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Session 2017-19 Wednesday No. 144 18 July 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND WRITTEN ANSWERS Written Statements ................................ ................ 1 Written Answers ................................ ..................... 6 [I] indicates that the member concerned has a relevant registered interest. The full register of interests can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/ Members who want a printed copy of Written Answers and Written Statements should notify the Printed Paper Office. This printed edition is a reproduction of the original text of Answers and Statements, which can be found on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/. Ministers and others who make Statements or answer Questions are referred to only by name, not their ministerial or other title. The current list of ministerial and other responsibilities is as follows. Minister Responsibilities Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal Earl Howe Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Lord Agnew of Oulton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Ashton of Hyde Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lord Bates Minister of State, Department for International Development Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Wales Office Baroness Buscombe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions Lord Callanan Minister of State, Department for Exiting the European Union Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Whip Earl of Courtown Deputy Chief Whip Lord Duncan of Springbank Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office and Scotland Office Baroness Fairhead Minister of State, Department for International Trade Lord Gardiner of Kimble Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Baroness Goldie Whip Lord Henley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Lord Keen of Elie Advocate-General for Scotland and Ministry of Justice Spokesperson Baroness Manzoor Whip Lord O'Shaughnessy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care Baroness Stedman-Scott Whip Baroness Sugg Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Whip Lord Taylor of Holbeach Chief Whip Baroness Vere of Norbiton Whip Baroness Williams of Trafford Minister of State, Home Office Lord Young of Cookham Whip Viscount Younger of Leckie Whip © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2018 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/ Written Statements 18 July 2018 Page 1 Review, Ministerial oversight of the CSSF and the Written Statements Prosperity Fund is now the responsibility of a sub committee of the National Security Council. I chair this Wednesday, 18 July 2018 sub committee, which met for the first time on 13 June, and ensures that both funds deliver effectively on national security priorities and UK Aid objectives. Child Death Review Policy Examples of successful programmes and results, as well as ways in which the CSSF has made improvements, are [HLWS848] included in the CSSF Annual Report, published today. A Baroness Evans of Bowes Park: My Rt Hon. Friend copy of this document will be placed in the libraries of the Prime Minister has made the following statement to both Houses and has been published on GOV.UK. the House of Commons: In 2017/18, the CSSF spent £1,182 million against a This written statement confirms that child death review cross-government allocation of £1,188 million (99.5%). A policy will transfer from the Department for Education to further breakdown of spend against regional and thematic the Department for Health and Social Care. More than 80 allocation, by department and by discretionary and non- per cent of child deaths have medical or public health discretionary spend, is included in the Annual Report. The causes. The Department of Health and Social Care, its initial allocated budget for the Fund is £1,279 million for arm’s-length bodies and the wider NHS have a FY 2018/19. responsibility to support understanding of children’s deaths and translating learning into actions to reduce FY 18/19 Allocations preventable deaths. Allocation Non-ODA ODA Total The transfer was recommended by the Wood Review of Middle East, North Africa £30.5 m £177.1 m £207.6 m the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards, published in March 2016. It includes South Asia £18.5 m £89.7 m £108.2 m responsibility for issuing statutory guidance relating to Africa (sub-Saharan) £34.0 m £58.9 m £92.8 m child death reviews, supporting child death review partners with the implementation of this guidance Overseas Territories £44.0 m £4.5 m £48.5 m alongside NHS England, and putting in place transitional Eastern Europe, Central £25.7 m £16.9 m £42.5 m arrangements involving NHS Digital for the collection of Asia Local Safeguarding Children Boards child death review Western Balkans £5.7 m £22.4 m £28.0 m data, and then, once operational, by the National Child Americas £.3 m £9.7 m £10.0 m Mortality Database. Related areas that remain the responsibility of the Good Governance Fund - £33.0 m £33.0 m (Western Balkans and Department for Education include children’s social care, Eastern Europe) including safeguarding children and child protection. Asia Pacific - £3.0 m £3.0 m These changes will be effective from today, 18 July 2018. REGIONAL TOTAL £158.6 m £415.0 m £573.7 m Migration £10.0 m £18.5 m £28.5 m Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Counter Extremism £13.3 m £14.2 m £27.5 m [HLWS847] Multilateral Strategy £3.0 m £51.5 m £54.5 m Lord Young of Cookham: The Chancellor of the THEMATIC TOTAL £26.3 m £84.2 m £110.5 m Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has today made the following Written Ministerial Peacekeeping £303.2 m £82.8 m £386.0 m Statement. MOD DMAP £50.0 m - £50.0 m I wish to update the House on the progress of the MOD Afghan Security £100.0 m - £100.0 m Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) for the Financial Year 2017/18, as well as to announce the initial MOD UNFICYP £18.1 m - £18.1 m regional and thematic allocations for this Financial Year MOD UN Ops Africa £20.0 m - £20.0 m 2018/19. Non-Discretionary £491.3 m £82.8 m £574.1 m The CSSF is a cross-government fund which uses both TOTAL Official Development Assistance (ODA) and non-ODA Corporate Delivery £5.1 m £15.2 m £20.4 m resources to deliver against both national security and UK Support & Other (this Aid objectives, through security, defence, peacekeeping, includes Stabilisation peace-building and stability activity. Unit, Joint Funds Unit and pilot activities) Following a review of the cross-government funds, undertaken as part of the National Security Capability TOTAL CSSF £681.4 m £597.2 m £1278.7 m Page 2 18 July 2018 Written Statements Contingency Fund Advance My Department will be contacting all those identified as potentially affected as planned. Once an individual is [HLWS844] contacted, and the relevant information gathered, they can Baroness Buscombe: My honourable Friend the expect to receive appropriate payment within 12 weeks. I Minister of State for Employment (Alok Sharma MP) has can also confirm that once contacted, individuals will be made the following Written Statement. provided with a dedicated free phone number on which The Department for Work and Pensions has identified they can make contact with the Department. the need for minor revisions to two Statutory Instruments. Where we have already corrected cases and paid arrears These relate to the award of some premiums to people from 21 October 2014 we will review the case again and entitled to income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, and to pay any additional arrears that are due prior to that date. the application of the shared accommodation rate for I hope this will help Members to provide reassurance, foster carers in Universal Credit. Both drafting points date to their constituents who think they may have been back to April 2013. affected, that they will receive all the money they are No customers have been adversely affected in either entitled to. circumstance and payments of benefit have been – and continue to be – made fully in accordance with the policy Free Trade Agreements: Consultation intent. The Department will amend the relevant legislation as [HLWS843] soon as practically possible to ensure that these payments Baroness Fairhead: My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of are included on the statutory framework. State for International Trade and President of the Board of Parliamentary approval for resources of £ 21,400,000 Trade (Dr Liam Fox) has today made the following for this new service has been sought in the Main Estimate statement: for the Department for Work and Pensions. Pending that Today I am announcing the first public consultations on approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £ 21,400,000 future free trade agreement negotiations. As I informed will be met by repayable cash advances from the the House on Monday 16 July, these consultations will Contingencies Fund. provide one of a number of means by which Parliament, Once the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) the Devolved Administrations, the public, business, civil (No.2) Bill achieves Royal Assent, the advance will be society and trade unions can have their say on the repaid in full and ongoing expenditure will legitimately Government’s approach to new trade agreements.

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