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date	17/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Economic Crime: Southern Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of allegations of corruption and money laundering contained in the Al Jazeera documentary Gold Mafia, and what steps, if any, they will take to freeze assets held in the UK or dependent territories by those who have been (1) alleged to have engaged in, and (2) found guilty of, financial crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL7153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases, this is a matter for law enforcement.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 02/05/2023 15:56:11 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1452709

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Farmers: Lump Sum Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the tax situation regarding the lump sum payments extended through the agriculture regulations.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL7153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to introduce legislation to provide clarity that payments under the Lump Sum Exit Scheme will be treated as capital in nature and will be subject to capital gains tax, or corporation tax in the case of incorporated entities. The existing capital gains reliefs will be available where the qualifying criteria are met.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 31/03/2022 12:47:22 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1227704

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date	22/07/2020
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	Health and Safety: Coronavirus
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 willingness of employers to comply with Public Health England guidance in relation to COVID-19; and what plans they have to review the current health and safety inspection regime to ensure that (1) employers are following that guidance, and (2) workplaces are safe.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL7153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has seen high levels of compliance with the Government’s Covid-19 advice for employers (https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus) including guidance published by Public Health England and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). For example, since 1<sup>st</sup> April 2020 there have been 3,129* investigations of workplace concerns where an outcome has been recorded in HSE’s operational database and in only 114 cases (3.6%) has it been necessary to take enforcement action either by formally writing to the employer or by serving an enforcement notice.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has reviewed its health and safety inspection regime and has adopted the following approach to checking employer compliance with guidance to ensure that workplaces are safe:</p><p> </p><p>1) spot checks carried out by contact centre staff, with those assessed as non-compliant or who fail to engage then contacted by operational staff and, if they are still considered non-compliant, a site visit is carried out; and</p><p> </p><p>2) a programme of Covid-19 specific site inspections carried out by health and safety Inspectors.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is providing support to Local Authorities in their role as health and safety co-regulators by delivering a series of targeted webinars and supporting guidance in Covid-19 related topics such as social distancing.</p><p> </p><p>*This information was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2020 and is subject to change e.g. the administrative process of recording the information in the database can take up to 10 days.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/08/2020 11:05:49 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

889821

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of sex offenders who would benefit from medication to manage their sex drives; and what assessment they have made of the likely contribution to public safety of introducing a voluntary national programme to prescribe and manage such medication.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL7153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Services keeps Medication to Manage Sexual Arousal (MMSA) under review as part of its commitment to evidence-based approaches to reducing reoffending and protecting the public. This is a relatively new service whose effectiveness, both in outcome and cost, is still under review. We have not researched prevalence rates of the number of offenders who might benefit, but clinical opinion suggests it is approximately 5% of known sex offenders. There are currently no plans to expand services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL7152 question first answered 15/05/2018 16:42:54 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer