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1650595

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	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	Regional Planning and Development: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what sums were received from the EU for economic, social and regional regeneration projects in each year since 2015–16 under programmes agreed prior to the UK's exit from the EU by (1) Wales and (2) the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL9086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s participation in European Structural &amp; Investment (ESI) Fund programmes (ERDF, ESF, EAFRD and EMFF 2014-2020) will conclude at the end of December 2023 in relation to commitments made before the end of the transition period. The UK is allocated and therefore due to receive a total of €16.4bn to be spent by 31 December 2023.</p><p>Allocations under these programmes, including those for Wales, are set out in the EU Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement – Part 1, Sections 1 and 2 (Revised 31 January 2020) (attached Table 1.6).</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 24/07/2023 10:55:07 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto attachment 1 file name UK Partnership Agreement Revised January 2020 Table 1.6.pdf title Structural and Investment Funds
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193395

	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent they assess the effective reproduction number of COVID-19 for populations other than that of the UK as a whole; and, what was the effective reproduction number for respectively (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Northern Ireland, and (4) Scotland, for the latest date when all four figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Science of Covid-19 note for House of Lords</em>, which is attached due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/07/2020 11:50:56 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Science of Covid-19 note for House of Lords.pdf title Science of COVID-19 information factsheet
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1650594

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Migration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many UK citizens emigrated in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL9085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>11 July 2023</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for an estimate of how many UK citizens emigrated in each of the last five years for which figures are available <strong>(HL9085)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for British nationals emigrating out of the UK for the last five years are shown in Table 1 which is sourced from Figure 2 of our <em>Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending December 2022</em> bulletin [1] which was released in May.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of British nationals emigrating out of the UK, between 2018 and 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>British</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2018</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>98,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>59,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>76,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2022</p></td><td><p>92,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics</em></p><p> </p><p>Please note that these are currently our best estimates but are subject to change. This is because in September 2023 we will be updating our migration estimates across the previous decade as part of rebased population estimates to align with Census 2021. For more information, please see our <em>Provisional plans for publishing the latest population and migration estimates</em> [2].</p><p> </p><p>When accessing any of our files you may find it useful to read the 'notes, terms and conditions' contained within them.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingdecember2022#emigration-out-of-theuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingdecember2022#emigration-out-of-theuk</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/provisionalplansforpublishingthelatestpopulationandmigrationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/provisionalplansforpublishingthelatestpopulationandmigrationestimates</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/07/2023 16:55:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL9085 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1675731

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Income
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest annual figures for gross value added per head of population for (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland, and (4) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>11 December 2023</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the latest annual figures for gross value added per head of population for (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland, and (4) Northern Ireland <strong>(HL898)</strong>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest available annual figures are for the calendar year 2021, published on 25 April 2023 as part of the regional economic activity by gross domestic product UK: 1998 to 2021 [1] release. Although the headline statistics in this release focus on gross domestic product (GDP), the published tables also include gross value added (GVA) estimates, which differ from GDP only in that they exclude the effect of taxes (less subsidies) on products.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The GVA per head figures you have requested are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(1) England, £31,138 per person</p><p>(2) Wales, £22,380 per person</p><p>(3) Scotland, £27,361 per person</p><p>(4) Northern Ireland, £24,007 per person</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p><br>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/nominalregionalgrossvalueaddedbalancedperheadandincomecomponents" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/nominalregionalgrossvalueaddedbalancedperheadandincomecomponents</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2023 13:50:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL898 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1626844

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Personal Income
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the average income per head in the latest financial year for which figures are available was in each of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the regions of England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL7765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 10th May is attached in the answer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>17 May 2023</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what the average income per head in the latest financial year for which figures are available was in each of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the regions of England <strong>(HL7765)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not produce average income per head estimates of this nature. However, the<em> Effects of Taxes and Benefits on UK Household Income</em> is routinely produced at household-level, in line with international recommendations [1]. This is done so under the assumption that household income is the optimum measure of economic well-being and living standards on individuals given the likelihood that household members share resources.</p><p>Table 1 provides UK household disposable income at the International Territorial Level 1 (ITL1) for financial year ending 2021. A more detailed breakdown of income components is available at the ITL1 region is available as part of the ONS’ annual release of <em>Effect of Taxes and Benefits on UK Household Income</em> [2]. Published data currently covers up to financial year ending 2021, with financial year ending 2022 provisionally scheduled for June 2023.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://unece.org/statistics/publications/canberra-group-handbook-household-income-statistics-2ndedition</p><p> </p><p>[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwea lth/bulletins/theeffectsoftaxesandbenefitsonhouseholdincome/financialyearending2021/relateddata</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average household disposable income by Region, financial year ending 2021, UK</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Disposable income (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>36,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>41,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>39,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>45,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>41,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>48,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>61,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>55,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>43,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>47,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>39,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>39,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>40,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All individuals</p></td><td><p>46,473</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics, Effects of Taxes and Benefits</em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2023 15:00:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7765 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1679290

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest employment activity rates for (1) each region of England, (2) England, (3) Wales, (4) Scotland, and (5) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>I will deposit a copy of the dataset for employment activity rates for each region of England, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in the House Libraries.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>21 December 2023</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the latest employment activity rates for (1) each region of England (2) England (3) Wales, (4) Scotland, and (5) Northern Ireland <strong>(HL1373)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects information on respondents’ labour market status as part of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is a survey of people resident in households in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The economic activity rate is the proportion of the UK population aged 16-64 years who are engaged with the labour market, either through employment or searching for work while unemployed. The employment rate is the proportion of the UK population aged 16 to 64 years who are employed.</p><p> </p><p>The latest LFS estimates available are for the period April to June 2023. Due to increased uncertainty in LFS estimates from May to July 2023, the latest LFS estimates are not being released. To give users a more considered view of the labour market, we have applied growth rates from administrative data (HMRC PAYE RTI (Pay As You Earn Real Time Information) for employment and Claimant Count for unemployment) to April to June 2023 LFS data to produce adjusted employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows estimates of economic activity and employment rates using LFS data from March to May 1992 to April to June 2023, and experimental adjusted estimates from May to July 2023 to August to October 2023.</p><p> </p><p>As the data are quite extensive, a copy of Table 1 has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL1373 (2).pdf title UK Statistics Authority 2 file name PQHL1373 dataset (2).xlsx title Dataset question first answered 05/01/2024 14:10:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1652169

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Energy: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing, for the most recent period for which figures are available, the 15 local authorities with the lowest percentage of dwellings which have an EPC energy efficiency rating of 'C' or above.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL9273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Data tables showing numbers of energy certificates lodged on the Energy Performance of Buildings Registers and energy efficiency ratings are published online <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" target="_blank">here</a>. The tables were last updated on 27 April 2023.</p><p>Local authority level data on Energy Performance certificates is published and available from the <a title="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" target="_blank">Open Data Community</a>.</p><p>The Energy Performance of Buildings Register ('the scheme') runs on a cost neutral basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates - GOV.UK.pdf title Energy performance of buildings certificates 2 file name Energy Performance of Buildings Data England and Wales.pdf title Energy performance of buildings data grouped question UIN HL9274 question first answered 24/07/2023 14:25:17 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1652170

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	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	Energy: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the number of homes assessed by their energy efficiency scheme in each of the past 10 years and the total cost of that scheme in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL9274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Data tables showing numbers of energy certificates lodged on the Energy Performance of Buildings Registers and energy efficiency ratings are published online <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" target="_blank">here</a>. The tables were last updated on 27 April 2023.</p><p>Local authority level data on Energy Performance certificates is published and available from the <a title="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" target="_blank">Open Data Community</a>.</p><p>The Energy Performance of Buildings Register ('the scheme') runs on a cost neutral basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates - GOV.UK.pdf title Energy performance of buildings certificates 2 file name Energy Performance of Buildings Data England and Wales.pdf title Energy performance of buildings data grouped question UIN HL9273 question first answered 24/07/2023 14:25:17 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1694360

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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 His Majesty's Government how many refugees from Ukraine have been settled in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>As of 5 March 2024, 201,400 people have arrived in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes, rather than as refugees. 144,400 of them have been sponsored under the Homes for Ukraine scheme with 108,601 being in England, 1,500 in Northern Ireland, 5,847 in Scotland and 4,200 in Wales.</p><p>In addition to this, 20,882 Ukrainians have been sponsored by the Scottish Government and another 3,291 by the Welsh Government. Further information including a full breakdown of the data has been published on Gov.UK and can be accessed here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|53473a737aae470313f008dc4365635c|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638459349925520283|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=nj7pB/nw19AEL2WsYJuXC7L8urRFH/xap63uA9GfBCI=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 19/03/2024 16:36:11 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL3095 - Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme_ Visa data by country, upper and lower tier local authority - GOV.UK.pdf title Ukraine sponsorship scheme
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1134350

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
	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 report by the Children's Commissioner We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy, published on 11 June; and whether they intend to provide a response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL16635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>On 20 June 2019, the government released a joint ministerial letter responding to the ‘Bercow: Ten Years On’ first anniversary update report. The letter reaffirmed our commitment to supporting more effective commissioning of communication support.</p><p>The NHS long-term plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapists (SLTs) and proposes that local areas design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>Our national workforce group for allied health professionals (AHPs) will be making specific recommendations, in particular for those professionals in short supply, such as SLTs. The chief allied health professions officer will further develop the national AHP strategy into action to focus on the delivery of the NHS long-term plan.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns about the adequacy of funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England, including those with speech, language and communication needs. On 3 May 2019, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a call for evidence from schools, colleges and local authorities to consider how the SEND and alternative provision financial arrangements in England could be improved. The call for evidence is attached and can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/funding-for-send-and-those-who-need-ap-call-for-ev/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/funding-for-send-and-those-who-need-ap-call-for-ev/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/07/2019 13:23:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL16635_Provision_for_children_and_young_people_with_special_educational_needs_and_disabilities_and_for_those_who_need_alternative_provision_how_the_financial_arrangements_work.pdf title HL16635_Report
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley