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1466083

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date	25/05/2022
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require companies with more than 50 employees to publish their ethnicity pay gap data.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to require companies with more than 50 employees to publish their ethnicity pay gap data. In Inclusive Britain, the Government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, we committed to publish guidance for employers on voluntary ethnicity pay reporting.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 10/06/2022 12:54:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1466084

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the overall limit on the capacity of renewable energy generation at auctions.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>On 20<sup>th</sup> May, the Government increased the budget available to offshore wind projects in the fourth Contracts for Difference allocation round by £10m to £210m. While there are maximum limits on how much onshore wind and solar can be successful in the auction, there are no limits on the capacity of other technologies, including offshore wind.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/06/2022 10:59:45 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1466085

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Transport: Electricity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that energy infrastructure is sufficient in all regions to support the uptake of electrified transport.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the recently published EV Infrastructure Strategy, the Government set out roles and responsibilities for local authorities and Distribution Network Operators to provide a comprehensive network of charge points.</p><p> </p><p>£2.5 billion of Government funding has been committed to the EV transition since 2020, over £1.6 billion of which will be used to support charging infrastructure. This includes £500m to support local charge point provision and £950m to unlock electricity network capacity to deliver 6,000 ultra-rapid charge points at motorway service areas and major A roads by 2035.</p><p> </p><p>The upcoming price control for electricity distribution will enable network companies to ready the electricity network for the increase in charge point deployment.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/06/2022 10:59:06 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1466086

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mandate the creation of net-zero transition plans from councils.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Strategy, the Government does not believe that a new general statutory requirement is needed for Local Authorities to deliver net zero. The Government has no plans to mandate the creation of net zero-transition plans.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/06/2022 10:58:35 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1465625

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Agriculture: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce tax incentives for farmers that redistribute food.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government has taken significant steps to boost the redistribution of food. Since 2017 Defra has awarded £12m in grants to the redistribution sector, including to access food surplus from farms. This has provided important infrastructure such as warehousing, vehicles, fridges and freezers to support the sector for years to come. Since UK-level data was first reported in 2015, overall levels of redistribution have increased three-fold.</p><p>We have no specific plans to introduce tax incentives at present.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 13/06/2022 16:57:31 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1465626

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Food Poverty: Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to appoint a Food Poverty Minister.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Victoria Prentis is the Minister responsible for food, working with industry to make sure food is available to buy. Defra is working with other Government departments on food policy and food insecurity, including the Department for Education on school meals and the Department for Work and Pensions on the welfare system, to ensure a government-wide approach to tackling pressures facing low-income households.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/06/2022 17:01:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1465627

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a new Food Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>We published the Government food strategy on Monday 13 June, setting out a plan to transform our food system to ensure it is fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government food strategy is available here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fgovernment-food-strategy&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C05f0953d1ed644abdfdb08da4dddb938%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637907911948696473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0H7YjytMPRLmB6JoYoWUwwtZoeR5TnFoZWvxhjU0yhw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Government food strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and is also attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 20/06/2022 11:48:34 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name government-food-strategy.pdf title Government food strategy
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1465628

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an immediate 25 per cent increase in legal aid fees.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on a package of proposals which includes a 15% uplift on fees across most legal aid fee schemes. This, alongside the longer-term reforms we propose, will increase spend by up to £135m a year - taking expected criminal legal aid spend to £1.2 billion per year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 07/06/2022 14:52:39 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1464825

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a quarterly welfare assessment for those in receipt of benefits.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a quarterly welfare assessment for those in receipt of benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 07/06/2022 15:49:31 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1464826

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to decrease energy costs in schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to reducing energy use in new and existing buildings, and to meeting the legislative net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050.</p><p>The department’s capital funding and programmes help both to reduce carbon emissions and to save schools money on operating costs, through delivering new school buildings and improving the existing school estate.</p><p>The department recognises that schools will be facing cost pressures in the coming months, particularly due to the increase in energy prices. We are looking carefully at how this will impact schools and are considering what additional support we could offer.</p><p>The department has contacted all schools in England to get basic data on their current and future energy tariffs to better understand how they have been affected by recent energy price increases, so we can consider what additional support we can offer. The survey closed on 2 June 2022.</p><p>The department’s schools resource management tools include recommended deals for energy costs and ancillary services relating to energy. We will also update and strengthen guidance on a regular basis to inform schools of the market and commercial position, with practical advice on exiting existing and entering new contracts, available here: <a href="https://www.get-help-buying-for-schools.service.gov.uk/procurement-support" target="_blank">https://www.get-help-buying-for-schools.service.gov.uk/procurement-support</a>. The ‘get help buying for schools’ service will also be able to offer support to schools in switching and entering new contracts and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school</a>.</p><p>The department knows that every school’s circumstances are different, and where schools are in serious financial difficulty, they should contact their local authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/06/2022 10:43:59 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick