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1505789

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date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional Family Hubs over and above the funding already announced.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government has announced 75 local authorities that are eligible to receive funding for family hubs. These were selected based on levels of disadvantage, targeting the areas with the highest levels of deprivation and disproportionately poor health and educational outcomes. Although we would like to see family hubs across the country, it is crucial that we now focus on delivering well in the local authorities already selected.</p><p>The investment in family hubs is significant and will have a wide reach across the country to improve outcomes for thousands of babies, children, and families, helping to deliver this government’s levelling up ambitions. We are not starting from zero, many local authorities already provide excellent early years and family support services. The evidence and learning from this investment will help to improve services across England, where they are most needed.</p><p>The department has set up the National Centre for Family Hubs (NCFH), to provide expert advice and guidance to all local authorities, local commissioners, academies, schools and third sector bodies with regards to transforming to family hubs. The NCFH hosts a comprehensive resource library and implementation toolkit to support family hubs providers. This work is supported by disseminating a regular newsletter, a series of learning events, and a community of practice. More information on the NCFH can be found here: <a href="https://www.nationalcentreforfamilyhubs.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nationalcentreforfamilyhubs.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/09/2022 10:54:26 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1505790

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for further COVID-19 vaccination programmes during the autumn of 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to be guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID-19 vaccinations. On 15 July 2022, the Government accepted the JCVI’s advice to offer a booster dose in the autumn to those at higher risk from severe COVID-19 in winter 2022/23. The booster dose will be offered to residents and staff in care homes for older adults; frontline health and social care workers; carers aged 16 years old and over; all adults aged 50 years old and over; and those aged five to 49 years old in a clinical risk group or who are household contacts of someone with immunosuppression.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 12:01:18 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1505791

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Energy: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote energy efficiency in (1) private housing, (2) private rented accommodation, and (3) social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>In the Net Zero Strategy, we committed to consulting on phasing in higher minimum performance standards to ensure all homes meet EPC Band C by 2035, where cost-effective, practical and affordable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing over £6.6 billion over this parliament to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise heating. We will deliver upgrades to over half a million homes in the coming years through our Social Housing Decarbonisation, Home Upgrade Grant Schemes and Energy Company Obligation Scheme, delivering average bill savings of £500, based on recent price cap estimates.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched a digital service providing impartial, tailored advice on energy efficiency. This will be supported by the launch of additional support for homeowners through telephone advice and specific local area advice for energy consumers.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2022 10:51:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1505792

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of Family Hubs and their efficacy.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government announced a £301.75 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies and children in half of the local authorities across England in the autumn 2021 Budget. This package will create a network of family hubs in those areas and builds on the £39.5 million already committed, which includes funding to support a further 12 local authorities to transform services to a family hub model.</p><p>Family hubs are a place-based way of joining up locally in the planning and delivery of family services. They are a local innovation, developed to meet local needs and better support families.</p><p>Through the family hubs programmes, the department will continue to learn and gather insights on family hub provision and their effectiveness. We will be building the evidence base through the evaluation of family hubs, both existing and new models, which will support local authorities with good practice on evaluation, implementation and outcomes of their family hubs services. Additionally, the department will be running behavioural insight projects to ensure take-up of family hub services by underrepresented families and we will also collect data, such as family hubs maturity and outcomes. This will help with developing effective family hubs.</p><p>Further information on the evaluation of family hubs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-family-hubs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-family-hubs</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/09/2022 10:46:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1505793

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling Act 2005 Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to their review of the Gambling Act 2005, which ran from 8 December 2020 to 31 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL2267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review was launched with the publication of a wide-ranging Call for Evidence, which closed in March 2021 and received over 16,000 responses. We will publish a white paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 23/09/2022 09:36:41 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1505794

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Colne Valley
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when HS2 Ltd will cease to be financially liable for public water sources in the Colne Valley and for the replacement of public water supplies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>As it builds the new railway in the Colne Valley, HS2 Ltd has been working closely with Affinity Water to ensure that there continues to be no interruption to the provision of high-quality drinking water. Working alongside Affinity Water and the Environment Agency (EA), HS2 Ltd has funded a range of protective measures to ensure resilience of public water supply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/09/2022 14:16:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1505795

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the Mitigation Strategy for the impact of HS2 on the natural water resources.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd’s approach to managing the impact of HS2 on the water environment is set out in a number of published documents, including Information Paper E4: Water Resources and Flood risk.</p><p>The mitigation approach is driven by existing environmental law, Protective Provisions in the Acts which authorise the railway and additional commitments made to Parliament, including the project’s “Environmental Minimum Requirements”. As a result, HS2 Ltd’s contractors are required to fully assess risks to the water environment from all their activities and to mitigate risks through design or other interventions.</p><p>As the regulator for the water environment in England, the Environment Agency reviews those risk assessments and mitigation strategies, and grants approvals to proceed when it is satisfied the risks are suitably managed and adverse impacts are unlikely to occur.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/09/2022 14:20:08 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1505796

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	High Speed 2 Line: Water Abstraction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish regular water quality data from the public water abstraction points being affected by HS2.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>In England, water companies have a duty to carry out assessments to identify any risks to the water supply from source to tap, which includes any large-scale construction work in the area. They will monitor the quality of water at abstraction points and, where necessary, put mitigations in place to ensure that drinking water supplies are protected and comply with drinking water standards at all times. The raw water quality results are reported to the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the independent regulator of drinking water in England and Wales, and shared with the Environment Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Inspector of Drinking Water publishes quarterly and annual reports covering drinking water quality testing and results, public confidence in drinking water and technical audit activity.</p><p><a href="https://www.dwi.gov.uk/en/what-we-do/annual-report/" target="_blank">https://www.dwi.gov.uk/en/what-we-do/annual-report/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency publishes raw water quality results. Due to National Security considerations, not all data on specific abstraction points is published.</p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/water-quality/view/landing" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/water-quality/view/landing</a></p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 23/09/2022 11:53:13 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1505797

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Agriculture and Food Supply: Carbon Dioxide and Fertilisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure the availability of fertiliser and carbon dioxide to the farming and food sectors following the announcement by CF Fertilisers that they are halting production in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL2271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>It is disappointing that CF Fertilisers has taken the decision to halt ammonia production at Billingham. However, since last autumn the CO2 market’s resilience has improved, with additional imports, further production from existing sources such as anaerobic digestion and bioethanol and better stockpiles. We expect the supply of ammonia (from imports by CF Fertilisers) and production of nitric acid and fertiliser to be unaffected. While the Government continues to examine options for the market to improve resilience over the longer term, we urge industry to do anything it can to meet demand, which is in the best interest of businesses and the public.</p><p> </p><p>National Fertiliser Supplies</p><p> </p><p>CF Fertilisers produces ammonium nitrate fertiliser and nitric acid in the UK at Billingham. The company expects to fulfil all ammonia and nitric acid contracts and all orders of Ammonium Nitrate contracted for delivery in the coming months. The supply and price of these products is a commercial matter for CF Fertilisers, and we expect supply to continue.</p><p> </p><p>While global fertiliser prices have risen, the supply chain providing imports of fertiliser to the UK has remained dynamic. We are continuing to monitor the security and stability of fertiliser and other supply chains and work closely with colleagues across government and devolved administrations as well as industry figures.</p><p> </p><p>Carbon Dioxide Supplies</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working with sector stakeholders to encourage contingency planning and resilience and understand that various CO2 supply companies in the UK are working on or have secured additional CO2 to mitigate shortages. We are confident CO2 stocks are secure for the coming winter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/09/2022 12:08:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1505798

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 access to full fibre broadband for all properties and businesses in rural communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL2272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>In March 2021 we launched Project Gigabit, our £5 billion mission to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband across the UK. Project Gigabit’s objective is to level up the UK by giving hard-to-reach areas access to gigabit-capable internet speeds and, coupled with commercial gigabit delivery, ensuring almost all of the UK has access to gigabit-capable internet as soon as possible.</p><p>Our Project Gigabit procurements are prioritising delivery to rural, hard-to-reach premises and to those with the lowest broadband speeds. We have recently signed our first local Project Gigabit contract in North Dorset and expect to award further contracts over the coming months.</p><p>Furthermore, up to £210 million is available for Gigabit Broadband Vouchers to support rural communities with the cost of installing new gigabit-capable connections.</p><p>Building Digital UK’s legacy and current programmes have already upgraded over 740,000 premises to gigabit speeds, and we are continuing to move at pace.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 22/09/2022 10:25:49 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch