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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the natural capital destroyed so far by the construction of HS2, either by the Treasury Green Book guide or any other method.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton: ...transit schemes which they wish to prioritise is through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) for eligible Mayoral Combined Authorities. West Midlands Combined Authority has been allocated a Settlement of £1.05 billion between 2022/23 and 2026/27. In the East Midlands, Nottingham Express Transit is financed under a private finance initiative structure. The current...
Lord Bassam of Brighton: To ask His Majesty's Government, over the past 12 months, how many individual devices issued by government departments have been identified as containing malware.
Lord Bassam of Brighton: To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) successful, and (2) unsuccessful, cyberattacks have been identified in each government department over the past 12 months.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe: ...is not held centrally. All bills that have reached Royal Assent are eligible for post-legislative scrutiny three to five years after they are enacted. Post-legislative scrutiny memoranda have been published on GOV.UK where bills have undergone the process. In addition, the Lords Special Inquiry Committee appointed to carry out post-legislative scrutiny on specific Acts publishes...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription. The UK Government has long been clear about our concerns over the malign activity of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The UK maintains sanctions on over 350 Iranian individuals and entities covering human rights...
Lord Rosser: To ask His Majesty's Government how many Rwandans have (1) applied for asylum, and (2) been granted asylum, in each year since 2010.
Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...use of powers in the Illegal Migration Act relating to the accommodation and transfer of unaccompanied children. This includes the vice versa transfer power in Section 17. These powers have not yet been commenced; a decision will be made on this matter in due course. We will continue to work with local authorities across the UK to ensure suitable local authority placements are provided for...
Lord Scriven: ...how many people who arrived in the UK by small boats in each of the last three years claimed asylum based on their (1) sexual orientation, or (2) gender identity; and of those, how many have been granted refugee status.
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich: To ask His Majesty's Government how they identify the non-UK universities whose graduates are eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) entry visa; and which universities have either been removed from or added to the list of these universities since the HPI visa was introduced.
Lord Markham: No assessment has been made. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence is developing a clinical guideline for the treatment of harmful gambling. This will cover psychological and psychosocial interventions as well as pharmacological treatments. The attached document outlines the full scope of the guideline. Publication is expected in spring 2024. Draft Scope of NICE guidance (pdf,...
Lord Markham: .... No assessment, specifically on the impact of fragility fractures caused by undiagnosed osteoporosis on informal caregivers of working age; and what the impact of this is on the labour market, has been made. However, the Care Act (2014) requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for unpaid carers. Local...
Lord Markham: ...lessons on tackling the longest waits. More generally, the Government has a longstanding history of close working with the Devolved Governments on cross-border commissioning arrangements. These have been in place for several years and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland already have the power to contract with any National Health Service provider in England...
Baroness Coussins: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the scoping review of issues and options for improving community languages translation and interpretation services in the NHS has been completed; and if not, when it is expected to be completed, and when the detailed terms of reference and timetable for this review will be published.
Baroness Barran: ...exclusions were possible throughout the academic year, pandemic restrictions will have had an impact on the numbers presented and caution should be taken when comparing across years. 2018/19 has been included to give the pre-pandemic year figures. Source: School Census. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tab les/permalink/27c1ed1a-73aa-4909-acfd-08dbb395de42 (2)...
Richard Lochhead: ...why that should happen as soon as possible. The fact that, at 12.2 per cent versus 14.9 per cent, the median gender pay gap for all employees is lower in Scotland than in the UK as a whole—and has been for many years—as well as the fact that the median gender pay gap for full-time employees, too, is lower in Scotland than in the UK as a whole, shows that in areas where we, as a...
Gillian Martin: ...the hub, which aims to accelerate the hydrogen economy in Aberdeen. Indeed, it is leading the way on that, and I know from my visit that local authorities from throughout the United Kingdom have been visiting the model with the aim of establishing it in their areas. We will continue to work with partners in the public and private sectors to understand and stimulate the demand and the...
Murdo Fraser: The latest set of export statistics were published in December 2021, so there has been a long gap since then. Those statistics showed that Scottish exports to the European Union accounted for 19 per cent of total exports and that we exported three times more—60 per cent of the total—to the rest of the UK. Does that not demonstrate the folly of seeking to align ourselves with the EU at the...
Mercedes Villalba: ...workers had “little faith” in the Government’s plan. In the light of the STUC’s submission to the Government’s consultation, will the minister set out precisely what policy changes have been incorporated into the final strategy since then?
Liam Kerr: ..., the cabinet secretary made it clear, as she has done in her answer just now, that she was signing up to the new deal because the arrangements work in Scotland’s favour and the changes that have been made are—as she just said— “fair and pragmatic and will strengthen the financial management levers available to the Scottish Government”. Does the cabinet secretary agree that that...
