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1061363

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date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for auditing the payment performance data published by public authorities as required by sections 113(7) and 113(8) of the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015; and what processes they use for such audits.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 and wider public sector contracts above the value of £25,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public procurement regulations do not contain requirements for public bodies to include auditing or whistleblowing policies in the operational delivery and management of public contracts.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public bodies in scope of these regulations are individually responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their own data prior to publication, and operate their own whistleblowing policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government encourages whistleblowers to get independent advice (e.g. from Citizens Advice) to ensure that they are adequately protected.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public sector suppliers that have not been paid on time can raise the issue with the Public Procurement Review Service.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 11:32:53 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2019 14:27:38 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham previous answer version 103260 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1060930

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Animals: Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what preparations they have made to deal with any outbreaks of exotic diseases in animals in the UK after Brexit, including improving access to vets and additional financial support for the agricultural sector; and whether they will publish their strategy for such preparations.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL13706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has comprehensive arrangements for dealing effectively with outbreaks of animal disease. In relation to exotic notifiable diseases, these arrangements are consistent with those set out by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Defra’s plans are set out in the Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals in England which was laid before Parliament in November 2018 and is available via GOV.UK. After the UK leaves the EU the Government will retain the necessary powers required to tackle animal disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra engages closely with farmers and animal keepers to help prevent exotic disease outbreaks and if they do arise we work closely with them and their industry bodies to tackle the outbreaks quickly and effectively. Defra’s longstanding practice is that: farmers receive compensation for any healthy animals culled to control the spread of exotic animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease or swine fever; farmers do not receive any compensation for animals that die before they are culled or are not culled as part of official controls; farmers are not compensated for consequential losses (e.g. the income that the animal would have generated in the future, for example through laying eggs or producing offspring).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is working with different veterinary sector stakeholders, including the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the British Veterinary Association, on the UK’s veterinary resourcing needs and ensure there are adequate numbers of vets after the UK’s departure from the EU, in the long term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working on a variety of initiatives to build a sustainable and modernised UK veterinary infrastructure to ensure we have access to the right people with the right skills and knowledge to support animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/02/2019 14:58:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1060942

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence, if any, they have that programmes linking schools with each other with homogeneous pupil populations taken from one religious background are as effective at promoting social cohesion and inter-communal trust as fully inclusive schools open to children from a variety of backgrounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL13718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Education has a vital role in promoting integration. That is why the Department for Education is taking forward a number of measures across its portfolio to support the sector to promote integration. We want educational settings that prepare all children, young people and adults to participate fully in life in modern Britain, and equip children and young people with the skills, knowledge and values to become active citizens. All schools and colleges are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils, and to promote our shared values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.</p><p>School linking programmes are an important element of our integration agenda. Providing opportunities for young people to have meaningful interactions with those from different backgrounds helps build understanding of different communities and cultures, fosters more positive attitudes, promotes social cohesion and inter-communal trust. Social mixing and school linking are grounded in contact theory, with studies consistently finding that contact between groups of young people from different backgrounds creates more positive attitudes and can increase cohesion. This is particularly evidenced in recent findings by the University of Bristol and London School of Economics[1].</p><p>The Department for Education co-funds, with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Linking Network which links all kinds of schools to help children explore questions of identity, diversity, equality and community cohesion. The Linking Network uses a data analysis tool to ensure that it is only linking together pupil populations from different backgrounds, including young people of different faiths, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds and from different areas.</p><p>Diversity of intake is also important, and that is why we are taking forward our commitment, as set out in the Integrated Communities Action Plan, to develop model admissions arrangements. We have also recently published the Respectful Schools Communities toolkit[2] to help schools be inclusive environments; this self-review and signposting tool supports schools to develop a whole-school approach that promotes respect and discipline.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Burgess, S., and Platt, L. (2018) Inter-ethnic relations of teenagers in England’s schools: the role of school and neighbourhood ethnic composition, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) Discussion Paper Series, CPD 07/18</p><p> </p><p>[2] <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/02/2019 11:27:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1059184

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the current (1) number, and (2) value of contracts between Interserve and (a) government departments, (b) local authorities, and (c) other public agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL13573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 and wider public sector contracts above the value of £25,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 12:09:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1059186

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the closure of the Rough gas storage facility, how many days’ worth of natural gas can now be stored in the UK, based on the UK’s average daily consumption.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL13575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK currently has a total gas storage capacity of 2.5 billion cubic metres (bcm), in the form of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) stored at terminals (1.2bcm) and gas stored underground (1.3bcm)[1].</p><p> </p><p>Based on the average daily demand (209 million cubic metres/day)<sup>1</sup>, the UK’s total gas storage capacity is equivalent to 12 days of average demand (6 days from LNG stocks, and 6 days from underground storage).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <em>Capacity and demand data sources: </em><a href="https://www.nationalgridgas.com/data-and-operations/transmission-operational-data" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgridgas.com/data-and-operations/transmission-operational-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2019 13:13:40 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1059189

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Parliamentary Session
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House when she expects the current session of Parliament to end.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL13578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>A date for the prorogation of the current session has not yet been set. The length of the first session was extended to give Parliament more time to consider the crucial legislation relating to Brexit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 20/02/2019 11:32:10 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1059200

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Property Guardians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 15 October 2018 (HL Deb, cols 366–8) regarding the information about their factsheet being "not, of itself, sufficient", what progress they have made in producing further guidance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL13588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Following my engagement on this issue, the Department is reviewing the current factsheet about property guardianship and considering how best this information can be disseminated to property guardians.</p><p>We are also undertaking a review of enforcement guidance for local authorities on private rented sector enforcement, including on the enforcement of relevant standards in buildings occupied by property guardians. We expect to publish this guidance by the end of March, and to deliver training for all local authorities in March and April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2019 15:16:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059208

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year for which records are available, broken down by cancer type and Cancer Alliance area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL13595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Baroness Jolly,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year available, broken down by cancer type and cancer alliance area <strong>(HL13595)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in collaboration with Public Health England publishes the number of cancer diagnoses registered in England in each calendar year, as part of its Cancer Statistics Registrations, England release. The latest available cancer incidence data is available for 2016 and was published by ONS in June 2018[1].</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the number of cancer registrations in 2016 for each cancer type that we normally publish, for each of the nineteen cancer alliance areas in England. These figures are for all ages and both sexes combined. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>While ONS does not hold cancer registrations data for Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, similar figures are published by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry[2], the Scottish Cancer Registry[3] and the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit[4], respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016</a></p><p>[2]<a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/" target="_blank">http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/</a></p><p>[3]<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/" target="_blank">http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/</a></p><p>[4]<a href="http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home" target="_blank">http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 11:31:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL13595 - Table 1 (3).xlsx title UKSA Response - Table 1
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1059214

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment: Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the risk balance of portfolios of open-ended property funds are not, and will not be, distorted by favouring redeeming investors.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL13600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to Lord Myners by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/02/2019 12:39:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1059215

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours Forfeiture Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Honours Forfeiture Committee met in each of the last eight calendar years; and when that committee last met.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL13601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Prior to 2017, the Forfeiture Committee met to consider cases on an ad-hoc basis, or by correspondence as business required. The Committee now only meets formally and in person. Since 2017 has met on three occasions, and it last met in September 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 13:53:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners