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516592

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 27 April (HL7786), what temporary measures they plan to take, pending the review by the Lord Chancellor of the recommendations arising out of the review of extremism, to ensure that literature of a homophobic nature is not handed out by prison chaplains.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL8104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Prison chaplains are already aware that they should not distribute any unacceptable material, including material of a homophobic nature, to prisoners. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Justice is considering the recommendations of the review of Extremism. As the Secretary of State told the House on 26 April, a summary document will be published in due course. The full report cannot be published due to sensitive security issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/05/2016 12:31:09 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

515924

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
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 26 April (HL7673), whether there exists an internal Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) report called <i>BIS2020 Finance and Headcount</i> that contains information about the move of the Sheffield BIS office to London.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on internal or leaked documents.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 15:22:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

515925

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what business case they have prepared regarding the move of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills office from Sheffield to London, and whether they will publish that document.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The proposal to move policy roles to London forms part of a wider strategic case to enable the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to deliver £350m of savings and be more effective in delivering Ministerial priorities. The proposals were not formed on the basis of any individual business case for a single location and the consultation on the proposal is continuing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 15:24:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

515926

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an equality assessment has been carried out regarding the move of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills office from Sheffield to London, and if so, what the findings were.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>An Equality Analysis on both the proposed move of all policy posts to London, and the proposed closure of the Sheffield office, has been carried out.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Analysis and findings have already been shared with the Departmental Trade Unions as part of the consultation<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 15:47:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

515927

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they used in making the decision to move the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills office from Sheffield to London, and how those criteria were decided.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not yet made final decisions on its future estate or on the proposals for a combined BIS headquarters and policy centre in London. Our consultation on the proposals is still underway.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 15:49:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

515928

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which minister was informed of the move of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills office from Sheffield to London, why they were informed, and whether they had any decision-making role in that move<i>.</i>
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Permanent Secretary and Executive Board have made the proposal to relocate policy roles to London. They are responsible for the day to day running of the Department. The proposal is part of the BIS 2020 programme agreed with Ministers to deliver £350m savings and be more effective in delivering Ministerial priorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 15:51:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

514699

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many failed asylum cases were overturned on appeal (1) for each of the last three years, and (2) so far in 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes figures on asylum appeals determinations in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>The following table shows the annual number of asylum appeals that were allowed, from 2013 to 2015. Statistics for January to March 2016 are scheduled to be published on 26 May 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, 2013 to 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals Allowed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,234</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Source: Table as_14, volume 4 of Asylum data tables, <em>Immigration Statistics</em> October to December 2015, Home Office</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https: //www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/05/2016 14:39:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

513912

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take in the light of the findings of the review submitted to the Ministry of Justice that reportedly shows that government-appointed prison chaplains have routinely distributed homophobic literature to prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice is considering the recommendations of the review of Extremism.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 27/04/2016 15:50:24 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

512784

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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 Business, Innovation and Skills: Location
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 cost and headcount implications of moving the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills office from Sheffield to London by 2018, as indicated in <i>BIS2020 Finance and Headcount</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on leaked documents.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/04/2016 15:05:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

512785

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date they were informed that NHS England was considering implementing a sugar tax in NHS premises by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>We have a range of conversations about key issues at Ministerial and official level with NHS England. NHS England is independent and the decision on a sugar levy on the National Health Service estate is a matter for them operationally. We are interested to see the results of their consultation on a sugar levy.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 28/04/2016 11:37:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven