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1717036

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date	09/05/2024
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	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many children under the age of 11 are currently being provided with help with their mental health.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>At the end of February 2024, there were 222,448 people aged under 11 years old who had an open referral, of which: 93,385 have had at least one direct care contact, with a direct contact being defined as a contact recorded in the MHS201 Care Contact table of the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS); 90,942 have had at least one attended direct care contact, with an attended direct contact being defined as a contact recorded in the MHS201 Care Contact table of the MHSDS, where the person was either recorded as attending on time and being seen, or attending late but still being seen.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/05/2024 16:31:13 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1717037

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to oral evidence by officials on the work of HMRC given to the Treasury Select Committee on 24 April, how many HMRC employees on 1 January had earnings at or below the national minimum wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC complies with the statutory requirement and all colleagues are paid the National Living Wage rate or above.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2024 12:58:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1716656

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times since 1 January they have met Ministers of the Welsh Government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales have met Ministers of the Welsh Government nine times since 1 January.</p> answering member printed Lord Harlech question first answered 16/05/2024 13:04:02 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1716660

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage more freight on to rail for efficiency and environmental reasons; and to improve Ely Junction to facilitate goods travelling by rail from east coast ports and elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL4471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing rail freight to unlock the economic and environmental benefits it can deliver. We are undertaking a number of initiatives including setting a long-term growth target of increasing freight moved by rail by at least 75% by 2050, which was announced in December 2023, and a review of the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme. Network Rail also continues to work closely with freight operators to improve performance and efficient use of the network.</p><p> </p><p>The October 2023 Network North announcement confirmed Government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement. The next stage of work for the scheme will involve detailed design work, development of a Full Business Case and beginning the process for securing delivery powers (for example, a Transport and Works Act Order).</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 16:00:35 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1716663

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Radiotherapy: Costs
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 HERO (Health Economics in Radiation Oncology) study published by the UK Radiotherapy Board, which is the first report to estimate the cost of radiotherapy services in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2016, there has been significant investment in radiotherapy equipment, so that every radiotherapy provider had access to modern, cutting-edge radiotherapy equipment, enabling the rollout of new techniques like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. The total central investment made between 2016 and 2021 was £162 million, and enabled the replacement or upgrade of approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines. This is investment on top of that committed by National Health Service trusts, either from their own capital budgets or via donations. From April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 spending review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4475 question first answered 16/05/2024 16:30:12 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1716664

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Radiotherapy: Costs
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 current cost of radiotherapy services in England, following the publication of the HERO (Health Economics in Radiation Oncology) report by the UK Radiotherapy Board.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2016, there has been significant investment in radiotherapy equipment, so that every radiotherapy provider had access to modern, cutting-edge radiotherapy equipment, enabling the rollout of new techniques like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. The total central investment made between 2016 and 2021 was £162 million, and enabled the replacement or upgrade of approximately 100 radiotherapy treatment machines. This is investment on top of that committed by National Health Service trusts, either from their own capital budgets or via donations. From April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 spending review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4474 question first answered 16/05/2024 16:30:12 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1715928

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many signal failures there were on the rail system in the last year for which data are available; and how the rate of failure in the UK compares with rail systems in other leading countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Network Rail metric for signalling failures indicates there were 2,936 signal failures on the rail system in Great Britain for the period 2023 to 2024. Network Rail does not hold data on how the rate of signal failures compares with other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 15:42:58 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1715930

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government for each of the past five years, how much money has been spent by Network Rail on footpaths and roads next to railway lines for use by rail staff and workers, and how many miles have been completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Network Rail does not have a complete inventory of constructed pathways on its infrastructure. Network Rail is looking to tender a piece of work to use satellite imagery to identify the constructed pathways adjacent to the running railway.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 15:42:49 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1715931

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans if any they have to provide level access on to trains by (1) lowering the track bed, (2) raising platforms, or (3) purchasing trains with a lower central section between the wheel bogies; and if not, why none of these options is acceptable.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government appreciates how frustrating the issue of the difference in platform-to-train gap can be for passengers with disabilities and we remain committed to ensuring that all passengers have the same opportunities to travel on the rail network.</p><p>Gaps can vary at stations across the network, due to both the design of the station and the platforms at the time of construction, sometimes more than a hundred years ago. It also has to vary according to the type of services which use the line, for example, high-speed, commuter and freight trains.</p><p>The rail industry takes several approaches to improving the stepping distance between platform and train, for example the Department for Transport has funded a number of raised sections of platforms across the country to provide level boarding on to trains e.g. Harrington, Whaley Bridge and Ty Croes. However, these may not be suitable for all locations.</p><p>There are also 378 carriages forming 58 trains currently in service with Greater Anglia that have lower floor sections with in-built ramps. Under delivery are a further 133 carriages forming 35 trains for Transport for Wales and 208 carriages forming 54 trains for Merseyrail, all of which have in-built ramps.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 15:41:47 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1715932

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the amount, to the nearest one million tons, of (1) steel railway lines, (2) sacks of rubble, and (3) concrete sleepers and other concrete items, which are unused and lying on or beside railway lines or in sidings; what estimate they have made of the number of railway items littering railway property; and what plans Network Rail have to remove, sell or dispose of these items.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Network Rail needs to keep a supply of strategically placed rail on the network for track renewal and replacement, but it is also committed to removing excess scrap material from lineside, when commercially viable, to make the railway safer, higher performing and less visually impactful to customers and neighbours. Once routes have identified material for collection, it can either be recycled or reused on the infrastructure through three material handling depots, or it can be sold to wider markets.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail presently does not hold information on the amounts of these lineside materials.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 15:59:41 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra