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417452

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date	08/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
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 findings by Professor Hucklesby of Leeds University on pre-charge bail; and what action, if any, they plan to take in response to those findings.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Professor Hucklesby submitted her findings as part of the public consultation launched by my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary in December last year. Officials have been in contact with Professor Hucklesby and have arranged for her to address the next meeting of the PACE Strategy Board in October.</p><p>Professor Hucklesby’s findings are broadly supportive of the reforms to pre-charge bail which the Home Secretary set out in response to the consultation in March of this year. Legislation to give effect to those reforms will be brought forward in the Policing and Criminal Justice Bill later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/09/2015 14:37:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

417453

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing
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 decision to cut social housing rents on the maintenance of existing council housing stock and the number of new council houses likely to be built in the short, medium, and long term.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>We made a commitment in the Summer Budget to reduce social rents in England by one per cent a year for four years from April 2016. This will help protect tenants from rising housing costs whilst protecting taxpayers from the rising costs of subsidising rents through housing benefit. We are confident that local authorities and private registered providers will be able to find and make efficiencies to accommodate the new rent settlement while meeting their Decent Homes responsibilities. The Government remains committed to delivering 275,000 affordable homes over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/09/2015 11:20:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

417454

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Prisoners
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 Oxford University study <i>Psychiatric disorders and violent reoffending: a national cohort study of convicted prisoners in Sweden</i>, and whether they have plans to improve the current level of diagnosis of and treatment provided to prisoners with mental health problems before their release.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>We have made no assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The joint National Health Service and National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) programme provides a pathway of psychologically informed services for offenders who have a severe personality disorder and who pose a high risk of harm to others or a high risk of reoffending in a harmful way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme has developed a range of services to improve the assessment, treatment and management of this group of offenders from sentence through custody to community-based supervision and resettlement. The NHS is re-investing up to £30 million in OPD services in 2015-16, mainly in prisons and probation services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In response to the objective in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England to provide better healthcare across for people in the criminal justice system in England, including improved mental health care, NHS England has introduced a range of measures to improve mainstream mental health services in prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s new national specifications for health and justice services will help to promote effective and coordinated mental health services across the prison estate in England. All 116 prison establishments now have clear commissioning strategies to improve service delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also developed new performance indicators for prison healthcare with NOMS. These Health and Justice Indicators of Performance will provide assurance that healthcare delivery in prisons, including mental health care, is fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Options for a new mental health pathway, connecting custody, community, as well as secure hospitals, are also being developed to ensure that any prisoner can have mental health treatment equivalent to that they would receive in the community, and that this is also available during a community sentence and after prison.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/09/2015 13:50:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

417455

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by how much in real terms funding for the Criminal Cases Review Commission has been cut since 2010; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such a reduction on the working of the Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s budget has been reduced in real terms by 26%. Since 2010, the Commission has improved its performance, closing 947 cases in 2010/11 and 1,632 cases in 2014/15.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/09/2015 15:08:23 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

417456

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Safety
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 case for extending to properties subject to short or holiday lets, such as those via Air BnB, safety provisions such as those set out in the draft Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>DCLG, in conjunction with the tourism sector and the Chief Fire Officers’ Association, has produced guidance to help small-scale accommodation providers comply with the Order’s provisions and Airbnb make this available to hosts on its website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2015 15:58:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

417457

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
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 European Union, the United States of America and other development partners, about the funding of the UN World Food Programme in the light of budgetary pressures ensuing from the refugee crisis in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL2053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of leadership on the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, having pledged a total of £1 billion. The UK has provided over £169 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) since the start of the crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WFP, like all our partners, is under intense pressure to respond to massive needs in the region and has had to make some tough choices. The UK strongly supports WFP’s efforts to target the most vulnerable in this crisis, particularly women and children. The UK is closely monitoring the situation across the region, alongside other key donors, to understand how this reduction in support will impact the lives of Syrian refugees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not lobby other donors on behalf of any specific agency, but to focus their attention and their resources on supporting the overall Syria crisis response. The UK is by far the largest bilateral donor in Europe, and second only to the United States, to the Syria crisis. However the UK, the US and the European Union cannot do this alone and other donors must do more to support the needs of millions of Syrians across the region.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2054 HL2055 question first answered 18/09/2015 12:00:16 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

417458

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to increase the United Kingdom's contribution to the UN World Food Programme in response to the refugee crisis in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL2054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of leadership on the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, having pledged a total of £1 billion. The UK has provided over £169 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) since the start of the crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WFP, like all our partners, is under intense pressure to respond to massive needs in the region and has had to make some tough choices. The UK strongly supports WFP’s efforts to target the most vulnerable in this crisis, particularly women and children. The UK is closely monitoring the situation across the region, alongside other key donors, to understand how this reduction in support will impact the lives of Syrian refugees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not lobby other donors on behalf of any specific agency, but to focus their attention and their resources on supporting the overall Syria crisis response. The UK is by far the largest bilateral donor in Europe, and second only to the United States, to the Syria crisis. However the UK, the US and the European Union cannot do this alone and other donors must do more to support the needs of millions of Syrians across the region.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2053 HL2055 question first answered 18/09/2015 12:00:17 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

417459

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
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 UN World Food Programme's decision to reduce assistance provided to 1.6 million Syrians in refugee camps owing to budgetary constraints.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL2055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of leadership on the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, having pledged a total of £1 billion. The UK has provided over £169 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) since the start of the crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WFP, like all our partners, is under intense pressure to respond to massive needs in the region and has had to make some tough choices. The UK strongly supports WFP’s efforts to target the most vulnerable in this crisis, particularly women and children. The UK is closely monitoring the situation across the region, alongside other key donors, to understand how this reduction in support will impact the lives of Syrian refugees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not lobby other donors on behalf of any specific agency, but to focus their attention and their resources on supporting the overall Syria crisis response. The UK is by far the largest bilateral donor in Europe, and second only to the United States, to the Syria crisis. However the UK, the US and the European Union cannot do this alone and other donors must do more to support the needs of millions of Syrians across the region.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2053 HL2054 question first answered 18/09/2015 12:00:15 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

417460

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which year they currently expect the dualling of the A303 around Stonehenge to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Cameron of Dillington
uin	HL2056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy sets out an intention to upgrade all remaining single carriageway sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We are starting this process with three major improvements: A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge), A303 Sparkford to Illchester and the A358 Taunton (M5) to Southfields. Construction of these schemes is expected to start in the first Road Period (by 1 April 2020), depending on planning, and completion is expected by the middle of the 2020s at the latest. We would expect subsequent Road Investment Strategies to fund the remaining improvements, such as to the Illminster by-pass.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2057 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:30:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3705 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Dillington

417461

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which year they currently expect the dualling of the A303 along the Ilminster by-pass and the A358 link to the M5 to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Cameron of Dillington
uin	HL2057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy sets out an intention to upgrade all remaining single carriageway sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We are starting this process with three major improvements: A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge), A303 Sparkford to Illchester and the A358 Taunton (M5) to Southfields. Construction of these schemes is expected to start in the first Road Period (by 1 April 2020), depending on planning, and completion is expected by the middle of the 2020s at the latest. We would expect subsequent Road Investment Strategies to fund the remaining improvements, such as to the Illminster by-pass.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2056 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:30:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3705 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Dillington