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838039

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date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministers took into account current or past performance as a criteria when awarding Virgin Trains East Coast the East Coast franchise; and if so, what weight was given to performance criteria.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL5397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Past performance is evaluated for all prospective franchisees at the Pre-Qualification stage when suppliers are short listed for a competition. For the East Coast competition, this was set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which was published in October 2013. The evaluation criteria for the award of the InterCity East Coast franchise are set out in the Invitation to Tender which was published in March 2014. The Invitation To Tender sets out five Delivery Plans, each of which contains a series of requirements against which bids were evaluated, with appropriate weightings. Contract award was made following an evaluation of bids against these requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/02/2018 16:46:28 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

838041

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the contents of meetings between the Stabilisation Unit and religious and other groups about freedom of religion or belief is disseminated across Government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Stabilisation Unit works with Government Departments to help facilitate cross-government conflict assessments, which seek to understand the key characteristics of conflicts. Freedom of religion or belief is considered as part of this framework where there are causes, actors or dynamics of the conflict related to religious beliefs. These internal cross-government analyses are owned and commissioned by Government Departments and often inform wider Government programming and policy making.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 16:38:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

838043

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what use they intend to make of the Stabilisation Unit’s work on freedom of religion or belief in the establishment of UK Aid Connect consortia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Stabilisation Unit's (SU) cross-government conflict assessments analyse the key characteristics of conflicts. These analyses are not normally externally available due to classification issues, and as such will not be available to the consortia selected through the UK Aid Connect programme. The consortia will therefore be encouraged to use the best analysis available to develop coherent and effective programmes of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 16:37:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

838044

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the contents of the series of round-table meetings on freedom of religion or belief hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be disseminated across Government; and what impact they anticipate it having on Government action overseas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>​I have hosted two roundtables to date. The first roundtable on 23 October 2017 looked at Burma in the light of the Rohngya crisis. The second roundtable on 12 December examined the role of women in tackling religiously motivated violent extremism. These roundtables have been excellent opportunities for myself and officials to hear the perspectives of faith leaders whose insights contribute to increasing their overall awareness and policy-making capacity. The meetings will also serve as a platform to inform the Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) work plan that we are developing.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 16:40:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

838046

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they assess partners’ commitment to UK Partnership Principles and to promoting freedom of religion or belief when determining the funding of governments and organisations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>In determining UKAid funding to governments DFID assesses their commitment to each of four Partnership Principles. One of the Principles is commitment to human rights, which includes freedom of religion or belief. Evidence of lack of commitment to the Principles would influence choices on the level and the manner of aid provision. DFID contractual and grant arrangements used for organisations other than governments include specific clauses to prevent any discrimination against protected characteristics, including religion or belief.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/02/2018 13:45:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

838048

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Households
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of future household growth that will be driven by the existing non-UK born population; and to what extent that proportion was taken into account in preparing the 2014-based household projections in England, 2014 to 2039.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The 2014-based household projections for England took account of net migration and growth of the existing population as shown in the ONS population projections for the same period. The population and household projections are not disaggregated by country of birth.</p><p>Responsibility for Household Projections transferred from this Department to the Office for National Statistics in January 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 13:23:41 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

838049

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of estimates made by the Joint Committee on Immunisation and Vaccination of the number of cases of invasive pneumococcal disease that may result from a reduction in the number of doses in the infant pneumococcal vaccination programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
uin	HL5403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has undertaken modelling on the impact of a reduced dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule in the United Kingdom. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reviewed the modelling in October 2017 and after considering all relevant evidence advised a revised schedule for PCV13 vaccine, with vaccination offered at three months and 12 months.</p><p>The JCVI is currently undertaking a consultation on their advice, therefore the estimates requested are not yet finalised. The modelling will be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal in spring 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 20/02/2018 17:35:40 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

838051

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to conduct a public consultation on changing the pneumococcal vaccination programme, following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to move to a "1 + 1" schedule for pneumococcal vaccine use in children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
uin	HL5404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) provides independent expert advice on the United Kingdom immunisation programme. It bases its recommendations on a comprehensive review of a wide range of scientific and other evidence, including from the published literature, and commissioned studies such as independent analyses of vaccine effectiveness and cost effectiveness. It can consult with stakeholders on its advice when it deems this necessary.</p><p>At its meeting in October 2017, the JCVI advised a change to the UK’s childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule. It recommended that infants should receive a single dose in infancy followed by a booster at one year of age (a “1+1” schedule). This advice was based on high vaccine uptake and effectiveness of the current PCV programme in the UK which has reduced vaccine-preventable pneumococcal disease.</p><p>The JCVI conducted a short focused consultation in January on its proposed advice about the PCV schedule. This concluded on 2 February. It is understood that some stakeholders have requested an extension to this consultation. The JCVI considered this request at its meeting on 7 February and their decision on this will be made public shortly. It is the JCVI rather than the Government that is best placed to carry out consultation about scheduling within the vaccine programme and who to target the consultation at.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/02/2018 14:39:11 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

838053

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff worked full time on the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017; and how many such staff are currently working on the Initiative.
tabling member printed	Lord Hague of Richmond
uin	HL5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, there were seven staff working full time on the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI). In 2016, there were four members of staff working full time. In 2017, there were three staff working full time. Currently, we have a core team of three staff working full time in London, as well as surge capacity to support specific activities. In addition, PSVI work is mainstreamed and taken forward by staff around our network of posts, who advance the PSVI as part of a broader portfolio, for example, via the UK’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018-22, which staff in a number of missions have recently helped launch.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 16:45:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond

838054

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the budget for the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; what is the current budget; and how PSVI work has been organised within the Foreign and Commonwealth Unit since July 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Hague of Richmond
uin	HL5406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the financial year 2016-17, £2,969,379 of policy programme funds from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office core budget were spent on the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI). In that financial year, a further £8,056,685 was spent from the cross-Government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) on our wider work on Gender, Peace and Security, including work to further the PSVI. In the current financial year, 2017-18, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office policy programme fund allocation for PSVI work is £2,463,466. An additional £7,435,423 has been allocated from the cross-Government CSSF on Gender, Peace and Security.</p><p>PSVI work is handled by the PSVI Team, which sits within the Gender Equality Unit (GEU). The GEU was formed on 9 October 2017, bringing together the four officials who since July 2016 had worked on PSVI, with other colleagues dealing with various aspects of gender equality, including Women, Peace and Security, other gender in conflict issues, women’s rights and LGBT rights, but who until then had been working in different FCO Departments. Officials in GEU now work closely together to ensure a coherent approach to gender equality, responding flexibly to emerging requirements, to deliver a foreign policy which consciously and consistently delivers for women and girls around the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 16:54:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond