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	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Cancer: Health Services and Mortality Rates
	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 findings in the review by Lord Darzi of Denham Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, published on 12 September, that (1) "cancer care lags behind other countries", and (2) "the UK has appreciably higher cancer mortality rates than other countries"
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Professor Lord Darzi’s report sets out that the United Kingdom has higher mortality from cancer than neighbouring countries, the Nordic countries, and other English-speaking countries, using data published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. His report also uses the latest data from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership to show that five-year survival for common cancers is below that of comparable countries.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving cancer survival rates by hitting all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets within five years, so no patient waits longer than they should.</p><p>We will get the NHS diagnosing cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier, and treating it faster, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system.</p><p>The findings of Professor Lord Darzi’s independent review will feed into the Government’s 10-year plan to build a health service that is fit for the future. We are considering how a long-term strategic approach to cancer would best fit in with the 10-year plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 20/09/2024 11:23:07 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1729087

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Growth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve GDP growth.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Achieving sustained economic growth is the priority mission of this government. The government is focused on fixing the foundations of the UK’s economy.</p><p> </p><p>Having launched the Growth Mission in July 2024, the government has already taken several steps including planning reforms to get Britain building, establishing the National Wealth Fund, announcing a Pensions Review, and launching Skills England. The government is under no illusion of the scale of the challenge, however, given the difficult economic inheritance.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not prepare formal forecasts for the UK economy, which are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). In its March forecast, the OBR expects that GDP per capita will surpass its pre-pandemic peak in 2025. Further details can be found in Table 1.5 of the OBR’s latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2024: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2024/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2024/</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL1085 question first answered 20/09/2024 11:19:51 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1729089

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Aerials: Planning Permission
	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 planning regulation does not hinder the effective implementation of the 5G mobile signal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>In 2022, the government made changes to planning regulations to provide mobile operators with the flexibility to upgrade existing sites in England for 5G delivery, enhance coverage and meet the growing demands for network capacity. The reforms were designed to reduce the time, cost and uncertainty involved in upgrading mobile network infrastructure and to encourage greater use and sharing of existing infrastructure. The UK Government is committed to supporting investment in high-quality, reliable digital connectivity so that communities can benefit from faster economic growth and greater social inclusion. Permitted development rights for telecommunications infrastructure have been developed to ensure planning supports this mission. This government has committed to further reforms to the planning system including making it easier to build digital infrastructure.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 19/09/2024 13:31:03 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1728731

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	NHS: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase capital expenditure in the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Capital investment in the National Health Service increased significantly at the last Spending Review, from approximately £4 billion in 2019/20 to nearly £9 billion in 2024/25. However, Professor Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS in England, published on 12 September 2024, found that the NHS remains undercapitalised.</p><p>The Government recognises that strategic, value for money investments in capital schemes are critical to providing high-quality health and social care, increased productivity, and patient safety.</p><p>Decisions regarding future capital investment in the NHS are subject to the upcoming Spending Review. In line with the Government’s plans to deliver an NHS fit for the future, and as part of our internal Spending Review preparations, the Department and NHS England are currently reviewing the NHS capital requirements, including through NHS England’s assessment of long-term NHS estate needs across a range of areas.</p><p>Integrated care systems have also been developing local infrastructure strategies with help from NHS England that support key estate investment decisions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 20/09/2024 11:22:16 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1728732

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
	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 annual loss of tax revenue from small businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>HMRC is committed to tackling all forms of non-compliance, including evasion. Each year HMRC makes an annual assessment of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid, and the amount that is actually paid. The latest published tax gap is for 2022-23 and was 4.8% of theoretical liabilities, or £39.8bn. The element attributable to small businesses is 60% (£24.1bn) of that overall tax gap.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes these estimates in its annual ‘Measuring the Tax Gap’ report. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p>The tax gap derives from a wide range of non-compliant behaviours, from simple errors at one end of the spectrum to more deliberate behaviours at the other, requiring different approaches to tackle it. The Government is committed to ensuring that businesses and individuals pay the taxes they owe.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 19/09/2024 15:32:03 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727990

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the ethnicity pay gap in businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The King’s Speech announced our intention to publish draft legislation this session that will introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees). This will help businesses to identify and close ethnicity pay gaps within their workforces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 15:21:23 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727992

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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	Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Britain’s labour market, particularly in relation to (1) the decrease in job placements, and (2) the decline in pay growth.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Job placements, as measured by employment, are currently at 33.2m. These have increased by 265,000 on the quarter and 150,000 on the year. The employment rate remains lower than it was immediately pre-COVID by 1.4 percentage points. This has been driven almost entirely by increased economic inactivity, including long term sickness which is at a near-record high.</p><p> </p><p>Regular pay growth (excluding bonuses) is currently at 5.1% on the year without accounting for inflation. This rate of pay growth has slowed since June 2023 when it reached 7.9%. Regular pay growth after inflation is currently at 2.2% on the year, following falls in real pay in 2022 and 2023 due to high inflation. Regular earnings after inflation are currently only 3% or £15 a week higher in the latest three months than the start of 2008, 16 years ago.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 18/09/2024 12:53:25 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727798

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
	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 new regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (1) avoid hindering innovation, (2) adapt to a growing industry, and (3) prevent domestic companies from being at a disadvantage internationally.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>In the King’s Speech, the Government set out its intention to legislate to place binding requirements on those developing most powerful AI models. These proposals will be highly targeted and will support growth and innovation by providing clarity to developers and boosting public trust and business confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The government will be consulting on these proposals to ensure they support UK competitiveness in AI while ensuring its safe development. In addition, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, chaired by Matt Clifford, will set out how the Government can support the growth of the AI sector and compete on the global stage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 18/09/2024 11:32:24 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727799

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Competitiveness
	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 the UK remains an attractive destination for businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring the UK remains a leading destination for companies to invest and do business. The International Investment Summit in October will showcase our commitment to partnering with global businesses to secure the investment we need for growth. We are answering investors’ calls for stability and predictability with our new Industrial Strategy, providing long-term confidence to invest. The National Wealth Fund will bring together key institutions to offer compelling propositions to investors.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 17/09/2024 14:53:05 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727800

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Investment: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint a new investment minister.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friends the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade are responsible for this Government’s priority of growth and advancing opportunities for investment across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 14:30:32 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick