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1674228

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of an increase in unaffordable consumer debt, including credit-card debt, in the new year.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text The Government regularly engages with the Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to monitor personal finances.<p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to helping people in problem debt access the support they need to get their finances back on track. This is why the Government continues to maintain record levels of debt advice funding for MaPS to provide debt advice in England, bringing their debt advice budget to £92.7 million in 2023/24.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/12/2023 17:47:47 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1468322

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to temporarily reduce the length of the employment history which is subject to background checks for potential new employees in the aviation industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>We do not currently intend to temporarily reduce the length of the employment history check for background references for new employees in the aviation sector.</p><p>We have instead worked to provide different support to help industry manage background checks and reduce the time it takes to recruit staff. In early May the Secretary of State for Transport agreed that the aviation industry could use HMRC employment history letters that cover the required period, as a suitable form of reference check (with safeguards) for those wishing to work in the aviation industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/06/2022 12:32:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1330215

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many international students are currently in higher education in the UK; and whether it remains their ambition to increase the number of international students entering higher education in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes data annually on the number of international students at UK higher education providers; they are available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p><p>The table below shows the number of international student (non-UK domiciled) enrolments at UK higher education providers between the academic years 2015/16 and 2019/20, the latest year for which there is available data.</p><p><strong>HE student enrolments of non-UK domicile students</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p><p><strong>UK HE providers</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-UK domicile enrolments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>443,320</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>450,835</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>469,205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>496,315</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>556,625</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The table above is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb258/figure-9" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb258/figure-9</a>.</p><p>The most recent update to the International Education Strategy, published in February 2021, reaffirms the government’s commitment to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, and sustainably to increase the number of international higher education students hosted in the UK to 600,000 per year, both by 2030.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 21/06/2021 15:30:20 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1175284

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals who were prosecuted by courts and tribunals for rape committed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>​The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has reported that between 2004 and 2018, 137 Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) cases were completed in BiH Courts. This amounts to around a quarter of all completed war crime cases in BiH. There are an additional 47 open CRSV cases (2018).</p><p>As of September 2016, across the region, including BiH, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had charged 78 individuals with crimes of sexual violence as defined under Article 7(1) of the ICTY Statute.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/02/2020 14:21:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

751144

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many of the projects to tackle congestion and to improve the UK's strategic road network announced in the 2014 Road Investment Strategy have been delayed or cancelled; and why.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>One scheme has been cancelled following the public consultation. The A27 Chichester Bypass scheme in West Sussex was dependent on local support and financial contribution of the authorities and there was no clear consensus on the best way forward.</p><p> </p><p>Three schemes in construction have delays to their &quot;open to traffic&quot; dates. The A1 Leeming to Barton scheme in North Yorkshire has been delayed following extensive archaeological finds. The A21 Tonbridge to Pembury scheme in Kent has been delayed due to the need for remedial action to deal with unforeseen large volumes of hazardous waste. The A30 Temple to Carblake scheme is being delivered by Cornwall County Council and has been delayed due to changes in traffic management to reduce disruption during peak summer months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/07/2017 10:36:29 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

525469

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis local authorities are to be given powers under Clause 5 of the Bus Services Bill [HL] to demand relevant information from bus operators, particularly in cases where such relevant information is market-sensitive and providing it to any other party might be contrary to the Competition Act 1998.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure that authorities considering franchising can access the information they need to accurately assess their franchising scheme. This will help to ensure that informed decisions can be made on the basis of robust evidence and analysis.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some of the information provided by operators will be commercially sensitive. Franchising authorities will need to treat this information with care, and will be able to refuse to release such information by way of the relevant Freedom of Information exemptions. The Bill also makes clear that the information acquired by the franchising authority must only be used in connection with its franchising functions, and not for other purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2016 11:09:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

385187

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will provide details of which local authorities are going to be asked to cut their public health budgets.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department will shortly publish a consultation on how best to implement these savings in ways that minimise any impact on services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL742 question first answered 29/06/2015 14:52:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

65205

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Palestinian unity government following the discovery of the three murdered Israeli teenagers.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Our Consul-General in Jerusalem and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead, (Mrs May), met Prime Minister Hamdallah of the interim, technocratic government on Tuesday 2 July.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 14/07/2014 10:39:07 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg