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1271557

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	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	General Practitioners: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what percentage of the adult population, and (2) how many adults, in England are registered with a general practitioner.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL11493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The percentage of the adult population in England who are registered with a general practitioner is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of adults aged 18 or over on 1 December 2020 registered at a general practitioner practice in England was 48,313,398.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/12/2020 10:44:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1336850

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Access to Information Central Clearing House: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what the annual budget is for the running of the Clearing House for Freedom of Information requests, and (2) to give a breakdown of that budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL1127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Clearing House function does not have full time members of staff, and its work is done by a small team of people in the FOI team, including the Deputy Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency, alongside their other day to day responsibilities. There is no separate budget for the Clearing House.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Clearing House. However, in 2020, Clearing House gave advice on 516 aggregated ‘round robins’ (requests made to more than one department and that have repeat characteristics); a small proportion of over 30,000 requests received by government departments in the same time period.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has referred requests to the Clearing House where appropriate and in line with the published criteria, which is available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information</a>.</p><p>Information on Freedom of Information statistics is also published on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL1123 HL1124 HL1125 HL1126 question first answered 29/06/2021 16:21:06 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1316457

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	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: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 19 May (HL236), why they consider the list of companies that were placed on the “VIP” fast-track for potential contracts related to the COVID-19 pandemic to be commercially sensitive, given that the question put sought no contractual or payment information; and whether they will now answer the question put.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department has to consider the position of suppliers which were referred to the high priority channel in terms of the likely publicity and attention releasing a list would attract. The impact on a supplier’s reputation, unrelated to the terms of their particular contract with the Department or ability to deliver the contracted outcomes, can affect a supplier’s competitive position in their respective market and confidence that its customers and investors may have in its commercial operations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/05/2021 11:56:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1195864

	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: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, in total it takes, for polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19 to be conducted, processed by laboratories and for the results of such tests to be returned to patients
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL4440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Testing – note for House of Lords</em> which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/07/2020 10:29:42 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Testing - note for House of Lords.pdf title Testing information factsheet
	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

1278971

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered (1) to mass-vaccination hubs, (2) to GP surgeries, and (3) to community pharmacies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL12379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK COVID-19 Vaccines Delivery Plan sets out how the Government will work with the NHS, devolved administrations, local councils, and the Armed Forces to deliver the largest vaccination programme in British history.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 February, over ten million people across the UK have been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine. We continue to work to meet our target of vaccinating all four priority groups, as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, by 15 February 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Vaccines are a precious resource in very high demand across the world; therefore, for security reasons it is not possible to provide detail about the size of our supplies and exact detail about deliveries.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 03/02/2021 17:49:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1378722

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Capacity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Deprivation of Liberty orders were issued each month since July to individuals in care who were under 16 years old.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL4043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of deprivation of liberty orders in relation to individuals in care who were under 16 years old.</p><p>Applications for deprivation of liberty orders can be made by local authorities when they need to accommodate a child in a non-secure placement. Cafcass – the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – collect the data on these applications from local authorities and 164 deprivation of liberty applications were made in the period 1 July – 31 October 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:39:50 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1314732

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many EU citizens have been denied entry to the UK at the border since 1 January; and, of those denied entry, how many were detained.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>EU citizens are our friends and neighbours and we want them to stay in the UK, which is why we launched our ground-breaking EU Settlement Scheme. Those who do not have status under the EUSS, can enter the UK for up to six months as visitors, visa free. However, now freedom of movement has ended, those coming to work or study must prove they meet our entry requirements. We urge people to check the requirements before travelling.</p><p>Border Force treat all arrivals with respect and consider each passengers situation on an individual basis to check that everyone entering the UK has the right to do so.</p><p>We have issued instructions to our officers to reinforce the principle that in all cases there exists a presumption in favour of bail.</p><p>The Home Office published data on port returns and passengers initially refused entry which include Data on refusals on EU nationals.</p><p>The latest information include date up to December 2020 can be found at: passengers Initially refused Dec 2020 &amp; returns data</p><p>The next publication, which includes data for the first quarter of 2021 will be published on the 27 May 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/05/2021 15:22:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1336849

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Access to Information Central Clearing House: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Freedom of Information requests dealt with by the Clearing House have not been from those working for publications in each year since its inception.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL1126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Clearing House function does not have full time members of staff, and its work is done by a small team of people in the FOI team, including the Deputy Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency, alongside their other day to day responsibilities. There is no separate budget for the Clearing House.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Clearing House. However, in 2020, Clearing House gave advice on 516 aggregated ‘round robins’ (requests made to more than one department and that have repeat characteristics); a small proportion of over 30,000 requests received by government departments in the same time period.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has referred requests to the Clearing House where appropriate and in line with the published criteria, which is available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information</a>.</p><p>Information on Freedom of Information statistics is also published on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL1123 HL1124 HL1125 HL1127 question first answered 29/06/2021 16:21:06 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven