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893140

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date	27/04/2018
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 Exiting the European Union: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) staff, and (2) consultants, at the Department for Exiting the European Union are paid salaries in excess of £140,000; and to what posts those salaries apply.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL7357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union can confirm that 1 member of staff is paid more than £140,000. A central list of all individuals within Government earning a total pay package of £150,000 and above is published on data.gov.uk website, this includes details of roles undertaken. Details of DExEU Board members pay is available in the Remuneration Report in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is made publicly available at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17.</p><p><br>The Department does not have access to the salaries consultants are paid by their respective companies.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 10/05/2018 10:52:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

893141

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) staff, and (2) consultants, at the Department for International Trade are paid salaries in excess of £140,000; and to what posts those salaries apply.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL7358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Information on high earning staff (£150,000 and above) in the Civil Service is in the public domain, accessible via the transparency data reports on gov.uk. The most recent version is the senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693864/_150k_2017_Master_for_publication_March_18_update.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693864/_150k_2017_Master_for_publication_March_18_update.csv/preview</a></p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) does not have any staff paid more than £140,000 but less than £150,000.</p><p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) has one member of staff paid more than £140,000 but less than £150,000, in the post of Director of Business Group.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the pay received by individual consultants from their employing company.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 09/05/2018 14:47:42 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

893142

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Burma, following reports of recent attacks by the Burma Army in Karen State.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has provided political and programme support to Burma's peace process since the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in October 2015, including through the Joint Peace Fund which supports the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in various ways such as the Joint Monitoring Committee. The UK is concerned by the Burmese military's recent attacks on the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, and the consequent displacement of civilians. The UK will continue to urge all parties to abide by the National Ceasefire Agreement and encourage progress through negotiations towards a peace settlement.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/05/2018 16:12:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

893143

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to address the escalating conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan States in Burma, and the reported human rights violations by the Burma Army against civilians.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about the intensifying conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan states, including disturbing and credible reports of human rights abuses and violations. The UK ensured specific references to the situation in Shan and Kachin in the UN Human Rights Council’s resolution on Human Rights in Burma in March 2018. The British Ambassador visited Kachin State in January 2018 to discuss the situation with local political and religious leaders, and visited an Internally Displaced Persons camp. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific called on 28 April for the Burmese military to show restraint and to protect civilians following a surge in violence in Kachin. The UK contributed £6.1 million in the financial year 2017-18 to humanitarian assistance for conflict affected people in Kachin and Northern Shan States, including in non-government controlled areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/05/2018 16:13:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

893144

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the humanitarian needs of Shan refugees on the Thai–Burmese border, following cuts in international aid and food rations to camps in that area.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID provides humanitarian assistance to conflict-affected people in Rakhine, Kachin, Northern Shan and to the 100,000 Burmese refugees in camps in Thailand. At present, DFID is not providing support directly to Shan refugees on the Thai–Burmese border following a needs assessment in early 2018. Humanitarian Advisors continue to monitor the situation, including speaking to the Border Consortium.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 14:13:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

893145

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Burma about allowing unhindered access for humanitarian aid to all parts of Kachin, Northern Shan and Rakhine States.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Access for humanitarian aid to conflict affected people in Rakhine, Kachin and northern Shan is vital, and without it, needs will not be met and lives will be lost. The UK provides humanitarian assistance in all these areas, but this is highly limited by government restrictions. We have pressed for unfettered access directly with the Burmese government though ministerial and senior official calls and meetings, and as part of joint calls with other agencies and development partners working in Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 14:26:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

893146

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the Home Office's annual targets for the removal of illegal migrants for each year since 2010; and how many people were removed because of inadequate documentation in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL7363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>My Department’s approach is set out in Sir Philip Rutnam’s letter to the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, dated 14 May 2018 that my Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration deposited in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently prioritising Caribbean Nationals. The Home Office has been checking records back to 2002 when electronic records began, looking at all removals and deportations of Caribbean nationals aged 45 plus. So far there have been 63 cases identified where Caribbean individuals could have entered the UK before 1973. This means of the total 8000 total deportation and administrative removal records that came up, so far there is a focus on 63, there is something in their record that indicates they could have entered before 1973. Of these, there are 32 Foreign National Offenders and 31 administrative removals.</p><p> </p><p>We are now reviewing each of these cases carefully in more depth - including bringing paper files out of storage if necessary - to determine whether anyone who was protected under the 1971 Act was removed or deported unlawfully. This work will be independently assured. This does not mean that 63 people have been wrongfully removed or deported. It is the number of cases which merit further investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/05/2018 15:39:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

893147

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Water Treatment: Phosphates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether water companies are required to operate phosphate removal plants in areas where there are high levels of phosphorus run-off; and what proportion of water supply facilities in such areas have operational phosphate removal plants.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Phosphorus inputs to English rivers and lakes are mainly from sewage effluent, including contributions from food and detergents and drainage from agricultural land. Dramatic reductions from very elevated river phosphorus concentrations in the 1980 and 1990s have been achieved in recent decades through reduced detergent phosphorous contributions, the introduction of phosphorus reduction treatment at sewage treatment works, and falling fertiliser use and livestock numbers. Despite this, phosphorus is the most common reason for English rivers not achieving Good Ecological Status under the Water Framework Directive Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1995 and 2015 the phosphorus loading from water company sewage treatment works to rivers reduced by about 60%. By 2017 almost 700 sewage treatment works had treatment in place to reduce phosphorus loadings. This equates to some 25 million population equivalent, or just over 60% of the population served by sewage treatment works which discharge to rivers.</p><p> </p><p>Even after these reductions, sewage treatment works remain the largest source of phosphorus entering rivers nationally, and further improvement works are being planned and implemented by water companies to meet Water Framework Directive Regulations.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/05/2018 16:38:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

893148

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gaming Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of fixed-odds betting terminals on local economic growth; and if so, whether that assessment has shown any harm to the economy resulting from the use of such machines.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The impact assessment, published alongside the consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility measures, includes qualitative analysis regarding wider economic effects and the impact on individuals and communities of gaming machines, including Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals. The framework for analysis in the impact assessment takes into account some isolated economic effects in other gambling markets but does not attempt to look at the effects on the rest of the economy (general equilibrium) because doing so would be disproportionate relative to the size of the policy impacts expected. We received further evidence on costs and benefits in response to the consultation and an updated impact assessment will be published with the Government’s final proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 14/05/2018 12:46:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

893149

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Commonwealth: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take during the Prime Minister's term as Commonwealth Chair-in-Office to ensure that (1) older people, and (2) ageing issues, are integrated into the work of the Commonwealth and the agenda of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
uin	HL7366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>During the recent Heads of Government Meeting, the Foreign Secretary welcomed the first ever Commonwealth Elders' Forum, convened by Common Age. This event included discussions on human rights, women and dementia, and elderly care.</p><p>During the UK's period as Commonwealth Chair-in-Office we will work closely with fellow member states, the Commonwealth Secretariat and accredited organisations to support the delivery of the conclusions of this Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, as expressed in the communiqué.</p><p>The communiqué recognised the importance of &quot;the full social, economic and political participation of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status&quot;. As host country, Rwanda will be responsible for developing the agenda for the 2020 summit, in consultation with member states.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/05/2018 13:44:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross