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969298

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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	Berwick Infirmary
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals to replace the Berwick Infirmary with a new facility in Tweedmouth built in conjunction with a leisure centre rather than rebuilding on the existing site, and whether appropriate consultation has taken place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL10128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>How and where National Health Service services are provided is a matter for local health and care leaders to decide with the local population. Northumberland County Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee support these proposals, considering them as meeting the healthcare needs of the people of Berwick.</p><p>Since the proposals are not regarded as a substantial change to current service provision, no formal public consultation has been required. However, local public engagement has, and will, continue to be carried out as the scheme progresses.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/09/2018 15:00:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

869158

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what matters they intend to be covered by regulations made under paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill; and whether they will publish draft regulations under that paragraph so as to assist the House during consideration of the Bill at Report Stage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL6531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The right to declare an EU instrument invalid is something that can currently only be done by the Court of Justice of the European Union. In general, the Government considers that it does not make sense to create, for our domestic courts, an entirely new jurisdiction in which they are required to take on this function from the CJEU and consider, for example, questions around whether the relevant EU institution misused its powers or complied with the applicable procedural requirements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, we recognise, for example, that in some circumstances, individuals and businesses may be individually affected by an EU instrument. For instance, a decision of an EU institution or body may be addressed directly to an individual or business.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This power could be used to enable a right of challenge in domestic law to the validity of retained EU law in such circumstances. This could include provision enabling a challenge which would have been against an EU institution to proceed against a relevant UK public authority instead.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We want to take the time to get this right and we will consider carefully the circumstances where it would be appropriate to enable challenges to be available in domestic law, and the best way of enabling those challenges to proceed. The Government is not planning to publish any draft regulations at Report Stage, but we are keen to listen to and take into account the views of Parliament on this important issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/03/2018 15:52:45 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

781193

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Channel Islands
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that NHS Trusts have been advised to charge residents of Channel Islands 150 per cent of the cost of specialist treatments received at English hospitals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL2757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a residence based health care system, and entitlement to free National Health Service care is largely based on being ordinarily resident in the UK, or being otherwise exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended the Charging Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>A person who is not ordinarily resident in the UK (an overseas visitor) is subject to the Charging Regulations, which require providers of NHS relevant services to make and recover charges from overseas visitors unless an exemption category in the Charging Regulations applies. Since April 2015, it is a requirement when making these charges to apply a charge of 150% of the national tariff to those overseas visitors who are resident outside the European Economic Area, including those resident in the Channel Islands.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/11/2017 15:25:00 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

760474

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 impact of (1) the Heritage Lottery Fund's Grants for Places of Worship scheme, and (2) the future need to support religious buildings of historic or architectural significance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL1587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Heritage Lottery Fund operates at arm’s length from Government and any assessment of what their Grants for Places of Worship programme has achieved is for them to make.</p><p> </p><p>The English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review was announced in 2016 and tasked with delivering a report and recommendations to the Chancellor and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This Review has yet to report, however its findings will help to inform any future assessment by Government of the need to support religious buildings of historic or architectural significance.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/09/2017 11:30:38 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

713682

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A1
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 February (HL Deb, col 1592), and in the light of the comments by the Chief Executive of Highways England on 22 March that they will be publishing their delivery plan update in June, whether they plan to review the timetable for the improvements to the A1 north of Morpeth.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL6279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Highways England continues to investigate options to improve the benefits and reduce the costs of schemes. This follows the normal processes to achieve value for money for the tax-payer, which is required for all government spending on infrastructure projects. This work may involve refining the scope and design of schemes and more time may be needed to assess them.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England will update their Delivery Plan in June laying out the programme for the 2017-18 and they expect to deliver all of the required work.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/04/2017 10:45:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

681832

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether former higher education students who are EU nationals who apply for permanent residence in the UK are required to have held comprehensive private health insurance during the time during which they were in higher education; and if so, whether students from EU countries are notified of the existence of such a requirement when, or before, they begin their courses of study.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL5145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2017 answer text <p>EU citizens and their family members have the right to enter, live and acquire permanent residence in other Member States when certain conditions are met, as set out in EU law. This includes a requirement to hold comprehensive sickness insurance where they have been exercising their Treaty rights as students and later rely on such periods to qualify for permanent residence.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the conditions for exercising Treaty rights as a student has always been publicly available to EU nationals. This can currently be found from page 21 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the UKGOV website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p><p>The guidance is also attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/02/2017 15:00:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name EEA-qualified-persons-v4_0EXT.pdf title EEA Qualified Persons
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

681833

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which education authority areas in England new secondary or high schools have been built under the Priority Schools Building Programme on (1) existing sites, and (2) new sites.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL5146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing those school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. There are two phases of the programme covering a total of 537 schools.</p><p>Under the first phase of the programme, building work is being undertaken at 260 schools. Of these, 177 schools have already opened in their new and refurbished buildings. This includes 98 secondary schools in 57 local authorities and all are on existing sites.</p><p>The vast majority of schools within the first phase of the programme will be delivered by the end of 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/02/2017 17:18:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

663112

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people are currently on the prison officer reserve list; what proportion of those on the reserve list have received training in the duties of a prison officer; and how many of those on the reserve list have been deployed to assist in prisons following the riot in HM Prison Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL4327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>We currently offer permanent flexible contracts to ex-prison officers under the HMPS Reserve Scheme which was established in November 2015. Under the HMPS Reserve Scheme, we offer a permanent flexible contract to prison officers who have left voluntarily within the preceding 2 years. These staff will work flexibly to meet the needs of the estate. This helps to support the current operational workforce across the estate and to complement existing methods for meeting the staffing needs of prisons around the country.</p><p> </p><p>HMPS Reserve staff provide a valuable flexible resource for NOMS by supporting prison regimes and as at 30 September 2016, the date of the most recent published figures, there were 10 prison officer reserves and they continue to be deployed on an on-going basis across the Service in support of existing staff including after the riot in HMP Birmingham.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/02/2017 12:41:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

518788

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sudan: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will bring forward a draft bill to make provision for guardianship of the property of missing persons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL82
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>My Department is working to prepare the legislation necessary to create the new legal status of guardian of the property and affairs of the missing person. We will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 27/05/2016 10:56:06 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

484837

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Military Decorations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Bomber Command clasp is not awarded to veterans who served with 205 Group and flew sorties over occupied Europe from Southern Italy, and what recent consideration they have given to this issue.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beith
	uin	HL7344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>We have enormous admiration and respect for the unique contribution and sacrifice made by bomber aircrew who served outside of the UK. Sir John Holmes, in his Military Medals Review, specifically included a reconsideration of recognition for Bomber Command, although he recommended not to award medallic recognition to those who flew from outside the UK. This decision was made independently of the Ministry of Defence and subsequently agreed by the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals and Her Majesty The Queen.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/04/2016 13:26:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith