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date	02/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the explanatory memorandum on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill’s compliance with Article 2 of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter – those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland’s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.</p><p> </p><p>I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheets/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheet-accessible" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2172 HL2173 HL2174 question first answered 16/02/2024 14:51:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf title Bill factsheet
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1504866

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
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 July 2022 (HL 1710), what assessment they have made of the requirement that a Life in the UK test be sat no more than once every seven days; and when this requirement was introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Life in the UK testing is provided and hosted by PSI Services (UK) Limited who operate a self-booking process. Candidates are able to book tests in multiple slots; they are not limited by the system as to how frequently a test can be taken and there has never been a formal requirement for customers to wait seven days before taking a test again. The seven day wait before re-taking a test is a suggestion in order to aid candidates’ personal preparation. Given there is no requirement, no checks are conducted by test centres, or the online booking system, on the length of time a candidate has waited for their test.</p><p>Guidance on gov.uk is being updated to reflect that there is no requirement to wait seven days.</p><p>Information on the number of test centres administering Life in the UK tests each month and the number of Life in the UK tests sat each month in 2019 – 2022 is not available in a reportable format. However the number of tests taken each quarter in relation to citizenship and settlement applications can be found on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2171 HL2172 HL2173 HL2174 HL2176 question first answered 21/09/2022 09:28:12 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1347956

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of Suspicious Activity Reports result in action by (1) police, or (2) other relevant authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>The UKFIU does not hold figures for the proportion of Suspicious Activity Reports resulting in action by (1) police, or (2) other relevant authorities. The UKFIU received over 700,000 SARs in 2020/21 and made these reports available for police and other authorities to access, including in some instances allocating particular high-risk reports to specific partners. The cost of establishing actions resulting from each SAR would be disproportionate, noting that:</p><p>• a SAR is a report of suspicion as assessed the reporter and is not evidence of criminal conduct.</p><p>• a single SAR may be used several times by several different agencies for different purposes e.g. the information within the same SAR may inform a) HMRC about taxation b) local police about fraud or theft and c) a government department about a regulatory issue or a weakness in a financial product.</p><ul><li>some SARs provide new and immediate opportunities to stop crime and arrest offenders, others support existing investigations or help uncover potential criminality that could be investigated, while others provide intelligence useful at a point in the future.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>some SARs are disseminated to foreign jurisdictions.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>even if no criminal investigation is conducted, a SAR may contain information that contributes to understanding current threat trends or patterns. This helps reporters and law enforcement to plan and prevent against new crime trends.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further information can be found in the Suspicious Activity Reports Annual Report 2020, including that last year almost £172m of assets were denied to suspected criminals as a result of SARs reporting.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 02/08/2021 15:53:00 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1182473

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) sexual and reproductive health and rights, and (2) female genital mutilation support, services exist for women with complications resulting from female genital mutilation in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service referral pathways are in place locally to respond to the physical, mental and sexual health needs of women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) through maternity and specialist paediatric services. Non-pregnant women over 18 can access a new pilot of eight FGM support clinics launched in September 2019 which provide a range of services, including deinfibulation if required.</p><p>Commissioning of FGM services is informed by NHS Digital’s FGM enhanced dataset.</p><p>Local authorities in England are mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services for people present in their area based on an assessment of local need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL2176 question first answered 17/03/2020 13:09:27 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

772974

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they anticipate that mental health research funding will achieve parity with funding for physical health research.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government funders of health research do not generally set a target research spend for specific areas. The level of research spending in a particular area is driven by a number of factors, including the scientific potential and the number and scale of successful applications. In 2015-16, the topic-specific spend on mental health research by the National Institute for Health Research was second only to that spent on cancer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been collaborating with the mental health community to develop a ten year framework for research on mental health, which is expected to be published by the end of 2017. It is recognised that there is a need to encourage researchers in other disciplines to apply their research skills in the mental health field to help drive forward new approaches.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL2174 question first answered 01/11/2017 16:06:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

598146

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Asia Bibi
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 government of Pakistan about the imminent appeal hearing for Asia Bibi at the Pakistani Supreme Court on the charge of blasphemy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>On 13 October the Supreme Court in Pakistan postponed Ms Asia Bibi's appeal hearing indefinitely. I remain concerned about Ms Bibi and continue to follow developments in her case closely. We raise regularly our concerns about misuse of the blasphemy laws with the Pakistani Government, and continue to urge Pakistan to adhere to its international obligations and uphold the rule of law. During his visit to Pakistan in March, the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), made clear our concerns about minority communities and misuse of the blasphemy laws.</p><p>The UK supported the EU statement of October 2014 following the decision of the Lahore High Court to uphold the conviction of Ms Bibi. We will continue to work with our EU and other international partners to ensure our views are made clear to the Pakistani authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/10/2016 14:15:14 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

418381

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Penguins: British Overseas Territories
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 population trends of penguins in the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. Through the UK Government-funded Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) we have committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to supporting environment projects in the OTs. A number of these have helped to conserve penguins.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Darwin Plus has funded projects to create a regional database of penguin tracking data, population analysis and modelling and to deploy autonomous camera units to monitor penguin populations in the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently funded a project led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to carry out the first ever stocktake of species in the OTs. The study, completed between January 2013 and March 2014, with further work in 2015, brought together all known species records and conservation assessments. Although only a few OTs have permanent penguin populations, it found that the islands of the OTs include more penguins than any other nation on earth, holding an estimated 36% of the world’s population of southern rockhopper penguins and 34% of gentoo penguins.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 10:56:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

99960

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many objections to fracking they have received in 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The data is not collected in the format requested. We recognise that members of the public have concerns about the potential impact of development of shale gas and oil in the UK. The Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO) addresses these concerns with our publicly-available information on the Gov.uk site:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 14:35:42 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont