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1552739

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date	16/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the number of people in modern slavery in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The hidden nature of modern slavery makes producing an accurate measure of its scale difficult.</p><p>In March 2020 the Office for National Statistics noted that there is no definitive source of data or suitable method available to accurately quantify the number of potential victims of modern slavery in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is, however, committed to improving its understanding of the nature and scale of this complex crime. Since 2019, the Government has invested £10 million in the creation of the Policy and Evidence Centre for Modern Slavery and Human Rights to transform our understanding of modern slavery. The Home Office will continue working with the Centre and other partners to strengthen the evidence base underpinning our policy and operational response to modern slavery and to develop more robust ways to assess prevalence.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 22/12/2022 16:11:22 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1552740

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Supply Chains
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 effectiveness of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in driving slavery out of supply chains.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with a turnover of £36 million or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>The landmark ‘Transparency in Supply Chains’ provisions in the Modern Slavery Act have driven a change in business culture, spotlighting modern slavery risks on boardroom agendas and within the international human rights community. We recognise, however, there is more to do to keep businesses focused on this important issue.</p><p>Compliance with section 54 is high. In 2019, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to undertake an audit of compliance with section 54. The audit was concluded in January 2020 with data accurate up to this point. The high-level findings of this audit were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report available here at Gov.UK.</p><p>In addition, in March 2021, the Government launched the modern slavery statement registry to radically enhance transparency by bringing together modern slavery statements on a single platform. The registry will provide a key tool for Government and others to monitor and drive compliance with section 54 . We have been encouraged by use of the registry. Since launch, over 9,300 modern slavery statements covering over 31,200 organisations have been submitted on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 22/12/2022 16:11:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1550164

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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	Epilepsy: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of new therapies for the treatment of epilepsy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, in December 2021 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published Cenobamate for treating focal onset seizures in epilepsy, which recommends cenobamate as an option for treating focal onset seizures in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p>In April 2022, NICE also published Epilepsies in children, young people and adults, which aims to improve diagnosis and treatment for different seizure types and epilepsy syndromes and includes recommendations on the principles of treatment, treating epileptic seizures and non-pharmacological treatments. It also includes information on the medications which should be used to treat various types of epileptic seizures. A copy of the guideline is attached. NICE’s guidelines represent best practice and are expected to be taken into account by clinicians in the treatment of individual patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham attachment 1 file name HL4155 Epilepsies in children, young people and adults.pdf title Epilepsies in children, young people and adults 2 file name HL4155 Cenobamate for treating focal onset seizures in epilepsy.pdf title Cenobamate as an option for treating focal onset s question first answered 20/12/2022 16:54:15 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1550165

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 progress towards developing a universal flu vaccine.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) conducts annual horizon scanning on new vaccines in development and is aware of efforts to develop a universal influenza vaccine. Subject to progress on such a vaccine and potential licensing, the JCVI will engage with the relevant manufacturers via its influenza subcommittee.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/12/2022 11:58:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1548208

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the extent of the rollout of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the number of people initiating or continuing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in England was 61,092 or 69.6% of those identified as requiring the treatment at sexual health services. PrEP has been initiated or continued for residents of all upper tier local authorities where the need has been identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/12/2022 11:54:35 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1548210

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers and growers to improve soil quality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Firstly, we are focusing on soil in two of the first standards that have been rolled out under the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme in June 2022 - the Improved Grassland Soils and Arable and Horticultural Soils standards. These are available to all farmers in England with arable land and improved grassland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have been piloting three further grassland standards, and learnings from these have informed the standards that we launched in June 2022 and future standards. These will seek to support farmers to manage their soil to increase biodiversity and resilience to climate change, improve soil condition and carbon storage, and to improve water and air quality.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/12/2022 16:52:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1544705

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the roll out of electric car charging points on streets in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport monitors the progress of the installation of chargepoints and it publishes data, broken down to local authority areas, on a quarterly basis, the latest of which was published on 1st October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to ensure that the right chargepoints are installed in the right places. This spring we published our electric vehicle infrastructure strategy, which defines our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading network. In the strategy, the Government set out that it expected at least ten times more public chargepoints by the end of the decade, bringing the number to around 300,000 by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) fund will support local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking in England. In addition, the Department’s On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme is available to all UK local authorities to provide chargepoints for residents without access to private parking.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 30/11/2022 13:50:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1544706

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Energy Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of electricity the UK will need per day by 2050.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Annex O of the Energy and Emission Projections presents indicative annual generation data out to 2050 for higher and lower demand scenarios. In these scenarios the UK will need an average of 1.5 to 2.1 TWh of electricity per day in 2050.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/12/2022 17:24:08 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name annex-o-net_zero-and-the-power-sector-scenarios.pdf title Net Zero and the Power Sector Scenarios
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1544707

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Eggs
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 the availability of British eggs up to and including Christmas 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>We are not expecting any significant impact to the overall supply of eggs, and the UK has a highly resilient food supply chain. However, farmers are facing extra pressures this year as a result of global rising input costs for feed and energy combined with the bird flu outbreak, which is why we continue to work closely with industry to monitor the market and help them with costs.</p><p>We have set out a package of measures to support the poultry sector during this time and we will continue to monitor the situation. We are working closely with all stakeholders on how they can maintain the supply of British eggs in supermarkets. The Minister for Food and Farming recently hosted an egg industry roundtable with representatives from across the UK egg supply chain, to consider the challenges currently facing the industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 12/12/2022 16:23:13 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1544708

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Sky Lanterns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the risk of (1) fire, and (2) other serious issues, caused by sky lanterns in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities already have powers to restrict or ban the use of sky lanterns on council land and a number of councils have already introduced a ban. We have also supported the industry to develop a voluntary code of practice for sky lanterns which helps ensure that they are manufactured to be safe and are sold responsibly.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 22/12/2022 11:56:11 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley