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1169283

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Microgeneration: Permitted Development Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of permitted development rights for the deployment of ground mounted solar arrays which rotate to track the movement of the sun.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>To facilitate the take up of renewable energy there is a range of permitted development rights for micro-generation from renewable energy sources. These include stand-alone solar equipment up to 4 metres in height. The rights apply both within the curtilage of residential and non-residential premises and are set out in Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended. There are no current plans to alter the permitted development rights for microgeneration renewable energy.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL140 question first answered 21/01/2020 16:07:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1169284

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Microgeneration: Permitted Development Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to update permitted development rights to facilitate deployment of ground mounted solar arrays which rotate to track the movement of the sun.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>To facilitate the take up of renewable energy there is a range of permitted development rights for micro-generation from renewable energy sources. These include stand-alone solar equipment up to 4 metres in height. The rights apply both within the curtilage of residential and non-residential premises and are set out in Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended. There are no current plans to alter the permitted development rights for microgeneration renewable energy.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL139 question first answered 21/01/2020 16:07:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1169640

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what conditions are placed on the disbursement of funds through affordable housing grants from Homes England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent.</p><p>Funding is allocated by Homes England (and the GLA in London). Registered providers (such as housing associations and local authorities) are able to bid into the Programme for funding to build Rent to Buy and affordable rented homes; funding for Shared Ownership is also open to private providers. Registered providers can also bid for funding to deliver social rent homes in areas of high affordability pressure.</p><p>The conditions guidance for the Affordable Homes Programme is published by the Department as part of its Capital Funding Guide.</p><p>The funding guide can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcapital-funding-guide&amp;data=02%7C01%7CTim.Elligot%40communities.gov.uk%7C6c4f6adf19e444d11d1108d798284f5f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637145171198142600&amp;sdata=JiyliZO6%2FQsw4dqEiDtm%2FM3XscfQ26V60sLkg2ht8Lk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/capital-funding-guide</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 17:02:20 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1169643

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of (1) temporary, and (2) emergency, accommodation in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide accommodation for households that are homeless and defined as being in priority need, unintentionally homeless and eligible for assistance. They are obliged to secure temporary accommodation for the household in the first instance until suitable long-term accommodation can be secured.</p><p>Local authorities provide updates on how many households are living in temporary accommodation to Government via H-CLIC, the new quarterly data return on local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation. According to that data, in England, the current total number of households in temporary accommodation is 86,130. Of these households, 7,110 were in bed and breakfast accommodation and 22,360 were in nightly paid, privately managed accommodation.</p><p>In December 2019 we announced the allocation of £263 million in funding for 2020/21 to local authorities designed to support them to deliver services to tackle homelessness. This is an uplift of £23 million on the previous year. The purpose of this funding is to give local authorities more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures and supporting those who at risk of homelessness, including providing them with temporary accommodation.</p><p>As housing is a devolved issue, we would advise you to contact the Welsh Government for information about temporary accommodation in Wales.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL219 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:03:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1169644

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what communications they have had with local authorities in England and Wales about (1) the availability, and (2) the funding, of (a) temporary, and (b) emergency, accommodation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide accommodation for households that are homeless and defined as being in priority need, unintentionally homeless and eligible for assistance. They are obliged to secure temporary accommodation for the household in the first instance until suitable long-term accommodation can be secured.</p><p>Local authorities provide updates on how many households are living in temporary accommodation to Government via H-CLIC, the new quarterly data return on local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation. According to that data, in England, the current total number of households in temporary accommodation is 86,130. Of these households, 7,110 were in bed and breakfast accommodation and 22,360 were in nightly paid, privately managed accommodation.</p><p>In December 2019 we announced the allocation of £263 million in funding for 2020/21 to local authorities designed to support them to deliver services to tackle homelessness. This is an uplift of £23 million on the previous year. The purpose of this funding is to give local authorities more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures and supporting those who at risk of homelessness, including providing them with temporary accommodation.</p><p>As housing is a devolved issue, we would advise you to contact the Welsh Government for information about temporary accommodation in Wales.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL218 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:03:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1169645

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Mayors: Devolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to devolve powers to (1) the Mayor of London, and (2) elected mayors in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing an English Devolution White Paper as a strategy to unleash the potential of all our regions – covering plans for full devolution across England and levelling up powers of existing mayors.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 17:04:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1581673

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pesticides: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will report on the outcome of the Government Oversight Group review of the stewardship regime for professional use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides in the UK after five years of operation; and what steps they are taking to end the use of previously banned substances still being deployed in the countryside to poison wildlife.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL5214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The detailed work of the review of the stewardship scheme for anticoagulant rodenticides is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Oversight Group for Rodenticides, chaired by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the industry’s representative body, the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use met in December 2022 to discuss the existing stewardship regime and agree areas of focus for its review. Discussions also included establishing a timetable for the work required to take the review forward during 2023.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the issue of wildlife poisoning, there are robust, multi-agency arrangements in place for enforcing the illegal supply and use of chemicals; with the illegal poisoning of protected species investigated by a dedicated Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/02/2023 14:51:15 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1353139

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	New Hall Prison: Pregnancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) women, and (2) trans men, were known to be pregnant in New Hall Prison for the first two quarters of 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>We do not hold this pregnancy data for the requested time period or format. This data would need to be collected by individual prisons at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>As part of our fundamental review of policy relating to pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to two in prison, we committed to providing national pregnancy data in the future. The ‘HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2020 to March 2021’ was published on 29 July 2021 and this contains the latest published figures relating to pregnant prisoners. This data is, however, provided as a national snapshot. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Further information on the review, including our findings and resulting reforms regarding data collection, can be found in our summary report published in July 2020:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf" target="_blank">Review of operational policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL2437 HL2438 question first answered 15/09/2021 16:59:56 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1353140

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drake Hall Prison: Pregnancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) women, and (2) trans men, were known to be pregnant in Drake Hall Prison for the first two quarters of 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>We do not hold this pregnancy data for the requested time period or format. This data would need to be collected by individual prisons at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>As part of our fundamental review of policy relating to pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to two in prison, we committed to providing national pregnancy data in the future. The ‘HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2020 to March 2021’ was published on 29 July 2021 and this contains the latest published figures relating to pregnant prisoners. This data is, however, provided as a national snapshot. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Further information on the review, including our findings and resulting reforms regarding data collection, can be found in our summary report published in July 2020:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf" target="_blank">Review of operational policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL2436 HL2438 question first answered 15/09/2021 16:59:56 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1353141

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	East Sutton Park Prison: Pregnancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) women, and (2) trans men, were known to be pregnant in East Sutton Park Prison for the first two quarters of 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>We do not hold this pregnancy data for the requested time period or format. This data would need to be collected by individual prisons at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>As part of our fundamental review of policy relating to pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to two in prison, we committed to providing national pregnancy data in the future. The ‘HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2020 to March 2021’ was published on 29 July 2021 and this contains the latest published figures relating to pregnant prisoners. This data is, however, provided as a national snapshot. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Further information on the review, including our findings and resulting reforms regarding data collection, can be found in our summary report published in July 2020:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf" target="_blank">Review of operational policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL2436 HL2437 question first answered 15/09/2021 16:59:56 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb