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438485

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date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 14 December (HL4095), why the occupations of those appointed as lay magistrates are no longer recorded.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The information is no longer recorded because it does not form part of published statistics on the magistracy. Additionally, the enduring accuracy of the recorded information could not be guaranteed subsequent to appointment.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/12/2015 16:21:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

438486

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Dredging: Waste Disposal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what licences and permissions have been granted for the dumping of dredged material in the sea off Lantic Bay, east of Fowey in Cornwall.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licences the disposal of dredged material at sea under the Marine and Coastal access Act 2009.</p><p>Lantic Bay (PL060) is an approved disposal site that has been in use for a number of years. Since vesting the MMO has issued three licences for disposing dredged material at the Lantic Bay disposal site:</p><ul><li>Licence L/2011/00050 to Fowey Harbour Commissioners for the disposal of 45,000 tonnes of sediment per year. The licence was for a period of three years starting on 27<sup>th</sup> May 2011 and expired on 26<sup>th</sup> May 2014;</li><li>Licence L/2014/00146 to Fowey Harbour Commissioners for the disposal of 80,000 tonnes of sediment per year. This licence commenced on 1<sup>st</sup> May 2014 and is valid for 10 years;</li><li>Finally, licence L/2013/00396/4 to the Victoria Wharf Group Ltd for the disposal of 10,000 tonnes of sediment from Corporation Wharf, Plymouth valid from 1<sup>st</sup> November 2015 to 28<sup>th</sup> February 2016.</li></ul><br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/12/2015 17:00:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

438487

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the full-time employment of adults with special learning needs, and what assessment they have made of how successful those measures have been in 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL4583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Increasing disability employment is a key part of the government’s aim to achieve full employment. That is why this Government has an ambition to halve the disability employment gap by creating the opportunity for a million more disabled people to work.</p><br /><p>The Government has a variety of initiatives and programmes in place to support and encourage people with special learning needs to find and retain work. Performance statistics are published for a number of these.</p><br /><p>For example:</p><ul><li>Access to Work provides on-going personalised in-work support for disabled people who are in work or about to start work on a full or part-time basis. Access to Work has had a Hidden Impairments Specialist Advisory team since September. We are also considering whether the Mental Health Support Service model of support could benefit those with hidden impairments other than mental health conditions. Last year Access to Work supported record numbers of people with a Learning Disability or Dyslexia recorded as their Primary Health Condition (6,580 people supported – 520 more people than in 2013/14).</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Access to Work statistics are attached at Annex A.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Work Choice is a specialist disability employment programme which provides tailored support for disabled people who face the most complex employment barriers to find and stay in work. DWP has improved the referral process for Work Choice to ensure that information about candidates’ hidden impairments is shared with Work Choice providers. In 2014/15, 5,670 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability were referred to Work Choice. Since 2010, 19,410 people with a Mild or Moderate to Severe Learning Disability recorded as their Primary Disability have started Work Choice, of whom 8,600 have started work – giving a job outcome rate of around 44% for this group.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The most recent Work Choice statistics are attached at Annex B.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The Government’s Disability Confident campaign works with employers at a national and local level to help them to understand the benefits of employing disabled people, and promote good practice in recruitment and employment of disabled people, including people with special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>DWP also works in close partnership with the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING), a national network of disabled people, medical professionals/ academics and disability specific organisations. This collaboration has produced an ‘Uncovering Hidden Impairments’ toolkit, which supports organisations in both the private and public sectors to confidently recruit and retain talented individuals with hidden impairment conditions, such as special learning needs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus continues to offer a range of support, including a free helpline for claimants who have difficulty making claims for benefit online because of dyslexia or similar conditions. DWP is working in partnership with Autism Alliance UK to build an autism network across Jobcentre Plus by training nominated autism leads, including Work Coaches and DEAs.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>We have worked with Community Service Volunteers to introduce the Job-Shadowing Work Placement Initiative for young disabled people, including those with special learning needs. The first tranche had a 65% participation rate for young people having autistic spectrum conditions</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A HL 4583.pdf title Access to Work 2 file name Annex B HL 4583.pdf title Work Choice question first answered 22/12/2015 16:56:39 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

438488

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what new arrangements have been made in 2015, nationally, regionally, or locally, for police forces formally to share operational or support functions.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>Chief Constables and PCCs are best placed to consider whether and how their forces’ operational or support functions should be shared. The number of collaborations continues to increase, with at least 4 new alliances involving 9 forces announced in 2015.</p><p>Regional Organised Crime Units, the National Crime Agency and local law enforcement continue to develop specialist capabilities to tackle a range of threats, including serious and organised crime, child sexual abuse and cyber crime. The Government supports the current review by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners into where specialist policing capabilities best sit, and how they should be delivered, to provide a common basis for future collaboration decisions.</p><p>To continue to strengthen and improve mutual aid arrangements, the National Police Coordination Centre is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing to develop consistent national standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/12/2015 12:09:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

438489

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for a new round of talks with the political parties in Northern Ireland, in order to break the deadlock over legacy issues in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to establishing the legacy bodies. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met a number of interested stakeholders in recent days, including the Victims Commissioner and the Victims and Survivors Forum. It is her intention to meet with the political parties early in the New Year, along with further engagement with victims groups.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 23/12/2015 09:51:55 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

438490

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans, if any, they have for reducing the rate of VAT on the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL4586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>Normal EU VAT rules do not permit the variation of rates within a Member State. The Government currently has no plans to introduce a reduced rate of VAT for the UK hospitality sector.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 23/12/2015 10:32:24 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

438491

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to promote equal pay for women in the workplace.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL4587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Unequal pay for equal work is unlawful, and it has been for over 40 years. We have made changes that require employment tribunals to order any employer who loses an equal pay case to carry out an equal pay audit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2015 15:38:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

438492

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that women and civil society groups are included in proceedings at the Syria Donors' Conference in February 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>On 16 November, the Prime Minister announced that the UK, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the United Nations would co-host a conference on the Syria crisis in London on 4 February 2016. The Conference on “Supporting Syria and the Region” will address immediate and longer-term needs of those affected by the conflict. It will include a strong focus on the situation inside Syria, the very human impact on women, girls and youth and ways we can protect them from harm.</p><br /><p>On the day before the event we are supporting a large gathering of civil society, from which a cross-section, including representation of women and girls, will contribute to discussions in the conference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/12/2015 14:12:34 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

438493

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Syria: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they were represented as observers or otherwise at the conference in al-Hassakeh on 8–9 December that formed the Council of Democratic Syria; and what assessment they have made of that conference's final statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK was not an observer or participant at the Democratic Syria Conference for Opposition Forces. The UK does not have any diplomatic presence in Syria and staff are unable to travel to Syria due to significant security threats. This conference brought together Syrian Kurdish and Arab parties that reside in Northern Syria. They discussed the future of the country after four years of war and agreed on the creation of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Their final statement says that the Syrian crisis must be solved through negotiation, the fight against terrorism and political change through a transition, followed by free and fair elections and a new constitution. The UK continues to work towards transition in Syria on the basis of the Geneva Communiqué.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/12/2015 14:32:48 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

438494

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Greek Islands: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have received, if any, about Turkish and Greek coastguards attacking boats of refugees near the Greek islands, thus endangering life.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2015 answer text We are aware of news stories about boats of refugees being attacked near Greek islands, but have seen no evidence to substantiate these reports. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/12/2015 14:15:33 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton