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1715438

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	Deep Sea Mining: Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish any reports from their newly launched environmental science network focusing on deep-sea mining, DSM Environmental Network.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>On 19 February, we opened the new UK Deep-Sea Mining (DSM) Environmental Science Network to applications. The aims of the network are to recognise and promote the extensive and world-renowned UK expertise in environmental and natural science related to DSM. The Network will not be responsible for developing policy or providing advice or recommendations to the Government or Ministers. Rather, it will help fill the current evidence gaps on the environmental impact of DSM, coordinate research effectively and strategically, make sure UK research is included in the global environmental evidence base for DSM, and encourage conversations between the Government and the scientific community to raise awareness and coordination between DSM science and policy environmental issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 10/05/2024 12:54:50 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1714624

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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	Nutrition
	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 work of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition; how many of their recommendations in relation to nutrition have been implemented; and how many have not been implemented, and why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is a committee of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), and provides independent scientific advice to ministers, as well as risk assessments on nutrition and related health issues. The SACN undertakes robust consideration of the evidence for its risk assessments, before providing dietary recommendations.</p><p>Ministers are informed of the SACN’s publications and risk assessments on the same basis as official statistics. Following publication, ministers consider the recommendations and policy options for implementation, including for application across the United Kingdom, and involvement of the devolved administrations where appropriate.</p><p>To date, all of the SACN’s dietary recommendations have been accepted by the Government. However, on occasion, recommendations have been adapted for implementation. For example, in 2016 the SACN recommended a reference nutrient intake for vitamin D of 10 micrograms per day for the general population, for the whole year. However, the Government advises that the general population only takes a daily 10 microgram supplement during the winter months, to take account of the contribution from the sun during the summer months.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 07/05/2024 16:25:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1713732

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Pensioners: Universal Credit
	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 impact of the 'Move to Universal Credit' for pensioners in receipt of tax credits in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to ensure that pensioners in receipt of Tax Credits are migrated as smoothly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>At the point of migration, where applicable, transitional protection ensures individuals will not receive a lower Universal Credit (UC) or Pension Credit (PC) award than they received on Tax Credits.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/05/2024 16:46:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1713733

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Pensioners: Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on the situation for pensioners in receipt of tax credits ending in 2025 in relation to the 'Move to Universal Credit'; and what steps they will take to ensure that they will not be financially disadvantaged.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>Pension Age Tax Credit customers will be asked to move to either Universal Credit or Pension Credit depending on their circumstances. We are committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit or Pension Credit works as smoothly as possible for all individuals.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward legislation which ensures that pensioner households who move to Universal Credit or Pension Credit will receive Transitional Protection where applicable.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/05/2024 16:46:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1712641

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 14 March (HL2915), why they do not plan to publish further information on business readiness of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) now the details of BTOM have changed since the original readiness assessment was undertaken.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The approach and plans set out within the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) remain unchanged. We will continue to support business readiness throughout the implementation of checks and take a sensible pragmatic approach to enforcement.</p><p>The government’s consumer food price inflation model for the BTOM included an assessment of policy measures likely to affect the cost and/or quantity of traded products, including the Government-run BCP operating costs that will be recovered via a Common User Charge. Estimates of the cost and impact of the Charge were included in the modelling of the inflationary impact of the BTOM and we stand by these estimates.</p><p>This data includes a mix of published and unpublished commercially sensitive data sources. To publish only a partial picture of that data would not be in keeping with statistical propriety.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4004 HL4005 question first answered 07/05/2024 16:09:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1712642

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will assess (1) wider productivity, and (2) economic benefits, when considering new immunisation programmes for infant respiratory syncytial virus.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The independent Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the Department on the approach to vaccination and immunisation. The JCVI evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme was based on the health benefits of an infant RSV programme and the potential healthcare cost savings from preventing cases and hospitalisations.</p><p>The Department did not ask the JCVI to complete an assessment of wider productivity and economic benefits of an immunisation programme, and the Department did not assess this separately for RSV.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 01/05/2024 14:24:18 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1712643

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 14 March (HL2919), whether the inflationary impact model will be updated on the basis of (1) the announced Common User Charge, and (2) the application of the Common User Charge to the additional fruit and vegetables that have been classified as medium rather than low risk.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The approach and plans set out within the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) remain unchanged. We will continue to support business readiness throughout the implementation of checks and take a sensible pragmatic approach to enforcement.</p><p>The government’s consumer food price inflation model for the BTOM included an assessment of policy measures likely to affect the cost and/or quantity of traded products, including the Government-run BCP operating costs that will be recovered via a Common User Charge. Estimates of the cost and impact of the Charge were included in the modelling of the inflationary impact of the BTOM and we stand by these estimates.</p><p>This data includes a mix of published and unpublished commercially sensitive data sources. To publish only a partial picture of that data would not be in keeping with statistical propriety.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4002 HL4005 question first answered 07/05/2024 16:09:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1712644

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 14 March (HL2919), why they do not plan to publish the detailed methodology and findings of the inflationary impact model.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The approach and plans set out within the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) remain unchanged. We will continue to support business readiness throughout the implementation of checks and take a sensible pragmatic approach to enforcement.</p><p>The government’s consumer food price inflation model for the BTOM included an assessment of policy measures likely to affect the cost and/or quantity of traded products, including the Government-run BCP operating costs that will be recovered via a Common User Charge. Estimates of the cost and impact of the Charge were included in the modelling of the inflationary impact of the BTOM and we stand by these estimates.</p><p>This data includes a mix of published and unpublished commercially sensitive data sources. To publish only a partial picture of that data would not be in keeping with statistical propriety.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4002 HL4004 question first answered 07/05/2024 16:09:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1712646

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is (1) the percentage, and (2) the total number, of people who have moved to Universal Credit and who used transitional protection in England and Wales from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL4007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Statistics to March 2024 will be published on 14 May 2024 as announced here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-july-2022-to-march-2024" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024 - Official statistics announcement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/05/2024 16:24:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1701622

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Deep Sea Mining
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of deep seabed mining.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL3853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>On 30 October 2023, the UK Government announced its support for a moratorium on the granting of exploitation licences for deep sea mining projects by the International Seabed Authority (ISA). The UK set out this position at the 28th Session of the Council at the International Seabed Authority in November 2023. The UK recognises the impacts of deep sea mining are not fully understood and our position is to support research proactively, using UK scientific expertise, to improve international understanding and develop strong and enforceable ISA environmental regulations, standards and guidelines on deep sea mining before any such projects commence.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 29/04/2024 15:41:22 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick