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1175163

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Bahrain: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights situation in Bahrain since 2017; and whether that situation has (1) improved, or (2) deteriorated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>​Bahrain is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Human Rights Priority Country. We publish our assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain in the annual FCO Human Rights Report, most recently in June 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2020 16:10:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1175301

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the longest wait in days for each Job Centre Plus District for people waiting for an appeal hearing for Personal Independence Payment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/02/2020 15:04:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1199248

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and Small Business Grants Fund: Sheffield
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have received a forecast from Sheffield City Council of the amount it expects to distribute from the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Grant Fund; and if so, how much that forecast was.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL5102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Sheffield City Council has identified 9,334 businesses properties as in scope of the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund (RHLGF). As of 7 June, Sheffield City Council have issued grants to 7,329 businesses in scope of both schemes, totalling £87,270,000. Government is working closely with all local authorities to help them make remaining grant payments to businesses as quickly and effectively as possible, whilst safeguarding public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 15:59:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1175164

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Biometrics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to uphold the EU's moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology in public places after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We understand that the EU have been considering a proposal for a moratorium, but no final decisions have been taken. There are no plans to impose a moratorium in the UK, but we will continue to keep the legal framework under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 13/02/2020 16:38:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1199249

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, where local authorities do not spend all of their allocation for the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, the recently announced top-up fund for Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund will have to come out of any such underspend.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL5103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed to Local Authorities that the additional costs of the Discretionary Grants Fund will firstly be met in whole, or in part, from unused monies allocated to them for the Small Business and Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grants Funds. Only where Local Authorities have disbursed more than 95% of their original funding allocation will their funding will be topped up to ensure that they can provide the full value of the Discretionary Grants Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some Local Authorities may still have residual initial funding available even accounting for the Discretionary Grants Fund expenditure. Officials continue to stay in close contact with Local Authorities to understand how the schemes are performing and advising ministers on any additional support which could be offered to help businesses and support local economies. No decisions have yet been taken, but the level of demand will continue to be monitored.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 15/06/2020 15:39:15 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1175279

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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	Bahrain: Trials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 January (HL340), what assessment they have made of whether the trial of Mohammed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa in Bahrain (1) was fair, and (2) met international standards.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to follow due process in all cases and meet its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p><p>The right to a fair trial is enshrined in the constitution of Bahrain. Bahrain stated publically both the original conviction in 2014 and any rejection of appeals, such as the verdict announced on January 8 2020, must be agreed unanimously by the judges, and in accordance with international law and human rights standards including the United Nations Safeguards. These include a requirement for the court to base its decision on receipt of clear and convincing evidence which leaves “no room for an alternative explanation of the facts”.</p><p>British Embassy officials were in attendance of the retrial. The case, which is ongoing, has not yet reached a final verdict as it will now be considered in the Court of Cassation. We continue to monitor the case.</p><p>The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa recently publicly stated that, we are deeply concerned that the death penalty has been issued to Mohammed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa.</p><p>The Government of Bahrain is fully aware that the UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/02/2020 14:31:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1141180

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: West Yorkshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage of, Personal Independence Payment Appeals have been successful in West Yorkshire in the last 24 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL17363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number and percentage of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</strong><sup>1</sup><strong> appeals decided in favour of the appellant in West Yorkshire</strong><sup>2</sup><strong> in the last 24 months for which data are available. </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No of Decisions in Favour<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 to March 2019</p></td><td><p>4878</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Cases relating to West Yorkshire are attributed to the following SSCS venues: Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield.</p><p><sup>3</sup>Decisions in favour - those cases where the original decision is revised in favour of the appellant.</p><p><sup>4</sup>Percentage in favour calculated as the number in favour as a percentage of those cleared at a tribunal hearing. Cases cleared at hearing include some withdrawals.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available. These data may differ slightly from those in the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:16:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1195865

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 contact tracing workers (1) have been recruited, (2) have been trained, and (3) are currently working on such tracing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL4441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>We have recruited over 25,000 contact tracers in England to support contact tracing as part of the new NHS Test and Trace service. These contact tracers are a mix of call handlers and health professionals and will support existing public health experts who have been undertaking outbreak tracing and management throughout the pandemic.</p><p>All contact tracers receive appropriate training. In such a large service there will be some turnover of staff and therefore ongoing recruitment and training. Recruitment and training figures will therefore change daily.</p><p>The NHS Test and Trace Programme launched on 28 May so newly recruited contact tracers will have started shifts from that point forwards.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/06/2020 15:23:05 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1192018

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 tests (1) in total, and (2) in each NHS region, were carried out in care and nursing homes in each week from 1 March to 27 April.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL3815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England estimate that since that start of the pandemic their initial confirmation of outbreaks has seen over 57,000 care home residents tested. Additional testing has taken place at local level and through Pillar 2 testing programme, around 73,842 tests have been processed for both staff and residents as of 13 May. Data on the tests carried out by National Health Service region is not currently available or published in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/05/2020 13:11:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1189823

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	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	Intensive Care: Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many critical care beds there were in each NHS region, excluding those in Nightingale hospitals, on (1) 16 March, (2) 23 March, (3) 30 March, (4) 6 April, (5) 13 April , and (6) 20 April.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL3340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>Information on critical care beds is not published in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL3341 question first answered 14/05/2020 11:20:17 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven