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1132206

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the adequacy of financial resources available to police forces in England and Wales to enable those forces to fulfil their responsibilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL16367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that demands on police are changing and becoming more complex. Police funding increased by over £1bn this year, in-cluding council tax, the biggest increase since 2010, enabling the police to recruit more police officers and staff, tackle serious and organised crime and continue to protect the public from terrorism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/06/2019 15:48:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1132207

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek evidence from each police force in England and Wales about any changes those forces may have made to operating decisions on their method of first response to complaints of (1) domestic burglary, (2) theft from the person, and (3) criminal damage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL16368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>How police forces respond to particular crimes is an operational decision for the police. We have put policing back in the hands of the public through directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners and given Chief Constables greater operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities. Funding for the police will increase by over £1 billion in 2019/20, including council tax, extra funding for pensions costs, and a £100 million serious violence fund.</p><p>In April, the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service chaired the first meeting of a new Burglary Taskforce which brings together the police, industry, charities and others to look at what more can be done to tackle this crime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16369 question first answered 27/06/2019 15:47:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1132208

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether police forces in England or Wales first respond by (1) text, (2) email, (3) phone-call, or (4) home visit, following any assessment of a complaint of burglary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL16369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>How police forces respond to particular crimes is an operational decision for the police. We have put policing back in the hands of the public through directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners and given Chief Constables greater operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities. Funding for the police will increase by over £1 billion in 2019/20, including council tax, extra funding for pensions costs, and a £100 million serious violence fund.</p><p>In April, the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service chaired the first meeting of a new Burglary Taskforce which brings together the police, industry, charities and others to look at what more can be done to tackle this crime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16368 question first answered 27/06/2019 15:47:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1132209

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against 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 capacity of every police force in England and Wales to investigate historic allegations of child sexual abuse.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL16370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that demand on the police is changing and more complex. That is why the 2019/20 police funding settlement provides the biggest increase in police funding since 2010. Police funding has increased by over £1billion.</p><p>We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat, one of six such threats in the Strategic Policing Requirement. This will facilitate prioritisation of capabilities to tackle this appalling crime.</p><p>For 2018/19, the Home Office provided Special Grant Funding of over £12.5 million to child sexual abuse operations, including: Norfolk Police for Operation Hydrant, South Yorkshire Police for Operation Stovewood, North Wales Police for Operation Pallial, Cleveland Police for Operation Pandect and West Yorkshire Police covering a number of non-recent child sexual abuse investigations in the region.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/06/2019 15:47:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	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

1167888

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	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	Rehabilitation: Conferences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which representatives attended the World Health Organisation Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting in Geneva on 8 and 9 July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>There were no United Kingdom Government representatives on the final list of participants for the Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 Meeting in Geneva on 8 and 9 July 2019. A number of medical, academic and other representatives from the UK did however take part. The list of participants is attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/11/2019 17:02:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	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

1178172

	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 what was the total amount of money paid by way of compensation under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 in (1) 1990–99, (2) 2000–09, and (3) 2010–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Industrial injuries benefits expenditure, of which Pneumoconiosis 1979</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£ million, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ million, real terms, 2019/20 prices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1994/95</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1995/96</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996/97</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997/98</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998/99</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999/00</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000/01</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2001/02</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002/03</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003/04</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004/05</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sources</strong>: 1994-2018 DWP Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>2018/19 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: quarterly statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are in £ millions</li><li>‘..’ not available</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 26/02/2020 13:40:28 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1178173

	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, under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979, how many new applications for compensation were made in the last year for which figures are available; what was the corresponding number of payments that were made; and what was the total cost of those payments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The available information is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IIDB 3.1</strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Pneumoconiosis (Worker's Compensation) Act 1979 by type of claimant and payment, Oct 2018 – Sep 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Number</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sufferer</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Dependant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Payments made £</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Payments made £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>4,043,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>226,852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>November</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>3,270,613</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>278,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>December</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>2,756,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>177,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>3,686,361</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>221,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>2,724,420</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>139,378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>3,471,191</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>242,787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>3,348,735</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>217,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>3,435,557</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>91,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>3,321,152</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>157,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>3,651,931</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>206,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>3,119,361</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>217,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>September</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>3,046,575</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>180,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures on claimants shown are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures show new claims for which an assessment has been completed.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/02/2020 15:22:28 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1180677

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional capital resources they plan to make available to the Governments of (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, and (3) Northern Ireland, to fund capital expenditure in the financial year 2020–21 on flood prevention projects.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Flood prevention is a devolved policy area. It is for the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to determine how to allocate their funding across their devolved responsibilities, including to flood prevention.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020-21, the devolved administrations have the following capital block grants: £ 5,014m for the Scottish Government, £2,181m for the Welsh Government, and £1,524m for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula is being applied in the normal way on any planned changes in UK government departmental budgets, as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, including to any additional funding for flooding in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/03/2020 11:52:11 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley