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1726559

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Older Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, in England and Wales are currently in paid employment at the age of (a) 75, and (b) 80 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL673
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 03/09/24 is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 16/09/2024 14:52:03 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross attachment 1 file name PQHL673 (1) (2).pdf title Letter from the National Statistician
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723958

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Somerset Levels
	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 flood defences on the Somerset Levels.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL432
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>The Somerset Levels and Moors is a man-made managed drainage system created over many centuries. The area has always been prone to flooding due to its low-lying nature, much of the land sitting below the highest tide levels, and having riverbanks raised above ground level.</p><p> </p><p>Following one of the wettest winters on record, flood risk assets in the Somerset Levels and Moors have, once again, been significantly tested. The Environment Agency (EA) routinely inspects its flood risk assets and undertakes additional post-incident inspections. It reports that 91% of those assets, in this area of interest, are at or above their specified condition.</p><p> </p><p>As with most winters, there are repairs required after high river levels and the associated overflow. The EA is delivering a programme of repairs to reinstate these damaged flood risk assets, bringing them back to target condition.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 07/08/2024 11:06:51 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723957

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Coastal Erosion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of England's coastal flood defences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL431
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency applies the same methodology for condition assessment and allocation of maintenance funding for all flood assets and does not differentiate between coastal and other assets.</p><p> </p><p>At the last Spending Review in 2021 the government increased funding for maintenance of flood defences by £22 million per year. In 2023/24, £25 million was reallocated from the capital programme to fund maintenance, meaning that the total allocation for last year was over £220 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency visually inspects its assets to assess their condition. The results inform their expected performance when operated either on a daily basis or during a flood event. Our target based on available funding for 2024/25 is for 94.5% of high consequence assets to meet the target condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency plans to publish an updated national flood risk assessment in December 2024.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 05/08/2024 09:50:31 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723729

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Bishops
	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 right of Lords Spiritual to vote in general elections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL354
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>While the Lords Temporal are unable to vote at general elections to the House of Commons, this legal exclusion does not apply to the Lords Spiritual. In practice, however, it has long been the tradition that the Lords Spiritual do not vote at general elections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 07/08/2024 15:52:12 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723728

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of future use for the disused military barracks and drill hall at 76D Rochester Row, London SW1.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL353
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>Rochester Row was identified for disposal under plans to achieve a more efficient, modern and capability focussed Defence estate. Army Reserve Estate Optimisation are engaging with the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (RFCA) to discuss the future plans for the site.</p><p> </p><p>Where sites are disposed of on the Volunteer Estate, receipts are reinvested to enable betterment at other Reserve locations across the country, supporting Homeland Resilience, National Defence and Mobilisation.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 07/08/2024 15:06:56 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722218

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
	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 effectiveness of current legislation in combating ageism.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL145
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL144 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722217

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
	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 ageism in England and Wales; and whether it is decreasing or increasing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL144
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL145 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1729613

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Western Railway: Crime
	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 levels of reported crime on the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL1079
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The British Transport Police (BTP) are responsible for policing the rail network across England, Wales and Scotland. They recorded the following number of incidents at stations on the Salisbury and Yeovil railway line: 2020/21 58, 2021/22 55, 2022/23 87 and 2023/24 83. The increase from 2021/22 is in line with increasing passenger numbers on the rail network following the easing of travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Along with data from the rest of the railway, the BTP will continually review crime trends and patterns from the Salisbury and Yeovil line, and gather intelligence to inform their daily operational deployments, including both uniform and plain clothes officers.</p><p> </p><p>If passengers see or experience crime on the rail network, they should report this to BTP using the 61016 text service, via the Railway Guardian app or online. In an emergency, they should always call 999.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 23/09/2024 09:18:12 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1673010

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Isles of Scilly Steamship Company
	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 ability of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company to continue its role as sole strategic provider of seaborn passenger traffic between the islands and mainland in the case of any sale.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL627
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport strongly supports the reliable and accessible provision of lifeline transport services to the Isles of Scilly, as we acknowledge their importance to the Isles’ communities.</p><p>It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment on private commercial issues concerning the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 11/12/2023 14:56:53 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1700743

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Hornets
	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 effect of the spread of Asian hornets on the welfare of (1) honey bees, and (2) other insect populations, in England; and what action they are taking to prevent the further spread of this invasive species.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL3782
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the essential role played by honey bees and wild pollinators in our environment, acknowledging their contribution to crop pollination. Additionally, pollinators play a vital role in supporting the natural ecosystem.</p><p> </p><p>Asian hornets prey on honey bees and other pollinators so pose a significant threat to these insects. To date rapid action has been taken in the UK to find and destroy Asian hornet nests.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023 a total of 72 nests were located and destroyed, the majority of these were located in the South-East (62). The National Bee Unit (NBU), part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency, rapidly located and destroyed the nests so we would expect any impacts on honey bee colonies and other pollinators to be small and localised.</p><p> </p><p>From the analysis of nests found in 2023, a number of areas were identified where there is a low risk that Asian hornet queens may have overwintered. To address this, the NBU is carrying out spring trapping and working collaboratively with stakeholders to monitor traps at locations across Kent, East Sussex, Devon and North Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to taking swift and effective contingency action against Asian hornet in 2024 thereby continuing to minimise the impacts on honey bees and other pollinators.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 19/04/2024 13:40:12 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten