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1588421

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date	22/02/2023
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether integrated care boards are able to spend a proportion of the £250 million, allocated by the Chancellor to accelerate hospital discharge, on social care projects (1) to increase capacity in the community, and (2) to fund extra care beds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Andrews
uin	HL5787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The £200 million announced on 9 January 2023 is specifically for funding short-term National Health Service step-down care packages and is being used to purchase a maximum of four weeks bedded care per patient. Integrated care boards, working closely with local authorities, are using this to purchase places in care homes and other settings, such as hospices, as well as to help fund wrap-around primary and community health services to support patients’ recovery. The £50 million capital, also announced on 9 January 2023, is targeted at projects that can make an immediate impact on reducing the winter crisis. This includes creating greater capacity in discharge lounges to improve patient discharge and hospital flow, as well as other options such as ambulance hubs.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/02/2023 17:25:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2534 label Biography information for Baroness Andrews

1588422

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Women
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 women released from prison (1) that have served a short sentence, and (2) that were not sentenced following remand, receive support from the Probation Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL5788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>One of the strategic aims of the Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan 2022-25 (Jan 2023) is to protect the public through better outcomes for women on release. We will work to reduce reoffending rates for women leaving custody, focusing on what we know works: a home, a job and access to treatment for substance misuse.</p><p>Contracts for holistic rehabilitative services for women deliver bespoke and specialist support to sentenced women (including those that have served short sentences) after their release from prison. These services support women to meet their resettlement and rehabilitative needs, including: help to find accommodation; help to find education, training or employment; support to meet finance, benefit and debt-related needs; help to address dependency issues; support to improve relationships with family or significant others; and support for their emotional wellbeing and social inclusion. These services are available post-release to all women who are subject to Probation supervision and we continue to explore how we might support those released unsentenced.</p><p>All women in prison, including those on remand, are supported to meet their immediate resettlement needs and prepare for release by probation staff in prisons and maintain accommodation whilst in prison respectively. This includes sustaining accommodation on reception where possible, making referrals for accommodation and signposting women towards specialist advice for finance and debt support.</p><p>A Short Sentence Function is being implemented in all regions which will work with all people on probation with ten months or fewer to serve in prison. This will enable them to be fast tracked and offered direct engagement.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 06/03/2023 12:49:12 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1588423

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Research, Information and Communications Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the remit of Prevent’s Research Information and Communications Unit; how many staff it has; and what was its annual budget for the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL5789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy. RICU aims to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.</p><p> </p><p>RICU currently has 22 allocated staff. This is subject to annual review depending on operational requirements. RICU’s spend by financial year for the last five years is provided below. Spend increased significantly from financial year 2012/2013 to support RICU’s response to the threat posed by Daesh. 2022/23 figures are based on spend to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend</strong><strong> (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>19,087,916.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>17,399,192.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>20,461,482.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>8,599,531.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>5,072,290.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>RICU provides internal analysis on terrorist use of propaganda and exploitation of the internet to inform the UK’s counter-terrorism system. To support this crucial objective RICU undertakes open-source monitoring to better understand the terrorist and extremist media, online and communications environment. This open-source monitoring identifies a range of material that is shared and discussed within these spaces, including topics or media that terrorist and extremist groups are seeking to exploit. All RICU data collection and analysis complies with relevant legislation.</p><p>The work of RICU is crucial to the delivery of Prevent and has helped to position the UK at the forefront of the battle against terrorist propaganda, particularly online terrorist content. The unauthorised disclosure of classified information damages the ability of the Government to keep the public safe from threats to national security.</p><p>Prevent remains a vital tool to divert people from dangerous and poisonous ideologies. We are now implementing all recommendations from the recent Independent Review of Prevent led by William Shawcross, paving the way for a more transparent, efficient and sustainable programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL5790 question first answered 07/03/2023 14:02:29 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1588424

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Research, Information and Communications Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish in full the analysis reportedly prepared by Prevent's Research Information and Communication Unit (RICU) that identified certain books, films and TV shows as far-right and white supremacist; and what assessment they have made of whether such an analysis is within RICU's official remit.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL5790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy. RICU aims to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.</p><p> </p><p>RICU currently has 22 allocated staff. This is subject to annual review depending on operational requirements. RICU’s spend by financial year for the last five years is provided below. Spend increased significantly from financial year 2012/2013 to support RICU’s response to the threat posed by Daesh. 2022/23 figures are based on spend to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend</strong><strong> (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>19,087,916.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>17,399,192.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>20,461,482.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>8,599,531.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>5,072,290.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>RICU provides internal analysis on terrorist use of propaganda and exploitation of the internet to inform the UK’s counter-terrorism system. To support this crucial objective RICU undertakes open-source monitoring to better understand the terrorist and extremist media, online and communications environment. This open-source monitoring identifies a range of material that is shared and discussed within these spaces, including topics or media that terrorist and extremist groups are seeking to exploit. All RICU data collection and analysis complies with relevant legislation.</p><p>The work of RICU is crucial to the delivery of Prevent and has helped to position the UK at the forefront of the battle against terrorist propaganda, particularly online terrorist content. The unauthorised disclosure of classified information damages the ability of the Government to keep the public safe from threats to national security.</p><p>Prevent remains a vital tool to divert people from dangerous and poisonous ideologies. We are now implementing all recommendations from the recent Independent Review of Prevent led by William Shawcross, paving the way for a more transparent, efficient and sustainable programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL5789 question first answered 07/03/2023 14:02:29 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1588425

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elizabeth Truss
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 February (HL5518), why revealing only the cost of (1) a car and driver, and (2) security protection, will affect the security arrangements; and whether they will now reconsider and answer the question put.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL5791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Across successive governments, it has been long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for protected individuals. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p><p>Whilst the requested information in isolation may seem innocuous, granular information on spending – especially if mixed with other information - could allow specific individuals perceived to have lower levels of protection to be targeted by hostile actors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/03/2023 12:14:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1588427

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Domicil
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 net change in revenue to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs of abolishing the non-domiciled individual status in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
uin	HL5793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on information about individuals claiming non-domiciled status in the UK. The latest information shows that non-UK domiciled taxpayers are estimated to have been liable to pay over £7.9 billion in UK income tax, capital gains tax and National Insurance contributions in 2020-21 and have invested over £6 billion in the UK using the Business Investment Relief scheme introduced in 2012.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 08/03/2023 11:58:14 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1588429

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are approaching foreign developers and cladding manufacturers to secure contributions to fix cladding issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government have made it clear that they expect all those who contribute and profited from affected buildings to take responsibility for fixing them. As part of this, we expect developers to do the right thing, irrespective of where they are based. The developer remediation contract published on 30 January is an important step towards making sure this happens. A number of developers with overseas owners have been invited to sign the contract.</p><p>Furthermore, the Building Safety Levy can be charged on new residential developments that require building control approval. As it will be charged as part of the building control process, all developers will have to pay it on developments that are in scope - regardless of whether they are based in the UK or not.</p><p>The Department's Recovery Strategy Unit has also spearheaded legal action against recalcitrant freeholders and is actively investigating the concerning conduct of various companies across the built environment, including contractors and construction product manufacturers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/03/2023 17:20:24 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1588431

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
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 impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates on expenditure by local authorities on temporary accommodation for those unable to sustain their private tenancies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL5797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The causes of homelessness are complex, and it is driven by a range of factors including changes to household income. The Government is committed to preventing homelessness where possible. We have announced the allocation of £654 million in funding through the Homelessness Prevention Grant that will be made available to local authorities in 2023/24 and 2024/25. This investment builds on the £366 million in funding already available to local authorities through the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2022/23.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 07/03/2023 16:27:36 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1588432

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
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 impact of Local Housing Allowance rates on the supply of affordable housing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL5798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer to Question UIN to <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-01-06%2F117908&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C57cac8c2d5fe49b0c3b308db1f14cb46%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638137946385449278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bCfqKBCQQK89vJ3T%2B9p96akIL%2Fzt7PF1YHKP21qx1xE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">117908</a> (attached) on 16 January.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 07/03/2023 16:26:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name UIN 117908 - Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament.pdf title UIN 117908
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1588433

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Vaccination: Take-up
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 decline in the uptake of immunisations in each of the last 10 years in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Data on coverage of the childhood vaccination programme published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS Digital shows a consistent decline in coverage over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>UKHSA undertakes annual surveys of parents and adolescents to understand how knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards immunisation, vaccine safety and disease severity influence vaccine uptake decision-making. Confidence in vaccination remains consistently high in these surveys.</p><p> </p><p>UKHSA, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, is undertaking a range of actions to improve vaccination coverage in England, and to promote the value of vaccines through regular media and stakeholder and social media engagement. This includes initiatives to improve access to the immunisation programme, data to better identify underserved individuals and populations, and training for healthcare professionals.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/03/2023 16:37:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick