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Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The numbers of guests entertained at the official service residence of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief during 2009 are as follows:
| Category | Number |
Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guests were entertained at the official service residence of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff during 2009 who were (a) royalty, (b) Ministers, (c) other senior officers, (d) Members of Parliament, (e) overseas visitors, and (f) other VIPs. [HL2275]
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The numbers of guests entertained at the official service residence of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff during 2009 are as follows:
| Category | Number |
Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guests were entertained at the official service residence of the Deputy Supreme Allied Command Europe during 2009 who were (a) royalty, (b) Ministers, (c) other senior officers, (d) Members of Parliament, (e) overseas visitors, and (f) other VIPs. [HL2276]
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The numbers of guests entertained at the official service residence of the Deputy Supreme Allied Command Europe during 2009 are as follows:
| Category | Number |
Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guests were entertained at the official service residence of the United Kingdom Military Representative to NATO during 2009 who were (a) royalty, (b) Ministers, (c) other senior officers, (d) Members of Parliament, (e) overseas visitors, and (f) other VIPs. [HL2277]
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Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The numbers of guests entertained at the official service residence of the United Kingdom Military Representative to NATO during 2009 are as follows:
| Category | Number |
Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guests were entertained at the official service residence of the Commander Joint Force Command Headquarters Brunssum during 2009 who were (a) royalty, (b) Ministers, (c) other senior officers, (d) Members of Parliament, (e) overseas visitors, and (f) other VIPs. [HL2278]
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The appointment of Commander Joint Force Command Headquarters Brunssum is not allocated to the United Kingdom and we are therefore unable to provide the information requested.
Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guests were entertained at the official service residence of the Deputy Commander Joint Force Command Brunssum during 2009 who were (a) royalty, (b) Ministers, (c) other senior officers, (d) Members of Parliament, (e) overseas visitors, and (f) other VIPs. [HL2279]
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The numbers of guests entertained at the official service residence of the Deputy Commander Joint Force Command Brunssum during 2009 are as follows:
| Category | Number |
British Wind Energy Association
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money each department provides to the British Wind Energy Association; and for what purposes. [HL2463]
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The department does not at present provide money to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), now RenewableUK.
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The department does not maintain a central record of any funding provided to the BWEA from other parts of government.
Child Abduction
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given or plan to give to the family of Nassima Sadia, who was taken from the United Kingdom to Algeria in 2007. [HL2540]
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead): The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Child Abduction Section and our embassy in Algiers have provided consular assistance to Mrs Sadia since April 2006, when she reported that her husband had retained their daughter in Algeria.
We liaised with the Northern Ireland police and the Algerian authorities to help establish where Nassima was living and attending school. We provided Mrs Sadia with a list of English speaking lawyers and advised her to pursue the matter through the Algerian courts if she could not come to an agreement with her husband. In December 2009 we sent a UK court order concerning the case to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking that it be sent to the relevant authorities so that appropriate action could be taken. We will continue to do all we can to help Mrs Sadia.
Children, Schools and Families Bill
Question
Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Children, Schools and Families Bill will place a requirement on Catholic, Jewish, Anglican and Muslim voluntary aided schools to provide children with details of abortion clinics and abortion referral agencies. [HL2447]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin): It will not. Schools will have to teach their pupils where and how to obtain health information. They will also be encouraged to teach their pupils how to access information about contraception and sexual health as part of their delivery of SRE, but whether and how they do that will be at their discretion.
Chile: Earthquake
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many emergency service personnel from the United Kingdom have been deployed to assist in Chile following the recent earthquake. [HL2420]
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Lord Brett: There have been no United Kingdom emergency service personnel deployed to Chile in response to the recent earthquake. Chile has not asked for such assistance.
In line with what the Government of Chile have asked for, the UK has contributed £250,000 to the Chilean Red Cross and are flying in up to 1,200 tents.
Crime: Suspicious Activity Reports
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the partnership arrangement between the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for access to SOCA's ELMER database was established; for what purpose it was established; for how long the arrangement is to run; and on how many occasions the Council has accessed the database. [HL2532]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): The partnership agreement between SOCA and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was signed on 30 April 2008. The agreement allows an accredited financial investigator in the council's consumer fraud team within trading standards to access the ELMER database for the purpose of combating consumer fraud. Access to the database is limited to accredited financial investigators. All partnership agreements are subject to review every two years and therefore the agreement with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council will be reviewed in April 2010. The financial investigator at Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council has never accessed the ELMER database directly due to connectivity issues.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what public or private bodies other than the Government security services and the police have direct access to the ELMER database of the Serious Organised Crime Agency. [HL2533]
Lord West of Spithead: In addition to the police and the regional asset recovery teams (RARTs), the following public bodies have direct access to the ELMER database. This access is limited to accredited financial investigators within these bodies:
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre;Civil Recovery Unit, Scotland;Department for Business, Innovation and Skills;Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;Department for Work and Pensions;HM Revenue and Customs;National Policing Improvement Agency;Royal Mail;Serious Fraud Office;Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency;Social Security Agency, Northern Ireland; andUK Border Agency.11 Mar 2010 : Column WA95
Energy: Carbon Reduction
Question
Asked by Lord Hunt of Chesterton
To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to the draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010, whether large organisations and the public sector will be expected to reach the same level of carbon reduction that the Borough of Woking did in the 1990s through use of combined heat and power. [HL2456]
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The total carbon savings from the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme will be determined by the emissions cap which will apply from 2013. Analysis shows that by 2020 the scheme is expected to have delivered overall emissions savings of at least 4Mt CO2 per year. In setting the cap Government will consider advice from the Committee on Climate Change, which will be delivered later this year. Government will also consider the available cost effective emissions savings from the CRC sector to ensure it contributes fully to our carbon budgets.
The cap on emissions will be set for the scheme as a whole, not at sector or organisation level. The method of carbon reductions will be determined by each participant.
Energy: Electricity Generation
Question
Asked by Lord Jenkin of Roding
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the fundamental review of the GB Security and Quality of Supply Standards for the planning and operation of the electricity transmission system to be completed and its proposals to be published. [HL2494]
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The fundamental review of the GB Security and Quality of Supply Standard is a matter for National Grid in partnership with industry. I understand that they are seeking to prioritise the elements of the review, with the first outputs to appear this summer, which will among other things address the optimum transmission capacity to support wind generation.
European Protection Order
Question
Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will decide whether to opt in to the proposal for a European Protection Order. [HL2416]
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