was designed to continue to operate in the event of an extended power outage. Extensive audits of the circuits were undertaken during the commissioning of the service to ensure that the network equipment, eg relays, between the exchanges and the base stations were able to operate in the event of a mains electricity failure<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:46:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

940054

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Turkey: Detainees
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 July (HL9056), how many cases of detention in Turkey they have made representations about so far this year; and to give the details for each such instance.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL9469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>It is not our policy to reveal all details of private meetings with foreign officials. As I said previously, we have raised a number of cases, including those of the civil society representatives known as the Istanbul 10.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/07/2018 12:39:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

940055

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison officers were in post on 1 January 2017 in (1) prisons managed by HM Prison Service, and (2) prisons managed by contractors; and how many of those in each category are still in post.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL9470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>On 31 December 2016 (the closest data point available) there were 17,687¹ prison officers in bands 3 to 5 in post in public sector prisons in England and Wales. Of these, 15,170<sup>2</sup> were still in post on 31 March 2018.</p><p>The latest Information on prison staffing levels can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2018</a>.</p><p>There are no comparable figures for privately managed prisons. The provision of management information relating to the number of officers in privately managed prisons is not a contractual requirement. Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate providing safe, decent and secure services, in line with HMPPS performance standards.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Excludes band 3-5 officers who are based in HQ and area services. These are band 3 to 5 officers who have not been allocated to a prison and are mainly officers who are on detached duty with no fixed location or are POELT trainers. It may also include a few staff redeploying from closing establishments who are allocated to an area office in the HR database before being reallocated to a prison in the database.</p><p><sup>2</sup> This includes staff who may have left and returned at any point after 31 December 2016 and before 31 March 2018, and therefore may not reflect continuous service.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2018 12:51:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

940056

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Termination of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison officers have left HM Prison Service in each of the last three years for reasons other than reaching retirement age.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL9471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of band 3-5 prison officers who have left HM Prison Service by reason for leaving in each of the last three years is presented in table 1 below. This information can also be found in table 11b in the latest set of HMPPS workforce statistics at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2018</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5 prison officer leavers (headcount), by reason for leaving, 12 months ending 31 March 2016 to 12 months ending 31 March 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reason for leaving</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12 months ending 31 Mar 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12 months ending 31 Mar 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12 months ending 31 Mar 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resignation</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical retirement</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Death</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Exit<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Redundancy</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory Redundancy</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissal Other</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissal - Conduct</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissal - Poor performance</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissal - Unsatisfactory attendance/Medical Inefficiency<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transfer to other Government dept.</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public sector transfer<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (excl. retirements)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,258</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,553</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,791</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retirements</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All band 3-5 officer leavers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,544</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,834</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,088</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><sup>1</sup> This can be offered where the organisation wishes to reduce staff numbers by offering an early exit scheme or an early exit package to an individual. There is no compulsion on individuals to accept the offer.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Since January 2017, information regarding dismissals as a result of medical inefficiencies have been recorded as unsatisfactory attendances. Therefore, these categories have been combined.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Public sector transfers include healthcare staff transferring to NHS employment. These staff continue to work within establishments but under a different employer.</p><p><sup>4</sup> The 'Other' category largely consists of fixed-term appointments coming to the end of their contract. Reductions in this category reflect the fall in recruitment since 2009, including fixed-term staff.</p><p> </p><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2018 13:00:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

940057

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what planning the Department for Transport is undertaking to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement; whether they will publish or place in the Library of the House any such plans; and what further preparations, if any, for leaving without an agreement that department is undertaking.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As we continue to make progress in negotiations, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU and in recent months the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly. However, as a responsible government we are preparing for all possible outcomes. Departments’ plans are well developed and are designed to respond to all scenarios, including the unlikely possibility that we leave the EU without a deal in place. Some delivery of contingency plans has already become evident, and more will become public over the coming weeks and months. Parliament has been regularly updated on these preparations for ‘no deal’ and we will continue to provide updates.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL9417 HL9418 HL9419 HL9420 HL9421 HL9422 HL9473 HL9474 HL9475 HL9476 HL9477 HL9536 HL9537 HL9538 HL9539 HL9540 HL9541 question first answered 25/07/2018 15:37:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

940058

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what planning the Department for Work and Pensions is undertaking to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement; whether they will publish or place in the Library of the House any such plans; and what further preparations, if any, for leaving without an agreement that department is undertaking.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As we continue to make progress in negotiations, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU and in recent months the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly. However, as a responsible government we are preparing for all possible outcomes. Departments’ plans are well developed and are designed to respond to all scenarios, including the unlikely possibility that we leave the EU without a deal in place. Some delivery of contingency plans has already become evident, and more will become public over the coming weeks and months. Parliament has been regularly updated on these preparations for ‘no deal’ and we will continue to provide updates.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL9417 HL9418 HL9419 HL9420 HL9421 HL9422 HL9472 HL9474 HL9475 HL9476 HL9477 HL9536 HL9537 HL9538 HL9539 HL9540 HL9541 question first answered 25/07/2018 15:37:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

940059

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what planning the Department of Health and Social Care is undertaking to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement; whether they will publish or place in the Library of the House any such plans; and what further preparations, if any, for leaving without an agreement that department is undertaking.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As we continue to make progress in negotiations, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU and in recent months the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly. However, as a responsible government we are preparing for all possible outcomes. Departments’ plans are well developed and are designed to respond to all scenarios, including the unlikely possibility that we leave the EU without a deal in place. Some delivery of contingency plans has already become evident, and more will become public over the coming weeks and months. Parliament has been regularly updated on these preparations for ‘no deal’ and we will continue to provide updates.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL9417 HL9418 HL9419 HL9420 HL9421 HL9422 HL9472 HL9473 HL9475 HL9476 HL9477 HL9536 HL9537 HL9538 HL9539 HL9540 HL9541 question first answered 25/07/2018 15:37:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra