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1657680

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	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	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with business groups in the United States of America with regard to any potential digital deal with the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL9852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The U.S. is our largest trading partner, with trade reaching over £290 billion <ins class="ministerial">in the 12 months to March 2023</ins><del class="ministerial">this year</del>, and our most important <del class="ministerial">national</del> trading partner in data-enabled exports. The UK exported over £75 billion worth of digitally delivered services to the U.S. in <ins class="ministerial">2021</ins><del class="ministerial">2023</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly engage with a wide range of stakeholders including business groups, civil society and SMEs in both the UK and the U.S. on a range of digital trade and wider trade matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 19/09/2023 16:25:34 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2023 15:10:30 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel previous answer version 95986 answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

947127

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans to address payment errors and delays for people attempting to claim Universal Credit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL9817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>Around 80 per cent of new claims are paid in full and on time. In many cases, where full payment is not made on time by the end of the first assessment period, this is as a result of unresolved issues such as: some claimants have not signed their Claimant Commitment or passed identity checks, and the others have outstanding verification issues, such as for housing and self-employed earnings. Whilst their verification is on-going, many of these claimants receive a part payment for those elements of the claim that have been resolved. Within five weeks of the payment due date, 95 per cent of claims are paid in full.</p><p>DWP continues to monitor payment timeliness and we have made changes to improve payment timeliness. For example, we have built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify information such as their housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>Advances are available to provide financial support until the first payment and these can now be repaid over a course of 12 months and can consist of up to 100 per cent of the indicative monthly award. We have also abolished waiting days and now provide 2 weeks of housing support to claimants moving to Universal Credit from Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>If a claim has been delayed due to error, DWP can also consider awarding an ex-gratia payment, as set out in the guide of Financial Redress for Maladministration, available on gov.uk, and which is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/07/2018 13:50:40 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2018 14:41:10 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL9817 Financial Redress for Maladministration FR.PDF title Financial Redress for Maladministration previous answer version 72633 answering member printed Baroness Buscombe answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1246858

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £27million of COVID-19 related funding allocated to domestic abuse services has so far been paid out; and how much they have allocated for use by such services in each (1) region, and (2) local authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Walney
	uin	HL9692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations regularly engage with civil society groups via stakeholder forums and often consult with civil society groups on asylum processes.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations first communicated with civil society groups on the proof of concept for asylum interviews on 22 September 2020. We further engaged on the 6 October 2020 and continue to gather feedback to support the development of the proof of concept. We are in the process of responding in writing to further questions already submitted from civil society groups.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The proof of concept will help establish if there is a longer-term viability. Once the proof of concept phase is complete, we will evaluate as part of ongoing engagement with civil society groups to support further development</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £27 million of funds which were earmarked for domestic abuse services affected by COVID-19, government departments have as of 28 October 2020 paid out £25,129,341.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Within the £27 million, of the £15 million earmarked for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to distribute to local domestic abuse services through Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the breakdown by UK region of the funds is as follows:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>UK region</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sum distributed to PCCs in the region in question to distribute to domestic abuse services in their area/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,465,536</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,297,433</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,001,315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,779,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,275,251</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,199,098</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">940,479</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,166,225</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,067,868</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The above funds were distributed to the following PCCs:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>PCC</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sum allocated/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Avon and Somerset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,583</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bedfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">214,654</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cambridgeshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">209,068</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cheshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">222,793</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cleveland</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">354,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,784</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Derbyshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,080</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Devon and Cornwall</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">320,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dorset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170,710</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">303,238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dyfed-Powys</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96,416</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Essex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">462,273</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gloucestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">113,933</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Greater Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">645,461</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gwent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,199</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Hampshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">433,854</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Hertfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">226,923</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Humberside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116,022</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Kent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">484,381</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lancashire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">380,264</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Leicestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">352,997</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lincolnshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74,881</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Merseyside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">378,386</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">MOPAC (London)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Norfolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">191,926</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">178,500</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">203,407</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northamptonshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">343,746</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottinghamshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">316,144</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">513,364</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">405,664</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Staffordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">284,632</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Suffolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160,692</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Surrey</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">277,865</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">474,728</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Thames Valley</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">604,423</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Warwickshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">153,308</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Mercia</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">235,586</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">492,699</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">342,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wiltshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">228,098</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> Of the £2 million earmarked for the Home Office to distribute to national and regional domestic abuse services, most of the recipients cover more than one UK region and so it is not possible to delineate the funding by region. The exceptions are one organisation which covers only the South-East, which was allocated £5,000, and three organisations which cover only Wales, which collectively were allocated £192,206.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £10 million earmarked for the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to distribute to safe accommodation services in England, information is not available on the UK regions to which funds were distributed. This is because the exact locations of refuge and safe accommodation services are not revealed for safety reasons, and so may not match the charity’s registered address.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to break any of the three departments’ allocations down to local authority level.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/11/2020 17:39:12 question first ministerially corrected 10/11/2020 17:47:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 60373 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

944445

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any British Overseas Territory has made representations to them regarding new UK legislation; if so, which Territory; and on what subject.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL9678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Those</del> <ins class="ministerial">Some </ins>Overseas Territories with financial centres, namely Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands<del class="ministerial">, Gibraltar</del> and Montserrat have expressed concern about new legislation on sanctions and anti-money laundering (the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act), which became law on 23 May 2018; in particular the requirement to establish a publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companies registered in each government's jurisdiction.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Seperately, the aforementioned Territories and Gibraltar have made representations over the potential use of an Order in Council as specified in the Act, believing this to be constitutional overreach by the UK.</ins></p><p>The Prime Minister held a conference call with leaders of affected Territories on 24 May to discuss the issue and a further discussion was held at the Joint Ministerial Council in June. Shortly after the passage of this legislation I visited Anguilla, the Cayman Islands and Montserrat, where I held discussions on this topic. Similarly, in late July I visited the British Virgin Islands and met with representatives of the financial services industry and government of BVI. The Government understands the strength of feeling on this issue and is committed to working collaboratively with affected Territories on implementation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/08/2018 15:19:38 question first ministerially corrected 08/08/2018 10:23:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 72725 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1655062

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 19 July (HL9306), what assessment they have made of whether the ships of the Russian Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research are responsible for surveys and operations involving seabed infrastructure.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL9661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has not commissioned such an assessment. Any such assessment would fall within the remit of the Ministry of Defence. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As a matter of long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on the specific detail of classified intelligence matters.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/07/2023 14:46:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/08/2023 12:39:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton previous answer version 90272 answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1653025

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	Brain: Tumours
	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 Early Access to Medicines Scheme to ensure that brain tumour patients are able to access the most promising treatments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We do not currently have a national mechanism to capture and report incidents of violence and aggression in the National Health Service. Data is held at a local level.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">At a national level, data on self-reported violent incidents is gathered through the NHS Staff Survey. Results from the 2022 NHS Staff Survey indicated that 14.7% of NHS staff have self-reported that they have experienced at least one incident of physical violence from patients, service users, relatives or other members of the public in the last 12 months.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">27.8% of NHS staff who completed the NHS Staff Survey experienced at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse in the last 12 months from patients or service users, their relatives or members of the public. This figure is similar to previous years’ NHS Staff Survey data.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">NHS England has commissioned a number of data insight workstreams to better understand the current landscape of statistics, data reporting and associated challenges. This includes a national review of all available data and intelligence sources, an analysis of the costs of violence to the health care system in England and a review of the impact on the safety and wellbeing of NHS staff.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice collects data on prosecution, conviction and sentences for the offence of assault on an emergency worker, although it does not identify the type of emergency worker. This data is available in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly and the Outcomes of Offence Tool and Offence Group Classification: Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly: December 2022, a copy of which is attached.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The early access to medicines scheme (EAMS) aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the scheme, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a scientific opinion on the benefit/risk balance of the medicine, based on the data available when the EAMS submission was made and the EAMS criteria. The MHRA will make an evaluation of products, including drugs such as for brain tumour treatments, once an application is received.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If we do receive an application, it is only made public where an EAMS Scientific Opinion (SO) is awarded. All EAMS SOs are published on the EAMS webpage. All drugs that have previously held an EAMS SO are also published on the EAMS webpage.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 16:58:18 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 11:30:24 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 88876 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name criminal-justice-statistics-december-2022.pdf title Criminal Justice statistics
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

934639

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Suicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the care available for families and individuals who are affected by suicides connected with gambling.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL9216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Providing better information and support to people bereaved by suicide is a key area for action in the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. Effective suicide bereavement services should be provided through local partnerships between local authorities, NHS organisations and voluntary and charitable sector providers. The NHS Choices website provides advice on accessing support for people who have been bereaved.</p><p> </p><p>The charity GambleAware, which funds research, education and treatment for gambling addiction, has published a Strategic Delivery Plan for 2018-2020. This includes plans to commission specialist support for people who suffer bereavement because of the problem gambling of a family member or friend.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/07/2018 13:28:37 question first ministerially corrected 12/07/2018 14:29:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde previous answer version 69229 answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach answering member 3787
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

1651487

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2023
	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	Pharmacy: Standards
	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 level of support available under the Pharmacy Access Scheme; and whether the criteria includes the (1) quality, (2) opening hours, and (3) range of provision, of existing pharmacies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL9200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The early access to medicines scheme (EAMS) aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the scheme, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a scientific opinion on the benefit/risk balance of the medicine, based on the data available when the EAMS submission was made and the EAMS criteria. The MHRA will make an evaluation of products, including drugs such as for brain tumour treatments, once an application is received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">If we do receive an application, it is only made public where an EAMS Scientific Opinion (SO) is awarded. All EAMS SOs are published on the EAMS webpage. All drugs that have previously held an EAMS SO are also published on the EAMS webpage.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Pharmacy Access Scheme provides additional funding to pharmacies where the next nearest pharmacy is more than a 20-minute walk away. This is calculated as a 0.8-mile walking distance in areas of high deprivation and 1 mile in other areas. In 2021, we agreed updated eligibility criteria and an updated payment model with Community Pharmacy England. To be eligible for the payment, pharmacies must deliver the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. Quality and opening hours are not included in the eligibility criteria.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 15:05:50 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 15:18:01 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 88780 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1650137

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Processed Food
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out research into the impact of ultra-processed foods on public health outcomes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL9041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023. SACN’s scoping review will make a number of research recommendations in this area. This review will also include evaluating existing classifications of processed foods, including ultra-processed foods and the NOVA classification.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">SACN is a committee of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and provides independent scientific advice and risk assessments on nutrition and related health issues. Members of SACN are appointed as independent scientific experts in their field. We are not aware of any plans to agree a definition internationally.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ultra-processed foods. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 16:22:27 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 15:18:27 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 86577 answering member printed Lord Bethell answering member 4708
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

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	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Processed Food
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with (1) UK medical professionals and scientists, and (2) international partners, about (a) developing, and (b) agreeing, internationally recognised definitions of ultra-processed food.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL9040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023. SACN’s scoping review will make a number of research recommendations in this area. This review will also include evaluating existing classifications of processed foods, including ultra-processed foods and the NOVA classification.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">SACN is a committee of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and provides independent scientific advice and risk assessments on nutrition and related health issues. Members of SACN are appointed as independent scientific experts in their field. We are not aware of any plans to agree a definition internationally.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ultra-processed foods. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 16:22:27 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2023 14:43:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 86576 answering member printed Lord Bethell answering member 4708
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie