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1552760

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date	16/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas and Roads: Snow and Ice
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 level of gritting of (1) roads, and (2) pavements, during icy weather.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Section 41(1A) of the Highways Act 1980 places a duty on local authorities to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway (which covers both the carriageway and footway) is not endangered by snow or ice. It is the local authority’s responsibility to assess the need to grit and ensure that there are adequate drivers available to carry out gritting operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that it is not possible nor proportionate to grit every road or pavement in the country. Instead, local highway authorities prioritise parts of the network that contain essential services such as bus routes, hospitals, and shopping centres. Councils provide winter information including details of their gritting routes on their websites.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2022 11:16:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1552229

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
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 socio-economic impact of the NHS Backlog.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4330 question first answered 20/12/2022 16:40:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1552230

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
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 long-term impact on patients who are on NHS waiting lists for prolonged periods.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4329 question first answered 20/12/2022 16:40:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1552246

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of overcrowding on TransPennine Express trains resulting from cancellations, what discussions they have had with TransPennine Express concerning health and safety on their trains.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Rail North Partnership with Transport for the North monitors TransPennine Express’s current performance and service levels and has regular discussions about overcrowding and how to improve services to better meet the needs of passengers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2022 11:22:53 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1551900

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Social Security Benefits
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 adequacy of the current levels of benefits given the increased cost of living.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to support people with their energy bills. The government’s Energy Price Guarantee, running from October 2022- March 2023, will save a typical British household around £900 this winter, based on what energy price would have been under the current price cap – reducing bills by roughly a third. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost-of-living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>From 10 April 2023 we are uprating State Pension and benefit rates by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap will also be increased by 10.1%. These increases are subject to Parliamentary approval.</p><p /><p>To ensure stability and certainty for households, the government is providing £26bn in cost-of-living support for 2023/24. This includes Cost of Living Payments for the most vulnerable. In 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to a further £900 in Cost-of-Living Payments. A £300 payment will be made to pensioner households and individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will receive a £150 payment. Also included is the amended Energy Price Guarantee which will save the average UK household £500 in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require extra support, the Government is providing an additional £1 billion of funding, including Barnett impact, to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England in the next financial year. This is on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding to £2.5 billion. In England this will be delivered through an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £842 million, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, which local authorities use to help households with the cost of essentials. It will be for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their additional Barnett funding.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/12/2022 11:22:13 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1551908

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many life peers have been appointed on the advice of the former Prime Minster, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP; and how these appointments were distributed between the following parliamentary groupings: (1) Conservative, (2) Labour, (3) Liberal Democrat, and (4) the Crossbenches.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL4290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Publicly available information shows that 87 peerages have been created on the advice of Rt Hon Boris Johnson. 44 of these were Conservative, 13 were Labour and 19 were Crossbench. Ultimately it is for the Prime Minister to recommend to the Sovereign which individuals ought to be appointed to the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2022 15:58:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1551910

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Brain Cancer: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the funding they provide for cancer research is spent on brain tumours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR’s research expenditure for all cancers in 2020/21 was £73.5 million and 7.3% was spent on brain tumour research. Information on expenditure in 2021/22 will be available in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/12/2022 16:46:43 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1551911

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to increase research into the (1) causes of, and (2) treatments for, brain tumours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>In May 2018, the Government announced £40 million over five years for brain cancer research through the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). While the NIHR requested funding applications on brain tumour research, this a difficult area with a relatively small research community. The NIHR will provide funding for research training elements of the Tessa Jowell Fellowships to train specialist brain tumour oncologists.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/12/2022 16:45:37 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1551912

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Brain Cancer: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to roll out on the NHS the Minderoo Precision Brain Tumour Programme (MPBTP) introduced at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge to improve care for brain cancer patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Minderoo Precision Brain Tumour Programme has recruited over 100 patients for whole genome sequencing in its first year and has returned results within three weeks of surgery on average. This has led to funding for a United Kingdom precision platform trial in brain cancer, which is anticipated to be available to patients at specific centres in 2023. The deployment dates and locations of these centres will be determined by a separate selection process.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/12/2022 16:47:32 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1551916

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Environment Protection: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to engage with environmental groups before making any decisions regarding the exercise of the powers proposed in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL4298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra has routinely met environmental stakeholders since the introduction of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to sight them on developments as the Bill passes through Parliament. Defra will continue to engage stakeholders as it takes steps to create laws and regulations in the interests of the UK. Defra is committed to engaging with stakeholders to ensure policy decisions are well-informed and result in benefits for both citizens and business.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is in the process of analysing its REUL stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed, or amended. In reviewing retained EU law, Defra’s aim is to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose and able to drive improved environmental outcomes, whilst also ensuring regulators can deliver efficiently. This will ensure the UK regulatory framework is appropriate and tailored to the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/12/2022 11:44:22 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge