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1672043

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to present to Parliament their response to the Family Courts transparency pilots.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports the President of the Family Division’s ambition to increase transparency in the family courts. The Media Reporting Pilots, led by the President, are running from January 2023 to January 2024 and will be independently evaluated. The Government will carefully consider the findings of the evaluation once complete, and publish an assessment as appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL469 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:40:43 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1465588

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the estimated cost of the HS2 Phase 2b Western leg in (1) January, and (2) May; and if the estimate has increased, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the latest 6-monthly Parliamentary report published in March 2022, the Government has set an estimated cost range for the HS2 Phase 2b Western leg scheme of £15bn to £22bn (2019 Q3 prices). This estimated cost range has not formally changed between January and May 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/06/2022 10:42:08 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1327193

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the review of the School Admissions Code.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government consulted on changes to the School Admissions Code (the Code) to improve the in year admission process for all children, including those fleeing domestic abuse, and to improve Fair Access Protocols, which act as a safety net for the most vulnerable children. The new Code and associated regulations were laid before Parliament on 13 May and, subject to Parliamentary procedure, they will come into force 1 September. On the same day, the Government published the response to the consultation which is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4</a>.</p><p>The new Code ensures that unplaced children who are living in a refuge or other relevant accommodation will be eligible to be considered by a Fair Access Protocol, which exists to ensure that unplaced and vulnerable children are allocated a school place as quickly as possible. Relevant accommodation, for the purposes of the Code, means a safe place to stay for victims and their children fleeing domestic abuse. This can include, but is not limited to, refuges, specialist safe accommodation, sanctuary schemes and second stage accommodation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL469 question first answered 07/06/2021 14:02:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1171199

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that prisoners who may be considered jihadists or have links to similar terrorist organisations are kept segregated from prisoners who formerly served in the UK armed forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>All terrorist and extremist risk prisoners, including those with known links to terrorist organisations, are managed through a specialist case management process. This process enables us to assess the impact an individual or individuals are having on the stability of prisons and the risk they present to others, including particular groups that may be at risk such as former UK armed forces prisoners and staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/01/2020 13:54:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

1156590

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure local NHS People Plans include a mental health workforce strategy to reduce vacancy rates, retain staff and create the new roles needed to fulfil their proposals on mental health.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Supporting and expanding the mental health workforce is a key priority for this Government. The interim NHS People Plan set out the immediate actions we will take to fill vacancies and secure the staff we need for the future.</p><p>The full NHS People Plan will set out a new operating model for workforce and systematic actions to ensure healthy, inclusive and compassionate cultures for all staff working in the National Health Service, both improving staff experience and enhancing retention.</p><p>Alongside this, NHS England and NHS Improvement will work closely with all local sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems to refine and improve their existing mental health workforce plans and develop robust plans to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/11/2019 17:26:31 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

748016

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of figures released by the MPS showing an increase in the number of acid attacks in London from 261 in 2015 to 454 in 2016, what action they are taking to ensure public safety.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is very concerned about the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks. The Government and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police officers, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of such attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering what further action can be taken to ensure public safety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/07/2017 11:30:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

522919

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims on 6 June (HC38271), what resources were allocated to, and who led, that review.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>As my Hon Friend, the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation announced on 14 March, we take these allegations of the type raised by the Mail on Sunday on 13 March extremely seriously and we launched an immediate investigation into them, which was conducted by a senior civil servant in the Cabinet Office's Proprietary and Ethics team. This investigation found no evidence of the Department’s intellectual property or confidential information being compromised as a result of staff leaving the Department to join TDPi. Neither did the investigation find any evidence of improper culture or general lack of professionalism in relation to how NOMS staff interact with suppliers or contractors.</p><p>The MoJ has clear rules and governance in place around the standards of conduct for current and former civil servants. All permanent civil servants are covered by the Cabinet Office's Business Appointment Rules. For employees below the Senior Civil Service grade, the rules expect an ex-employee to submit an application form within a year of them leaving office if their circumstances match one or more of the points set out at Section 13 of the Business Appointment Rules. Following the investigation, we have briefed all Human Resources managers and all staff at Senior Civil Service in NOMS about the procedures. The process has been strengthened <ins class="ministerial">so </ins>that we now circulate the procedures to senior managers annually. As my Rt. Hon Friend the Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims said in his answer of 6 June (HC38271), over the last six months, we have improved our commercial capability, more than doubling the senior commercial experts monitoring work with the private sector.</p><p>We have no plans to publish the letter to TDPi.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 20/06/2016 16:28:24 question first ministerially corrected 21/06/2016 13:18:28 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks previous answer version 4448 answering member printed Lord Faulks answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

381022

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Rand Corporation’s report that a peace settlement would boost both the Israeli and Palestinian economies, what pressure they plan to put on the government of Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territory; and what assessment they have made of the potential saving to the United Kingdom aid budget over 10 years if the West Bank and Gaza were to develop their own economy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK will continue to press the parties strongly to make progress towards peace, maintain calm, refrain from taking actions which could make the resumption of negotiations more difficult and focus once again on finding common ground.</p><p>The Rand Corporation’s report estimates that the Palestinian economy would gain $50 billion over 10 years (raising average per capita income by approximately 3%). In that event, the UK would consider the future size and scope of its aid programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:43:55 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

62790

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of Egypt's latest parliamentary election laws.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The new parliamentary law, passed by interim President Adly Mansour, includes many changes to the structure of the Egyptian parliament. The law increases the number of parliamentary seats to 567, with 420 seats being elected by single member constituencies and 120 elected through party lists.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), raised the parliamentary elections and the need for political inclusiveness with former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on 14 May. On 3 June, the Foreign Secretary issued a statement urging Egypt's leaders to ensure that the transition leads towards accountable and democratic governance, underpinned by strong and accountable institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 30/06/2014 13:05:07 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath