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1355087

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date	13/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those who apply to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy scheme receive a receipt or acknowledgment of their application; and what is the timeframe for processing applications following the completion of security checks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL2636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2021 answer text <p>All applicants to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) are directed to a confirmation screen on completion of the application form, with the option to print or save this as record of their submission.</p><p>In the latter stages of Op PITTING and subsequently we have received a very large number of applications, including 12,000 since the end of the operation. The time taken to process applications varies enormously, in particular based on the amount of information the applicant provides. Security checks are principally a Home Office requirement and are conducted once eligibility in principle has been established.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 17/09/2021 10:38:02 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1355088

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy scheme helps those funded by the UK Government to work with UK universities on Overseas Development Assistance programmes focused on gender and women's rights.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan relocations and assistance policy was set up to facilitate the resettlement of Afghan nationals who worked with the UK Government in Afghanistan. A number of gender and women's rights activists were evacuated as special cases under Operation Pitting, and those still in Afghanistan may be eligible for resettlement under the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/09/2021 07:45:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1355090

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the incidence of cases of COVID-19 in the UK on 1 September compared to the average incidence rate across Europe on that day, and (2) the reasons why the UK rate was higher than the European average.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>Data on the incidence of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom is not available in the format requested, therefore no such assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 29/09/2021 15:52:59 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1355091

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will respond to the consultation on accessibility for new homes in England completed in December 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will set out plans to improve the framework to deliver accessible new homes in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 27/09/2021 08:56:36 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1355092

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat the parking of motor vehicles on pavements; and what assessment have they made of the effect of such parking on those with sight or mobility impairments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department carried out a public consultation on possible solutions to the complex pavement parking problem, which ran from 31 August 2020 to 22 November 2020. Members of the public, including many who identified as having mobility or vision impairments, and organisations including those representing people with disabilities, participated. The consultation received over 15,000 responses. The Department has been carefully analysing the consultation responses and will publish the findings as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL2641 question first answered 20/09/2021 15:36:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1355094

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to combat the problem of pavement parking, which especially causes issues for those with sight or mobility impairments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department carried out a public consultation on possible solutions to the complex pavement parking problem, which ran from 31 August 2020 to 22 November 2020. Members of the public, including many who identified as having mobility or vision impairments, and organisations including those representing people with disabilities, participated. The consultation received over 15,000 responses. The Department has been carefully analysing the consultation responses and will publish the findings as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL2640 question first answered 20/09/2021 15:36:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1355095

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the shortfall of HGV drivers in Great Britain is addressed in the short term.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has regular discussions with the road haulage industry. We are working together to address the current HGV driver shortage, which is an issue affecting many countries worldwide.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already taken firm action to bring new drivers into the industry as soon as possible. This includes funding apprenticeships and making an additional incentive payment available, training for jobseekers, and support for drivers to return to the sector, and doubling the number of vocational driving tests available.</p><p> </p><p>Further measures have been announced, including eliminating the need for car drivers to take an additional test to tow a trailer, delegating the HGV test reversing exercise and uncoupling and recoupling to a third party and making it quicker to get a licence to drive an articulated vehicle (Cat C+E), without first having to get a licence for a smaller vehicle (Cat C). These should increase lorry driver testing capacity by a further 50,000 tests a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/09/2021 11:46:16 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1355097

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Devolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations regarding achieving net zero by 2050.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with Devolved Administration colleagues at Ministerial and official level to achieve our climate goals. This includes input into the Net Zero Strategy to deliver on the UK’s carbon budgets leading up to 2050.</p><p> </p><p>This close working is facilitated through a Net Zero Inter-Ministerial Group involving Ministers from the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations, a senior-official level Net Zero Nations Board which meets on alternate months, a monthly supporting working group, a programme of deep dives this summer across a range of economic sectors and enabling activities, and through considerable sector-specific engagement.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/09/2021 14:59:49 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1355098

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scottish Government: Communication
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 9 September (HL2410), what topics were covered in the 11 letters (attached to emails) that the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland received from Scottish Ministers in relation to reserved matters; and what plans they have to publish these letters.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers and Scottish Government Ministers regularly communicate on a range of matters. There is a strong public interest in allowing Ministers a private space within which to communicate, discuss and share information. Therefore, we do not routinely publish interministerial letters and we have no plans to publish these letters or their contents.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2021 14:20:29 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1355100

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Supported Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up the task force on housing with care; and what is its remit.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>Both the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department of Health and Social Care are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people. We are engaging closely with both the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-Government taskforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 27/09/2021 12:01:37 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock