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date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Inspections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a mechanism to identify specific inbound goods for inspection prior to those goods reaching the UK.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>A risk-based, intelligence-led approach is taken at the Border to tackle the highest and most significant risks before arrival. This approach includes risk-based pre- and post-clearance checks, regular monitoring of supply chains to identify any potentially illicit trade in cooperation with international partners and providing education to traders on their responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Entry summary declarations (also known as an ENS) submitted by carriers, are used to identify risks on goods before they arrive. They are part of the international standard for safety and security set up by the World Customs Organisation in their SAFE Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Where the Goods Vehicle Movement System (GVMS) is used for inbound goods with pre-lodged customs declarations, goods requiring checks are identified before they disembark. In other circumstances where customs declarations have been pre-lodged goods may be identified for checks provisionally.</p><p> </p><p>Imports of all goods which are regulated for sanitary or phytosanitary purposes must be pre-notified via the Imports of Animals, Products, Food and Feed System or an equivalent system for plants and plant products. This information is used to target risk-based checks of these imports, to safeguard UK biosecurity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 27/01/2023 14:54:54 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1387397

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date	13/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Napier Barracks: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Home Secretary has (1) received, and (2) is complying with, advice from the UK Health Security Agency, regarding (a) the ongoing use of Napier Barracks, (b) the current COVID-19 outbreak in Napier Barracks, and (c) the current cases of active tuberculosis in Napier Barracks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2021 answer text <p>We have not received any advice from UK Health Security Agency on the ongoing use of Napier however we continue to engage with UK Health Security Agency to ensure that COVID 19 is managed effectively on site.</p><p>I am not aware of any known COVID positive people at Napier.</p><p>There are no known cases of active tuberculosis at Napier, the one person identified by the NHS with active TB was, on the advice of UK Health Security Agency, moved to alternative accommodation on 14 December 21.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2021 16:34:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1199360

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date	02/06/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the number of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes in England and Wales between 10 April and 29 May as documented by the Office of National Statistics; (2) what assessment they have made of the statistics published by the Data Analysis Bureau and Person Centred Software that, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 15 per cent of care home staff have been tested and 62 per cent of care homes have not had any staff receive tests; and (3) what plans they have to review their statement on 15 May that they would ensure the testing of residents and employees at all care homes in England by the beginning of June.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Testing – note for House of Lords</em> which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/07/2020 15:25:28 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Testing - note for House of Lords.pdf title Testing information factsheet
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

825656

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to the contract for the grant to run a Support Service to the Free Schools Programme (1) when bids were invited, (2) where this was advertised, (3) when was the closing date for bids, and (4) what was the process for awarding the contract.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The department published an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for a grant to run a support service to the Free Schools Programme on 14 December 2017. The ITB was published on the Contracts Finder portal of the GOV.UK website. This is the standard advertising medium used for grants across the public sector.</p><p>The closing date for bids was midnight on 19 January 2018. Departmental officials will assess all bids received by the deadline against the selection criteria in the ITB. The final decision on awarding the grant rests with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State. The outcome of the bidding process will be published on GOV.UK in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 01/02/2018 16:38:23 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey