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1694354

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of their legal aid budget is spent on asylum seekers’ appeals, in (1) percentage, and (2) gross, terms.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Funding for legal aid is on a demand led basis, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not have a specific budget allocation for delivery of legal aid services in relation to specific categories of law. The table below sets out the total expenditure, on a closed case basis, in relation to asylum seekers’ appeals in gross terms and as a percentage of overall legal aid expenditure for the last 10 years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeal Expenditure (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Legal Aid Expenditure (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of Legal Aid Expenditure spent on Asylum Appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2,017</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,615</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,652</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,665</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1,679</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1,835</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Legal aid is generally available for asylum cases, including appeals, under paragraph 30 of Schedule 1, Part 1 Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO). However, not all cases will qualify for legal aid as eligibility is subject to an assessment of legal merits of the case and of the applicant’s financial resources.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/03/2024 17:49:36 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1694355

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to (1) cap, or (2) curtail, multiple appeals from the same asylum seeker.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the rules regulating multiple appeals. An asylum seeker who has already appealed cannot appeal again unless they make further submissions which amount to a fresh claim. There will only be a fresh claim if the further submissions have not previously been considered and, taken together with the previously considered material, created a realistic prospect of success at appeal, even though the asylum claim is being refused. Where this test is not met, the further submissions are rejected and cannot be appealed.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/03/2024 12:43:34 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1694011

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to restore VAT free shopping for foreign tourists.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>As set out at Spring Budget 2024, the government is considering the findings of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s review of the original costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping, published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, alongside industry representations and broader data. The Government welcomes further submissions from stakeholders in response to the OBR’s findings. All taxes are kept under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/03/2024 15:17:19 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1693107

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the cost of the Restoration and Renewal programme to date; and whether there are any plans to scale-back future costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the R&amp;R Programme, from 2020-21 until the end of 2022-23, is £297m. This includes the costs of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority which were established in April and May 2020 respectively (including £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). It also includes the costs of Restoration and Renewal Client Team, which took over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body in January 2023.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2023-24) is £83m, which includes the costs of the Delivery Authority and the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s Main Estimate for 2024-25 is currently subject to parliamentary scrutiny and approval. As well as parliamentary approval being required for the initial budget provision, the Delivery Authority’s expenditure is subject to regular scrutiny and challenge throughout the financial year including by the R&amp;R Client Team and House finance teams, Delivery Authority Board, R&amp;R Programme Board, R&amp;R Client Board and Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s funding is based on what is required to deliver the key activities tasked to it by the R&amp;R Client Team. The Delivery Authority seeks to ensure that its expenditure remains taut and proportionate for the activities required to deliver the Programme and constantly re-assesses its resources, scaling up or down as appropriate. The R&amp;R Programme routinely publishes information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/03/2024 13:26:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1692264

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report commissioned by the Local Government Association The path to inclusive footways, published on 10 February; and what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and (2) micromobility parking provision, do not obstruct footways.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Strategy, published in March 2022, outlined that local authorities are best placed to understand what charging infrastructure is required, and have a key role in ensuring the delivery of chargepoints meets the needs of their areas. The Government and industry sponsored, Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 1899 provides specifications on the placement, design and installation of accessible public EV chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>Cross-pavement cable solutions can be used to channel EV charging wires across the pavement safely. As part of the Plan for Drivers, the Government committed to provide guidance on the use of safe cross-pavement charging solutions, best practice to local authorities on relevant legislation, permissions, and how to consider applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has extended its e-scooter trials until May 2026 to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, parking provision and environmental impacts. The Department’s guidance for local authorities and operators taking part in trials sets out that appropriate parking provision should be provided to ensure e-scooters do not become obstructive.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/03/2024 14:53:14 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1692265

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of highway funding is spent on footways.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held. In England local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highway network in their area, including footways. Further information and best practice on the Well-managed Highway infrastructure Code of Practice is available from the UK Roads Leadership Group. Based on previous research, the Department estimates that on average local highway authorities spend around 9% of their highway maintenance budgets on maintaining footways.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/03/2024 11:59:48 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower attachment 1 file name well-managed_highway_infrastructure_combined_-_28_october_2016_amended_15_march_2017_-3.pdf title Well-managed Highway infrastructure Code of Practi
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1691879

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to implementing a windfall tax on the excess profits of UK banks.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Banks already face an additional rate of tax on their profits in the form of the Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge – meaning they pay 3 percentage points more on their profits (28%) than most other businesses (25%). This is in addition to a charge on the largest banks’ balance sheets in the form of the Bank Levy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/03/2024 12:18:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1691880

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total cost of eradicating homelessness in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made the unprecedented commitment to end rough sleeping and to fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act. In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’, and we are investing almost £2.4 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping between 2022 and 2025.</p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people from becoming homeless or rough sleeping in the first place. We are investing over £1.2 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up for 2024/25, giving councils the funding they need to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/03/2024 17:23:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1690977

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Fujitsu
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to investigate whether Fujitsu staff had unauthorised access to the Post Office’s Horizon software system; and, if so, whether there have been any alleged cases of fraud or theft of Post Office funds by Fujitsu staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The independent Post Office Horizon Inquiry was set up – and put on a statutory footing - to review all the evidence to establish a clear account of the implementation and failings of Horizon so that a scandal like this does not happen again.</p><p>Until Sir Wyn’s work is completed, and all the evidence is known, it would be premature for me to comment on every aspect of this scandal alongside this inquiry which is there to get to the bottom of the facts.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 06/03/2024 12:04:57 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688927

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the expected cost of HS2, and what assessment they have made of whether this represents good value for money.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The most recent cost assessment of the HS2 programme was published in November 2023 through the six-monthly update to Parliament. The Department will provide a Value for Money assessment via an update to the Phase One Business Case, due in the course of 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 20/02/2024 12:55:34 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott