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381048

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of people who have received compensation under the terms of the Mesothelioma Act 2014 since the Act came into effect, and (2) the number of people projected to receive compensation in each of the next three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is available from the attached Impact Assessment for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme which was published in March 2014 and sets out the anticipated levels of claims over the first 10 years of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has now been running since April 2014 with payments being made from July 2014. We will publish statistics on the number of claims made in 2014/15 in due course, and consider a review of the estimates made in the Impact Assessment in light of this data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 23/06/2015 16:07:28 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name mesothelioma-payment-scheme-ia-mar-2014.pdf title Impact Assessment for Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

523681

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Anxiety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the risk that President Joseph Kabila may attempt to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to remain in power and not hold the elections scheduled for November.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is clear: a President may serve two terms of five years. In 2015 President Kabila made a tentative attempt to change the Constitution to enable him to stay on beyond the end of his current, final term of office but was rebuffed by the Congolese Parliament. The risk that he will attempt to do so again remains, but the UK position is clear: we do not believe that constitutions should be amended for the benefit of incumbent leaders. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge), has repeatedly urged Foreign Minister Tshibanda to do all in his power to ensure the DRC government enables elections to take place in line with the Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>We remain concerned by the lack of progress towards elections in the DRC. Primary responsibility for organising the elections rests with the government and institutions of the state of the DRC. The UK stands ready to support elections. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for International Development, my Hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (Mr Hurd), announced in March that the UK would make up to £11.4million available to support the election process, provided certain conditions were met. But we have also been clear that individuals responsible for repression and human rights violations in the run-up to the election period will have to face the consequences of their actions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/06/2016 14:36:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1171525

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, and intend to have, with the Welsh Government about nuclear power in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to new nuclear as part of the UK’s future energy mix and although a reserved matter I am keen to work with the Welsh Government to ensure where we can deliver on new nuclear in Wales. Officials from my department and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly engage with officials from Welsh Government on nuclear in Wales. I am keen to ensure discussions continue on areas where we are jointly affected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 28/01/2020 14:02:56 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1465614

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Defence Equipment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they are taking to encourage other countries to provide urgent military equipment to Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to galvanise support from the international community. We have worked closely with allies and partners to ensure that Ukrainian Armed Forces requirements are met at pace. The Defence Secretary has hosted two international donor conferences to coordinate aid from 35 partner nations and, via strong participation in the International Donor Coordination Centre, the UK continues to enable support to Ukraine from across the world.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/06/2022 15:44:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1167228

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that former Thomas Cook employees who apply for, and are eligible for, Universal Credit begin receiving payments swiftly.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Department is monitoring all new claims to Universal Credit to identify where the claimant is a former employee of Thomas Cook so that they quickly receive the right level of support.</p><p> </p><p>For claimants who require urgent financial support, new claim advances provide access to a payment quickly, until the first regular Universal Credit payment is due. Claimants can access up to 100% of the total expected monthly award, which they can pay back over a period of up to 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2019 Citizens Advice (England and Wales) and Citizens Advice Scotland are delivering ‘Help to Claim’ support to claimants making a new Universal Credit claim. Help to Claim have offered locally tailored support to former Thomas Cook employees in need of assistance face to face, and through prioritised telephony and web-chat channels.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have seen an increase in demand, additional staff have been deployed from neighbouring offices on a temporary basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is offering a range of support to anyone affected by the closure of Thomas Cook, through our Rapid Response Service (RRS) and wider DWP services. This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. It is coordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus.</p><p> </p><p>The RRS has been mobilised to help people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support. Each Jobcentre Plus district deploy resources according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce. The RRS is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/11/2019 13:05:43 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1327207

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	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	Xinjiang: Religious Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 29 April (HL15287), what assessment they have made of reports of mosques being destroyed in Xinjiang province; and what representations have they made to the government of China on the destruction of mosques.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>We are concerned by credible reports that mosques and other religious sites have been demolished in Xinjiang, evidence of which British diplomats have seen first-hand. The UK is committed to taking robust action to hold China to account for its human rights violations. On 22 March, the Foreign Secretary announced that the UK has imposed, under the UK's Global Human Rights sanctions regime, asset freezes and travel bans against four Chinese government officials, as well the Public Security Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the organisation responsible for enforcing the repressive security policies across many areas of Xinjiang. The Government has repeatedly called on China to respect the freedom of religion and belief in line with its Constitution and its international obligations. Internationally, we led the first joint statements on this issue at the UN Human Rights Council in June 2020 and the UN Third Committee in October 2019. On 6 October 2020, alongside Germany, we brought together a total of 39 countries to express grave concern at the situation in Xinjiang at the UN Third Committee. This growing caucus of international concern reflects UK diplomatic leadership, including the personal involvement of the Foreign Secretary.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/06/2021 14:07:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1672069

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Community First Responders
	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 (1) benefits, and (2) risks, associated with deploying drones as first responders; and what steps they will take to ensure the (a) secure, and (b) ethical, use of this technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the use of drones as first responders can save lives, time and valuable resources for public services. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulate the use of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (drones) to ensure the increased use of drones remains safe and secure. This includes assessing regulation around the appropriate handling of data privacy and assessing associated risks. Additional product requirements laid down in UK (EU) Delegated Regulation 2019/945 will come into effect from 01 January 2026, to introduce Remote ID, geo awareness, lighting and manufacturing standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 05/12/2023 12:53:20 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

748833

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many hospital admissions for acute anxiety have been recorded in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of acute anxiety from 2011/12 to 2015/16.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>10,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><ol><li>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes.</li><li>Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:46:48 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood