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1669152

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date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that single living and service family accommodation is adequately maintained this winter.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>To ensure Single Living Accommodation is adequately maintained this winter, the Department has introduced enhanced planned maintenance for heating and hot water systems with &quot;plug-in&quot; functionality for temporary boilers and generators to improve resilience, reliability, and availability across a significant number of Single Living Accommodation. Furthermore, fault, defect and maintenance management information for heating, hot water, damp and mould is being enhanced, enabling pro-active interventions that will reduce the probability of failure and improve the reliability of installations.</p><p>All Single Living Accommodation service contracts are recognised to be performing to the required Key Performance Indicator standards.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) to communicate the action that has been taken to prepare for Service Family Accommodation over the winter period was laid in the House on 13 November 2023. A link to the WMS can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-11-13/hcws28" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-11-13/hcws28</a></p><p> </p><p>The WMS includes planned works to address issues such as damp and mould that have greater impact in winter; and measures to improve performance delivering responsive repairs resulting from, or occurring during, inclement weather.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 23/11/2023 17:18:28 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4935 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

1462706

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Water: Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why different advice is being provided for new homes construction in the Wye, Lugg and Usk catchments between Natural Resources Wales and Natural England with regard to nutrient neutrality of foul water.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>In Wales, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) acts as the Statutory Nature Conservation Organisation. Natural England works closely with NRW on environmental issues but it remains NRW's responsibility to provide relevant advice in Wales. Whilst the present advice in England and Wales is tailored to the relevant local circumstances, as appropriate, NRW is currently in the process of updating its advice.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 27/05/2022 10:42:57 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1314218

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	Bernard Matthews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Pension Protection Fund’s rescue of the employee pension schemes operated by Bernard Matthews Limited has resulted in loss of any pension rights of the members of those schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is a scheme, set up by the Labour government and continued by all successive governments, that pays compensation to members of eligible Defined Benefit pension schemes, whose sponsoring employer has become insolvent and where there are insufficient funds in the scheme to secure benefits at or above the level of PPF compensation. It was never intended to replicate in full the pension rights of schemes that, as a result of their employer’s insolvency, do not have sufficient assets to secure the pension benefits initially promised to their members. The usage of the PPF, when the Bernard Matthews Pension Fund transferred to the PPF did not result in any capping of members benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/05/2021 13:30:13 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1169616

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Business Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the impact of business rates on the viability of the UK retail sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates and will announce details in due course. The Government will also increase the business rates retail discount from one-third to 50% in 2020/21 and extend eligibility to independent cinemas and grassroots music venues for the first time.</p><p>This is on top of repeated action taken by the Government to reduce the burden of rates by £13bn over the next five years. This includes doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, meaning 675,000 of the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all, and switching from RPI to the lower rate of CPI indexation which is worth over £6bn in savings to businesses.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 22/01/2020 15:24:53 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1150615

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct a review of the collapse of Thomas Cook; and if so, to what timescale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has written to the Financial Reporting Council to ensure they prioritise, as a matter of urgency, an investigation into both the causes of the company’s failure and the conduct of its directors.</p><p> </p><p>The FRC will conduct a robust investigation into the preparation of the company’s accounts in compliance with these standards and seek areas where lessons may be learned.</p><p> </p><p>Thomas Cook Group prepared their accounts using EU-adopted International Financial Reporting Standards, which are set by the International Accounting Standards Board and used in 125 countries worldwide.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/10/2019 13:49:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

733199

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement their 2017 manifesto commitment to support the development of those wind projects in the remote islands of Scotland that are intended to directly benefit local communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Dunlop
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As our manifesto commitment states, we support the development of wind projects in the remote islands of Scotland, where they will directly benefit local communities. We will announce our plans regarding this commitment in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/07/2017 15:17:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop

520553

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wind Power: Scottish Islands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to simplifying the Governance for Railway Investment Projects process.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has no plans to simplify the Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) process.</p><p> </p><p>GRIP underwent a full review and subsequent update by Network Rail in 2015, and has been designed in alignment with PRINCE2 which is recognised as best practice framework for project management globally.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/06/2016 14:39:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

347905

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Private Sector
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 report by Exeter Medical School showing that private general practitioner out-of-hours care providers in England provided a worse service than the NHS or not-for-profit equivalent.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of the recent research, which found that on average, less positive patient experiences were associated with commercial providers of out-of-hours general practitioner (GP) care in England, but that the best commercial providers scored higher than many of the National Health Service and not-for-profit providers. The research suggests that further work is required to understand the reasons for this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that there are variations and examples of good practice among all providers; recent inspections of out-of-hours GP services conducted by the Care Quality Commission found many examples of good practice, but also highlighted areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All out-of-hours providers must meet national quality requirements that include sharing details of the patient’s medical history and care plan and ensuring that the patient is treated by the clinician best equipped to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England must support clinical commissioning groups to meet the national quality standards and act appropriately to any concerns arising. GP practices that do not provide out of hours services to their own patients are required to monitor the quality of the out of hours services that are offered or provided to its registered patients having regard to the national quality standards and record, and act appropriately in relation to, any concerns arising.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/06/2015 14:24:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61231

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what effect the new proposals for value-based assessments published by the National Institute for Healthand Care Excellence on 22 March 2014 have had on the availability of treatments to patients with (1) those forms of cancer which are more frequent in older people, and (2) rare types of cancer.
tabling member printed	Lord Walton of Detchant
uin	HL191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>A consultation on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) proposals for value assessment is ongoing and no decisions have yet been made about any potential changes to NICE's methods of technology appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will close on 20 June and we would encourage all those with an interest, including patients, clinicians, the National Health Service, industry, researchers and academic experts, to make their views known as part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL190 question first answered 16/06/2014 11:27:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1716 label Biography information for Lord Walton of Detchant