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	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average number of miles that women in prison aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, are held from their home address.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the table below. It covers all prisoners housed in female prisons across England and Wales and was accurate as of 31st March 2022.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Distance </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>18-25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26+</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of prisoners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3239</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average straight-line distance (Miles)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45.3</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMPPS is committed to ensuring, where practicable, that prisoners are accommodated as close as possible to their resettlement communities and families. Whilst this is a priority, it is not always possible due to a variety of factors including wider population pressures, or where prisoners have specific sentence planning needs which can only be met at certain establishments.</p><p> </p><p>There are complex and wide-ranging issues involved in transferring and locating prisoners, and allocation decisions must reflect both the specific needs and circumstances of the prisoner, including their security assessment, as well as the operating environment and range of services at the receiving prison.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 09/06/2022 16:44:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1328015

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2021
	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	Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the latest evidence base which has led to the B1.351 COVID-19 variant being categorised as a variant of concern, particularly in regard to its transmissibility.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>The B.1.351 COVID-19 variant was categorised as a variant of concern (VOC) on 23 December 2020 by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. The decision to raise this lineage to a VOC was taken on the basis of reports indicating that the strain had replaced pre-existing strains in parts of South Africa and that there were two cases of B.1.351 identified in the United Kingdom with links to travel from South Africa. The genetic variations identified in the spike protein of B.1.351 were also cause for concern.</p><p>The three substitutions in the receptor binding domain, and in particular the E484K substitution, were thought to result in weaker neutralisation by some monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal neutralising sera. Although at the time there was no formal modelling from South Africa, the rapid spread of the variant could be consistent with increased transmissibility, which was also biologically plausible. More recent data has shown that B.1.351 has greater transmissibility than the original Wuhan strains of the virus. Evaluation was at an early stage when the recommendation to escalate this lineage was taken. A copy of PHE Risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 variant: VOC-202012/02 (origin: South Africa) of 23 December is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 03/06/2021 11:13:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name HL580 20201223_VOC-202012 02_SARS-COV-2 variant risk assessment tool_v2.0.docx title PHE Risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 variant
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1176277

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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	Buildings: Floods
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 January (HL67), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what assessment they have made of the case for ensuring that flood proofing is included in the designs for new domestic and commercial buildings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made as development proposals can already be required to include flood proofing measures where the site is at potential risk of flooding. National planning policy is clear that inappropriate development in areas at current or future risk of flooding should be avoided, directing development away from areas at highest risk. Where development is necessary in such areas, and where there are no suitable sites available in areas with a lower risk of flooding, it should be made safe without increasing flood risk elsewhere and be appropriately flood resilient and resistant.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/01/2020 17:40:55 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1672974

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station: Great Western Main Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many platforms are planned for Old Oak Common rail station on the Great Western Main Line.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Eight platforms are planned for Old Oak Common rail station on the Great Western Main Line. This consists of four relief line platforms and four main line platforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 15:08:28 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1167879

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all tobacco product packaging, including cigarette filters, will be subject to their proposed tax on plastic packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>As announced at Budget 2018, from April 2022 the government will be introducing a new tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>In spring 2019, the government consulted on the high level design of the tax and a summary of responses was published in July. These responses are being used to inform the detailed design of the tax including the definition of packaging, which will be included in legislation that is due to be introduced next year. Where tobacco product packaging, cigarette filters, e-cigarettes and other vaping related products meet the definition of plastic packaging, and contain insufficient recycled plastic, they will be subject to the tax.</p><p> </p><p>The government has made no specific assessment of the impact of litter caused by vaping. Litter specifically associated with vaping has never appeared in the top 20 litter types, according to independent national surveys carried out by Keep Britain Tidy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 05/11/2019 16:28:50 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield