Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportions of UK national debt were owned by (1) UK households, (2) the Bank of England, (3) overseas purchasers, (4) banks and financial houses, and (5) insurance and pension funds, in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, and (e) 2021.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
Most of the Government’s debt is in the form of publicly traded bonds (‘gilts’). The data most recently published on the website of the Debt Management Office (DMO) covering the distribution of gilt holdings are set out in the table below:
| UK households | The Bank of England | Overseas holdings | Banks and other financial institutions | Insurance and pension funds |
End-2017 | 0.2% | 24.4% | 27.9% | 16.0% | 31.2% |
End-2018 | 0.2% | 23.8% | 28.3% | 15.8% | 31.5% |
End-2019 | 0.2% | 23.4% | 30.1% | 13.3% | 32.8% |
End-2020 | 0.2% | 31.6% | 28.2% | 12.0% | 27.9% |
Q1 2021 | 0.2% | 32.5% | 27.6% | 11.1% | 28.4% |
Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average duration of UK national debt in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
Most of the Government’s debt is in the form of publicly traded bonds (‘gilts’). The average maturity of the stock of total gilts was 15.8 years at both end-December 2017 and end-December 2018, 15.9 years at end-December 2019, and 15.3 years at end-December 2020. By end-July 2021, the average maturity of the stock of total gilts had fallen to 15.2 years.
Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proof of adoption is required for a child adopted in a foreign jurisdiction to be deemed lawfully adopted by the UK authorities.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Children who claim to be adopted are not treated differently to biological children in determining immigration cases.
The UK automatically recognises adoptions from the list of designated countries that can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies. The adoption order is required as proof of such adoptions.
Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 October (HL2021), which member states of the UN have adoption laws that are not recognised as lawful in the UK.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Children who claim to be adopted are not treated differently to biological children in determining immigration cases.
The UK automatically recognises adoptions from the list of designated countries that can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies. The adoption order is required as proof of such adoptions.
Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they treat children who claim to be adopted differently from those who are not adopted in determining immigration cases; and if so, how many instances of such different treatment there have been in the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Children who claim to be adopted are not treated differently to biological children in determining immigration cases.
The UK automatically recognises adoptions from the list of designated countries that can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies. The adoption order is required as proof of such adoptions.
Asked by: Lord Eatwell (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government in which circumstances the Home Office differentiates between adopted and natural children for (1) immigration purposes, and (2) other purposes.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Where an adoption has taken place under UK law, or in accordance with laws that are recognised as lawful in the UK, adopted children are not treated differently to biological children by the Home Office for immigration or other purposes.