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Government Departments: Staffing
Question
Asked by Lord Taylor of Holbeach
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Natural and Marine Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, on 22 April (Official Report, House of Commons, cols. 698-700W), whether there are permanent staff employed in human resources by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who do not work in the Legal and Strategic Human Resources group; and, if so, how many. [HL4473]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Davies of Oldham): In addition to staff employed in the Legal and Strategic Human Resources group, human resources staff are employed in Defra's Shared Services Directorate, which provides transactional and helpdesk services to Defra, several of its network organisations and other bodies. Human resources staff are also employed in each of Defra's executive agencies.
The number of permanent, human resources staff employed in each of the areas is as follows:
Shared Services Directorate: 58. Of these, 57 are employed exclusively on HR and payroll transactional processing, of which 20 are employed exclusively on payroll processing.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)-Seven, supported by two people within the transactions department who do HR work as part of a wider role.
Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)-16, including six in learning and development, payroll and occupational health.
Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA)-Two.
Rural Payments Agency (RPA)-184 including policy, transactional services, business partners, payroll staff, personnel support teams and learning and development.
Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA)-32.
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)-Four, including one person in learning and development.
Human Rights
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Malloch-Brown on 20 April (WA 348), of the six cases in which the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber found the United Kingdom in breach of the convention between 1 January 2004 and 10 March 2008, what form the violations by the United Kingdom took; against which articles of the convention; and what redress has been given to the applicants in each case. [HL4621]
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The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): The judgments of the Grand Chamber in which violations against the UK were found during the relevant period and that were referred to in the earlier Written Answer of 20 April 2009 were: Edwards and Lewis v UK (39647/98 and 40461/98), Hirst v UK (No. 2) (74025/01), Roche v UK (32555/96), Dickson v UK (44362/04), Saadi v UK (13229/03).
Details of the violations found, including the articles of the convention concerned, are contained in the judgments of the Grand Chamber. These are available for viewing online at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) website at:
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action= html&documentId=706449&portal=hbkm&source= externalbydocnumber&table= F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 (Edwards and Lewis v UK)
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action= html&documentId=787485&portal=hbkm&source= externalbydocnumber&table= F69A27FD8FB86142BF0IC1166DEA398649 (Hirst v UK (no.2))
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action= html&documentId=788085&portal=hbkm&source= externalbydocnumber&table= F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 (Roche v UK)
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action= html&documentId=826595&portal=hbkm&source= externalbydocnumber&table= F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 (Dickson v UK)
http://cmiskpechr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action= html&documentId=828277&portal=hbkm&source= externalbydocnumber&table= F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 (Saadi v UK)
Information on the execution of ECtHR judgments, including details of any individual measures taken by way of just satisfaction to the applicant, is available for viewing online at the website of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Information on the execution of judgments still under consideration can be found at:
http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/MONITORING/EXECUTION/Reports/Current/United_Kingdom _en.pdf.
Information on the execution of judgments that are awaiting final resolution can be found at:
http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution/Reports/Cases6.1-2009en.pdf.
Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the investigative and regulatory procedures to be adopted and implemented by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and the Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations, and the disciplinary powers to be exercised by the House of Commons,
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The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon): I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that in my view the provisions of the Bill are compatible with the convention rights.
Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether decisions of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will be subject to judicial review so as to comply with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [HL4688]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: Courts will review the exercise of functions of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority on the basis of the ordinary principles of administrative and human rights law.
Identity Cards
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many "failure to deliver" letters have been issued by couriers attempting to deliver identity cards to overseas students resident in the United Kingdom; and why no explanation is given for such letters to higher education institutions. [HL4538]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): Where it has not been possible to deliver an identity card, a calling card is left for the addressee explaining why the courier was unable to deliver. The addressee is given the option to rearrange a more suitable delivery time or to collect their card direct from the depot.
To date, in total around 24,000 calling cards have been left, with the vast majority of cards successfully delivered on the second occasion. It is not possible to break down this information to show how many cards were issued to students.
Immigration
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 1 June (WA 40), what the countries of origin are of the 15,965 people not granted indefinite leave to remain under immigration rule 276B(i)(b). [HL4459]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): The information requested is as follows:
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| Nationality of people not granted ILR between 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2009 in relation to previous Question HL3655 | |
| Nationality | No. of Cases |
Figures are rounded to nearest 5.
Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the provisions of paragraph 6.2 of Annex H to Chapter 14 of the Home Office Nationality Instructions. [HL4509]
Lord West of Spithead: Paragraph 6.2 is part of a section which explains Nationality Group's understanding of Indian citizenship law. It states that, as the Indian authorities do not allow dual nationality "no adult (18 and over) can hold Indian citizenship in conjunction with any other nationality or citizenship. This applies irrespective of whether the person holds any passports (either Indian or that of their other nationality/citizenship)".
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