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1719995

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Infected Blood Inquiry: The Report published on 20 May, when infected and affected people will receive new interim compensation payments; and when full compensation payments will be made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention for the first interim payments of £210,000 to the living infected to be delivered within 90 days, to begin in summer. Full Compensation Scheme payments will be made as quickly as possible and our aim is that payments will start before the end of the year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1719996

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what legal or other support will be made available to infected and affected people when making applications for compensation for infected blood; and how the compensation authority will assist people whose medical records have been destroyed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government will make arrangements for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to provide support to applicants and within this support will consider the provision of legal support services. The Government amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill allow for that support to be provided for victims and the House can expect the Government to work with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority on the support that is required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1719997

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that there are no time limits on starting or completing applications for compensation for infected blood.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all those eligible to receive compensation receive an award as quickly as possible. For those whose infections are diagnosed before 1 April 2025, the Scheme is anticipated to be open for 6 years (31 March 2031). However, the anticipated closing date of the Scheme for people with existing diagnoses will be reviewed after 3 years to ensure that it is appropriate.The Government recognises that some people may not yet have been diagnosed with an eligible infection. Where people are newly diagnosed after 1 April 2025, the Scheme will remain open to applications for compensation for 6 years after their diagnosis date.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:26:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1719998

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how, and when, infected and affected people not currently registered with a support scheme will be able to register to apply for compensation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Under the proposed Infected Blood Compensation Scheme those who have been infected with hepatitis C whose infection lasted less than 6 months will be eligible for compensation. People who were infected after the current cut-off dates will be eligible to apply. However, the introduction of testing will be considered as a factor when assessing their application. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority website launched on 21 May and interested people can register their interest in being involved in the IBCA and receiving updates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4877 question first answered 24/05/2024 12:01:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1719999

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what they will ensure that the Infected Blood Compensation Authority and Scheme accepts applications from people who are not able to register for the existing support schemes, such as (1) people who have recovered after receiving infected blood, and (2) people infected after the current cut-off dates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Under the proposed Infected Blood Compensation Scheme those who have been infected with hepatitis C whose infection lasted less than 6 months will be eligible for compensation. People who were infected after the current cut-off dates will be eligible to apply. However, the introduction of testing will be considered as a factor when assessing their application. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority website launched on 21 May and interested people can register their interest in being involved in the IBCA and receiving updates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4876 question first answered 24/05/2024 12:01:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1720000

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how the infected blood compensation scheme will include people infected with other hepatitis viruses, such as (1) hepatitis B, and (2) hepatitis D.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Those living with a chronic Hepatitis B infection, and those with acute Hepatitis B infections who died from their infection during the acute period, will be eligible under the scheme. More detail can be viewed online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-summary/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-summary. The Inquiry’s second interim report sets out that as the Hepatitis D virus does not cause infection in the absence of Hepatitis B, it is not necessary to make Hepatitis D an additional class of infection. Therefore Hepatitis D infections are not separately considered for compensation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:28:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1719884

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government from which (1) departments, (2) arms-length bodies, and (3) other organisations the number of civil servants will be reduced to help fund the commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product on defence by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL4807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The detail of how individual organisations will be affected by the return to pre-pandemic numbers will form a key part of the next comprehensive spending review. The longer-term reductions will build on the shorter-term headcount cap put in place through to March 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:01 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1719920

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether payments of compensation to contaminated blood victims will be funded outside the projected annual expenditure on health and social security budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Given the uncertainty over costs, the scheme will be scored as Capital Annually Managed Expenditure. Annually Managed Expenditure is spend on programmes which are demand led - such as welfare, tax credits or public sector pensions. It is spent on items that may be unpredictable or not easily controlled by departments, as opposed to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) which are allocated to and spent by Government departments. We will set out what this means for the public finances in the usual way at the next fiscal event.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719189

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of hybrid working models in the Civil Service; and what steps they are taking to adapt policies to balance the benefits of both remote and in-office work.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Work is ongoing to update policies and practices to ensure we maximise the benefits of both remote and face to face working, including investing in our estate to ensure we provide a positive workplace experience with the right technology and facilities and enhancing our line managers capabilities to manage effectively in a hybrid working environment.</p><p>The Civil Service has had a hybrid working model for some years now, and it is applying this flexibly to help balance business and personal requirements. Hybrid working is part of the Civil Service approach to flexible working as set out in the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: 2022-2025, which recognises the importance of flexibility in the ways of working and location as key to increasing innovation, performance and engagement as well as attracting diverse talent and representing the UK as a whole.</p><p>Carrying out tasks in the right place allows us to maximise efficiency and helps us to identify parts of the estate that are not optimally configured or can be released at the earliest opportunity, with appropriate lease breaks.</p><p>Hybrid working is important in making a success of the government’s Places for Growth Programme, including the creation of the non-London headquarters announced by ministers over the last year. The Treasury, for example, is positioning the new economic campus in Darlington as a full second headquarters with senior policy roles currently performed in Whitehall. Without hybrid meetings combining colleagues online and others ‘in the room’ this model cannot work.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 13:40:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1718947

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many ministers in each House receive a government ministerial salary, and how many receive none; and what the total extra cost of paying all ministers the relevant current rate would be.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL4728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The payment of ministerial salaries is governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act (MOSA) 1975. To answer these questions, we have treated ministers who hold more than one office (“joint ministers”) but are paid only for one as paid ministers, and therefore have counted only those ministers who do not receive a salary under MOSA.</p><p>There are currently 108 ministers who receive a government salary. The current number of ministers in total is 125, meaning that 17 are unpaid, 3 in the House of Commons and 14 in the House of Lords.</p><p>If the 17 unpaid ministers were to claim a ministerial salary on the same basis as those who receive a salary the additional sum payable would be £1,146,358 per annum, excluding pension contributions. We have counted the Party Chair, the Rt Hon Richard Holden MP in these calculations, as he is unpaid by the government. He is, however, by convention paid by the party.</p><p>Primary legislation would be required to increase the number of ministers entitled to receive a salary to include the 17 ministers who are currently unpaid. Secondary legislation in the form of an Order in Council under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 may be used to increase the rate at which ministerial salaries are payable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4729 question first answered 23/05/2024 16:05:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling