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1676139

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date	06/12/2023
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why autism is defined as a disability in some application forms for help from the Access to Work scheme and not in other cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>To apply for Access to Work customers must complete an application either online or over the phone. The application is the same no matter how they complete it. Customers are asked to describe their condition in their own words and how it impacts their work. The application form does not list or ask about any specific conditions. This supports the principle that Access to Work is tailored to each customer’s disability and support need.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 13/12/2023 12:59:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1470466

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to meet survivors and bereaved relatives of the Grenfell disaster to discuss the Government’s handling of that tragedy.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Since taking post, the Levelling Up Secretary and Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing have been regularly meeting with bereaved families, survivors and local residents to discuss the issues which matter to the community. This includes four open community meetings as well as individual meetings with community groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 28/06/2022 15:18:28 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1331578

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what records they will maintain relating to the timing of applications for settled status, particularly of individuals applying before 1 July but whose applications are granted on or after that date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office records the date on which all applications to the EUSS are received and concluded.</p><p>Our aim is to process all applications to the EU Settlement Scheme as expeditiously as possible. Complete applications are usually processed in around five working days.</p><p>More information about processing times for applications under the scheme is available here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times/eu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications</p><p>The latest published information shows the total number of concluded applications to the EU Settlement scheme was 5.27 million up to 31 May 2021.</p><p>The latest figures can be found on the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’ web page available at:</p><p>EU Settlement Scheme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Applications concluded by month and decision type are published in the detailed quarterly release – EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/06/2021 15:15:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1174498

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps the House of Lords administration is taking to increase the availability of halal food in its cafeterias.
tabling member printed	Baroness Walmsley
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee to respond on his behalf. Following careful consideration, the provision of halal products when weighed against demand, is unfortunately not viable in terms of costs, logistics and supplier management.</p><p>Upon request for events, the Catering and Retail Service (CRS) can provide pre-stunned halal meat and poultry from certified and trusted suppliers that meet the standards for recognised accreditation schemes such as the RSPCA’s Freedom Food and Red Tractor.</p><p>CRS fully understand that all its customers do have wider individual requirements which it aims to cater for. In doing so CRS provide weekly changing menus in our cafeterias and table service restaurants offering an increased array of vegan and vegetarian options which continue to grow in popularity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 12/02/2020 13:56:09 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	2547 label Biography information for Baroness Walmsley

753270

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in providing local authorities with the means to alleviate rises in business rates as announced in the Budget, particularly in relation to independent bookshops.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government confirmed local authority allocations for the £300 million discretionary relief in April 2017 enabling councils to design and press on with implementing their own schemes. Many authorities have already issued reduced bills, and we continue to urge other councils to follow suit as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/07/2017 13:45:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

532361

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether any members of the House have been asked to provide written consent for their Parliamentary emails to be monitored by MessageLabs antivirus software.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>All users, including Members, agree to abide by Parliament’s Acceptable Use Policy every time they log on to the Parliamentary Network. This policy makes clear that the Parliamentary Digital Service provides systems to protect Parliamentary users (and the network) from malicious attack.</p><p>The Messagelabs service is an important part of the infrastructure protecting Members and the wider Parliamentary Network against malicious attack. It is a fully automated scanning service which scans for and blocks emails that are potential vectors for cyber-attack. It also scans for and quarantines emails that are suspected spam, again using fully automated systems. It does not involve any other form of monitoring of the content of parliamentary email.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 14/07/2016 12:43:34 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

386463

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Eritrea: Emigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of Eritrea the case for seeking to relieve the current levels of migration across the Mediterranean by closing the borders in Eritrea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Addressing irregular migration requires a comprehensive plan that includes disrupting criminal trafficking and smuggling networks, and working with source countries to address the factors that cause migrants to leave their homes in the first place through developmental aid, addressing human rights abuses and tackling conflict.</p><p>We remain deeply concerned by the high levels of irregular migration from Eritrea and have stepped up our bilateral dialogue on this issue. Our dialogue has not included discussion of closing Eritrea’s borders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:21:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

76616

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Disability Aids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they intend to take in order to ensure that the potential internal production of the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 will not lead to a reduction in the quality of the report.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath