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1729613

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date	12/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Railway: Crime
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 levels of reported crime on the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The British Transport Police (BTP) are responsible for policing the rail network across England, Wales and Scotland. They recorded the following number of incidents at stations on the Salisbury and Yeovil railway line: 2020/21 58, 2021/22 55, 2022/23 87 and 2023/24 83. The increase from 2021/22 is in line with increasing passenger numbers on the rail network following the easing of travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Along with data from the rest of the railway, the BTP will continually review crime trends and patterns from the Salisbury and Yeovil line, and gather intelligence to inform their daily operational deployments, including both uniform and plain clothes officers.</p><p> </p><p>If passengers see or experience crime on the rail network, they should report this to BTP using the 61016 text service, via the Railway Guardian app or online. In an emergency, they should always call 999.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 23/09/2024 09:18:12 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1729614

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
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 effects of there being only one railway line between Salisbury and Yeovil on (1) the travelling public and (2) the carriage of goods.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the issues between Salisbury and Yeovil and the lack of resilience due to the nature of this single line. Department officials continue to work with the South Western Railway and Network Rail in providing as much resilience as possible, including by increasing the Operator management resource tasked specifically to look at West of England line issues.</p><p>The Government recognises that the economic and environmental potential of rail freight is significant and is fully committed to supporting its growth. Under our plans to deliver the biggest overhaul of the railways in a generation, Great British Railways will have a duty and targets to grow the use of rail freight. Currently freight only operates between Salisbury and Worting Junction (Basingstoke).</p><p>There is no freight operation between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction. Network Rail is working with stakeholders and industry partners to understand the capacity and performance issues on the West of England Line and identify how these can be mitigated.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 26/09/2024 15:53:37 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1726559

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Older Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, in England and Wales are currently in paid employment at the age of (a) 75, and (b) 80 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 03/09/24 is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 16/09/2024 14:52:03 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross attachment 1 file name PQHL673 (1) (2).pdf title Letter from the National Statistician
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723957

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Coastal Erosion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of England's coastal flood defences.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency applies the same methodology for condition assessment and allocation of maintenance funding for all flood assets and does not differentiate between coastal and other assets.</p><p> </p><p>At the last Spending Review in 2021 the government increased funding for maintenance of flood defences by £22 million per year. In 2023/24, £25 million was reallocated from the capital programme to fund maintenance, meaning that the total allocation for last year was over £220 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency visually inspects its assets to assess their condition. The results inform their expected performance when operated either on a daily basis or during a flood event. Our target based on available funding for 2024/25 is for 94.5% of high consequence assets to meet the target condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency plans to publish an updated national flood risk assessment in December 2024.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 05/08/2024 09:50:31 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723958

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Flood Control: Somerset Levels
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 flood defences on the Somerset Levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>The Somerset Levels and Moors is a man-made managed drainage system created over many centuries. The area has always been prone to flooding due to its low-lying nature, much of the land sitting below the highest tide levels, and having riverbanks raised above ground level.</p><p> </p><p>Following one of the wettest winters on record, flood risk assets in the Somerset Levels and Moors have, once again, been significantly tested. The Environment Agency (EA) routinely inspects its flood risk assets and undertakes additional post-incident inspections. It reports that 91% of those assets, in this area of interest, are at or above their specified condition.</p><p> </p><p>As with most winters, there are repairs required after high river levels and the associated overflow. The EA is delivering a programme of repairs to reinstate these damaged flood risk assets, bringing them back to target condition.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 07/08/2024 11:06:51 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723728

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of future use for the disused military barracks and drill hall at 76D Rochester Row, London SW1.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>Rochester Row was identified for disposal under plans to achieve a more efficient, modern and capability focussed Defence estate. Army Reserve Estate Optimisation are engaging with the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (RFCA) to discuss the future plans for the site.</p><p> </p><p>Where sites are disposed of on the Volunteer Estate, receipts are reinvested to enable betterment at other Reserve locations across the country, supporting Homeland Resilience, National Defence and Mobilisation.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 07/08/2024 15:06:56 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1723729

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Bishops
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 right of Lords Spiritual to vote in general elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>While the Lords Temporal are unable to vote at general elections to the House of Commons, this legal exclusion does not apply to the Lords Spiritual. In practice, however, it has long been the tradition that the Lords Spiritual do not vote at general elections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 07/08/2024 15:52:12 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722217

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
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 level of ageism in England and Wales; and whether it is decreasing or increasing.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL145 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722218

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
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 effectiveness of current legislation in combating ageism.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL144 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1700741

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Floods: Somerset
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 Somerset Levels' resilience to flooding during the winter of 2023–24.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Catchments like the Brue on the Somerset Levels &amp; Moors have seen record breaking conditions. Hundreds of properties have been flooded across Somerset and the Lead Local Flood Authority (Somerset Council) is planning to publish 11 Section 19 flooding reports.</p><p>Protecting some communities on the Somerset Levels and Moors from flooding is reliant on careful management of water levels, the storage and pumping of water from the moors, mobilisation of enhanced pumping capacity as well as targeted water injection dredging and the delivery of further flood/drought risk management interventions. Continued operation and maintenance of flood risk structures and equipment is essential to manage the risk. Future investment needs to factor in climatic change and help reach net zero.</p><p>Led by the Environment Agency, tens of millions are being invested in flood storage reservoirs to ensure they are safe and the Bridgwater tidal barrier will reduce tidal flood risk to 11,300 homes and 1,500 businesses. The detailed design is complete and enabling works are underway.</p><p>The natural geography of the Somerset Levels and Moors, in combination with climate change, indicates communities and businesses must remain prepared for flooding. The Somerset Rivers Authority Partnership, which has recently consulted on and published a new 10-year strategy, is helping Flood risk management authorities to work together so the Levels and Moors become a more climate resilient place.</p><p>The Government’s drive to tackle climate change, alongside exiting the EU is delivering an evolution of environmental, flood risk and farming policy. This change is presenting tangible economic and environmental opportunities for the communities living and working on the Levels and Moors in this pump drained landscape.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 24/04/2024 13:45:51 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten