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528181

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date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Government Departments: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan has adequate supplies of electricity; what assessment they have made of the effect of power cuts and power rationing on that hospital’s ability to provide treatment; whether they have raised the issue of the lack of electricity at the Juba Teaching Hospital with the government of South Sudan; and what steps they will take to ensure that that government takes action.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government of South Sudan has provided one year’s supply of fuel to the Juba Teaching Hospital. The fuel was delivered and electricity was restored to the hospital at the end of May 2016. The Government has also recently signed a contract with a private company to undertake general renovation of the hospital.</p><p>The South Sudan Government’s annual budget allocations for health and education are amongst the lowest in the region averaging 6% for education and 4% for health, compared to an average of 17% and 15% respectively in other East African countries. The UK has consistently lobbied for increased budget allocations to these sectors. The UK is pressing the Government of South Sudan to increase funding for health in the 2016-17 annual budget which will be set in July, particularly for medicines, hospital infrastructure, recurrent running costs including fuel, and personnel for hospitals and clinics. This issue was most recently raised in a meeting with the Minister of Health, Riek Gai Kok on 21 June 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2016 12:45:51 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

528182

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Training
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 amount of funding they give to develop hospital infrastructure in South Sudan.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is the lead for a multi-donor Health Pooled Fund in South Sudan which has provided over £18 million between 2013 and 2016 to support hospital infrastructure in eight county level hospitals, four state level hospitals and seven faith-based hospitals. A further £6million has been allocated for 2016 to 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2016 13:11:30 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

528183

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Department for International Trade: Legal Profession
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have (1) been made redundant, and (2) taken voluntary redundancy, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ who have (1) exited via a Compulsory Redundancy scheme, and (2) exited via a voluntary redundancy scheme, in each of the last five financial years (April to March) are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (Apr – Mar)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exited via a Compulsory Redundancy scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exited via a Voluntary Redundancy Scheme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/06/2016 13:11:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

528184

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Department for International Trade: Legal Opinion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to arrange for a meeting between the President of Colombia and representatives from non-governmental organisations in the UK concerned with human rights in Colombia, when the President makes his State Visit to the UK in November.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The upcoming State Visit is an excellent opportunity to continue our engagement with the Government of Colombia on a varity of issues. We are working closely with Buckingham Palace and the Colombian government on the details of the President’s programme, which will be developed over the next few months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/06/2016 14:44:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

528185

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	UK Consumer Product Recall Review
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 Neville-Rolfe on 8 April (HL7348), when they will announce the membership of the steering group promised in their response, published on 18 February, to the independent review of UK consumer product recall by Lynn Faulds Wood, following the invitation to potential candidates of 6 April; and when they intend to report on the progress being made on implementing the report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>A statement on the membership of the steering group has been issued and is attached. It can also be seen on the Gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The first meeting of the steering group took place on 4 May and the group will report on its progress in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/07/2016 13:42:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name HL751 - Membership of Recall Review Steering Group.docx title Membership of Recall Review Steering Group
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

528186

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Department for International Trade: Travel
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 Anelay of St Johns on 13 June (HL424), whether another country’s failure to recognise dual citizenship impedes the UK from offering consular assistance to an individual whose fundamental rights are being violated.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Dual citizenship is allowed in the UK and we respect the rights of Britons who choose to have dual nationality in the UK or overseas. However we acknowledge that many countries do not accept dual nationality, or allow it in the same way as the UK.</p><p>The consular assistance we offer to dual British nationals overseas depends on where they are and their circumstances.</p><p>We do not normally offer support to dual nationals who are in the country of their other nationality, however we consider each case on the circumstances and we may make exceptions if there are special humanitarian reasons to do so.</p><p>In countries where dual nationality is not recognised we offer assistance and lobby for consular access, but the other country has the right to refuse to grant such access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/06/2016 15:09:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528187

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many masters degree courses on soil science are currently offered by UK universities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions are collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The latest data for the 2014/15 academic year suggests there were about 40 full-person equivalent postgraduate students enrolled in soil science across three UK universities and colleges; these are the University of Aberdeen, University of Nottingham and the University of Reading. Of these, about 15 full-person equivalents were masters students studying at the University of Aberdeen.</p><p>Soil science has a Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code of F770. This is a detailed level code and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL754 question first answered 04/07/2016 15:13:23 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

528188

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Yemen: Baha'i Faith
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many postgraduates enrolled at UK universities and colleges are specialising in soil science.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions are collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The latest data for the 2014/15 academic year suggests there were about 40 full-person equivalent postgraduate students enrolled in soil science across three UK universities and colleges; these are the University of Aberdeen, University of Nottingham and the University of Reading. Of these, about 15 full-person equivalents were masters students studying at the University of Aberdeen.</p><p>Soil science has a Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code of F770. This is a detailed level code and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL753 question first answered 04/07/2016 15:13:23 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

528189

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how soils research sponsored by the Research Councils is translated into practical measures that can be readily adopted at farm level.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The findings from soils research are translated into practical measures that can be applied at farm level in a number of ways. This includes testing of measures as part of the research, reviews of the evidence base feeding into the development of farmer guidance or direct knowledge transfer as part of the research project.</p><p> </p><p>No formal assessment has been made of how soils research sponsored by the Research Councils is translated into practice. However, the part-Defra funded Soil Evidence Review, published in 2015 as part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s Soil Security Programme, emphasised the importance of engagement between researchers and farmers as being a priority to ensure understanding of agricultural issues (e.g. practical and economic challenges) and to aid the effective implementation of new knowledge and technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/07/2016 13:46:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

528190

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which will be the lead regulator responsible after the acquisition of the London Stock Exchange by Deutsche Börse.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>As announced by the companies in February 2016, the existing regulatory framework of all regulated entities within the combined group would remain unchanged. This is subject to the regulatory review which will take place once the regulators are notified by the companies.</p><p> </p><p>European Regulation No 648/2012 (EMIR) requires coordination amongst regulators for supervisory and authorisation matters with regards to CCPs.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL757 question first answered 04/07/2016 13:40:21 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners