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1684614

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date	23/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many households they have helped with home insulation measures in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>From 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 (latest available data), around 97,100 insulation measures were installed in domestic properties under the following schemes: Energy Company Obligation, Great British Insulation Scheme, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Green Homes Local Authority Delivery and Home Upgrade Grant. Under these schemes, some households may have had more than one type of insulation measure installed. Statistics for each of these schemes are published on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 02/02/2024 09:08:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1489984

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Medical Records: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), what is the legal underpinning for the policy set out in the Gender Identity Toolkit for General Practice that only gender, not sex and gender, are included on medical records.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2022 answer text <p>The Gender Recognition Act 2004 provides additional rights and safeguards for those with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), such as making it an offence to disclose protected information. This includes information pertaining to the previously recorded sex of a person who holds a GRC where that information has been obtained in an official capacity and the person has not consented to its disclosure, subject to limited exceptions.</p><p>The Gender Identity Toolkit for General Practice is made available by the Institute of General Practice Management, Indigo Gender Service, Practice Index and Pride in Practice. However, it is not Government guidance. The Toolkit provides voluntary information to general practices on the administration of changes to medical records and makes reference to the Gender Recognition Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 05/08/2022 13:59:31 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1345409

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken in the last five years on the number of people who read the Highway Code; and how many rules are contained in the most recent version of the Code.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not conducted any dedicated analysis in the last 5 years on the number of people who read the Highway Code.</p><p>Other organisations publish the Highway Code under The National Archives’ open Government Licence. Each year 2.1 million people study and are tested on driving theory, which requires a thorough knowledge of the Highway Code, Know Your Traffic Signs and Driving – The Essential Skills. There are many resources to educate learners from a range of providers, but a survey by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in 2019 found that 84% of the 16-24 years olds asked said they had read the Highway Code as part of their study.</p><p>Sales of official publications of the Highway Code as a book, app or download record <strong>1,313,438 </strong>copy sales and downloads in the past 5 years, each of which might be read, passed on or lent out in the case of library copies a number of times.</p><p>In the same period <strong>3,673,515</strong> driving theory product sales and downloads were recorded, educating people in the Highway Code and the other official sources. Analytics for the Highway Code on gov.uk show <strong>18,189,854</strong> page views for this period.</p><p>There are currently 307 rules contained within the Highway Code.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/07/2021 12:50:53 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1180615

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations exist for the control of cemeteries mounding areas to create new burial spaces.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The management and maintenance of local authority burial grounds is subject to a comprehensive framework of regulation and guidance, and we anticipate that those operating private burial grounds (many of which are, in any event, regulated by bespoke legislation) will apply the same standards and principles.</p><p>Graves and monuments of historical significance can be listed in the National Heritage List for England or scheduled in accordance with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Any changes to listed or scheduled monuments or graves require consent from the Historic England.</p><p>The Law Commission’s forthcoming Programme of Law Reform includes a project to consider modernising and streamlining the law governing the disposal of human remains, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL1844 HL1845 question first answered 10/03/2020 17:25:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

767924

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of fees set by the Home Office for citizenship ceremonies was retained by (1) local councils, and (2) the Home Office, in each month since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>A citizenship ceremony fee has been payable since January 2004. The Home Office sets the fee in consultation with Local Authorities at a level that is designed to recover cost of conducting citizenship ceremonies. The current fee of £80 reflects the estimated average costs to local authorities across the UK.</p><p>All income from the citizenship ceremony fee is retained by the local authorities and none is used to fund other border, immigration, or citizenship service costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1840 HL1841 HL1842 HL1844 question first answered 24/10/2017 15:56:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

582660

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Government Departments: Cats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they have put in place to ensure that there is proper routine and emergency veterinary treatment for government cats, and any other officially owned animals in government service.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p>Individuals in each government department are responsible for the care of cats and any other animals residing in their buildings. We are mindful of our duties under the Animal Welfare Act, and this includes the provision of routine and emergency veterinary treatment. While no care or food costs for any animals in government buildings are funded by the public purse, these animals are supported and cared for thanks to voluntary fundraising.</p><p>I also refer my noble friend to the answer to him of 16 September 2016 to Question 1605.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/09/2016 13:52:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

392088

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many fatalities and serious injuries there have been in the agriculture industry in each year from 1995 until 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 04/08/2015 15:24:03 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL1843 UKSA Reply.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

90917

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost of police and crime commissioners, including salaries and expenses, for each year since they were established.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not collect data on salaries and expenses claimed by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). However we have been clear that all Police and Crime Commissioners must be as transparent as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Under paragraph 1(c) and (d) respectively of Schedule one of the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011, PCCs are obliged to publish “the salary of each relevant office holder” and “the allowance paid to each relevant office holder in respect of expenses incurred by the office holder in the exercise of the body’s functions”.</p><p> </p><p>Article 1(2) of the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 defines “relevant office holder” as, where the elected local policing body is a police and crime commissioner, the commissioner and deputy police and crime commissioner appointed by the commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2014 11:24:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle