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1276442

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the key (1) economic, (2) health, (3) education, and (4) other, indicators they plan to use to monitor their 'levelling-up' agenda.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL12094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text We are committed to levelling up the economy, ensuring strong employment and increasing productivity across the regions and nations of the UK. The Spending Review established a set of provisional priority outcomes and metrics across all departments and policy areas which have been published on the Gov.uk website. answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/01/2021 14:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1307542

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will answer the letter that he wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer concerning COVID-19 bonds on 8 March.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL14727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text HM Treasury responded to the Member on 29 March 2021 and a further copy has been sent by email. answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 26/04/2021 13:02:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1302690

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government to which (1) Commonwealth countries, and (2) non-Commonwealth countries, they have supplied COVID-19 vaccines; and how many COVID-19 vaccines each of those countries have received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL14214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>We have not directly provided COVID-19 vaccines to any country outside the UK, Crown Dependencies, and Overseas Territories. However, the UK is among the biggest donors to the COVAX facility, which is rolling out vaccines globally, including to low and middle income countries. We have committed £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, which will contribute to the supply of at least 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines for up to 92 developing countries this year. All but two members of the Commonwealth are COVAX members, and 31 Commonwealth countries will be receiving vaccines in the first phase of the COVAX rollout (Ghana was the first COVAX recipient on 24 February 2021). The Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK will share the majority of any future surplus COVID-19 vaccines from our domestic supply with the COVAX procurement pool to support developing countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/03/2021 16:03:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1611043

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide, in the form of a table, the number of families who they forecast will take up the Healthy Start Scheme in the current year, alongside the figures for the previous five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL7118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make a forecast of the number of families who will take up the Healthy Start scheme in the current year. Forecast data for the previous five years is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme in the previous five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month and year</p></td><td><p>Number of beneficiaries on the scheme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>320,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>289,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>274,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>337,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>315,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL7207 question first answered 25/04/2023 14:55:17 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1612131

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many families are forecast to take up the Healthy Start Scheme in the current year, and (2) how many took it up in the previous five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL7207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make a forecast of the number of families who will take up the Healthy Start scheme in the current year. Forecast data for the previous five years is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme in the previous five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month and year</p></td><td><p>Number of beneficiaries on the scheme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>320,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>289,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>274,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>337,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>315,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL7118 question first answered 25/04/2023 14:55:17 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1587283

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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 His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claimants were subject to deductions as a result of overpayments where the fault lay entirely with the relevant government department or agency, in the most recent month for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL5656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold data on actual Universal Credit (UC) overpayments as requested, as there is no requirement to categorise UC debt because it is all recoverable in law.</p><p> </p><p>However, our national statistics on fraud and error in the benefit system provide information on the estimated value of UC Official Error, both as a percentage of benefit expenditure and by value.</p><p> </p><p>For UC, the figures show that UC Official Error loss has fallen from 1.3% (£250m) in 2019/20, to 0.9% (£330m) in 2020/21, to 0.7% (£270m) in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also indicate how many cases were estimated to have an overpayment of this type - in 2019/20 the figure stood at 4.1%; in 2021/22 it was 2.6%. We do not collect data on how many of these overpayments were detected or subsequently recovered. See:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2021-to-2022-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2021 to 2022 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP remains committed to working with anyone who is struggling with benefit debt deductions and encourages customers experiencing hardship to contact the DWP to discuss their repayment plan.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/03/2023 16:47:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1644886

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and what proportion of, existing claimants receiving Personal Independence Payment Review forms in each of the past 12 months have (a) requested an extension, (b) had their request accepted, or (c) had their request rejected; (2) how many, and what proportion of, Personal Independence Payment Review forms issued in each of the past 12 months have been (a) returned on time, (b) returned late, and (c) not returned; and (3) how many, and what proportion of, claimants making a telephone call regarding a Personal Independence Payment Review form in the past 12 months have (a) waited on hold for longer than 60 minutes, or (b) had their call disconnected.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL8490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>We can confirm that the department holds some of the information requested. We have numbered your questions and our response to each, for ease of reference.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><strong>Extensions to Review forms</strong></li></ol><p>The information requested (extensions and acceptance status) is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises the importance of claimants having the opportunity to provide information, and evidence about their disabilities, and health conditions, in their review forms in support of their awards, and there are existing provisions available that allow additional time, and support, to those who require it.</p><p> </p><p>For Personal Independence Payment (PIP), safeguards are already in place to allow for additional time for claimants to submit their Award Review 1 (AR1) form. Claimants can ask for additional time to complete their AR1 form and can do so on more than one occasion.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><strong>Return of Review forms</strong></li></ol><p><br> The information requested for on-time and late AR1 form returns is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data for AR1 forms not returned has been provided in the table below. Data is available up to the end of April 2023, but since the default time allowance for returning an AR1 form is 40 days, the latest two months of data for AR1 forms issued have not been included. It is worth noting there are multiple reasons a form may not be returned within 40 days, or at all, without a resulting disallowance. For example, where a claimant has an additional support marker, or where an extension has been granted. On average, only 7% of claimants in the time period, who received AR1 forms, were disallowed for non-return.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows, for each of the latest 12 months of useable data, how many AR1 forms were issued and how many, and what proportion, were not returned by the end of available data. This will include claimants who have not returned their form, but have not been disallowed for the reasons explained previously.</p><p><br> Table 1: Number and proportion of AR1 forms not returned by 30<sup>th</sup> April 2023</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month AR1 form was issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of AR1 forms sent out in month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of AR1 forms not returned by 30th April 2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of AR1 forms not returned by 30th April 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar 22</strong></p></td><td><p>42,600</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr 22</strong></p></td><td><p>42,800</p></td><td><p>11,300</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 22</strong></p></td><td><p>46,600</p></td><td><p>12,500</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun 22</strong></p></td><td><p>48,600</p></td><td><p>12,200</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul 22</strong></p></td><td><p>48,600</p></td><td><p>11,900</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug 22</strong></p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep 22</strong></p></td><td><p>52,700</p></td><td><p>13,100</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct 22</strong></p></td><td><p>48,600</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov 22</strong></p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>13,400</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec 22</strong></p></td><td><p>51,200</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan 23</strong></p></td><td><p>60,200</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb 23</strong></p></td><td><p>49,500</p></td><td><p>14,300</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: PIP Atomic Data Source (ADS)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100;</li><li>Data for England and Wales only;</li><li>Data excludes claimants with special rules for the terminally ill.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="3"><li><strong>Telephone calls regarding Review forms</strong></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested (telephony figures for those relating to AR1 forms) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/06/2023 16:17:19 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1603007

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Art Works: Export Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to secure Joshua Reynold's portrait of Omai for the nation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL6308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>We are in regular contact with the National Portrait Gallery and fully support their efforts to purchase this exceptional painting. In view of the strong support we have seen so far, the Government has extended the export deferral period to 10 June 2023 to provide every opportunity to save the Portrait of Omai so that the widest possible audience can see, enjoy, and learn from it for generations to come.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL6105 HL6106 question first answered 21/03/2023 11:42:57 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1602180

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	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 His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants received (1) £10–19 per week, (2) £20–£29 per week, (3) £30–39 per week, (4) £40–£49 per week, (5) £50–£59 per week, (6) £60–£69 per week, (7) £70–£79 per week, (8) £80–£89 per week, (9) £90–£99 per week, (10) £100–£109 per week, (11) £110–£119 per week, (12) £120–£129 per week, (13) £130–£139 per week, (14) £140–£149 per week, and (15) £150 and above per week, in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL6192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Universal Credit is paid to households monthly and the official statistics, including the amounts paid per month, are published every three months on Stat-Xplore. The latest statistics are in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Households in receipt of Universal Credit, by monthly payment amount, in November 2022.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Payment Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than £40</p></td><td><p>72,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£40 - £79.99</p></td><td><p>53,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£80 - £119.99</p></td><td><p>63,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£120 - £159.99</p></td><td><p>73,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£160 - £199.99</p></td><td><p>77,612</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£200 - £239.99</p></td><td><p>100,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£240 - £279.99</p></td><td><p>224,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£280 - £319.99</p></td><td><p>136,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£320 - £359.99</p></td><td><p>203,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£360 - £399.99</p></td><td><p>67,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£400 - £439.99</p></td><td><p>74,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£440 - £479.99</p></td><td><p>85,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£480 - £519.99</p></td><td><p>111,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£520 - £559.99</p></td><td><p>103,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£560 - £599.99</p></td><td><p>130,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£600 or more</p></td><td><p>2,747,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>4,327,245</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a> – Households on Universal Credit</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to these figures to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.</li><li>These figures do not include households with a nil award. Households may not be in payment if, for example, earnings for the period are sufficiently high that the taper rate reduces their entitlement to £0.</li><li>These figures are provisional and will be subject to revision. It is expected that overall provisional figures will be within two per cent of their revised figure in future releases.</li><li>Monthly award amounts include any awards due to entitlement such as the standard allowance or housing entitlement plus any advance payments. Advance payments will normally be recovered during subsequent assessment periods.</li></ol> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/03/2023 14:59:09 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1688310

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in each of the past 12 months for which data are available, how much money was (1) credited to NHS Healthy Start cards, (2) used by entitled beneficiaries within the period of time they have available to spend that money on valid items, and (3) not used.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL2280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>Under the Healthy Start scheme, pregnant women and children aged under four years old and over one years old, each receive £4.25 every week, and children under one years old each receive £8.50 every week. Healthy Start can be used to buy, or be put towards the cost of, fresh, frozen or tinned fruits and vegetables, fresh, dried and tinned pulses, milk and infant formula. The money is loaded onto a pre-paid payment card. Beneficiaries are not required to spend the money each week and it can be accumulated and put towards more expensive Healthy Start items, such as infant formula. The legislation states that only after 16 consecutive weeks of the pre-paid payment card not being used can the card be cancelled.</p><p>This flexibility in how and when the money can be used means that the total amount spent in any one month can exceed the amount added in that month, if beneficiaries have accumulated funds in previous months. The following table shows the latest data for how much was added onto Healthy Start cards and spent, per month, during 2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total added</p></td><td><p>Total spent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>£7,859,474.75</p></td><td><p>£8,353,475.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>£7,435,669.76</p></td><td><p>£7,320,424.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>£10,626,362.86</p></td><td><p>£8,971,140.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>£11,665,242.36</p></td><td><p>£10,012,024.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>£8,137,362.11</p></td><td><p>£8,218,389.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>£7,805,625.26</p></td><td><p>£7,873,571.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>£9,171,390.95</p></td><td><p>£8,021,060.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>£8,535,237.75</p></td><td><p>£7,985,449.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>£7,549,456.50</p></td><td><p>£7,887,565.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>£8,289,498.25</p></td><td><p>£7,715,832.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>£7,954,638.13</p></td><td><p>£7,131,207.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>£7,750,004.57</p></td><td><p>£7,013,663.46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This flexibility also means that from month to month some of the money may remain on the payment cards without being used. During 2023 the average outstanding balance across all Healthy Start cards was £12.6 million. This equates to around £37 per household. If a card was unused for 16 weeks as permitted in the legislation, it would accumulate £68 for a pregnant woman or a family with a child over one and under four, or £136 for a family with twins under one years old. The average balance of £37 per household is less than 16 weeks’ entitlement, although these are aggregate figures and there will be variation across households. The following table shows the total outstanding balance across all Healthy Start cards, per month, during 2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total outstanding balance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>£11,876,537.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>£11,456,639.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>£11,444,727.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>£12,465,403.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>£12,238,144.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>£12,123,823.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>£12,777,017.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>£13,193,581.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>£13,677,365.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>£13,066,802.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>£13,418,231.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>£13,850,960.26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL2281 question first answered 20/02/2024 15:55:51 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead