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155354

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Statistics
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 police forces in England and Wales to the effect that, when publishing statistics or issuing any statement referring to persons being from "the Asian Community", use should instead be made of the official 18-point classifications from the National Census.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>As this is a matter for local Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables, the Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to police forces in England and Wales on using 18-point classifications from the National Census when publishing statistics or issuing any statement referring to persons being from &quot;the Asian Community&quot;.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2014 13:49:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

155357

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Scottish Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead MSP, was invited to attend the European Council on Fishing on 10 November; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL2815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Scottish Government ministers, as well as those of the other Devolved Administrations, are regularly part of the UK delegation to meetings of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council. They work closely with Defra ministers to agree shared UK positions and UK ministerial statements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mr Lochhead attended the Council meeting on 10 November as part of the UK delegation. He also attended the Secretary of State’s introductory meeting with new Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 19/11/2014 14:01:34 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

155361

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to release Sir John Holmes' Final Report on the case for a National Defence Medal.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL2819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of his Review of Military Medals, Sir John Holmes reviewed the case for a National Defence Medal. An options paper was produced and a copy of this paper was placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 29 July 2014, accompanying the Written Ministerial Statement on the Military Medals Review by the Lord Privy Seal on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/11/2014 12:39:18 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

155364

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers local authorities possess to improve the accuracy of the register of electors in their own locality.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities in Great Britain are required to appoint and fund Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), who are legally distinct from the authority which appoints them. The role and powers of EROs is set out in statute. They are responsible for compiling and maintaining registers of electors for their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral registration in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL2823 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:29:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

155365

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the powers of an Electoral Registration Officer differ from those of a local authority in the regulation of electors.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities in Great Britain are required to appoint and fund Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), who are legally distinct from the authority which appoints them. The role and powers of EROs is set out in statute. They are responsible for compiling and maintaining registers of electors for their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral registration in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL2822 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:29:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

155369

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Parliament Square
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the fence around Parliament Square to be removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The fence around Parliament Square is the responsibility of the Greater London Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:16:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

155374

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	River Mersey: Wrecks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which shipwrecks are known to exist in the River Mersey and its estuary taking in the beaches of Formby, Ainsdale, Birkdale and Southport.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL2832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>There are a total of 1,141 wreck records in the River Mersey geographical box bounded to the west by the Wirral, to the east by Widnes, to the north by Southport, and to the south by Ellesmere Port. The majority of these will be documented wreck events for which no archaeology exists or which have only been tentatively identified with archaeology. There are 890 records in this category. The earliest recorded wreck in this area dates from 1246.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 251 records comprise wreck sites, including nine recorded hulk assemblages in riverbank or estuarine contexts (one or more vessels abandoned in an unseaworthy condition, sometimes for environmental purposes). Wreck sites may be positively identified, tentatively identified with a possible relation to a documented wreck event, or not identified at all.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of wreck sites will have been dispersed. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB) was active in the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay in the dispersal of wrecks from the mid-19th century onwards, typically flattening them level with the river- or seabed, and many more were dismantled in situ where they stranded. English Heritage wreck records do not contain the dispersal data for every vessel.</p><p> </p><p>The best source of dispersal information would be the MDHB records held at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Further information about specific shipwrecks on the River Mersey and its estuary can be found on the English Heritage PastScape webpage: <a href="http://www.pastscape.org/" target="_blank">http://www.pastscape.org/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/11/2014 15:13:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

155382

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	International Organization for Migration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their annual payment to the International Office for Migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>In the 2013/14 financial year (the most recently-completed year), on 25th June 2013, the Home Office paid the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) £189,920.25.</p><p>This was a grant payment, relating to 25% of the agreed budget for the 2011 Gateway programme. The IOM makes all the arrangements on the United Kingdom’s behalf for pre-arrival costs for the Gateway programme, and we reimburse them in line with the grant agreement. This represented the final payment for that period, which was due to the IOM, and was paid after their cost reports had been audited.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:25:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

155383

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to offer additional places in the United Kingdom for those who have already left Syria and Iraq and are seeking medical treatment, to study, or to be reunited with their family.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned about the situations in Syria and Iraq, and is taking action to help those displaced by these crises. The Government believes that humanitarian aid and actively seeking to end the conflicts are the most effective ways for the UK to help the majority of those displaced. To date we have committed £700 million to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and £23 million in aid to Iraq, helping to support hundred of thousands of people. We also support efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict, and we are working with the Iraqi government and the international community to tackle the threat posed by ISIL and promote an inclusive, sovereign and democratic Iraq which will protect all Iraqi citizens.</p><p>To complement our humanitarian aid, we operate the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme to relocate the most vulnerable displaced Syrians who cannot be supported effectively long term in the region to the UK. The scheme prioritises help for those in need of medical care, as well as women and children at risk and survivors of torture and violence. Beneficiaries are granted five years’ Humanitarian Protection with all the rights and benefits that go with that status, including access to public funds, access to the labour market and the possibility of family reunion. We also operate an immigration concession for Syrian nationals who are already legally present in the UK to enable them to extend their stay or switch immigration category without leaving the UK.</p><p>Under our normal asylum rules, the Government also carefully considers each asylum application lodged in the UK, including those made by Syrian and Iraqi nationals, on its individual merits, to ensure we grant protection to those who genuinely need it. Those recognised as refugees are granted five years’ leave, with rights to family reunion and access to free medical care. The Government believes that this approach is the best way to help Syrian and Iraqi nationals who have left their countries, and we therefore have no current plans to extend these measures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2014 13:52:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

155385

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
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 Randerson on 11 November (HL2678), whether they intend to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Welfare reform is a devolved matter, and it is for the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive to find a resolution on these issues. The UK Government continues to strongly encourage the parties to implement welfare reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:39:01 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey