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1029109

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date	19/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Services: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Disclosure and Barring Service applications for employment in the adult social care workforce took more than (1) 60 days, and (2) 100 days to complete in (a) 2016, and (b) 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL12457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The DBS do not hold the information requested by sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12458 question first answered 07/01/2019 17:38:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

1029110

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Services: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average time taken to complete Disclosure and Barring Service applications for employment in the adult social care workforce in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL12458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The DBS do not hold the information requested by sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12457 question first answered 07/01/2019 17:38:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

1029116

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Greece
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 government of Greece to provide prompt and humane solutions for refugees currently living in Greece.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL12464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Greek Government is responsible for ensuring the needs of refugees and migrants living in Greece are met. The UK Government is committed to supporting Greece’s efforts to manage migration effectively, which includes working with the Greek Government to support the most vulnerable.</p><p>To meet the Government’s aim of enabling the most vulnerable unaccompanied children where it was in their best interest to relocate from Europe to the UK, in December 2018, the Government removed the date criterion in the Dubs Amendment; meaning that participating States such as Greece can now refer the most vulnerable children regardless of when they arrived into Europe.</p><p>In addition, as per responses HL10488 and HL11028, we continue to provide expert staff to the EU Commission and the European Asylum Support Office teams in Greece and continue to provide interpreters to support the work of the Greek Reception and Identification Service to support Greece’s response in the island hotspots.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/01/2019 11:39:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1029122

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will carry out a consultation on the planned reforms to civil partnerships announced in October; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL12470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We intend to consult, during 2019, on the planned reforms to allow opposite-sex couples to form a civil partnership.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/01/2019 17:03:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1029127

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to speed up the start of the next phase of its work.
tabling member printed	Lord Stunell
uin	HL12475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The timetable for the independent public Inquiry is a matter for the Chair, Sir Martin Moore-Bick. Work on Phase 2 has been going on for several months. Sir Martin has said that he would like to start the Phase 2 hearings as soon as possible, but there is still much work to do. The issues to be considered in Phase 2 are complex and detailed, and involve a huge number of documents, which must be reviewed and digested. The investigation must be thorough, but careful and detailed preparation should make it possible to ensure the hearings, once begun, are completed within a reasonable time</p><p><br>Before the phase 2 hearings, the Inquiry will produce its report on phase 1, and carry out, as far as it properly can, an investigation into the deaths caused by the fire, and make findings that will meet the coroner’s requirements. Sir Martin has made clear that some steps can and should be taken immediately in the interests of public safety, and he has put in place a procedure for considering proposals from core participants. Government is committed to providing the Inquiry with all the resources it needs to complete its important task.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2018 13:39:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

1029129

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Audit: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Competition and Markets Authority Statutory audit services market study: Update paper, published on 18 December, what plans they have, if any, to implement greater regulatory scrutiny of auditors to improve competition in the accounting industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) update paper is an interim report and consultation paper. It is for the CMA, as an independent competition body, to assess responses to this paper before making its final report. The Government looks forward to the CMA’s final report, to be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/01/2019 15:58:37 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1028320

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Dumping
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to protect the British steel industry from cheap imports of foreign steel.
tabling member printed	Lord Brookman
uin	HL12394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Trade remedies are currently under EU competence while we remain a Member State. It is for industry to demonstrate <em>prima facie</em> evidence of dumping that is causing material injury to EU producers, to the European Commission. We encourage industry to present such evidence to the Commission. Where evidence is sufficient to justify an investigation, the Commission will do so and present any proposals for imposing duties to Member States.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to a rules-based international trade system and is in the process of establishing the Trade Remedies Authority to ensure that UK businesses continue to be protected from unfair and injurious trade practices once we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also an active participant in the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, which aims to address excess capacity in the steel sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 07/01/2019 13:18:47 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3331 label Biography information for Lord Brookman

1028323

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much interest has accrued to Libyan assets frozen by UN resolutions while in London; and what is the current total value of those assets.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold comprehensive information about how much interest has accrued or the current total value of that interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) undertakes an annual frozen asset review requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen funds in the UK to report to OFSI.</p><p> </p><p>At close of business on 29 September 2017 the approximate total value of frozen Libyan assets in the UK was £12.061 billion. The figures for 2018 have not yet been finalised.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:44:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028324

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any application has been made to use the interest accrued on Libyan assets frozen in London; and if so, by whom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text Frozen funds held or controlled by financial institutions are required to be reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) on an annual basis in aggregate. Licence applications are made to OFSI to permit applicants to deal with frozen assets, including to release frozen funds and for designated persons to receive funds in particular circumstances and for a specific purpose. Where licensing applications relate to the release of frozen funds, breakdowns of the sources of those funds are not required as part of the application. Similarly, when the release of frozen funds is authorised, the source of the funds is not specified beyond details about the payment route<p /><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:43:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028338

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible impact of Brexit on the UK's food and catering industries; on what research they base their assessment; and what they forecast as being the net annual loss of European workers in this sector in each year from 2019 to 2025.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL12412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>It is a priority of this Government to enable an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain, which invests in its people and skills. Defra is working closely with industry and other Government departments to understand labour demand and supply for the food and catering sectors, including both permanent and seasonal workforce requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that free movement between the UK and EU will end. Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that there is a long term strategy for the food and farming workforce as part of the future immigration policy, with a smooth transition as the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration White Paper, published on 19 December 2018, sets out the foundation for a single immigration system, where it is workers’ skills that matter, not where they come from. The Government has also made it clear that it will continue to welcome workers from the European Union who are already here in the UK and those who come here in the future who meet the immigration requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with industry to raise awareness of the career opportunities within the agriculture and food industry to attract domestic workers, and is exploring the potential for innovation and automation and their impact on future labour demands.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/01/2019 11:45:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich