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1137950

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date	09/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 July (HL16512), how many UK-funded programmes and projects to support actions agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 have been evaluated with those evaluations published; and what is the timeline for the evaluation of remaining programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>All UK-funded programmes and projects to support actions agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018 are subject to regular reviews. The majority of such programmes and projects are subject to the standard Annual Review processes of either the Department for International Development (DfID) or the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), which look at the effectiveness and value for money of each programme, and consider how teams have assessed risk and changing contexts. Summaries of the annual reviews are published on the CSSF page on gov.uk, while DfID reviews are published on DfID's Development Tracker, again accessed through gov.uk. DfID annual reviews are published throughout the year, depending on the date of the review. CSSF annual reviews are carried out in the first quarter of the financial year and summaries of the reviews are published later in the year.</p><p>A small number of programmes and projects are not funded by DFID or the CSSF, but they also undergo regular reporting throughout their implementation and on completion, including published annual reviews and/or internal annual progress reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/07/2019 15:31:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137951

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Life Expectancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why the UK had one of the largest slowdowns in improvements in life expectancy between 2011 and 2016 out of the 19 countries analysed by the Office for National Statistics in August 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Life expectancy is as high as it has ever been in this country, but the rate of increase in life expectancy has slowed down in recent years. To better understand the reasons for the slowdown, the Department commissioned Public Health England to publish <em>A review of recent trends in mortality in England</em>, which includes comparison to other parts of the United Kingdom, the European Union and United States of America. A copy of the review is attached.</p><p>The overall slowdown in improvements is due to a range of factors operating simultaneously across a wide range of age groups, places, and causes of death. Issues include:</p><p> </p><p>- the slowdown in improvement in mortality from heart disease and stroke, which are the leading causes of death. This is partly influenced by the increasing prevalence of diabetes, obesity, and low physical activity;</p><p>- the size and frequency of recent winter peaks in mortality, which were influenced by the intensity and dominant type of influenza circulating, flu vaccine uptake and effectiveness, and is sometimes exacerbated by cold weather, especially among the very elderly people living with conditions such as dementia. Housing and fuel poverty are key to cold weather vulnerability;</p><p>- in younger adults, the cause of death that had the biggest impact was accidental poisoning, a large proportion of these deaths are due to drug misuse; and</p><p>- small increases in mortality rates from chronic lower respiratory disease in males and females, and other causes in males (including cirrhosis and other liver diseases).</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to giving people five extra years of healthy, independent life by 2035 and to ensuring that everyone gets the same great healthcare no matter where they live, backed by our Long Term Plan for the National Health Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 17/07/2019 13:35:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name Recent_trends_in_mortality_in_England.pdf title A review of recent trends in mortality in England
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137952

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Mortality Rates: Boys
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 finding of the Office for National Statistics in its mid-year population estimates published in June, that there has been a 14 per cent annual increase in the rate of mortality of boys aged five to nine.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics data shows that for boys aged five to nine there were 137 deaths in England in the period mid-2017 to mid-2018. This is an increase of 19 deaths compared with the period mid-2016 to mid-2017, when there were 118 deaths. As the number of deaths fluctuate between individual years, a longer period must be looked at for evidence of trends. Public Health England’s review of recent trends in mortality in England, showed that there was an improvement in mortality rates for children aged five to nine between 2011 and 2016. There was also an improvement in early periods, 2001 to 2006, and 2006 to 2011.</p><p>Improving child health outcomes is central to the NHS Long Term Plan and for prioritising services for children and young people. It provides a clear focus on improving the health of children and young people across mental health, learning disabilities, cancer and elsewhere.<strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 17/07/2019 13:33:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137953

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Since its creation in July 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published 140 consultations.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of consultations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Response published within 12 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>23*</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*6 consultations are still open. 8 consultations are closed, but still within the 12 week period.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/07/2019 14:17:01 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137954

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Consultations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of consultations that respondent in 12 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11.7.14 - 10.7.15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11.7.15 - 10.7.16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11.7.16 - 10.7.17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11.7.17 - 10.7.18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11.7.18 - 10.7.19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responses to consultations often do not take the form of a simple and clear response, but are instead fed into wider documents and work e.g. policy documents, which often cannot be completed within the given 12 week period.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 23/07/2019 11:25:24 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137955

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Ministry of Justice has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL17054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has carried out 96 consultations and calls for evidence in the last five years, as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2019 - 4</p><p>2018 - 20</p><p>2017 - 13</p><p>2016 - 20</p><p>2015 - 20</p><p>2014 (12 July onwards) - 19</p><p> </p><p>We published a response on GOV.UK within 12 weeks of the consultation closing in 26 instances:</p><p> </p><p>2019 - 0 (12 week mark not yet reached for 3 out of 4 consultations)</p><p>2018 - 2</p><p>2017 - 2</p><p>2016 - 8</p><p>2015 - 3</p><p>2014 (12 July onwards) - 11</p><p> </p><p>These figures include consultations and calls for evidence from the Ministry of Justice and our agencies, but do not include those initiated by independent bodies such as the Law Commission or the Sentencing Council. The figures include consultations run in partnership with other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministry of Justice consultations and calls for evidence are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;taxons%5B%5D=all&amp;subtaxons%5B%5D=all&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations&amp;departments%5B%5D=ministry-of-justice&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> and the online consultation platform, <a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Citizen Space</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2019 14:02:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137384

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Telecommunications: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 3 July (HL16510), what data are collected by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the amounts of compensation paid by broadband and home phone providers due to delayed (1) repairs, and (2) service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL16991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The automatic compensation scheme for fixed broadband and landline consumers was established by Ofcom, the UK’s independent regulator for communication services. The Department has not, to date, received any data from Ofcom about the scheme. As set out in our previous answer, the Department’s understands that Ofcom intends to review the scheme next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL16992 HL16993 question first answered 19/07/2019 10:46:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137385

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Telecommunications: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 3 July (HL16510), what (1) measures are being used, and (2) data are being collected, to assess the performance of Ofcom’s automatic compensation scheme for fixed broadband and landline consumers.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL16992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The automatic compensation scheme for fixed broadband and landline consumers was established by Ofcom, the UK’s independent regulator for communication services. The Department has not, to date, received any data from Ofcom about the scheme. As set out in our previous answer, the Department’s understands that Ofcom intends to review the scheme next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL16991 HL16993 question first answered 19/07/2019 10:46:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137386

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Telecommunications: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 3 July (HL16510), what data the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has so far received from Ofcom about levels of compensation paid out since Ofcom’s automatic compensation scheme for fixed broadband and landline consumers was launched.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL16993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The automatic compensation scheme for fixed broadband and landline consumers was established by Ofcom, the UK’s independent regulator for communication services. The Department has not, to date, received any data from Ofcom about the scheme. As set out in our previous answer, the Department’s understands that Ofcom intends to review the scheme next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL16991 HL16992 question first answered 19/07/2019 10:46:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1137387

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 3 July (HL16507), where the UK’s rate of 53 per cent consumer access to 100Mbps places the UK in rankings of broadband accessibility of all EU countries; and what is their target for access to 100Mbps by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL16994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s current ultrafast broadband coverage is currently low compared to European counterparts however the UK is amongst the leaders of superfast broadband coverage, ahead of Spain, France and Germany, thanks, in part, to over £1.8bn of public investment.</p><p> </p><p>Superfast broadband, which is delivered through part-fibre part-copper networks, meets the needs of most consumers today . However, it is full fibre networks that will be needed to meet expected future demands with the focus not purely on speed, but also resilience and reliability. The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review published the Government’s targets for full fibre coverage.</p><p> </p><p>The last EU report on broadband coverage had the UK at 26th of all Member States for full fibre at just over 2% coverage. However, we have since started to increase deployment at pace and our current full fibre coverage is 8% which represents almost 2.5 million homes and businesses. Our target to reach 15 million premises by 2025 represents around half of the homes and businesses in the UK. We are driving take-up and demand for full fibre. Our £67 million Gigabit Voucher Scheme, launched in April 2018, provides small grants for residents and small businesses to upgrade to a gigabit-capable connection, and support the take up of faster services. Vouchers are also available under the Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, with higher values to reflect the greater costs of connecting in rural and remote areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL16995 question first answered 19/07/2019 10:47:52 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn