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date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Commercial Broadcasting: Radio
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 success of commercial radio in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government strongly supports a vibrant radio sector, including national and local commercial stations as well as community stations and the BBC, which between them provide a rich variety of choice for listeners across the UK.</p><p>The UK’s commercial radio sector now accounts for approximately 55% of radio listening in the UK, according to figures published by <a href="https://www.rajar.co.uk/docs/2023_12/Q4%202023%20Chart%203%20BBC%20Comm%20Reach%20Share.pdf" target="_blank">RAJAR for Quarter 4 2023</a>, with 39 million people tuning in to national or local commercial stations at least once a week. This compares to 42% of radio listening and 34 million listeners <a href="https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php" target="_blank">in Quarter 4 2013</a>. The growth in commercial radio listening over the past 10 years is thanks to the investment the sector has made to develop and grow new services and its ability to adapt what it offers to listeners on digital radio or via internet-connected devices such as smart speakers.</p><p>The measures in the Media Bill to reduce regulatory burdens on commercial radio and to secure protections for the carriage of radio on smart speaker devices are intended to help support and secure commercial radio’s long-term future.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 19/02/2024 16:09:08 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1518487

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date	26/09/2022
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	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to assist Ukrainian refugees in the UK who have been declared homeless.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>Our priority was to get Ukrainians to safety as quickly as possible. As with any scheme of this size we anticipated relationship breakdowns which is why we put plans in place to address these risks</p><p><br> Local councils have a responsibility to support Ukrainians who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including providing temporary accommodation where required to ensure no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p><br> Local councils’ statutory homelessness duties will apply in instances of sponsorship breakdown if the Ukrainian household does not have alternative suitable accommodation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 10/10/2022 15:27:34 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4922 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

1351666

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date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the factors enabling continued illegal immigration from France to England by boat across the Channel, (2) what, if any, impact the UK’s departure from the EU has had on those factors, and (3) whether the continued illegal immigration indicates that the UK has “taken back control” of its borders.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime for 2021 includes a section on organised immigration crime and the use of small boats. The full assessment may be found here:</p><p>www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/533-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2021/file</p><p>The assessment notes that, ‘The increase in small boats use is almost certainly a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting freight and air transport, in addition to enhanced security around the UK-operated border controls at Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk’ and ‘It is highly likely OCGs and migrants are attracted to the high success rate and low cost-high profit nature of small boats compared to HGV facilitation’.</p><p>The UK’s departure from the EU has not made a material difference to the methods of the criminal gangs or our joint activity with European partners to stop them. The UK and France share a history of cooperation on this issue, seen in our commitments under the Sandhurst Treaty and Small Boats Action Plan and most recently via the action agreed in the joint statement between the Home Secretary and Minister Darmanin on 20 July. We have an excellent relationship with our French counterparts and are grateful for their continued commitment.</p><p>Increasing numbers of French law enforcement officers, supported by UK funding, are patrolling beaches and are preventing more and more crossing attempts. Nearly 10000 crossing attempts have been prevented so far this year.</p><p>The Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will seek to reform the system, including by deterring illegal entry into the UK, breaking the business model of criminal facilitation, and saving lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/09/2021 14:17:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1183428

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date	09/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to review the minimum cyber security standards for Government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The Minimum Cyber Security Standard for Government was introduced in 2018, drawing on the expert technical advice of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).</p><p>The Government Security Group is working with departments, including NCSC and Government Digital Service, to understand what changes, if any, need to be made to the Minimum Cyber Security Standard. This review is already underway and is intended to be an annual activity with updated standards published on GOV.UK accordingly. Over time, the measures will be incremented to continually ‘raise the bar’ to keep pace with a changing threat and ensure appropriate management of risk.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2332 HL2333 question first answered 23/03/2020 16:51:52 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey