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1729694

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent publication of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, what plans they have to increase funding for the further development and uptake of human-specific methods that can replace the use of animals in medical research, such as computer modelling and organ-on-a-chip technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Science, Innovation &amp; Technology (DSIT) is leading on plans to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternatives to animal testing.</p><p>As yet, no assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing Herbie’s Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1112 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:24:28 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1729695

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent publication of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, whether they have considered the merits of legislative action such as 'Herbie's Law', to support a further decrease in the number of scientific procedures performed on living animals and to support the long-term phase-out of animal experiments in medical research by 2035.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Science, Innovation &amp; Technology (DSIT) is leading on plans to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternatives to animal testing.</p><p>As yet, no assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing Herbie’s Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1111 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:24:28 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1729584

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many units of accommodation, including hotel rooms, (1) are currently being used to house persons who have submitted claims for asylum in the United Kingdom; and (2) they have reserved or acquired to accommodate those who may yet arrive and seek asylum in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type.</p><p>The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts.</p><p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release at Gov.UK.</p><p>The government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure efficiency and deliver value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1025 HL1026 question first answered 26/09/2024 15:44:19 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1729585

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Food and Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what financial provision has been made in the current financial year to provide (1) accommodation, and (2) food and provisions, to those currently awaiting a response to applications for asylum in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type.</p><p>The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts.</p><p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release at Gov.UK.</p><p>The government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure efficiency and deliver value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1024 HL1026 question first answered 26/09/2024 15:44:19 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1729586

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales and (4) Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type.</p><p>The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts.</p><p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release at Gov.UK.</p><p>The government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure efficiency and deliver value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1024 HL1025 question first answered 26/09/2024 15:44:19 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1729587

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Public Inquiries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they apply when assessing requests for public inquiries into the deaths of persons as a result of terrorist activity in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>A Government Minister may establish an Inquiry if particular events have caused, or are capable of causing, public concern. The Inquiries Act 2005 sets this out in statute and can be viewed here:<a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/contents#:~:text=Text%20created%20by%20the%20government%20department%20responsible%20for%20the%20subject" target="_blank"> Inquiries Act 2005 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 26/09/2024 14:55:06 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1729588

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to extend the 28-day move-on period for asylum seekers who have been given the right to remain in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is aware of the need for a smooth exit from asylum accommodation for those asylum seekers who are granted leave to remain, so those individuals can support themselves through employment. We continue to work closely with local government and employment partners, including MHCLG and DWP, on this process.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 26/09/2024 15:13:54 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1729589

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to increasing asylum support payments.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. Support is usually provided in the form of accommodation and a weekly allowance. The level of the allowance is reviewed each year to ensure it covers an asylum seeker’s “essential living needs”.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 26/09/2024 15:29:15 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1729593

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking ahead of White Ribbon Day to invest in the prevention of gender-based violence, particularly in work engaging men and boys.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government has set out our ambition to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool available to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence.</p><p> </p><p>Prevention and education are fundamental to our approach, and we will tackle the root causes of these crimes, including supporting our education system to teach children about respectful and healthy relationships and consent.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1041 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:28:34 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1729594

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking ahead of White Ribbon Day to prioritise the prevention of gender-based violence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government has set out our ambition to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool available to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence.</p><p> </p><p>Prevention and education are fundamental to our approach, and we will tackle the root causes of these crimes, including supporting our education system to teach children about respectful and healthy relationships and consent.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1040 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:28:34 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb