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1714016

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	NHS: Contracts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of payments made by the NHS in each of the last three years to (1) Cerner, (2) Epic and (3) EMIS; and of the cost of the contractual commitments the NHS has entered into with them over the next 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL4123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Information for all National Health Service payments, including at local level, in each of the last three years to Cerner, EPIC and EMIS is not held centrally. Additionally, no overall estimate has been made for all NHS contractual commitments for the next 10 years with these companies. The NHS adheres to central Government transparency requirements when publishing contracts.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/05/2024 15:04:16 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1700718

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Premium Bonds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate for each of the past three years of their returns from retaining the proceeds of cashed-in Premium Bonds for up to six days before they are transferred to the holder’s bank account.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>NS&amp;I raises cost effective finance for government from the retail savings market. It does this through offering savings products to consumers, including Premium Bonds. Funds raised by NS&amp;I from these products, including Premium Bonds, flow to the National Loans Fund (NLF). The NLF is the government’s main borrowing and lending account, and to this end, it undertakes borrowing (primarily by issuing gilts via the Debt Management Office) and uses proceeds and other central government surplus balances, including funds from NS&amp;I’s Premium Bonds, to manage its cash needs day-to-day.</p><p> </p><p>The Exchequer’s cash needs are managed on an aggregate basis, meaning funds raised from Premium Bonds are not held in a separate account and do not receive a separate rate of return (which in any case is determined by the market as the government is ultimately a price taker). Therefore, there is not a single rate of return on NS&amp;I proceeds and it would not be possible to provide an estimate of returns from retaining the proceeds of Premium Bonds.</p><p> </p><p>When a customer divests their holdings of Premium Bonds, these repayments are also funded via the NLF’s activities and are typically processed within three working days. However, in exceptional circumstances, such as Bank Holidays, this may take longer. This process allows HM Treasury to manage Exchequer cashflows in a cost effective manner.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/04/2024 14:32:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1699315

registered interest
date	27/03/2024
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	Cancer: 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, in each of the past five years, of the economic costs of the effects of post-operative cancer treatments.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working jointly with NHS England and Cancer Alliances to ensure every person receives personalised care and support from cancer diagnosis onwards, including post-treatment. As outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan for cancer, where appropriate, every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care, including needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support. After treatment, the person will move to a follow-up pathway that suits their needs, and ensures they can get rapid access to clinical support, where they are worried that their cancer may have recurred.</p><p>Post-operative cancer treatments encompass a wide variety of care, depending on the type and stage of cancer, the treatment the patient has had, and the patient’s needs. Follow-up care often includes regular check-ups, blood tests, scans, and procedures. It may also involve further treatments to deal with late and long-term side effects, including chemotherapy or radiotherapy to reduce the risk of cancer coming back. These highly individualised treatments have varying economic costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 05/04/2024 13:26:44 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1624239

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Powers of Attorney
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 reasons for the continuing delays by the Office of the Public Guardian in granting Lasting Powers of Attorney.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL7497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is facing high demand to register Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) applications, including overcoming a backlog created during the pandemic. OPG is advising customers that the processing time for LPA applications is currently up to 20 weeks, including the statutory four-week waiting period.</p><p> </p><p>Delays in processing LPAs have not led to any increased fee for customers who make an LPA application. OPG aims to achieve 100% cost recovery every year. In 2018/19 and 2019/20, OPG achieved 100.7% cost recovery. If full cost recovery is not achieved, then OPG’s costs are underwritten by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). In the past few years full cost recovery has not been achieved, driven by low demand for LPAs during the pandemic. In 2020/21, MoJ provided £18.9m of taxpayer funds, and £9.16m in 2021/22. This financial position is improving and OPG is waiting for the audit to be concluded for financial year 2022/23, which will be published in due course in the OPG annual report.</p><p> </p><p>The Government fully understands that delays in registering and dispatching LPA applications are frustrating for customers. To return to processing times achieved before the pandemic, extra staff have been hired, staff are working overtime and across multiple shift patterns, and process efficiencies have been introduced. The government is also supporting the Powers of Attorney Bill sponsored by Stephen Metcalfe MP. The Bill will enable modernisation of the process for making and registering an LPA, bringing in a new digital channel and improving the paper one. This will create a faster and simpler service for customers and make the system more resilient to future disruption.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL7498 question first answered 10/05/2023 14:15:45 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1624240

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Powers of Attorney
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 costs of the continuing delays by the Office of the Public Guardian in granting Lasting Powers of Attorney to (1) individuals seeking Lasting Powers of Attorney, and (2) taxpayers.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL7498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is facing high demand to register Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) applications, including overcoming a backlog created during the pandemic. OPG is advising customers that the processing time for LPA applications is currently up to 20 weeks, including the statutory four-week waiting period.</p><p> </p><p>Delays in processing LPAs have not led to any increased fee for customers who make an LPA application. OPG aims to achieve 100% cost recovery every year. In 2018/19 and 2019/20, OPG achieved 100.7% cost recovery. If full cost recovery is not achieved, then OPG’s costs are underwritten by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). In the past few years full cost recovery has not been achieved, driven by low demand for LPAs during the pandemic. In 2020/21, MoJ provided £18.9m of taxpayer funds, and £9.16m in 2021/22. This financial position is improving and OPG is waiting for the audit to be concluded for financial year 2022/23, which will be published in due course in the OPG annual report.</p><p> </p><p>The Government fully understands that delays in registering and dispatching LPA applications are frustrating for customers. To return to processing times achieved before the pandemic, extra staff have been hired, staff are working overtime and across multiple shift patterns, and process efficiencies have been introduced. The government is also supporting the Powers of Attorney Bill sponsored by Stephen Metcalfe MP. The Bill will enable modernisation of the process for making and registering an LPA, bringing in a new digital channel and improving the paper one. This will create a faster and simpler service for customers and make the system more resilient to future disruption.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL7497 question first answered 10/05/2023 14:15:45 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1605061

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
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 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised and investigated in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrong-doing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 383 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 33 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 23</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 23</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 13</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 2</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 11</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 22</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 148</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 7</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 14</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 39</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 77</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 245 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 13 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 14</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 8</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 44</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 4</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 7</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 12</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 96</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 9</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 6</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 19</p></li><li><p>Other - 25</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 311 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 30 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / information policy - 14</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 23</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 13</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 5</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 19</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 131</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -10</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 38</p></li><li><p>Other - 50</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:38:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1605062

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
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 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised, investigated and upheld in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrongdoing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 33 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 3</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 1</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 3</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 12</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy -0</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 1</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 0</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 7</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 13 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 1</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / Information Policy - 0</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 6</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 0</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 1</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 1</p></li><li><p>Other - 2</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 30 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / Information Policy- 2</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 3</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 3</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 5</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 6</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 4</p></li><li><p>Other - 5</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:34:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1601535

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many government departments operate whistleblowing policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Government departments have delegated authority for Whistleblowing policies. However, all have confirmed they have policies in place which meet the standards that are set out centrally by Civil Service HR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2023 12:40:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1601537

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many government department employees or subcontractors have made disclosures and/or allegations of wrongdoing in the last three years; and of those, (1) how many did so using a formal whistleblowing procedure, and (2) how many claims were (a) formally investigated, and (b) upheld.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>We are made aware by departments annually, who also report on behalf of their agencies, of cases raised formally through whistleblowing procedures.</p><p>In 2019/20, 383 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 33 cases.</p><p>In 2020/21, 245 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 13 cases.</p><p>In 2021/22, 311 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 30 cases.</p><p>We do not ask departments for reports of informal cases.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2023 12:39:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1580490

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals
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 efficiency savings that could be achieved from a DVLA database of registered non-GB driving licences which could be accessed by employers.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL5049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold details of all non-GB driving licence holders and there are no plans for such a database to be created.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 07/02/2023 11:53:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills