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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-03-14more like thismore than 2023-03-14
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading BBC Persian Service: Finance more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use part of the £20 million of additional funding they have made available to the BBC for World Service broadcasts to prevent the imminent closure of the BBC Persian Radio Service. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-28more like thismore than 2023-03-28
answer text <p>As an outcome of the Integrated Review, the Government will provide an additional £20 million to the BBC World Service over the next two years to protect all 42 language services it provides, support English language broadcasting and counter disinformation, allowing the BBC World Service to maintain its unrivalled status as the world's largest international broadcaster.</p><p>The previously announced changes to the Persian radio service are part of the BBC's transition to a &quot;digital-first&quot; organisation, to ensure they remain relevant in a rapidly changing technological world. Whilst radio broadcasts for BBC Persian are ceasing, TV broadcasting for these services will continue and investment in digital services will increase, reflecting audience trends. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from Government and therefore decisions about how language services are delivered are for them to take.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
grouped question UIN HL6442 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-28T15:41:20.61Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-28T15:41:20.61Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1436065
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-25more like thismore than 2022-02-25
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Homicide: Young People more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 4 February (HL5661), what is the latest available data on youth deaths by stabbing in (1) London, (2) Birmingham, (3) Coventry, (4) Liverpool, (5) Manchester, and (6) Newcastle, for the year ending March 2021. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Field of Birkenhead more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-14more like thismore than 2022-03-14
answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Field of Birkenhead CH DL<br>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>02 March 2022</p><p>Dear Lord Field,<br>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the latest available data on number of youth deaths by stabbing in London, Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle for the year ending March 2021 (HL6441).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes homicide figures where the method of killing was by a knife or sharp instrument sourced from the Home Office Homicide Index, which is a database separate from the main police recorded crime dataset. It contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by the police in England and Wales. It is continually updated with revised information from the police and courts and, as such, is a richer source of data than the main police recorded crime dataset.</p><p>We do not hold data on homicide by knife or sharp instrument by age below the national level. However, we have provided the estimates for England and Wales for the year ending March 2021 in Table 1. This data was published alongside Homicide in England and Wales, year ending March 2021[1].</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Offences[2] currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age[3], year ending March 2021</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of victims</p></td><td><p>Apr 2020 to Mar 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Home Office - Homicide Index</p><p> </p><p>1) https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglan dandwales/yearendingmarch2021</p><p>2) As at 10 December 2021; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.</p><p>3) The age categories that have been used in this table are supplied by the Home Office.</p>
answering member printed Lord True more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-14T17:50:48.467Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-14T17:50:48.467Z
answering member
4200
label Biography information for Lord True more like this
attachment
1
file name UKSA_Response_to_HL6441.pdf more like this
title UKSA response more like this
tabling member
478
label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead more like this
1220808
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-06more like thismore than 2020-07-06
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Environment Protection: Treaties more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how much staff resource from the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs in each financial year since 2015 has been used to support the development and implementation of (1) the Convention on Biological Diversity, (2) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (3) the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, (4) the Ramsar Convention, (5) the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, (6) the African–Eurasian Waterbird Agreement, (7) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, (8) the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, and (9) the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. more like this
tabling member printed
The Earl of Caithness more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-07-20more like thismore than 2020-07-20
answer text <p>The information requested on money spent and staff resources to support development and implementation of the listed agreements and bodies is not held centrally. Compiling it would be a complex exercise incurring disproportionate costs. We have therefore provided the information that is readily available below.</p><p> </p><p>As a Party or Member of these Conventions, Agreements and Bodies, the UK is required to make financial contributions to support their development and implementation. Details of the mandatory and voluntary financial contributions made will be publicly available in their financial records. The UK’s mandatory contributions to the conventions and bodies listed amount to more than £18 million since 2015[1].</p><p> </p><p>The UK also implements these agreements through financing a large number of cross-cutting programmes and activities. One example is the world-renowned Darwin Initiative which delivers on multiple international commitments and on the UK’s wider ambitions for the protection of global biodiversity. The Darwin Initiative has committed £57 million since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Staff resources are in place to work directly on UK input to the listed agreements and organisations and also on programmes to implement them. Given the cyclical timetable of the global meetings of the Conventions and Agreements and the changing nature of the topics which they cover, staff resources are adjusted over time to ensure the UK is able to participate effectively in them. For this reason, it is difficult to accurately quantify the staff resources that have been involved since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is fully committed to putting nature at the heart of our plans for tackling the interlinked global crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. Our departure from the EU presents an important opportunity for the UK to play a stronger global role and in some areas this will require additional resource. Efforts are underway to make sure that resources are available in order that we seize these opportunities, starting with securing an ambitious set of post-2020 global biodiversity targets at CBD COP15 and successful hosting of COP-26.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Based on current exchange rates. Some subscriptions are paid in non-sterling currencies.</p>
answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park more like this
grouped question UIN
HL6439 more like this
HL6440 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-07-20T14:38:20.963Zmore like thismore than 2020-07-20T14:38:20.963Z
answering member
4062
label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park more like this
tabling member
3310
label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness more like this
867234
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-19more like thismore than 2018-03-19
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Pakistan: Religious Freedom more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on religious minorities in Pakistan of the ruling by the Islamabad High Court on 9 March that requires citizens to take a religious oath upon joining the civil service, armed forces, or judiciary. more like this
tabling member printed
The Lord Bishop of Coventry more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-04-03more like thismore than 2018-04-03
answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about restrictions on freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan. The Islamabad High Court ruling of 9 March, if applied, would be a further negative development which risks discriminating against a number of groups in Pakistan. It is vital that Pakistan upholds and protects the rights of all its citizens regardless of their faith, gender or ethnicity. We routinely raise the issues of freedom of religion and belief and the protection of minority religious communities, with the Pakistan government at a senior level.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-04-03T14:23:22.437Zmore like thismore than 2018-04-03T14:23:22.437Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
4266
label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry more like this
714955
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-29more like thismore than 2017-03-29
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Pupil Exclusions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what procedures are in place to enable the reporting of unlawful exclusions from state-funded schools. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-07more like thismore than 2017-04-07
answer text <p>A pupil can only lawfully be deleted from the admission register in accordance with the grounds prescribed in legislation. These are set out in Regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended, which includes where a child has been permanently excluded. Where the name of a pupil is to be deleted from the admission register, the school must inform their local authority of the deletion.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their legal duties in relation to exclusion, schools must have regard to the statutory guidance issued by the Department.</p><p>Parents approaching the Department with concerns about an unlawful exclusion or removal from the admission register are informed about the formal routes of challenge available to them and directed to sources of free and impartial advice. If the Department identified that a governing body had acted unlawfully or unreasonably in carrying out its legal duties in relation to exclusion, and it would be expedient to so, then the Secretary of State could issue a direction. The Department would also pass to Ofsted any relevant evidence that fell within the inspectorate’s remit.</p>
answering member printed Lord Nash more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-07T13:19:11.84Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-07T13:19:11.84Z
answering member
4270
label Biography information for Lord Nash more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
455136
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-02-25more like thismore than 2016-02-25
answering body
Department for Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept id 63 more like this
answering dept short name Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept sort name Energy and Climate Change more like this
hansard heading Department of Energy and Climate Change: Ecofys more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what independent reports, if any, they have commissioned from Ecofys in the past five years; when they received those reports; whether those reports were published; and if not, whether they will now publish those reports. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Golding more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-07more like thismore than 2016-03-07
answer text <p>Data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed in Great Britain is set out in the Government’s ‘Smart Meters, Great Britain, Quarterly report to end September 2015’, published on 22 December 2015:</p><p>The roll-out is making good progress with more than 2 million meters now operating under the Programme which covers Great Britain. Northern Ireland is undertaking a separate roll-out programme.</p><p><br>Currently, data is published only at Great Britain level. Data is not collected from energy suppliers in a way that allows constituency or regional-level data to be produced.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-07T12:12:34.987Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-07T12:12:34.987Z
answering member
4282
label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
tabling member
281
label Biography information for Baroness Golding more like this