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1149760

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist (1) British National Overseas passport holders, and (2) other people who are subject to human rights violations, to ensure that the government of Hong Kong honours the 1984 Sino-British Declaration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to upholding Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework, which is guaranteed by the legally binding Joint Declaration of 1984 and enshrined in the Hong Kong Basic Law. The Foreign Secretary has made this clear to both the Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, and Chinese Foreign Minister, State Councillor Wang Yi. The Foreign Secretary has also spoken to a wide range of counterparts on this issue and welcomes the strong statements made by our international partners. We will continue to engage the Hong Kong SAR government, the Chinese government and international partners, reiterating the fundamental importance of upholding the rights and freedoms of all the people of Hong Kong, including the BN(O) passport holders that live there.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/10/2019 11:23:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

1168595

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	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	Cheltenham Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the option of removing Accident and Emergency consultants from Cheltenham General Hospital during the day will be included as part of their forthcoming consultation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans to close Cheltenham General Hospital’s (CGH) accident and emergency (A&amp;E) and NHS England and NHS Improvement is clear that any potential solution developed as part of One Gloucestershire’s Fit for the Future public engagement programme will not include any such plans.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement envisages the same workforce in the department and this includes a consultant-led service at Cheltenham’s A&amp;E department.</p><p>Options for public consultation have not been drawn up at this stage. There are no formal proposals developed which include removing the consultant-led A&amp;E service at Cheltenham.</p><p>Discussions have taken place between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following these discussions, the Secretary of State confirmed on 23 October 2019 that no proposals to close Cheltenham A&amp;E would be included in the forthcoming consultation.</p><p>CGH’s A&amp;E department is consultant-led from 8am-8pm and overnight (8pm – 8am) the service is led by specialist emergency nurse practitioners. This arrangement, which has been in place since 2013, was in response to a lack of middle grade doctors and has preserved and ensured the continuation of high-quality care for patients in Gloucestershire 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Options for public consultation have not yet been drawn up due to the pre-consultation engagement phase, which is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL49 HL50 HL51 HL52 HL54 question first answered 07/01/2020 17:43:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1313661

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Crown Dependencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to give schools in the Crown Dependencies access to the Department for Education's Barred List Checking Service Sign-in portal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The regulations that are used to determine the eligibility for access to the Department for Education's Barred List Checking Service apply to England only.</p><p>The School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 are for maintained schools and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2680/regulation/24/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2680/regulation/24/made</a>.</p><p>The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 are for academies, free schools and alternative provision academies, and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3283/pdfs/uksi_20143283_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3283/pdfs/uksi_20143283_en.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015 and The Further Education (Providers of Education) (England) Regulations 2006 can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/728/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/728/contents/made</a> and <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3199/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3199/contents/made</a>.</p><p>The Department has no plans to give schools in the Crown Dependencies access to the replacement service for Teacher’s Pension Online, the Children’s Barred List Status Check. Teacher’s Pensions Online hosted the standalone barred list check service until 31 March 2021. The replacement service transferred to the Teaching Regulation Agency on 1 April 2021. Schools in the Crown Dependencies should contact the Disclosure and Barring Service directly to obtain an Enhanced plus Barred List information check for those employed in regulated activity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 21/05/2021 13:28:03 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1461034

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Crossing: Tourism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage change in the number of coach parties arriving at Channel ports compared to the number of visitors arriving by air, in each year since 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of coach parties or coaches entering the UK from the European Union, either for 2022 or for previous years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL52 question first answered 24/05/2022 11:05:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

1668168

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Rivers: Flood Control
	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 contribution of the Environment Agency to the regular maintenance of major rivers and water courses; and what assessment they have made of whether any lack of maintenance has contributed to recent flooding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>There are around 238,000 assets registered by the Environment Agency that have a flood or coastal risk management purpose in England, including 76,000 assets owned and maintained directly by the Environment Agency, plus approximately 162,000 assets owned by other parties including Risk Management Authorities and Private owners. Of these, 64,000 are classified by the Environment Agency as high consequence system assets – meaning those which provide the greatest level of protection to people and property. Assets are used to maintain major rivers and water courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency regularly inspects over 154,000 assets that have a flood or coastal risk management purpose in England whether owned and maintained by the Environment Agency or other Risk Management Authorities or private individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is currently inspecting assets impacted by Storms Babet and Ciaran. The Environment Agency estimate 2,300 properties flooded during these recent storms, with 139,000 properties better protected by flood and coastal risk management schemes.</p><p> </p><p>As of October 2023, (prior to the recent Storm Babet and Ciaran), the number of Environment Agency assets that were at or above the required condition in a high consequence Risk Management System was 94.5%. For assets owned or maintained by other parties this was 90%.</p><p> </p><p>A high consequence system is a location where there is a high concentration of properties. Flood risk is reduced by several flood defences working together to protect an area. Where assets are below their required condition this identifies that work is required. This does not mean assets have structurally failed or that performance in a flood is compromised.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency publishes details of planned maintenance activities in the river and coastal maintenance programme, and further details can also be found in the Flood and coastal erosion risk management annual report (see attached).</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/11/2023 16:48:05 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name Flood and coastal erosion risk management report.pdf title flood/coastal risk management report
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering