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WA 209 Written Answers [LORDS] Written Answers WA 210 responding to the consultation on Changing Council Governance Arrangements and proposed reforms to parish governance. [HL4051] Lord McKenzie of Luton: The Government have no current plans for legislation to implement proposals in the White Paper Communities in Control, beyond those provisions in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill, currently before Parliament. Cycling Question Asked by Lord Berkeley To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Home Office is implementing the Government’s cycle-to-work scheme. [HL4113] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): The Home Office has included the implementation of the cycle-to-work scheme in its business plan for 2009-10 and is committed to its implementation. Equality and Human Rights Commission Question Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 24 April (WA 419) and 4 June (WA 105), what performance assessment process is in place for reappointing members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, including the criteria and evidence used in making the assessment. [HL4098] The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon): As required by the Cabinet Office and the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments, commissioner performance appraisals have been carried out to provide the necessary evidence for considering any reappointments. The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission completed annual appraisals for the commissioners, assessing their performance against their own objectives and the key objectives of the commission. Food: Labelling Question Asked by Lord Dykes To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in future consultations with food retailers and trade associations, they will propose inclusion of information additional to guideline daily amounts in front-of-pack nutritional labelling. [HL4032] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham): Future consultations on front of pack (FoP) labelling will take account of the independent research published on 6 May 2009, which found that a FoP label that included the words “high, medium and low”, traffic light colour coding and percentage of guideline daily amount (per cent. GDA) was most effective in terms of consumer comprehension and enabling consumers to assess the healthiness of a product. The published report is available at www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/ 2009/may/pmp. Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development Question Asked by The Earl of Sandwich To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development missions have been combined under the co-location programme; and when the benefits of co-location will be assessed. [HL4203] Lord Brett: Since the start of the Comprehensive Spending Round 07 period, Department for International Development (DfID) missions in Brasilia, Georgetown, Harare, Kampala and Lilongwe have co-located with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) posts. The FCO is currently co-located with DfID in a total of 28 overseas sites, and are working with DfID on 10 further co-location projects. Each co-location proposal is assessed on the basis of a cost benefits analysis carried out between DfID and the FCO. This considers both financial and non financial elements with a focus on achieving best value for the Government. Ongoing assessment of joint missions will take place as part of annual budget planning exercises. Gurkhas Question Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Gurkha ex-servicemen who retired prior to 1 July 1997 are living (a) in the United Kingdom, and (b) overseas. [HL4110] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): We believe that there are approximately 36,000 former Gurkhas who retired before 1 July 1997. Of these we estimate that approximately 3,500 are already resident in the United Kingdom and the remaining 32,500 are living overseas. Health: Clinical Diagnoses Question Asked by Lord Morris of Manchester To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 1 June (WA 28), what they estimate would be the cost of obtaining centrally the information referred to in the Question. [HL4025] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham): Clinical diagnosis is a matter for clinicians. We would not normally expect a dispute over diagnosis to arise. Should this happen we would expect roles and
WA 211 Written Answers [17 JUNE 2009] Written Answers WA 212 responsibilities to be clarified at a local level. This would not, therefore, be an appropriate issue for a national data collection and it is not possible to make an estimate of costs. Homeless People Question Asked by Lord Ouseley To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to respond to the increase in the number of homeless persons in town and city centres; and what are the implications of that increase for mental health and voluntary social care services. [HL4118] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): Over the three years until 2011, the Government are investing more than £220 million through local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to tackle homelessness. This includes a range of specialist provision for people sleeping rough. The £80 million Places of Change programme is transforming hostels to help rough sleepers rebuild their lives. Our new strategy “No One Left Out” signals our intent to work with partners to end rough sleeping by 2012. This builds on the considerable success over the past decade substantially to reduce rough sleeping. Homelessness: Rough Sleepers Question Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many rough sleepers were estimated to be in the Greater London area in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2007, and (d) 2008; and how those figures were obtained. [HL4129] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): Annual rough sleeping figures for London are based on local authority street counts and estimates where street counts did not take place. Number of rough sleepers in London: 2000—546; 2005—221; 2007—248; and 2008—238. Houses of Parliament: Select Committees Question Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 20 April (WA 346), on how many occasions and in what circumstances Ministers of the Government Equalities Office and its predecessors have refused to give evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees during the past five years. [HL3139] The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon): There have been no such occasions. Housing Questions Asked by Lord Burnett To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new residential property starts have been made since 1999. [HL4253] To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new residential property starts were made in the first quarter of 2009. [HL4254] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): The latest statistics on house building starts and completions for England were published in the Communities and Local Government statistics release of 21 May 2009 and accompanying live tables. The web links are shown below: link to house building statistics release: www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/ statistics/housebuildingq12009. link to house building live tables: www.communities.gov.uk/housing/ housingresearch/housingstatistics/housingstatisticsby/ housebuilding/livetables/. Justice: Sharia Law Question Asked by Lord Pearson of Rannoch To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the answer by Lord Bach on 4 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 296), whether they will take steps to ensure that resident Muslim men cannot bring their second, third or fourth wives, together with their children, to live in the United Kingdom and to draw benefits. [HL4145] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): It is government policy to prevent the formation of polygamous households in this country. Entry clearance or leave to enter or remain is refused if the applicant’s spouse has another spouse living who is, or at any time since their marriage has been, in the UK, or who has been granted a certificate of entitlement in respect of right of abode under Section 2(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1988, or who has been granted entry clearance to enter the UK on the basis of their marriage. There are certain exceptions to this general restriction: a spouse who seeks leave to entry or remain if he/she has been in the UK before one August 1988, having been admitted on the basis of his/her marriage; or, if he/she has, since his/her marriage, been in the UK at any time when there was no such other spouse living.
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