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1539317

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date	03/11/2022
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	Business: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 1 November (HL2670), which Ministers ended the one-in-three out policy; and on what basis that decision was taken.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The one-in-three out policy came into force in March 2016 and was abolished in June 2017. We do not have a record of regulations which were abolished or brought into force under the one-in-three out policy during this period. Individual departments are responsible for maintaining a record of their regulatory measures.</p><p> </p><p>The one-in-three out policy was abolished by the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a breakdown of the number of regulations which have been abolished or brought into force in the subsequent years since the one-in-three out policy was abolished. The &quot;Statement of new regulation&quot; which provided this information for previous policies was not produced for one-in-three out. However, the annual Business Impact Target (BIT) report does cover regulations that came into force, with a total of 691 introduced in the successive years since the ending of the one-in-three out policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL3180 HL3181 question first answered 17/11/2022 17:20:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539318

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Business: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 1 November (HL2670), what was the duration of the one-in-three out policy; and during that time, how many regulations were (1) abolished, and (2) brought in to force.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The one-in-three out policy came into force in March 2016 and was abolished in June 2017. We do not have a record of regulations which were abolished or brought into force under the one-in-three out policy during this period. Individual departments are responsible for maintaining a record of their regulatory measures.</p><p> </p><p>The one-in-three out policy was abolished by the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a breakdown of the number of regulations which have been abolished or brought into force in the subsequent years since the one-in-three out policy was abolished. The &quot;Statement of new regulation&quot; which provided this information for previous policies was not produced for one-in-three out. However, the annual Business Impact Target (BIT) report does cover regulations that came into force, with a total of 691 introduced in the successive years since the ending of the one-in-three out policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL3179 HL3181 question first answered 17/11/2022 17:20:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539319

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Business: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 1 November (HL2670), in each of the successive years since the ending of the one-in-three out policy, how many regulations were (1) abolished, and (2) brought in by force.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The one-in-three out policy came into force in March 2016 and was abolished in June 2017. We do not have a record of regulations which were abolished or brought into force under the one-in-three out policy during this period. Individual departments are responsible for maintaining a record of their regulatory measures.</p><p> </p><p>The one-in-three out policy was abolished by the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a breakdown of the number of regulations which have been abolished or brought into force in the subsequent years since the one-in-three out policy was abolished. The &quot;Statement of new regulation&quot; which provided this information for previous policies was not produced for one-in-three out. However, the annual Business Impact Target (BIT) report does cover regulations that came into force, with a total of 691 introduced in the successive years since the ending of the one-in-three out policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL3179 HL3180 question first answered 17/11/2022 17:20:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539320

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Housing: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on (1) identifying, and (2) retrofitting, the most energy inefficient homes with insulation and other energy saving adaptions.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Heat and Buildings strategy, published in 2021, confirmed the need to upgrade the worst performing homes first. The Government is providing £3.2 billion in targeted support for social housing residents, low income and fuel poor household through the Local Authority Delivery scheme, the Home Upgrade Grant, and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. The Energy Company Obligation has been extended from 2022 to 2026, boosting its value from £640 million to £1 billion a year</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also launched a digitally led service ‘find energy improvements suitable for your home’ on GOV.UK to provide impartial and tailored advice helping people make their homes greener and cheaper to run.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/11/2022 17:20:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539321

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Money Lenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of UK citizens who are indebted to loan sharks, and (2) the total value of loans that are currently outstanding; and what steps they plan to take as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors developments in the consumer credit market, including those regarding illegal money lending, as part of its normal process of policy development.</p><p> </p><p>However, it does not conduct its own research as to the scale of illegal money lending in England. Instead, HMT draws on the research of various stakeholders, including the Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs), consumer groups and thinktanks, to inform policy development.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury recognises the risks posed by illegal lenders and the harmful impacts they cause to their victims and communities</p><p> </p><p>That is why, in financial year 2022/23, the Government will provide over £6.7 million of funding to IMLTs across the UK, an increase of over 5% compared to 2021/22. This funding enables IMLTs to investigate and prosecute loan sharks and use their legal powers to tackle the wider criminality they inflict on communities, such as violence and blackmail.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers use illegal lenders for a variety of reasons. However, the Government is overseeing many innovative affordable credit initiatives which will expand the provision of affordable credit to those who may otherwise use an illegal lender. This includes by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>legislating to allow credit unions to offer a wider range of products and services;</li><li>providing Fair4All Finance with £3.8m of funding to pilot a No-interest Loans Scheme (NILS), designed for consumers in vulnerable circumstances who would benefit from affordable rather than high-cost credit to meet unexpected costs; and,</li><li>releasing £100 million of dormant assets funding to Fair4All Finance to support their work on financial inclusion. This includes exploring different methods of advertising affordable credit products and ensuring vulnerable consumers are aware of all options available to them.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL3184 question first answered 17/11/2022 16:44:14 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539322

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Lenders: Loans
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 reasons behind UK citizens borrowing from loan sharks; and what steps they will take to reduce the number of UK citizens borrowing from loan sharks.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors developments in the consumer credit market, including those regarding illegal money lending, as part of its normal process of policy development.</p><p> </p><p>However, it does not conduct its own research as to the scale of illegal money lending in England. Instead, HMT draws on the research of various stakeholders, including the Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs), consumer groups and thinktanks, to inform policy development.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury recognises the risks posed by illegal lenders and the harmful impacts they cause to their victims and communities</p><p> </p><p>That is why, in financial year 2022/23, the Government will provide over £6.7 million of funding to IMLTs across the UK, an increase of over 5% compared to 2021/22. This funding enables IMLTs to investigate and prosecute loan sharks and use their legal powers to tackle the wider criminality they inflict on communities, such as violence and blackmail.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers use illegal lenders for a variety of reasons. However, the Government is overseeing many innovative affordable credit initiatives which will expand the provision of affordable credit to those who may otherwise use an illegal lender. This includes by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>legislating to allow credit unions to offer a wider range of products and services;</li><li>providing Fair4All Finance with £3.8m of funding to pilot a No-interest Loans Scheme (NILS), designed for consumers in vulnerable circumstances who would benefit from affordable rather than high-cost credit to meet unexpected costs; and,</li><li>releasing £100 million of dormant assets funding to Fair4All Finance to support their work on financial inclusion. This includes exploring different methods of advertising affordable credit products and ensuring vulnerable consumers are aware of all options available to them.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL3183 question first answered 17/11/2022 16:44:14 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1539323

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Africa: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they propose to address the issue of climate adaptation for African agriculture at COP27, in order to further the Global Action Agenda on Transforming Agricultural Innovation launched in November 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL3185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK made climate change adaptation a priority of our COP Presidency. Africa is in the frontline of climate change, facing drought and extreme weather patterns, despite only contributing a mere 3 per cent of global emissions. The Global Action Agenda on Transformation in Agriculture launched at COP26 has informed the development of the Agriculture Breakthrough goal and a set of actions for endorsing countries set out in <em>The Breakthrough Agenda Report 2022. </em>A set of<em> </em>priority actions will be launched on Agriculture and Adaptation day at COP27. The Agriculture Breakthrough will advance climate adaptation and mitigation globally, including for Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/11/2022 17:52:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1539324

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sub-Saharan Africa: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will address the impact of climate change on farmers in sub-Saharan African through the allocation of resources in their development programmes; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL3186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK is addressing the impact of climate change on farmers in sub-Saharan Africa through a broad range of programmes. For example, the FCDO-funded African Food Trade and Resilience aims to facilitate food trade between surplus and deficit areas by supporting companies to develop farmer-support models that promote climate-friendly practices.</p><p>More broadly, the FCDO is supporting farmers to cope with climate change through our international climate finance, and in delivery of the UK's International Development Strategy commitment to prevent and anticipate shocks and build resilience in long running crises by tackling the underlying drivers of crises, instability, and food insecurity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/11/2022 17:35:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1539325

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Africa: Food Supply
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 impact of acute food insecurity in Africa; and what steps they are taking to address it.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL3187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>UN Humanitarian assessments indicate that over 140 million people are critically food insecure due to conflict, climate disasters and the Covid pandemic, made worse by the war in Ukraine.</p><p><br>The UK is a major humanitarian donor and we are pressing for an urgent collective response to current levels of acute food insecurity. This financial year we intend to provide approximately £156 million to address humanitarian requirements across East Africa. FCDO Ministers are also calling on multilateral institutions to do more. We continue to support the G7 Global Alliance on Food Security and the UN Global Crisis Response Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/11/2022 17:51:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1539326

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether an annual Christmas bonus for benefit claimants will be paid this year; if so, how many claimants will receive that bonus; and what the total cost will be, including administrative costs, to public funds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Buscombe
uin	HL3188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Christmas Bonus will be paid this year. The Christmas Bonus is an annual, tax-free, lump sum payment to pensioners and to working aged people who, during the relevant week (which is usually the first full week in December) are entitled to payment of certain qualifying benefits and who are resident in the UK, an EEA state or Switzerland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The qualifying benefits are:</p><p> </p><p>State Pension; Pension Credit; Widowed Mother's/Parent's Allowance; Widows' Pension; Industrial Death Benefit by way of Widow's or Widower's Pension; War Widow's Pensions; Long-Term Incapacity Benefit; Personal Independence Payment; Adult Disability Payment; Child Disability Payment; Transitionally-Protected Severe Disablement Allowance; Attendance Allowance; Disability Living Allowance; Unemployability Supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes; Carer's Allowance; Mobility Supplement; War Disablement Pension (if over age 65); Armed Forces Independence payment; and contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (once the main phase is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim)</p><p> </p><p>In most cases the bonus is paid automatically with whichever qualifying benefit an individual receives, which ensures administration costs are kept to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>The number of benefit claimants expected to receive the annual Christmas bonus, based on 2022/23 forecasts are 16,443,000.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost in real terms, based on 2022/23 forecasts is £164 million.</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2022" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 17/11/2022 16:27:47 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe