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76632

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how UK Trade and Investment's role in promoting and assisting Welsh businesses is monitored effectively.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government and the UK Government have concurrent powers to promote international trade and inward investment. UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) has lead UK responsibility for the provision of support and assistance to new and existing exporters of goods and services both at home and overseas. The Welsh Government is responsible for devising and implementing additional programmes to meet the particular needs of companies in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>UKTI works closely with the Welsh Government's trade and Investment team who deliver services on the ground in Wales. Companies in Wales therefore have access to the support provided both by Welsh Government and UKTI.</p><p> </p><p>UKTI uses its Performance and Impact Monitoring Surveys (PIMS) to measure the performance and impact of its support across the UK. The PIMS evidence is periodically complemented by independent impact evaluations. For the most recent example please see:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-investment-performance-and-impact-monitoring-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-trade-investment-performance-and-impact-monitoring-survey</a></p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is for the Welsh Government to ensure that the support they provide is monitored effectively, UKTI meets with them regularly to discuss progress and issues arising, at chief executive level, at director level and through ongoing discussions at operational level, both through UKTI headquarters and the Investment Services Team that carries out inward investment on its behalf. Following a request for support in developing their capability, UKTI provided a secondment to the Welsh Government to support their work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 14/07/2014 12:54:50 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

76647

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to improve or increase transport services at night to ensure the safety and security of passengers from offensive behaviour and disorder, with particular reference to the safety of women.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We want to see more and more people using public transport - one of the key ways of encouraging this is to make sure it is a safe option. The transport industry, local authorities, the police and others are already investing in, and undertaking, wide-ranging initiatives to improve the personal security of public transport passengers and staff and to keep our public transport systems as low crime environments.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is not readily able to increase passenger services in commercial transport markets. For example, decisions about bus services outside London are largely a matter for the private sector. Equally, it is difficult to see that any such increase would have a positive effect on matters of personal security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 14/07/2014 13:32:11 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

76608

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the combined spending on health and social care in the financial year 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Provisional spending outturn figures for all government departments will be published in HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses on the 15 July.</p><p> </p><p>For the Department this will include a provisional total spending forecast against the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit control of £109,721 million.</p><p> </p><p>Final spending outturn figures will be published in the 2013-14 Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts, due to be laid to Parliament in July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/07/2014 12:58:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

65915

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC World Service
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 impact of the changes in how the BBC World Service is funded on its coverage of the situation in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of how the changes to BBC World Service funding have impacted on its coverage of the situation in the Ukraine. The BBC is operationally, editorially and managerially independent and it is therefore for the BBC Trust to comment on and manage the funding and operation of the World Service. In a June 2013 statement the then Chair of the Trust, Lord Patten, confirmed that the funding for 2014-15, the first year of Licence fee funding, would be £245 million – representing an increase of £5 million on the previous year of (Foreign Office) funding.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/07/2014 13:25:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

65916

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to issue guidance to social services departments on the special needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, in particular in respect of post-traumatic stress and arrested personal development.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>New statutory guidance for local authorities on the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children is due to be published shortly<em>. </em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2014 13:00:02 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

65918

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many child asylum applicants have been refused financial and other support by social services departments because their credibility has been challenged, in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to provide support to unaccompanied asylum seeking children, as they would to any other looked after child. Where the age of a person is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the person is a child, that person is presumed to be a child in order to receive immediate access to assistance, support and protection. Local authorities may only conduct an age assessment where there is significant reason to doubt that the claimant is a child. This assessment must adhere to standards established within case law.</p><p>The Government does not hold any data on numbers of child asylum applicants refused support by local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2014 12:59:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

65933

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Bangladesh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Bangladesh to investigate reports of an attack on a vehicle carrying members of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in Rangamati on 6 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We monitor the ongoing tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region closely and are aware of the incident reported in Rangamati. We condemn all acts of violence and call on the Bangladeshi authorities to investigate all such incidents promptly, transparently and impartially. At Bangladesh's second Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council on 29 April 2013 the British Government urged the Government of Bangladesh to fulfil its commitment to fully implement the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord which will provide greater security to indigenous populations by establishing political and social rights and providing a mechanism for resolving land disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/07/2014 13:31:40 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

65935

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address accountability for torture, sexual violence and other human rights violations in Burma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by reports of the use of torture, sexual violence and other human rights violations in Burma. We remain one of the most vocal and active members of the international community in supporting those calling for the respect of human rights in Burma. We raise our strong concerns with senior members of the Burmese government and military regularly. We have made clear to the Burmese government that allegations of human rights abuses must be dealt with through clear, independent and transparent investigative and prosecutorial processes which meets international standards</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 14/07/2014 10:37:46 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

65937

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that consumers receive the broadband speeds for which they pay.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom, the independent national regulatory authority for communications has agreed a voluntary industry code of practice on broadband speeds. It was introduced in 2008 and subsequently updated in 2010, and requires internet service providers to provide consumers with information on the maximum speed they can achieve, including an estimated speed range, to help ensure that consumers choose the package that is the most appropriate for them in light of their individual circumstances and needs. All the largest internet service providers representing 98% of the broadband consumer market are signed up to the Code and have agreed to abide by its principles and spirit. Headline broadband speeds advertised are unlikely to be achievable all the time. There are a variety of reasons for broadband speed variations, not all of which are within the broadband service provider�s control. The important thing is that consumers receive accurate information on broadband speeds at the point of sale to allow them to make informed purchasing decisions, and ensure that there is not a mismatch between the speeds they expect to receive and what they actually get.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has undertaken successive mystery shopping exercises to check compliance with the Code. Results have shown that the level of compliance has continued to improve. The latest results published in May 2013 found that overall 96% of mystery shopping callers were provided with a speed estimate (93% in 2011/12). There was also an improvement overall in the provision of speeds information provided to mystery shoppers via the web. All signatories to the Code, with the exception of two small providers, offered a speed checker which provide estimated access line speeds. The percentage of assessments where any speed estimate was given via the website rose from 87% in 2011/12 to 92% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom is currently discussing with industry and consumer groups, its proposals to revise the Code to reflect significant changes in the broadband market since the Code�s introduction, with the increased take up of superfast packages. The proposals include improving the information on speeds for consumers buying superfast packages to equal that received by consumers buying current generation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/07/2014 13:25:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

65958

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	European Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the President of the European Commission has the power to veto or approve any proposed new United Kingdom member of the Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Member States each nominate a candidate for a Commissioner. It is for the European Commission President-elect to decide on the proposed internal organisation of the Commission. The Council, by common accord with the President-elect, adopts the list of proposed Commissioners.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 14/07/2014 10:37:10 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch