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1715971

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date	07/05/2024
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	Radiotherapy: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the 15 per cent shortfall in clinical oncologists, as estimated in the Royal College of Radiologists workforce census, does not impact the operational performance of radiotherapy services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>According to the latest data, of those 10,328 cancer patients referred for first or subsequent treatment for radiotherapy in March 2024, 89.7% were treated within 31 days. The proportion of patients waiting more than 31 days for radiotherapy treatment in March 2024 was therefore 10.3%. This has decreased by 4.5% since January 2024.</p><p>We are aware of regional disparities in wait times for cancer treatment through NHS England’s data, and are considering the findings made by the Royal College of Radiologists. Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access of cancer diagnostics, including regional disparities, is a key focus of the Government. NHS England has commissioned six new cancer clinical audits in breast cancer, both primary and metastatic, as well as ovarian, pancreatic, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and kidney cancer. These will provide timely evidence for cancer service providers of where patterns of care in England may vary, increase the consistency of access to treatments, and help stimulate improvements in cancer treatments and outcomes for patients. The first outcomes of these audits are expected in September 2024.</p><p>The Department is working closely with NHS England to make sure we have the right workforce with the right skills up and down the country. In 2023/24, NHS England invested an additional £50 million to increase the number of cancer and diagnostic specialists.</p><p>The Government is also backing the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. The plan sets out an aim to double the number of medical school places in England to 15,000 places a year by 2031/32, and to work towards this expansion by increasing places by a third, to 10,000 a year, by 2028/29.</p><p>We are building our cancer workforce. In January 2024 there were over 35,200 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in the cancer workforce, an increase of over 13,300, or 60.7% since January 2010. Regarding clinical oncology specifically, as of January 2024, there are currently over 1,600 FTE doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is over 30, or 2.2%, more than last year, over 300, or 27.7%, more than 2019, and over 600, 66.5%, more than in 2010. This includes over 900 FTE consultants. This is over 40, or 5.1%, more than last year, over 100, 22.0%, more than in 2019, and over 400, 80.2%, more than in 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4423 HL4424 question first answered 13/05/2024 11:23:46 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1562911

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remove barriers experienced by offshore oil and gas workers when seeking to transition to green jobs in the offshore energy sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2023 answer text <p>In March 2022, a tripartite agreement was reached between the bodies which oversee offshore wind training and qualifications – OPITO, the Global Wind Organisation, and the International Contractors Association – to align training standards to enable workforce mobility.</p><p>As part of the commitments in the North Sea Transition Deal, OPITO published an Integrated People and Skills Strategy in May 2022, highlighting the benefits of a managed energy transition and committed to create an aligned training and standards framework (Energy Skills Passport), which will enable skills transfer across the offshore energy sector. This is expected to be deployed in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/01/2023 14:45:59 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1382470

registered interest
date	25/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
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 practice of referring to proposed Home Affairs legislation by the name of individual victims of crime; and if they have made any such assessment, whether they plan to cease this practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>In bringing forward changes to the criminal law, it is fitting that we honour those who have campaigned for justice on behalf of a victim of crime by informally naming a new law after the victim concerned. Such colloquial naming of a new law is not used in the legislation itself. We have no plans to change this practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/12/2021 17:09:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1195849

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxpayers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many taxpayers there were with a gross taxable income (1) over £5,000,000, (2) £1,000,000–£4,999,999, (3) £750,000–£999,999, (4) £500,000–£749,999, (5) £250,000–£499,999, (6) £150,000–£249,999, (7) £100,000–£149,999, (8) £75,000–£99,999, (9) £50,000–£74,999, (10) £30,000–£49,999,and  (11) under £30,000, during the 2018–19 financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The table below contains estimates of UK taxpayer numbers grouped into gross taxable income bands for the 2018-19 financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Taxpayers by range of total taxable income, 2018-19</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range of total income <br> (lower limit)</p></td><td><p>Number of taxpayers <br> (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£11,850 (a)</p></td><td><p>19,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>7,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50,000</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£75,000</p></td><td><p>789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£150,000</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£250,000</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£750,000</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1 million</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5 million</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (b)</p></td><td><p>31,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(a) Can include some taxpayers who are not entitled to any/a full Personal Allowance whose total income can be less than the Personal Allowance.</p><p>(b) Total may not sum exactly due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Taxpayer numbers are rounded to the nearest one thousand and shown to three significant figures where appropriate.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The figures for 2018-19 are based on outturn data derived from the 2016-17 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) and projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition to the requested information, the estimated number of income tax payers by total income for 2018-19 are published on page 34 of the HMRC UK Income Tax Liability Statistics bulletin.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 26/05/2020 13:39:11 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

810457

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Bahrain: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain regarding the denial of adequate medical care and prevention of family visitation to detainees in Jau Prison, including (1) Hasan Mushaima, (2) AbdulHadi Alkhawaja, and (3) Dr Abduljalil Alsingace.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a continuing dialogue with the Government of Bahrain in which we are able to raise individual cases at a senior level, including the referenced cases.</p><p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies. We urge these bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/01/2018 15:22:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

670071

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
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 barriers to accessing chaplaincy in prisons.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prison Service is committed to enabling prisoners to practice their religion, and all prisons have multi faith chaplaincy teams to enable and facilitate this. Instructions and guidance on religious practice in prisons is set out in PSI 5/2016 (Faith and Pastoral Care for Prisoners).</p><p> </p><p>Formal assurance visits (which include a focus group with prisoners) are made to each prison regularly by a member of the Chaplaincy HQ team to assure the Governor/Director and Head of Chaplaincy of compliance with the PSI. In this way, and through the use of the application system by which prisoners can request to see a Chaplain, any issues or barriers can be identified in a systematic way by local prison management and HQ. The Head of Chaplaincy meets regularly with Faith Advisers for the National Offender Management Service, as well as faith based organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL4424 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:46:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

436591

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have assessed the humanitarian impact of increasing the capacity of the Kerem Shalom goods crossing between Israel and Gaza; and whether they have plans to discuss that issue with the government of Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The biggest impediments to Palestinian economic progress are the Israeli-imposed movement and access restrictions. The current movement and access restrictions relating to Gaza are leading to a stagnated economy and worsening situation for the people living there. An improved economy is not only essential for the people of Gaza, but is firmly in Israel’s security interests. We have consistently called on Israel to improve movement and access into and out of Gaza, including extending operating times at Kerem Shalom and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 21/12/2015 14:26:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

175582

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations
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 existing policies of European Union states to promote the integration as citizens of all members of immigrant communities, across ethnic and religious boundaries; and whether they consider any such policies to be relevant to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government participates in exchanges of good practice on integration with other EU Member States at meetings of the EU network of National Contact Points on Integration. In relation to our domestic policies on integration, I refer the Noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement on Integration by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 18 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 110WS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:17:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton