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1678284

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date	14/12/2023
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	Dental Services: Sussex
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many dentists delivered NHS services in Sussex for each year from 2015 to the present.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2024 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of dentists delivering National Health Service treatment for Sussex Integrated Care Board in each year from 2015/16 onwards:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of dentists who have performed some NHS treatment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>991</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Dental Statistics for England</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 04/01/2024 15:50:42 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676687

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there will be an alternative salary threshold for (1) recent graduates, (2) PhD holders, and (3) academics, following the planned increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1020 HL1021 HL1022 HL1023 HL1024 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676688

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when in the spring the increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers will come into effect; and whether a consultation will take place.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1019 HL1021 HL1022 HL1023 HL1024 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676689

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of an increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers, whether the salary threshold will be higher for those seeking indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1019 HL1020 HL1022 HL1023 HL1024 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676690

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what impact the planned increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers will have on graduate programmes due to commence in September 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1019 HL1020 HL1021 HL1023 HL1024 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676691

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers (1) will only apply to cases submitted after the threshold introduction date, or (2) will apply to cases that have been submitted but have not yet been considered.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1019 HL1020 HL1021 HL1022 HL1024 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1676692

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of an increase to the salary threshold for skilled overseas workers, whether the salary threshold will be higher for people with children who are not British citizens.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce. In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market. The Graduate route remains the best opportunity for international graduates from UK universities to find a job in the UK labour market, including through graduate programmes.</p><p>In due course, the Government will provide further details on the implementation of these measures (including on salaries and transitional arrangements), which are due to come in to force by Spring 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1019 HL1020 HL1021 HL1022 HL1023 question first answered 19/12/2023 17:51:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674992

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have been assisted by the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach since its establishment in 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>There was not a full Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA) service in place prior to 2019. Therefore, data does not exist for the number of women who have been assisted since 2013.</p><p>The commissioned Women’s Pathfinder WSA service in South Wales and Gwent went live in October 2019 and has assisted 4,117 women through referrals to the service from January 2020 to September 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:06:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674993

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support female Welsh prisoners held in English prisons, both during and after their imprisonment, to reintegrate into the community.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>All women’s prisons have an embedded pre-release provision delivered by the Probation Service. The pre-release team liaise with the Community Probation Practitioner as allocated and support pre-release planning activity throughout the sentence. The teams will progress referrals that have been made to Commissioned Rehabilitative Service suppliers, including fast tracking services for women serving short sentences. This provision is provided for Welsh women in English prisons as part of the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA), with a WSA Service Caseworker based in HMP Eastwood Park and Women's Partnership Integration Coordinators aligned to each Probation Delivery Unit area in Wales, helping to support inter-agency connection and coordination across women's services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:07:14 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674994

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the homelessness to prison cycle.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy published in September 2022 and published here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fending-rough-sleeping-for-good&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ced46d178c4ed4bf02a4f08dbf67fbba9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638374800771089769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qKfYpvqloOlzXsMcerAlzIPbtK0v1w%2BAtawU%2FpqZ5P4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ending-rough-sleeping-for-good</a>), sets out, in section 4.1, how we are delivering our aim that no one should leave prison homeless or to sleep rough.</p><p>Since publication of the strategy we have published further allocations for the Accommodation for ex-Offenders scheme up to March 2025, which are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faccommodation-for-ex-offenders-scheme-local-authority-funding-allocations-between-july-2021-and-march-2025&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ced46d178c4ed4bf02a4f08dbf67fbba9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638374800771089769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IUJvquoClW53QWZYv%2FfsZzMXpTjwMWVodHEvyURkdhI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accommodation-for-ex-offenders-scheme-local-authority-funding-allocations-between-july-2021-and-march-2025</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Ending rough sleeping for good - GOV.UK - HL814.pdf title Ending rough sleeping for good 2 file name Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme_ local authority funding allocations between July 2021 and March 2025 - HL814.pdf title Ex offenders scheme question first answered 18/12/2023 14:55:17 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German