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1124640

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide further funding to local authorities to tackle potholes in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL15508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is allocating £6.6 billion between 2015/16 and 2020/21 to local highway authorities for local highway maintenance funding, including £296 million from the Pothole Action Fund, for the repair of potholes or to stop them forming. Further funding will be subject to the Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/05/2019 11:08:01 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1124648

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Jamal Khashoggi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have frozen the assets of, and barred visas for, those Saudi nationals and their family members who have been identified as having been involved in, or as having been accessories to, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
	uin	HL15516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Asset Freezing is the responsibility of the FCO and HM Treasury, information on individuals whose assets have been frozen can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-financial-sanctions-implementation.</p><p>The Government has a long-established practice of not routinely commenting on the details of individual immigration cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/05/2019 11:08:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1987 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

1124883

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 19 March (HL Deb, col 1408) that the Department of the Economy Northern Ireland would establish a unit under independent chairmanship, to examine the case of every individual who has received funds from the Renewable Heat Incentive initiative and believes they have experienced hardship, whether that proposal has been implemented; if so, who has been appointed as chairman; what appointment criteria were applied to any such appointment; and whether the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland discussed this appointment with the Permanent Secretary of the Department of the Economy Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL15558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for the Economy has undertaken to set up an RHI Hardship Unit. They repeated this commitment during their evidence session to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 8th May. Given the complexities and skill-sets required, the Department is currently considering an independent panel rather than just an independent chair. As this is a devolved matter it will be for the Department for the Economy to set the necessary criteria, and ensure that the Hardship Unit is made up of suitably qualified and independent members. The Department plans for the panel to have its first sitting by the end of the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 17/05/2019 11:08:49 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1124901

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Nusinersen
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) NICE, (2) NHS England, and (3) Biogen, on a Managed Access Agreement for Spinal Muscular Atrophy treatment, Spinraza.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL15576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England about a range of issues, including progress in discussions about a potential managed access agreement for Spinraza (nusinersen). Ministers have also held meetings with Biogen, NICE and NHS England on a number of occasions, at which the availability of Spinraza was discussed.</p><p>NHS England and NICE have made stakeholders and the public aware of the outcome of its appraisal committee meeting and NICE is now able to recommend the use of Spinraza for National Health Service patients in England, subject to a managed access agreement agreed between NHS England and Biogen. The final appraisal document will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15577 question first answered 17/05/2019 11:07:46 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1124902

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate that NICE will publish the outcome of the NICE Evaluation Committee meeting held on 6 March.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL15577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England about a range of issues, including progress in discussions about a potential managed access agreement for Spinraza (nusinersen). Ministers have also held meetings with Biogen, NICE and NHS England on a number of occasions, at which the availability of Spinraza was discussed.</p><p>NHS England and NICE have made stakeholders and the public aware of the outcome of its appraisal committee meeting and NICE is now able to recommend the use of Spinraza for National Health Service patients in England, subject to a managed access agreement agreed between NHS England and Biogen. The final appraisal document will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL15576 question first answered 17/05/2019 11:07:46 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1125585

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the waiting time for benefits appeals from the 40 week average cited by HM Courts and Tribunal Service.
	tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
	tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
	uin	252492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the system and is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, 225 new medical members and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been appointed and are now hearing cases.</p><p>The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and providing a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 10:58:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1126088

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were rescheduled in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Greater London due to insufficient court space in the months of (i) February, (ii) March and (iii) April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Published data for criminal cases show the number of trials which were vacated or ineffective (and therefore do not go ahead) in the criminal courts and for ineffective trials, the reasons why the trial was ineffective. One of these is ‘court administrative issues including a lack of court time and court accommodation failures’, – however it is not possible to identify instances where this is specifically due to reasons of ‘insufficient court space’.</p><p> </p><p>Available data on vacated and ineffective trials is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are currently published up to December 2018. Data for January – March 2019 are due to be published on 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to rescheduled cases and the reasons for them in the civil and family courts are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 11:19:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1125291

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of the collection of data on military veterans' interactions with government service providers to help support the specific needs of those veterans; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	251880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>It is recognised that better identification of the veteran community within and through data can lead to a greater understanding of their needs, trends and geographical distribution - which in turn will provide a more robust evidence base to inform policy making, enable planning and support service delivery.</p><p>The UK-wide Strategy for our Veterans champions the changing needs of the ex-Service community. Since Veterans draw on services from across Governments and Departments, implementation of the strategy will be across the three-sitting governments and across Whitehall Departments.</p><p>'Data on the Veteran Community' is one of the cross cutting factors of the Strategy and whilst it recognises that there is some reliable data collected across Government Departments, it can be fragmented, making analysis and prediction of needs difficult. The outcome we want by 2028 is for an enhanced collection across Government to better build an evidence base to identify and address the needs of veterans.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/05/2019 11:01:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1125652

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on applications for compensation were appealed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	252547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of first decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11 which were subsequently appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the year the decision was made and the year it was subsequently appealed may be different.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of first decisions subsequently appealed to the FTT</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>4.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td><td><p>4.39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>3.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p>3.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,356</p></td><td><p>4.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>3.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,419</p></td><td><p>3.58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 08:57:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125653

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on applications for compensation were overturned on appeal in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	252548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11 which were subsequently overturned on appeal.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of decisions made where the appeal outcome is yet to be determined.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions overturned on appeal</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>876</p></td><td><p>1.59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>858</p></td><td><p>1.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>1.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>0.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>0.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 11:22:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero