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1727497

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6, which allocated 1.63 per cent of the total megawatts available to applicants from Wales, with which stakeholders in Wales they held discussions prior to reaching that decision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Contracts for Difference scheme is geographically neutral and does not award contracts to projects based on regional quotas. All projects in Great Britain that met the eligibility criteria were able to apply into Allocation Round 6 (AR6). Eligible projects competed in an auction, run independently by National Grid ESO, designed to bring forward the most cost-effective projects in each delivery year.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 12/09/2024 12:41:11 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1727498

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the results for floating offshore wind project applications in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6, on what basis were (1) 400 megawatts of contracts awarded to projects in Scotland, and (2) no contracts awarded to projects in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>All projects in Great Britain that met the eligibility criteria were able to apply into Allocation Round 6 (AR6). Eligible projects competed in an auction, run independently by National Grid ESO, designed to bring forward the most cost-effective projects in each delivery year. The scheme is geographically neutral and does not award contracts to projects based on regional quotas.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 12/09/2024 12:39:54 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719920

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether payments of compensation to contaminated blood victims will be funded outside the projected annual expenditure on health and social security budgets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Given the uncertainty over costs, the scheme will be scored as Capital Annually Managed Expenditure. Annually Managed Expenditure is spend on programmes which are demand led - such as welfare, tax credits or public sector pensions. It is spent on items that may be unpredictable or not easily controlled by departments, as opposed to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) which are allocated to and spent by Government departments. We will set out what this means for the public finances in the usual way at the next fiscal event.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719921

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much each Government department has under-spent against their (1) capital, and (2) current expenditure, budgets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Resource and Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) are published in Supplementary Estimates towards the end of each financial year. Treasury then publishes final outturn figures for Resource and Capital DEL usually in July.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:48:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719922

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Avanti West Coast train executive in relation to their performance in maintaining scheduled direct passenger services between (1) London and Holyhead, and (2) London and Wrexham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast (AWC) has made significant progress in recovering from recent poor reliability and punctuality, but we are clear that performance is still not good enough and there is more to do. Officials continue to closely monitor and review AWC’s progress to a sustained recovery, restoring services reliably on the West Coast Main Line and delivering good value for the taxpayer. Officials regularly meet with AWC senior management to review performance and we will always hold AWC to account for matters within its control.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next few months AWC is working to introduce a brand-new fleet of bi-mode Hitachi trains offering more space and a quieter journey for passengers along the North Wales mainline.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 09:12:00 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719923

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade: Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most recent figures for the volume of trade between Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland; and how these compare with corresponding figures in 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The volume of trade between Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland from 2021 to 2024 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Table1: Republic of Ireland trade with Holyhead port, imports and exports trade value and net mass (2021-2024)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Exports to Ireland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Imports from Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net Mass (kg)</p></td><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net Mass (kg)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>5,914,018,273</p></td><td><p>742,755,135</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>8,710,696,860</p></td><td><p>836,776,181</p></td><td><p>6,219,013,646</p></td><td><p>675,794,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9,197,743,475</p></td><td><p>943,345,494</p></td><td><p>7,685,784,587</p></td><td><p>811,262,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>1,983,688,480</p></td><td><p>247,346,818</p></td><td><p>2,094,184,476</p></td><td><p>262,110,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25,806,147,088</p></td><td><p>2,770,223,628</p></td><td><p>15,998,982,709</p></td><td><p>1,749,167,904</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Data </em><em>Source:</em> HMRC, <em>Overseas</em><em> Trade in Goods Statistics</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) HMRC does not have data for 2021 imports as Staged Customs Controls (SCC) allowed an extended period for traders to complete their declarations. During this period HMRC continued to source intra-EU data from Intrastat declarations. (2) 2024 only contains data relating to January, February, and March.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not have port data prior to 2021 as the UK was part of the European Union and customs declarations were not required for these movements. Trade data for intra-EU movements was collected via monthly Intrastat declarations which did not collect information on ports. <br> <br> Also, HMRC does not have data for 2021 imports as Staged Customs Controls (SCC) allowed an extended period for traders to complete their declarations. During this period HMRC continued to source intra-EU data from Intrastat declarations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:44:49 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719924

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many visas they have issued for overseas students undertaking undergraduate degree courses in universities in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, in the current academic year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on sponsored study visas by course level in the 'Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release'.</p><p>The dataset does not provide a breakdown of the UK constituent country in which the University was based.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1718143

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and steel: Port Talbot
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions Ministers have had with (1) Tata Steel, (2) the Welsh Government, and (3) companies in the nuclear energy sector, concerning the possibility of constructing a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The construction of a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel has not been discussed as part of Tata Steel's plans for the construction of an Electric Arc Furnace at the site. The UK Government does not have a role in Tata Steel's energy purchasing arrangements, and the energy sources that Tata will choose to use are a commercial decision for them.</p><p>The Alternative Routes to Market for New Nuclear Projects consultation explored potential wider roles of nuclear energy beyond electricity generation, including large scale industrial applications. The consultation responses are now being analysed and will help shape future policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 09:10:08 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1718144

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many miles of road in England have speed limits of (1) 20, and (2) 30, miles per hour.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 23/05/2024 09:04:25 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1718145

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance the Home Office has issued to police forces in Wales about securing witness statements with minimal delay after incidents involving loss of life.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Guidance about securing witness statements is provided to police forces in England and Wales via the Authorised Professional Practice (APP) designed by the College of Policing and The Ministry of Justice; Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and Guidance on Using Special Measures.</p><p>The APP clearly states the person taking a crime report will need to carry out investigative actions to establish what has happened, what further police actions might be necessary and the urgency for those actions. This includes the identification of witnesses to secure any immediate evidence or statements that might otherwise be lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 23/05/2024 16:22:50 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley