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1567000

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	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	Gaza: Medical Equipment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli authorities refused permission for medical equipment to enter the Gaza Strip; and what representations, if any, they have made to the government of Israel about the matter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>We urge access into and out of Gaza, in accordance with International Humanitarian Law, for humanitarian actors, reconstruction materials and those, including Palestinians, travelling for medical purposes. We are in close contact with UN agencies and key partners on the ground to assess the situation and will monitor closely. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv and our Consulate-General in Jerusalem frequently urge the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to take steps to improve conditions in Gaza, including easing movement and access restrictions. The wounded and ill in Gaza and the West Bank should be able to access the urgent medical care they need.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/01/2023 11:58:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565254

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the deportation of (1) convicted offenders, or (2) overstayers, to countries with no, or limited, health and welfare systems, is likely to result in destitution for those individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>All individuals subject to removal from the UK are provided with the opportunity to raise claims, including medical claims, which are fully considered and determined before they are returned to their country of nationality or another country.</p><p>Claims are carefully assessed on their individual merits and against a background of published country information notes and policy, which are available on Gov.UK.</p><p>The Home Office provides financial assistance through the Facilitated Return and Assisted Voluntary Return schemes to support individuals to return to their home country.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:50:09 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565255

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have received payments from the Emergency Hardship Fund since it was set up following the Windrush scandal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Home Office established an Urgent and Exceptional Payments (UEP) process under the Windrush Compensation Scheme. The policy has a very clear purpose to provide support to members of the Windrush cohort who have an urgent and exceptional need, where this cannot wait for the full compensation scheme decision.</p><p>The Home Office are committed to providing support as quickly as possible where it is needed. The number of individuals issued with an Urgent and Exceptional Payment is not currently published, the Home Office are working to publish that information shortly. The total value of Urgent and Exceptional Payments approved is published and as at the end of November 2022, the total amount paid out was £239,836.46.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:48:11 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565256

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children
	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 children born and living in the UK who have no official residence status; and what plans they have to address those cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the number of children born in the UK who do not have regularised status.</p><p> </p><p>There are provisions within the Immigration Rules which allow children who have been born in the UK and are subject to immigration control to make an application and regularise their status. On 22 June 2022 the Private Life Rules were changed to make it easier for children and young adults in this position to gain settled status. When the parent or guardian is making an application to regularise their child’s status, they can apply for a fee waiver where they are unable to afford the application fee, are destitute or at risk of imminent destitution, or their income is not sufficient to meet the needs of their child.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:46:36 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565257

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 30 recommendations made by the Windrush Lessons Learned Commission have so far been implemented.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>In her report last year, Wendy Williams concluded that 21 of her recommendations have been met or partially met. She acknowledged that the scale of the challenge she set the department was significant and that change on this scale takes time.</p><p>Since then, we have made further progress in delivering against Wendy Williams’ recommendations, including:</p><ul><li>In October 2022, the Home Office established the Office for the Independent Examiner of Complaints, and Moiram Ali was appointed as the Independent Examiner, subsequent to a public appointment recruitment process.</li><li>The Home Office has held over 200 engagement and outreach events across the country and the Windrush Help Teams have attended over 120 one-to-one surgeries to help people apply for documentation.</li><li>As of the end of October 2022, the Home Office had paid out or offered £59.58m in compensation to Windrush victims. In June 2022, the ‘Serving Diverse Communities – Acting on Our Values’ learning package was launched across the Home Office, this started with Recommendations 24 has been designed and is in the process of final review prior to implementation.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:47:01 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565258

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the backlog of applications for full compensation following mistakes by the Home Office regarding migration or residence status.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme was launched in April 2019 to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered as a result of being unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The current number of claims that are awaiting a decision at all stages of the initial consideration process, referred to as ‘Work in Progress’ (WIP), for the Windrush Compensation Scheme is published in the Transparency Data release. The latest data was published on 13<sup>th</sup> January 2023 and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwindrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CWini.Kirby1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3a875839952d43a34e5108dafa04dfab%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638097196076163254%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9M2YIfAi6Ff1a3IkonDVeJHzmrml%2B8FgNSVxCOI8XUE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Windrush Compensation Scheme data: November 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The relevant page is <em>WCS 05 - Total WIP and Age.</em></p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:39:30 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1565259

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many persons are currently held in immigration detention.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes numbers of detainees in the Immigration Statistics quarterly release on gov.uk. The most recent published total of people in detention was for the end of September 2022, when there were 2,077 detainees held.</p><p>For more information about how this data should be interpreted, please see the ‘About the statistics’ section of the release.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 14:14:01 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1562904

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restore a full staff level at His Majesty’s Prison Wandsworth to prevent 23-hour lock-ups, eliminate rats, and restore the operation of the prison chapel.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>As with all establishments where there is a current or future need to fill vacancies, there is a recruitment campaign open for prison officers at HMP Wandsworth. To manage vacancies, establishments are also able to cover these through payment plus (an overtime payment for prison officers). Where staffing levels are being impacted by reasons other than vacancies, including sickness and restricted duties, this is being managed by Governors in line with national policy. If any establishments feel that their staffing levels will impact on stability, they can apply for extra resource through submitting a business case to the HMPPS Operational Resource and Stability Panel.</p><p>The Senior Leadership Team at HMP Wandsworth are committed to creating a regime that will allow prisoners to spend longer out of their cells and in work and education-related activities, which is essential to effective rehabilitation.</p><p>Similarly to other London-based buildings where a large number of people live and work, HMP Wandsworth takes steps to support the control of rats and other vermin, with Rentokil (a specialist hygiene provider for prisons and police) regularly visiting to implement control measures. This is supplemented with regular cleaning parties who are deployed to keep rubbish to a minimum and focused waste management at the prison, which supports rubbish disposal of internal and external waste. The prison has also implemented a new window project to limit the ability to throw rubbish outside. These measures are underpinned by a committed focus on creating a hygienic environment for prisoners.</p><p>There is an ongoing Government Facility Services Limited project to replace the roof and refurbish the prison’s chapel. Religious services will continue to be catered for across the prison whilst the work is underway, which is due to be completed in 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 04/01/2023 16:23:13 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1551914

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	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	Transcaucasus: Roads
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support the re-opening of the road from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, following its blocking by Azeri forces; and what discussions they have had with the government of Russia as the mediator and guarantor of the ceasefire in that region.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is clear that blocking the Lachin corridor and disrupting gas supplies in winter risk severe humanitarian consequences. We continue to urge the governments of both Azerbaijan and Armenia to abide by all ceasefire commitments in good faith. This is consistent with our support for international efforts to facilitate a sustainable and peaceful settlement to the conflict. The Minister for Europe reinforced this position in calls with the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in September and in meetings in London with the Armenian and Azerbaijani Ambassadors to the UK and other senior officials from Yerevan and Baku. Following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, the UK Government has suspended all engagement with the Russian authorities except on a very limited number of issues including the Russian Government's reprehensible actions in Ukraine. The UK Government currently has no plans to engage directly with the Government of Russia on the South Caucasus region.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/12/2022 15:16:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1551399

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support further dialogue between the peoples of Israel and Palestine; and in particular between (1) those active in civil society, and (2) others who influence public opinion; and what discussions they have held with other countries in support of such dialogue.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2022 answer text <p>We have a regular dialogue with both the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel in which we reiterate the need for both sides to prepare their populations for peaceful coexistence, including by promoting a more positive portrayal of one another to contribute to building the conditions needed for peace. We also continue to engage with civil society organisations in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We believe that negotiations will only succeed when they are conducted between Israelis and Palestinians, supported by the international community. We will continue to press the parties strongly on the need to refrain from taking actions that make peace more difficult.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/12/2022 14:50:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton