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909655

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the first Dreadnought-class nuclear submarine to enter service.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL8150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The first Dreadnought Class nuclear-armed submarine will enter service in the early 2030s.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/06/2018 16:18:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

884270

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to be in a position to release, on licence or otherwise, more prisoners serving indeterminate sentences following the introduction of tags incorporating GPS-based electronic location monitoring.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL6955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>GPS location monitoring will be available next year and may be used to monitor a licence condition. Although it is not possible to predict whether this will result in more prisoners serving indeterminate sentences being released, a recent pilot has demonstrated a demand for this technology in the management of individuals released by the Parole Board.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:43:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

857605

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Defence: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what powers ministers have in relation to national security in cases of proposed takeovers of British defence-related manufacturers.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL6177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, Ministers have powers to intervene in mergers that raise public interest considerations of national security, media plurality and financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, the Government also published a Green Paper on proposals for long-term reform of the arrangements for the scrutiny of investments in relation to national security. The public consultation has now closed and the Government will bring forward a White Paper later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/03/2018 15:36:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

834754

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Charing Cross Hospital
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for the future of Charing Cross Hospital in west London.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL5345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Any possible significant change to services is a matter for the local National Health Service. It is right that these decisions are led by local clinicians, who best understand the healthcare needs of their local populations, and in consultation with local people</p><p><br> The North West London (NWL) Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) was published on 10 November 2016. A core component of the NWL STP is a programme called Shaping a Healthier Future (SaHF). The SaHF proposals underwent full public consultation in 2012. This included proposals for changes to accident and emergency (A&amp;E) services at Charing Cross Hospital which is run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT). <br> <br> ICHT will not make any changes to the A&amp;E department at Charing Cross Hospital during the current Comprehensive Spending Review period, which lasts until 2021.</p><p>The Trust invested £8 million in Charing Cross last year, to refurbish urgent and emergency care wards, theatres, outpatient clinics and lifts and to create a patient service centre and the main new facility for North West London Pathology.</p><p>Works commenced in January 2018 on the Charing Cross site which will expand the space available for mental health and ambulatory patients.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 08/02/2018 15:03:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

818643

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M3: Windlesham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Woodlands Lane Bridge over the M3 motorway at Windlesham to re-open.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Woodlands Bridge, near junction 3 of the M3, has been rebuilt by Highways England as part of the project to upgrade the M3 to a smart motorway. The bridge had been closed to traffic since October 2016 and reopened on Friday 22nd December 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2018 11:44:31 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

818644

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to clarify the criminal law relating to the use of mobile phones and similar devices by motorists.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Government imposed tougher penalties last year for the offence of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, and continues to keep the legislation under review.</p><p>The Department for Transport is currently consulting on an isolated amendment to the mobile phone offence to permit the use of hand-held and mobile communications devices as a means of performing remote control parking manoeuvres. The Department will consider changes to the regulations and to the Highway Code following that consultation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2018 11:48:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

780364

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently serving indeterminate prison sentences in the UK (except Scotland); and how many of those have now served longer than the maximum sentence for the offence for which they were convicted.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of people currently serving indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people currently serving indeterminate prison sentences who have now served longer than the maximum sentence for the offence for which they were convicted is not routinely collected, so could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of people currently service indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 30 September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unreleased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</p></td><td><p>3,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life (all variations)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td><td><p>7,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recalled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,177</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life (all variations)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes mandatory, discretionary, automatic life sentences and those relating to young adults and juveniles held in prison custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/11/2017 14:51:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

757360

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Horse Racing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements, if any, they propose to put in place to enable the free movement of racehorses following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is negotiating our exit from the European Union. Defra is working with the Department for Exiting the European Union to look at future arrangements including for the health conditions that will be applicable to movements of animals between the UK and the European Union.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/09/2017 14:49:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

757361

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied with the regulatory arrangements relating to the conduct of roadworks on public highways undertaken by public utility companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to deliver better journeys for drivers. Utility works are essential, but they should not be in place any longer than is absolutely necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we are satisfied that the regulatory arrangements are working well, we continue to keep them under review to modernise and update legislation and statutory guidance where necessary, and where it will lead to improvements in the way that these works are managed.</p><p> </p><p>Recent examples include a consultation on lane rental powers published on 2<sup>nd</sup> September. Lane rental allows local authorities to charge utility companies for works on the busiest roads at the busiest times. We will shortly be publishing updated statutory guidance relating to inspections. In 2015, we updated regulations and guidance on permit schemes that are now in place in almost 60% of local authority areas and which are resulting in more effective management of street works and reductions in their duration. We continue to work with stakeholders to encourage more local authorities take up and adopt permit schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 14/09/2017 11:42:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

753952

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many females are currently imprisoned in England and Wales serving sentences of less than six months.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>On 31 March 2017, there were 443 women in prison serving an immediate custodial sentence of less than 6 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/08/2017 13:08:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne