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Sport: UK Sport
Lord Luke asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has asked the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment to review issues relating to possible conflicts of interest and compliance with the Nolan principles in UK Sport. [HL97]
Lord Davies of Oldham: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not asked the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment to review these issues.
Sport: UK Sport and Youth Sports Trust
Lord Luke asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many grants have been made to the Youth Sports Trust from UK Sport for each year since its creation; and whether all such awards were the result of an open tender process. [HL93]
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Lord Davies of Oldham: Since UK Sport was established by Royal Charter in 1996, the organisation has not made any grants to the Youth Sport Trust.
Water Supply: Abstraction
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Environment Agency's decision to remove online access to water abstraction information is (a) necessary for national security; and (b) in accordance with the principles of the Aarhus convention; and what is their estimate of how long this removal will be necessary. [HL21]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): The Environment Agency has restricted, and will continue to restrict, online access to information on water abstraction where there are implications for national security.
This is in accordance with the principles of the Aarhus convention, which allows for a finite list of exemptions from disclosure. Public authorities may withhold information where disclosure would adversely affect various specified interests. In all cases these may be applied only when the public interest served by disclosure has been taken into account.
Whistleblowers
Lord Pearson of Rannoch asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Civil servants are covered by the requirements of the Public Interest Disclosure Act. The Civil Service Code also provides for civil servants to raise issues of concern under the code with the independent Civil Service Commissioners.
Young Offender Institutions: Stoke Heath
Baroness Stern asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 2 November (WA 75-6), how many staff were in each tornado team; and how many of these were directly involved in the incident on 2 October at HM Young Offenders Institution Stoke Heath; and [HL7]
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 2 November (WA 75-6), whether the restraining of six juveniles was carried out by members of a tornado team, by staff of HM Young Offenders Institution Stoke Heath or by other staff; and [HL8]
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Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 2 November (WA 75-6), whether the staff who restrained six juveniles wore any form of protective clothing; and, if so, what protective clothing; and [HL9]
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 2 November (WA 75—6), whether any of the six juveniles were injured whilst being restrained; and, if so, what was the extent of their injuries. [HL10]
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The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): Six tornado teams, including one from Stoke Heath, each consisting of 14 staff, plus six members from the National Control and Restraint Team, were deployed to the incident, and all 90 staff were involved in resolving the incident.
Personal protective clothing was worn by the staff involved and consisted of a helmet with visor, flame-retardant balaclava and overalls, guards for the forearms, a box, leg guards and control-and-restraint boots.
None of the juveniles involved sustained injuries.
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