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61486

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	SESAR
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 12 March (WA 375), in relation to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), how many work packages have to date involved general aviation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The SESAR Joint Undertaking is the EU public/private partnership which is responsible for managing the SESAR programme. The SESAR Joint Undertaking seeks to involve all affected stakeholders, including General Aviation, in the development of all work packages to ensure the technologies meet their needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/06/2014 14:21:26 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

348492

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the pharmaceutical industry about the costs of new treatments for cancer and rare diseases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Ensuring that the National Health Service is able to support the availability and use of effective medicines for cancer and rare conditions is a key priority for this Government. We continue to work with the pharmaceutical industry on a range of issues, including the pricing of new medicines, through mechanisms such as the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cancer Drugs Fund has already helped over 72,000 people and this year £340 million will be provided so people get the drugs they need. A working party made up of NHS England, cancer charities, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Ethical Medicines Industry Group and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is looking at options for the sustainable long-term commissioning of cancer drugs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take the issue of ensuring rapid access to innovative therapies very seriously, which is why we have launched an Accelerated Access Review to make recommendations to Government later in the year on speeding up access for NHS patients to innovative and cost effective new medicines, diagnostics and medical technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/06/2015 14:39:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

521015

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire Resistant Materials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they have in place to publish the details of police, law enforcement specialists and other relevant civilian experts in service in UN operations and at the UN Headquarters.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council has established the new Joint International Policing Hub to triage requests for international police assistance through a single point. The Hub joins up the police at a national level and with Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is intended to promote the UK model of policing by consent. Decisions on who to recommend to deploy, and where, lies with Chief Constables, in conjunction with their Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>As the first professional body for all of policing in England and Wales, the College of Policing develops standards and guidance for policing. The College is considering flexibility and the structure of entry, exit and re-entry of officers. It is also considering routes for officers to gain external experience, such as secondments, as part of the Leadership Review.</p><p>The Government has no plans to publish the details of police, law enforcement specialists and other relevant civilian experts in service in UN operations and at the UN Headquarters. Any personnel deployed as part of a national contingent are listed on the UN website: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2016/apr16_4.pdf</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL262 HL263 question first answered 01/06/2016 12:02:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

746633

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure that flame retardant materials used in homes, offices and public spaces both (1) prevent fires, and (2) are non-toxic, (a) in normal use, (b) during fires, and (c) for disposal or recycling at the end of life of items, such as furniture, foam mattresses, electronic goods and building insulation which contain such materials.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Public safety is a priority for Government. There are a range of measures in place across a number of Government departments to ensure the effectiveness and safety of flame retardant materials.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is responsible for product safety legislation, which requires products to be safe when they are placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has responsibility for ensuring the safety of chemicals, including those used as flame retardants.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive oversees the EU regulations concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (known as REACH). This has several aims, including providing a high level of protection of human health and the environment from the use of chemicals.</p><p> </p><p>Lead responsibility for the safety and effectiveness of flame retardant chemicals will rest with the Department responsible for any legislation specifying their usage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL265 question first answered 13/07/2017 14:40:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

1151187

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to imposing sanctions on Myanmar until perpetrators of human rights abuses against the Rohingya have been brought to justice.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK was instrumental in delivering the EU's targeted sanctions on fourteen individuals responsible for human rights violations in Myanmar. Further names can be added to the list. These sanctions will continue after we leave the EU. We will also be able to apply sanctions against individuals responsible for serious human rights violations under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.</p><p>We do not support the introduction of financial or trade sanctions at this stage. Targeting companies or sectors, and disrupting Myanmar's financial system, could harm economic development across Myanmar. Any sanctions on economic entities or sectors of the economy must be sufficiently targeted at the military so that they do not harm ordinary working people in Myanmar, who are among some of the poorest in the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/10/2019 14:46:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1169908

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on airport expansion.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Airports National Policy Statement was designated as government policy in June 2018 following a vote in the House of Commons. It sets out that there is a need to increase airport capacity in the South East of England by 2030 by constructing one new runway and that this need is best met by the Northwest runway scheme at Heathrow Airport.</p><p /><p>The Northwest runway scheme is to be fully funded and delivered by the private sector. It is for Heathrow to demonstrate that it can meet its environmental obligations, that the project can be financed and built and that the business case is realistic.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond Heathrow, the Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways as long as they address the economic and environmental impacts and proposed mitigations. As part of the planning process for airport applications it is expected that the relevant planning body will scrutinise whether a scheme is in-line with government policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/01/2020 15:10:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1314967

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown by ethnicity of the number of prisoners still in prison after their tariff expiry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The total number of prisoners serving life and Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences who have never been released and as at 31 March 2021 had served more than 10 years past the expiry of their tariff, broken down by each year served beyond 10 years (time over tariff), is shown in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong><sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unreleased IPP Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unreleased Life Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 10 years to less than 11 years</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 11 years to less than 12 years</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 12 years to less than 13 years</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 13 years to less than 14 years</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 14 years to less than 15 years</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 15 years to less than 16 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 16 years to less than 17 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 17 years to less than 18 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 18 years to less than 19 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 19 years to less than 20 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 20 years to less than 21 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 21 years to less than 22 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 22 years to less than 23 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 23 years to less than 24 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 24 years to less than 25 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 25 years to less than 26 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 26 years to less than 27 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 27 years to less than 28 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 28 years to less than 29 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 29 years to less than 30 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 years or more<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>525</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>698</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,223</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) These counts have been aggregated due to small numbers. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.</p><p> </p><p>The tariff-expired unreleased indeterminate sentence prisoner population, broken down by ethnicity as of 31 March 2021, is shown in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity Group</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unreleased IPP Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unreleased Life Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>1,334</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>2,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unrecorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not stated</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,705</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,353</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The tariff-expired unreleased indeterminate sentence prisoner population, broken down by prison security category as of 31 March 2021, is shown in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main Function of Prison*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unreleased IPP Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unreleased Life Sentenced Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat A (High Security)</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat B Trainer</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*These prisons may hold prisoners with lower security categories than the main function of the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Notes for all tables:</p><p>1. These figures have been drawn from the Public Protection Unit Database and Prison-NOMIS held by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. As with any large scale recording systems, the figures are subject to possible errors with data migration and processing.</p><p>2. The figures in these tables do not include recalled indeterminate-sentence prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the indeterminate sentence population in prisons are routinely published as part of the Quarterly Offender Management Statistics on Gov.uk - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a>.</p><p>By law prisoners serving indeterminate sentences who have completed their tariff will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that the risk they present to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community under probation supervision.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL263 HL265 question first answered 02/06/2021 12:40:01 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1462938

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the details of the factors being considered in relation to the possible offering of amnesties as part of a proposed truth and reconciliation commission to deal with alleged crimes during the Northern Ireland troubles.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>On Tuesday 17 May, the Government introduced the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill in the House of Commons.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill sets out that individuals who were involved in Troubles-related deaths or serious injuries will only be eligible for immunity on the basis of cooperation with a new information recovery body, named the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 23/05/2022 11:36:00 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1670097

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	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 combined impacts of microplastics and antimicrobial pollutants in driving antimicrobial resistance emergence in the environment, and what steps they are taking to mitigate these impacts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Defra, the Environment Agency and the UK Health Security Agency have a joint research programme on antimicrobial resistance in the environment. This includes examination of potential drivers of selection for antimicrobial resistance in environmental organisms. So far, this work has concentrated on the effect of antimicrobials and biocides so has not examined the additional role of microplastics, as this was not identified as likely to have a high impact and therefore be a high priority for the research. However, we continue to consider issues for further investigation as part of our ongoing research where emerging evidence suggests it is needed.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 30/11/2023 15:23:51 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle