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	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) under what circumstances, applications made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme between 1 August and 31 August were (a) accepted, and (b) approved, when such applications were submitted after the deadline for applications; and what criteria they used to decide which circumstances were deemed exceptional so as to accept such out-of-time applications.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL7837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>There is no appeal process available for those who have missed the CJRS deadline of 31 July 2020. However, if an employer wishes to raise a complaint about mistakes or unreasonable delays caused by HMRC, they have been asked to follow HMRC’s complaints procedure.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have accepted 1,360 claims relating to 1,114 employers that have been made from 1 August 2020 to 31 August 2020 for a period on or prior to 30 June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The main reasons for the claims being accepted are:</p><ul><li>Amendments to previous claims</li><li>Customers who have made the claim on or before 31 July that needed manual intervention and which HMRC did not process until on or after 1 August 2020.</li><li>Customers requesting a review. This has been mainly about eligibility or maximum cap.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 14/09/2020 14:48:46 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

993847

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Holyhead Port
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional staff the Border Force has allocated to cope with any expected additional workload at the port of Holyhead following Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL10980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>As we prepare to leave the EU, it is vital that we continue to ensure opera-tional resilience at the border.</p><p>Border Force has recruited a Readiness Task Force to provide operational resilience to the frontline and allow existing staff to undertake EU exit re-lated training. The c.300 multi-disciplinary Border Force officers will be fully deployed by the end of the year.</p><p>An additional c.600 Border Force officers are being recruited in 2018/19 to respond to the new requirements it will face as a result of EU Exit and to provide resilience at key locations.</p><p>Border Force will always ensure it has the necessary resources to keep the border secure and will respond flexibly to emerging requirements through ongoing assessments of operational needs</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/10/2018 12:42:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1461128

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for refugee status visas they have received from citizens of Ukraine; how many of these have been granted; and how many applicants have arrived in the UK so far.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Statistical information regarding the number of Ukrainian nationals applying for UK visas is regularly released by UKVI. Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme which were launched in response to Russia’s invasion of can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage, or below.</p>Total Ukraine Scheme visa applications received: 128,100<p>Data is as of 17 May 2022 and comprised of:</p><ul><li>Ukraine Family Scheme: 43,700</li><li>Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: 84,400</li></ul>Total Ukraine Scheme visas issued to people: 107,400<p>Data is as of 17 May 2022 and comprised of:</p><ul><li>Ukraine Family Scheme visas: 38,700</li><li>Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme visas: 68,700</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/05/2022 16:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1178171

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of compensation under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 were paid to workers employed in (1) slate quarrying and slate mining, (2) coal mining, (3) the textile industries, (4) the pottery industries, and (5) other industries, in the last year for which figures are available; and how many, if any, of those cases were related to diffuse mesothelioma.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/02/2020 15:22:45 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193396

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	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	Protective Clothing: China
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consignments of personal protection equipment have been received by the UK, or by any individual nations of the UK, from the People’s Republic of China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In March 2020 a new, dedicated unit was set up to focus on securing supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). This unit identified PPE suppliers from across the globe to meet the increasing demand for a growing list of PPE products. We have now contracted with over 150 suppliers able to deliver at the scale and pace the United Kingdom requires.</p><p> </p><p>The central database system for these new PPE contracts, implemented by Cabinet Office colleagues, does not identify non-UK suppliers by individual country; and many of the UK-based suppliers also import supplies from other countries for which the information is not held centrally. It is therefore not possible to supply complete information on how much PPE has been received or purchased from non-UK countries, including China. Procurement Regulations require the publication of Contract Award Notices in the Official Journal of the European Union and certain information will be published on Contracts Finder about the contracts awarded.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/06/2020 10:47:07 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1191485

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	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	NHS: Protective Clothing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many contracts for the provision of personal protective equipment, needed to safeguard health and care workers against coronavirus, the National Health Service in England has placed with the Royal Mint; and whether the basis of charging for such orders has included any profit mark-up, over and above the full cost of manufacture
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>We have entered into one contract with the Royal Mint. This was for face visors and the Royal Mint expressed they were not making a profit but providing them at cost price to the Department.</p><p>Procurement Regulations require the publication of Contract Award Notices, containing information on the final agreed value of the contract, in the Official Journal of the European Union and we publish certain information on Contracts Finder about contracts awarded.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/06/2020 10:37:35 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1181121

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 were made during each of the last three years in response to applications relating to persons who had been employed in the slate quarrying industry; and what was the total payment to this group in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 06/03/2020 11:57:20 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1438591

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees from Ukraine have applied to enter the UK since Russia's invasion of that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL6711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of applications currently being processed under the newly launched Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</p><p>Statistical information regarding number of Ukrainian nationals applying for UK visas prior to the launch of the UFS is regularly released by UKVI. The latest published statistics can be found here: Immigration statistics, year ending December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. However, the information requested is available through the links provided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6710 question first answered 28/03/2022 15:41:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1438589

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees from Ukraine have been admitted into the UK since 1 February; and how many of these made it known that they had family in the UK when they made their application for refugee status.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL6710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of applications currently being processed under the newly launched Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</p><p>Statistical information regarding number of Ukrainian nationals applying for UK visas prior to the launch of the UFS is regularly released by UKVI. The latest published statistics can be found here: Immigration statistics, year ending December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. However, the information requested is available through the links provided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6711 question first answered 28/03/2022 15:41:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1455693

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees from Ukraine they have directed to the governments of (1) Wales, and (2) Scotland, to be housed under the provisions agreed with those governments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL7474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Devolved Administrations on the Homes for Ukraine scheme, including enabling the Scottish and Welsh Governments to act as direct sponsors to Ukrainian nationals. This is in addition to Ukrainians being sponsored by individuals in Scotland and Wales. There is no cap on the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, with the Scottish Government currently working towards 3,000 and the Welsh Government to 1,000 placements under Devolved Government sponsorship.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford question first answered 21/04/2022 15:16:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley