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1627711

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date	15/05/2023
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	Refugees: International Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who will represent the UK at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum; and, if a decision has not yet been taken, when they intend to announce the representatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>A decision will be taken in the final quarter of this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 30/05/2023 13:35:11 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1627714

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide, if any, towards the implementation of the UNHCR-UNICEF Blueprint for Joint Action for Refugee Children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK continues to prioritise education for refugee children through our work in emergencies and protracted crises, with our support through Education Cannot Wait and the Global Partnership for Education contributing to the blueprint's objectives.</p><p>In 2022 the UK provided £33m to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and £24m to UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, in core contributions. This includes support for the implementation of the UNHCR-UNICEF Blueprint for Joint Action for Refugee Children.</p><p>The UK gives UNHCR and UNICEF the flexibility to direct funding where it is needed most through the high proportion of unearmarked funding provided from our core contributions, including to the three priority sectors under the blueprint of Education; WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene); and child protection</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 30/05/2023 15:06:28 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1627717

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Refugees: Scholarships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of refugees or displaced persons who have benefitted from scholarships provided by British Aid programmes in (1) 2023, (2) 2022, and (3) 2021; and, for each of these years, how many refugees in the UK have been awarded one of these scholarships.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded scholarships, Chevening and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), both accept applications from refugees in eligible countries. Neither scheme awards scholarships to any applicants, including refugees, already based in the UK.</p><p>Chevening does not retain information on refugee status of its scholars after the application process. CSC records show 4 awards were given to refugees or displaced people in 2020/21, 4 in 21/22 and 4 in 22/23.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 30/05/2023 15:06:53 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1626238

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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 His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a breakdown of the current prison population by length of sentence.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes a breakdown of the prison population by length of sentence as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly.</p><p>The information requested can be found in the table attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 23/05/2023 16:41:36 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2023-05-23 PQ HL7700 table.xlsx title Prison population by custody type/sentence length
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton