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42912

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recent finding in the Demos report, Introducing Generation Citizen, that 84 per cent of 14- to 17-year-olds intend to vote when they attain the age of 18, how they intend to ensure that such intentions to vote translate into first-time voting behaviour amongst young people; and what steps they are taking to ensure that education establishments are committed to registering all 16- and 17-year-olds to vote.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The new key stage 4 citizenship programme to be taught from September 2014 requires that pupils should be taught about “the different electoral systems used in and beyond the United Kingdom and actions citizens can take in democratic and electoral processes to influence decisions locally, nationally and beyond.”</p><p> </p><p>The government has also made available £4.2 million funding to all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain and 5 national organisations. Electoral registration officers have been encouraged to support the delivery of Rock Enrol! in their area, a learning resource which not only provides an opportunity for young people to register to vote, but enables them to discuss the importance of doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

852704

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ensure that letters from Members addressed to ministers are sent straight to the Minister's Private Office and not to the general correspondence section of Departments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Letters from members of parliament and peers are given priority over correspondence from the general public. Performance tables are published to show how promptly they reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/03/2018 15:41:56 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1600115

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that voting is accessible to servicepeople in each branch of the military; and what education and support on voting they provide, particularly for younger personnel.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold any voter participation information as it would not be appropriate to track when or where Service personnel have voted. However, voter registration campaigns are run annually to notify personnel of upcoming elections and to make them aware of their voting options.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL5976 question first answered 14/03/2023 14:44:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

451111

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to cap the rates paid by NHS bodies to management consultancies, similar to their policy with regard to staff agencies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office have published guidance on the use of management consultants <em>Cabinet Office controls guidance: version 4.0 </em>which government departments and their arms length bodies are required to follow. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>National Health Service providers follow a similar consultancy spending approvals process as defined by Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA). Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts <em>Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts</em>, with TDA publishing similar for NHS trusts <em>Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts</em>. Copies of the guidance are attached. <br></p><p>At this time, these do not include any directive to set caps on rates paid to management consultancies.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Cabinet Office consultancy guidance.pdf title Cabinet Office guidance 2 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 3 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance question first answered 22/02/2016 17:25:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

710022

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hepatitis
	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 effectiveness of peer support in increasing the number of people engaged in hepatitis C care pathways.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Most recent estimates suggest that around 160,000 people in England are living with hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Precise figures of the number who remain undiagnosed are not available, however, an estimate of the proportion of people who inject drugs who are diagnosed can be obtained from the Unlinked Anonymous monitoring survey. In this survey, only around one half of people injecting psychoactive drugs sampled are aware of their HCV antibody positive status (53% in 2015), and this figure has remained relatively stable at this level (averaging 52%) over the past decade.</p><p> </p><p>The precise number of people diagnosed since reporting began is not available. However, over nearly two decades there has been a steady increase in the number of laboratory confirmed reports of HCV (ever-infected) in England, with a more than fivefold increase between 1996 and 2015. In 2015, 11,605 laboratory reports of individuals testing positive for antibodies to HCV were reported.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been undertaken of the effectiveness of peer support in increasing the number of people engaged in HCV care pathways.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a specification for 22 HCV Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs) to develop local partnerships with a range of stakeholders in order to maximise appropriate uptake and completion of HCV treatment and to cure more people of infection.</p><p> </p><p>One requirement of the ODN is to develop links to third sector services to support adherence, peer support and self-management programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5975 HL5976 question first answered 22/03/2017 12:19:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1419984

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) brothels, (2) nail bars, (3) car washes, and (4) cannabis farms, closed following (a) arrests, and (b) convictions, arising from modern slavery in 2020; and how many convictions have been obtained since then.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold case-specific data, such as business closures, for modern slavery offences. Criminal justice statistics, including outcomes for modern slavery offences, are published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice and are available on Gov.uk.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery and bringing the individuals responsible to justice. Since its introduction, the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has given law enforcement agencies the tools and powers to tackle modern slavery, including a maximum life sentence for perpetrators. The Government has also provided over £15 million to policing since 2016. This investment has resulted in an increase in live police operations, from 188 in December 2016 to 4,114 in December 2021, and led to an increase in the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured.</p><p>The Government recognises that the UK cannot tackle this crime alone. The UK continues to demonstrate international leadership, driving action towards the long-term ambition of eradicating modern slavery. We work with a range of partners to engage with countries from which the UK receives the highest numbers of victims. The UK’s international efforts to fight slavery are supported by a range of overseas programmes, as well as the Home Office’s £33.5m Modern Slavery Fund which since 2016 has included projects that test innovative approaches to build the evidence base on what works.</p><p>Preventing vulnerable people being drawn into slavery is one of the most effective ways of tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery. The UK Government is committed to preventing modern slavery and works with a range of partners to deliver effective prevention activity both in the UK and upstream. In October 2021, the Home Office launched the Modern Slavery Prevention Fund, to fund organisations to deliver targeted prevention interventions and build up the evidence base on what interventions are most effective.</p><p>The Government recognises there is yet more we can do to tackle this crime and bring offenders to justice. The Government is currently reviewing its Modern Slavery Strategy and will build on our learning and progress over the past eight years to strengthen our approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5979 question first answered 18/02/2022 13:11:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1216505

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2020
	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: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times alternative dispute resolution has been used to seek settlements with HS2 landowners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd routinely offers Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to affected parties to resolve disputes in cases where it is not possible to reach agreement by direct negotiation.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals to ADR require the agreement of both HS2 Ltd and the affected party. To date, three statutory blight cases have been determined through ADR. Guidance on ADR was published by HS2 Ltd on 30 May 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/07/2020 14:22:59 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley