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1490888

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	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:59:00
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:12 04/08/2022 15:29:12
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1951
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to appointing four trade envoys to India to ensure that all economic regions are covered.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1951
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1951
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
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1490889

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:59:06
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:15 25/07/2022 16:19:10
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1952
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/07/2022 15:47:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) status, and (2) timetable, for the conclusion of a free trade agreement with India; and whether the (a) sectorial, and (b) regional, diversity in India will be included in that agreement.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1952
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1952
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>HM Government will soon conclude round 5 of negotiations, which is taking place from 18<sup>th</sup>-29<sup>th</sup> July. Both countries have committed to concluding the majority of talks on a comprehensive trade deal by Diwali in October 2022. We are in detailed discussions on text and are confident in our progress as we work towards a comprehensive deal for the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>We are negotiating with the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, responsible for negotiating trade deals on behalf of the Government of India.</p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1491794

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2022
	date	21/07/2022
	date tabled	21/07/2022
	ddp created	21/07/2022 19:26:06
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	21/07/2022 19:37:26 28/07/2022 14:10:27
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2054
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/07/2022 13:38:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they measure the success of Free Trade Agreements.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL2054
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2054
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has committed to publishing a biennial free trade agreement (FTA) monitoring report, starting in 2023, covering key monitoring indicators.</p><p> </p><p>DIT has also committed to publishing comprehensive ex-post evaluation reports for the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the UK-Australia FTA and UK-New Zealand FTA within 5 years of these agreements entering into force. These reports will use a mixed methods analytical approach aiming to show how, why, and for whom the agreements and their implementation have generated outcomes.</p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1491795

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2022
	date	21/07/2022
	date tabled	21/07/2022
	ddp created	21/07/2022 19:26:07
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	21/07/2022 19:37:28 28/07/2022 14:05:17
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2055
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/07/2022 13:33:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they measure the success of the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL2055
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2055
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys showcase the UK’s world class expertise and promote the UK as the destination of choice for inward investment.</p><p>Trade Envoys add value to the efforts of HMG in their respective markets, through the soft power influence they bring in developing relationships with key influencers and feedback has been very positive. Trade Envoys are one part of the Department for International Trade’s support for British businesses seeking to export and win contracts overseas and we do not separate out the impact of Trade Envoys from our broader measures as part of the Outcome Delivery Plan.</p><p> </p>
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1129541

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2019
	date	04/06/2019
	date tabled	04/06/2019
	ddp created	04/06/2019 20:52:29
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 20:58:59 18/06/2019 16:22:07
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16026
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/06/2019 15:50:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the British Council The Shape of Global Higher Education, published on 1 May, what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK retains its pre-eminence in global higher education, particularly in the light of the increasing access to education systems in other countries for overseas students.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16026
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16026
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2019, the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade published the International Education Strategy, which can be found here and is also attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Developed in co-operation with providers across the education sector, this strategy sets out an ambition to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, and to increase the number of international higher education students in the UK to 600,000 per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy also sets out actions to support the higher education sector to deliver on this ambition. These include the appointment of an international education champion to help build links with priority countries and unlock barriers to international exchange and partnership. In addition, the strategy sets out actions to ensure that international students have the best possible experience studying in the UK, and that doing this maximises their employment opportunities.</p><p>The government will be working closely with institutions, Universities UK International and the British Council to develop partnerships, deliver trade missions, to provide forums to develop sustainable mutually beneficial transnational education programmes and to develop annual updates to the strategy.</p><p> </p>
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1144173

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/09/2019
	date	03/09/2019
	date tabled	03/09/2019
	ddp created	03/09/2019 22:47:23
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	03/09/2019 22:59:59 02/10/2019 12:17:04
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Older People
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17661
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:39:42
	question first ministerially corrected	02/10/2019 11:45:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenants over the age of 60 currently live in private rental accommodation; whether this proportion of older people in private rental accommodation is increasing, and if so, how rapidly; and what plans they have, if any, to take action to increase security for older tenants, including repealing section 21 of the Housing Act to prevent landlords from being able to evict tenants at short notice without giving a reason.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17661
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17661
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del><ins class="ministerial">The latest English Housing Survey for 2017-18 estimates that there are 379,000 households where the Household Reference Person is 65 years and older, the age range for which data is collated by the annual English Housing Survey. The proportion of people aged 65 or over in the private rented sector has remained broadly stable at 8-9 per cent since 2014/15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We know that security of tenure is a concern for many in the private rented sector, including older renters. That is why the Government announced in April that it proposes to create new rules around ending a tenancy by reviewing. Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. These proposals are currently subject to consultation until 12 October and accompanied by a package of court reforms to make the system faster and simpler. The Government’s proposed measures will provide greater certainty for tenants and make the housing market fit for the 21st century.</ins></p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1179917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/03/2020
	date	24/02/2020
	date tabled	24/02/2020
	ddp created	24/02/2020 23:38:47
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	24/02/2020 23:59:05 04/03/2020 14:02:03
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1767
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/03/2020 13:30:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister will meet the President of the United States to discuss a trade deal between the UK and the USA; and when it is proposed that formal trade negotiations will commence.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL1767
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1767
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Now that our negotiating objectives for a UK US Free Trade Agreement have been published, we are in a position to negotiate and are in discussions with the United States about when those negotiations will commence.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister values the UK’s relationship with the United States, our closest defence and security ally and largest single trading partner. He speaks regularly to the President and will discuss the progress of negotiations in his discussions with the President over the coming months.</p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1302060

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2021
	date	11/03/2021
	date tabled	11/03/2021
	ddp created	11/03/2021 21:41:17
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	11/03/2021 21:55:47 24/03/2021 14:14:09
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14151
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/03/2021 13:42:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the position set out in the Joint Declaration 1993, that they have “no selfish strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland”, is their current policy.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL14151
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14151
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government has always been clear about the importance it places on the Union and Northern Ireland’s integral place within it.</p><p> </p><p>Our commitment to promoting the positives of the Union for Northern Ireland does not negate the principles of the Belfast Agreement, including the Principle of Consent providing that any change in Northern Ireland's position in the Union, will only come about based on the consent of a majority of its people.</p><p> </p><p>The joint declaration in 1993 was an important part of the architecture that led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998 and of the peace process which has brought huge benefit to the people of Northern Ireland and we remain committed to the principles it espoused, the Agreement itself and the institutions it established.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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1668166

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2023
	date	07/11/2023
	date tabled	07/11/2023
	ddp created	07/11/2023 22:36:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	07/11/2023 22:58:36 15/11/2023 16:42:20
	hansard heading	Poverty
	house id	2
	identifier	HL52
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/11/2023 14:27:00
	question first ministerially corrected	15/11/2023 16:10:23
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle destitution in the UK, particularly destitution experienced by children.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL52
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL52
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty, including child poverty, and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and children, and around £152 billion on pensioners. Of this, around £79 billion will be spent on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>From April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, and in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22 there were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10, including 400,000 fewer children, 1 million fewer working age adults and 200,000 fewer pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>With almost one million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting people, including parents, to move into and progress in work. This approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. The latest statistics show that in 2021/22 children living in workless households were 5 times more likely to be in absolute poverty, after housing costs, than those where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>Through the ambitious package announced at the Spring budget we are delivering measures that are designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, our core Jobcentre offer provides a range of options, including face-to-face time with work coaches and interview assistance. In addition, there is specific support targeted towards young people, people aged 50 plus and job seekers with disabilities or health issues.</p><p> </p><p>To support those who are in work, from 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW. In addition, the voluntary in-work progression offer started to roll-out in April 2022. It is now available in all Jobcentres across Great Britain. We estimate that around 1.4m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents into work, on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2023, the maximum monthly amounts that a parent can<del class="ministerial">HL52</del> be reimbursed for their childcare increased by 47%, from £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children to £950.92 and £1,630.15 respectively<strong>.</strong> Importantly, we can now also provide even more help with upfront childcare costs when parents move into work or increase their hours. This means that a parent who needs this additional financial help can now be provided with funding towards both their first and second set of costs (or increased costs), upfront, thereby easing them into the UC childcare costs cycle.</p><p> </p><p>This government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living which is why we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to help households and individuals with the rising bills.</p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1672768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2023
	date	23/11/2023
	date tabled	23/11/2023
	ddp created	23/11/2023 20:06:26
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	23/11/2023 20:15:57 01/12/2023 15:31:21
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Anxiety and Mental Health
	house id	2
	identifier	HL554
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/12/2023 15:00:40
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently claiming disability benefit because of mental health conditions, including severe anxiety.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL554
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL554
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures for the number of people currently claiming disability benefits – Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and Attendance Allowance (AA) due to mental health conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table (a) – Claimants on the PIP caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>1,119,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table (b) – Claimants on the DLA caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA</p></td><td><p>56,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table (c) – Claimants on the AA caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>26,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ul><li>These figures are produced using recent data available from Stat-Xplore (May 2023).</li><li>Figures for PIP and DLA exclude Scotland.</li><li>Figures for AA include Scotland (as AA has yet to be devolved to Scotland).</li><li>Figures for PIP are cases where psychiatric disorders have been listed as the claimant’s main disabling condition.</li><li>A PIP claimant’s main disabling condition is recorded during their assessment. Medical conditions are shown as recorded on the PIP Computer System (PIPCS).</li><li>Claimants may have multiple conditions which are not recorded by PIPCS.</li><li>All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Figures for DLA and AA are cases where psychosis, psychoneurosis, or personality disorder have been recorded as the claimant’s main disabling condition.</li><li>Main disabling condition is the main medical reason for the claim. Medical conditions are sourced from information recorded on the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) computer system (DLACS) and AA computer system.</li><li>Claimants may have multiple conditions which are not recorded by DLACS or the AA computer system.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p>
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	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian