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1600106

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date	28/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what red lines led them to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions; whether these red lines include responsibility for military coups; and what consideration they have given to further parliamentary oversight of the Magnitsky-style sanction regime.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK champions human rights and combats corruption. The UK supports UN sanctions and also have our own autonomous 'Magnitsky' sanctions that are an agile tool to act rapidly against human rights violators and abusers as well as corrupt actors, to maximum effect. Since the UK Magnitsky regimes were put in place, we have sanctioned 89 persons under the Global Human Rights regime and 35 under the Global Anti-Corruption regime. We will continue to use our Sanctions regimes to pursue designations in response to human rights violations, abuses and serious corruption. Ministers remain accountable for these sanctions through select committees, debates, and answering written or oral questions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2023 10:56:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1419976

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total prison population in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2022 answer text <p>As at 4 February 2022, the total prison population in England and Wales was 79,623.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes this information weekly through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2022</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 17/02/2022 14:41:07 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

1216545

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Forced Marriage
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 Pakistan about tackling forced conversions and marriages of religious minority girls and women in Pakistan; and what plans they have to raise forced conversion, forced marriages, abductions and abuse of religious minority women and girls at the next Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan and in other relevant forums.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the human rights situation in Pakistan, including reports of abuses and violence directed against women and children. We are concerned about ongoing reports of forced marriage and forced conversion of Hindu, Christian and Sikh women and girls. The British Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan. We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. Most recently, I raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, on 5 June. The British High Commissioner to Pakistan met Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights on 8 June and raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief in Pakistan.</p><p>The UK raised concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief at Pakistan's UN Universal Periodic Review of human rights in November 2017 and pressed Pakistan to strengthen its protection of minorities. We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to guarantee the rights of all people in Pakistan, particularly the most vulnerable, including women, minorities and children, as laid down in the Constitution of Pakistan and in accordance with international standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2020 13:44:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

852485

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Midwives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many midwives there were on (1) the Nursing and Midwifery register, and (2) practising in the NHS, in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of midwives registered to practise in the United Kingdom is not collected by the Department.</p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse and midwifery registration. Information provided by the NMC on the number of midwives registered to practise in each of the past five years is provided in the following table. According to the NMC’s figures the number of midwives registered to practise in the UK increased by 2,445, between the end of September 2013 and the end of September 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of midwives registered to practise</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End September 2013</p></td><td><p>41,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End September 2014</p></td><td><p>41,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End September 2015</p></td><td><p>42,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End September 2016</p></td><td><p>42,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End September 2017</p></td><td><p>43,495</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Nursing and Midwifery Council</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) midwives in each of the past five years in England.</p><p>National Health Service HCHS: Practising Midwives, as at 31 October each specified year (FTE), 2013-17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Midwives (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>20,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>21,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>21,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>21,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>21,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital, Provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics</p><p>The total number of midwives employed in the NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England increased by 976, from 20,914 in October 2013, to 21,890 in October 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5967 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:52:23 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

450942

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 1 February (HL5090 and HL5091), whether they will now provide the direct link to that information, and why they did not provide that link in those answers.
tabling member printed	Lord Knight of Weymouth
uin	HL5968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is currently finalising the service specification for a forthcoming procurement for genomic laboratory services. The issues around sharing outcome data are under broader consideration as part of the wider genomics programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:22:09 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4160 label Biography information for Lord Knight of Weymouth