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1719904

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date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Litter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what obligations the Highways Agency is under to keep motorways free of detritus.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The responsibility for clearing highway litter and sweeping carriageways is governed by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA); National Highways is responsible for litter collection on motorways and some trunk roads. National Highways works to the ‘Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse 2006' issued under section 89(7) of the EPA. National Highways inspects and grades litter and detritus on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in accordance with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse. National Highways carries out litter picking almost every day and weekly inspections on its network, to ensure that clearance of the worst affected areas is prioritised. Wherever possible planned closures are used to undertake litter picks to minimise disruption to road users.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 23/05/2024 12:59:33 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567850

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Subsidies
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 on farm businesses of the withdrawal of the Basic Payment Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In October 2021, the Government published the Agriculture in the UK Evidence Pack. This publication included static analysis showing the profitability of farms in the absence of Direct Payments for the years immediately prior to the start of the agricultural transition. In 2019 the Government published the farming evidence compendium. This publication provided an in-depth assessment of the impacts of removing Direct Payments with analysis by sector, location in England and type of land tenure. This publication also provided analysis on how farm businesses, across all sectors, can offset the impact of Direct Payments.</p><p>The money freed from Direct Payments is being re-invested in our other schemes for farmers and land managers. For example, the Government has recently increased the payment rates of Countryside Stewardship to help more than 30,000 farmers and is introducing a new management payment for the Sustainable Farming Incentive. The Government is also offering grants to improve farm productivity and benefit the environment through our Farming Investment Fund. Farmers affected by the phasing out of Direct Payments can also receive free business advice and support through our Future Farming Resilience Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 25/01/2023 17:25:06 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1386800

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to include roads policing within the national Strategic Policing Requirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) will set clear direction to policing on the contribution they need to make to respond to national threats including terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse. It will highlight where police forces need to work together, using local and/or regional capabilities, to protect the public. Following the SPR review that we concluded earlier this year, we are considering the national threats and policing capabilities, such as roads policing, that are included in the SPR. The revised SPR will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2021 17:58:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1197862

registered interest
date	21/05/2020
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: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the COVID-19 testing kits that have been so far sent out in the post have been returned; and of those, what proportion have been (1) positive, (2) negative, (3) not indicative either way, (4) not able to be processed, (5) returned unused, and (6) not returned within the time period allotted.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>As of 25 May 2020, 61% of COVID-19 home test kits distributed by the National Testing Programme had been returned.</p><p>Of those COVID-19 home test kits that have been returned as of 25 May 2020:</p><p>- 3.6% of home test kits received a positive result;</p><p>- 91.6% of home test kits received a negative result; and</p><p>- 4.8% of home test kits received a void result. This could be because the sample was not able to be processed, was returned unused, or not returned quickly enough.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/06/2020 09:53:27 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

825294

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK exports are to those countries with which the EU has existing free trade agreements, or with which the EU has concluded draft free trade agreements.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, UK exports of goods and services with countries with which the EU has existing free trade agreements, or with which the EU has concluded draft free trade agreements, accounted for 17% of the value of total UK exports to the world (equivalent to £92bn exports out of a total of £547.5bn).</p><p>Free trade agreements are only one of the channels that can impact the volume of trade. The Department for International Trade is committed to ensure continuity in trading relationships that we are currently party to as an EU member.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: ONS Pink Book, published in October 2017. </strong></p><p><strong>[Please note there is no data available for Monaco]</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 31/01/2018 17:11:57 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

675752

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of secondary academies spent more than their income in 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Because the number of academy trusts increased between 2012 and 2015, the number and proportion of trusts which are recorded as having spent more than their incomes between 2012-13 and 2014-15 are taken from a range of Statistical First Releases (SFRs). The SFRs are experimental statistics using data from the benchmarking section of the account returns for the academic years. In summary:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Single Academy trusts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of single academy trusts</p></td><td><p>1,625</p></td><td><p>2,141</p></td><td><p>2,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of single academy trusts recorded as having spent more than their income per year</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>1,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of single academy trusts recorded as having spent more than their income per year</p></td><td><p>42.6%</p></td><td><p>41.8%</p></td><td><p>53.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Multi Academy trusts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of multi academy trusts</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>496</p></td><td><p>691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of multi academy trusts recorded as having spent more than their income per year</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of multi academy trusts recorded as having spent more than their income per year</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>38.9%</p></td><td><p>52.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15 737 of 1,231 (59.9%) of secondary single academy trusts spent more than their incomes. In the same year, 487 of 906 (53.8%) of secondary academies within multi academy trusts spent more than their incomes.</p><p> </p><p>This answer relates to expenditure and income in year, rather than to whether academy trusts have an overall surplus or deficit. At the end of the year 2014/15 only 113 (4.0%) of academy trusts reported a cumulative deficit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL4825 question first answered 30/01/2017 16:26:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

443543

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent representations they have received about the interpretation and implementation of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in relation to the actions by ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq; what response they are making to such representations; and what specific actions they intend to take to establish an international consensus on these matters.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The British Government has received a number of recent representations on these issues from Parliament and members of the public and is responding in writing.</p><p>We condemn in the strongest possible terms the atrocities committed by Daesh against all civilians, including Christians, Mandeans, Yazidis, and other minorities, as well as the majority Muslim population who continue to bear the brunt of Daesh’s brutality. The UK has led efforts within the UN to tackle and condemn Daesh and on the protection of civilians more widely. For example, we co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution mandating the UN to investigate and report on Daesh abuses.</p><p>It is a long-standing Government policy that any judgements on whether genocide has occurred are a matter for the international judicial system rather than governments or other non-judicial bodies.</p><p>Ultimately, the only way to protect Christians, Yazidis and other minorities in the region from Daesh is by defeating this terrible organisation, which in turn requires, amongst other things, ending the conflict in Syria. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), set out the UK’s comprehensive strategy for defeating Daesh and finding a political settlement to the Syria conflict in his response to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 26 November 2015.</p><p>The joint Office of the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect (the Office) are engaged with these issues and publish much of their activity online, including statements in relation to the situation of Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq. Our officials maintain regular contact with officials from the Office to discuss issues related to the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. The Government provides funding for the Office, including for their work with religious leaders and faith based organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region, aimed at the prevention of incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL4829 HL4830 HL4831 question first answered 22/01/2016 13:57:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

178677

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to the UK Statistics Authority and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Boswell of Aynho
uin	HL4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The statistics element of the Balance of Competences Review was included within the cross-cutting report on Voting, Consular and Statistics, which was led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The following information relates to the UK Statistics Authority's costs associated with contributing to the report. <br> <br> (1) A full breakdown of staff time and associated travel / subsistence costs could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, but the staff cost of the Review was borne within existing budgets.<br> <br> (2) The UK Statistics Authority contributed £1385.00 towards printing and publication costs.<br> <br> (3) The UK Statistics Authority did not run any engagement events. <br> <br> (4) Across the whole of the Balance of Competences Review witness expenses amounted to approximately £2,255.00, which were borne by the FCO.<br> <br> (5) The UK Statistics Authority did not incur any costs publicising the reports.<br> <br> (6) There were no other associated costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 03/03/2015 12:47:13 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	352 label Biography information for Lord Boswell of Aynho