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1641692

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date	05/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the length of time it takes to process a probate application; and how this figure compares to 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Despite record level of receipts in 2022 the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at between 5 and 8 weeks, which was similar to the average length of time in 2019, which was between 6 and 8 weeks.</p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants, are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to December 2022.</p><p>The Probate offices closing in the past four years were:</p><p>2020: Birmingham District Probate Registry (DPR), Bristol DPR, Ipswich DPR and London DPR</p><p>2021: Manchester DPR</p><p>All Probate Sub Registries closed between December 2019 and January 2020.</p><p>These closures were completed in conjunction with the opening of new Courts and Tribunal Service Centre in Birmingham where the majority of the increased probate workforce is now based. The launch of the online system for probate applications has made the service more accessible for applicants and removed the need to travel to city centre locations to have their oath sworn as part of the process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL8219 question first answered 19/06/2023 12:01:05 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1641693

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many offices undertaking probate work have closed in each of the past four years.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL8219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Despite record level of receipts in 2022 the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at between 5 and 8 weeks, which was similar to the average length of time in 2019, which was between 6 and 8 weeks.</p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants, are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to December 2022.</p><p>The Probate offices closing in the past four years were:</p><p>2020: Birmingham District Probate Registry (DPR), Bristol DPR, Ipswich DPR and London DPR</p><p>2021: Manchester DPR</p><p>All Probate Sub Registries closed between December 2019 and January 2020.</p><p>These closures were completed in conjunction with the opening of new Courts and Tribunal Service Centre in Birmingham where the majority of the increased probate workforce is now based. The launch of the online system for probate applications has made the service more accessible for applicants and removed the need to travel to city centre locations to have their oath sworn as part of the process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL8218 question first answered 19/06/2023 12:01:05 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471571

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels and RAF Linton-on-Ouse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they expect the cost to be of (1) converting RAF Linton so that it will be suitable as a large-scale reception centre for 1,500 asylum seekers, (2) running such a large-scale reception centre, and (3) accommodating 1,500 asylum seeks in hotels; and whether they plan to publish estimates of the capital and running costs of RAF Linton as a large-scale reception centre alongside a cost-benefit analysis.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The sharp increase in small boat crossings and the pandemic has meant increased use of contingency accommodation to meet our legal duty to provide accommodation to destitute asylum seekers, which is costing the UK taxpayers almost £5million a day, every day.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is looking at proposals to establish a new asylum accommodation centre at RAF Linton-On-Ouse, North Yorkshire. This would support our response to the increasing pressures on the UK asylum system.</p><p>Ministers have not taken any final decision to accommodate asylum seekers at RAF Linton. Should it be progressed, the site would provide safe and cost-effective accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute</p><p>We will be able to assess value for money once we have received firm bids for the provision of the service, but we anticipate being able to generate cost savings.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment further while planning is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2022 11:29:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471572

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to assess whether an asylum seeker will be appropriate to accommodate in (1) the proposed reception centre at RAF Linton, and (2) any other large-scale reception centre.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>To ensure the safety and wellbeing of those being considered for accommodation at the proposed site in Linton-on-Ouse or other reception centre, an assessment would take place by the Home Office prior to allocation using suitability criteria. The factors that are currently considered when assessing the suitability of individual asylum seekers for particular accommodation is set out in the policy guidance ‘Allocation of Accommodation’. This policy guidance will be reviewed as part of any preparations to open the proposed asylum accommodation site in Linton-on-Ouse.</p><p>The welfare of all asylum seekers in our care is of the utmost importance. Were Linton-On-Ouse to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, we would employ a robust screening process which would involve an evidence-based assessment of suitability for entry to Linton-on-Ouse. Individual suitability would continue to be assessed at regular intervals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1092 question first answered 04/07/2022 16:55:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471573

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how asylum seekers will be screened to assess for any vulnerabilities which may make it inappropriate for them to be accommodated in large-scale reception centres.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>To ensure the safety and wellbeing of those being considered for accommodation at the proposed site in Linton-on-Ouse or other reception centre, an assessment would take place by the Home Office prior to allocation using suitability criteria. The factors that are currently considered when assessing the suitability of individual asylum seekers for particular accommodation is set out in the policy guidance ‘Allocation of Accommodation’. This policy guidance will be reviewed as part of any preparations to open the proposed asylum accommodation site in Linton-on-Ouse.</p><p>The welfare of all asylum seekers in our care is of the utmost importance. Were Linton-On-Ouse to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, we would employ a robust screening process which would involve an evidence-based assessment of suitability for entry to Linton-on-Ouse. Individual suitability would continue to be assessed at regular intervals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1091 question first answered 04/07/2022 16:55:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471606

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what healthcare facilities will be provided at (1) RAF Linton, and (2) other large-scale reception centres for asylum seekers; and whether the centres will be reliant on local healthcare services.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Healthcare</p><p>We continue to work closely with NHS England and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in respect of the provision of health services at Linton-on-Ouse and the definition of health service provision and capacity is being led by the CCG. Experience and lessons learnt from Napier Barracks are being used by the CCG to identify health service provision requirements at the proposed development.</p><p>Healthcare at future reception centres will be developed using a similar approach.</p><p> </p><p>Legal Advice</p><p>The site at Linton-on-Ouse is being designed to facilitate and support interaction between service users and their chosen legal advisors, whereby asylum seekers accommodated at Linton-on-Ouse will have the ability to access the support of legal representation, either face-to-face or remotely. Those with no legal representation will be sign- posted in seeking appropriate representation. The Home Office continues to liaise with colleagues in the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Aid Agency to finalise the details of this provision at Linton-on-Ouse.</p><p>Access to legal advisors at future reception centres will be developed using a similar approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1094 question first answered 04/07/2022 16:54:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471607

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they will make for asylum seekers at (1) RAF Linton, and (2) other large-scale reception centres, to access legal advice; and what consideration has been given to shortages of legal aid and advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Healthcare</p><p>We continue to work closely with NHS England and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in respect of the provision of health services at Linton-on-Ouse and the definition of health service provision and capacity is being led by the CCG. Experience and lessons learnt from Napier Barracks are being used by the CCG to identify health service provision requirements at the proposed development.</p><p>Healthcare at future reception centres will be developed using a similar approach.</p><p> </p><p>Legal Advice</p><p>The site at Linton-on-Ouse is being designed to facilitate and support interaction between service users and their chosen legal advisors, whereby asylum seekers accommodated at Linton-on-Ouse will have the ability to access the support of legal representation, either face-to-face or remotely. Those with no legal representation will be sign- posted in seeking appropriate representation. The Home Office continues to liaise with colleagues in the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Aid Agency to finalise the details of this provision at Linton-on-Ouse.</p><p>Access to legal advisors at future reception centres will be developed using a similar approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1093 question first answered 04/07/2022 16:54:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1471608

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what forms of contract they propose for the providers of services at (1) the RAF Linton reception centre for asylum seekers, and (2) other large scale reception centres.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL1095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The proposed accommodation site in Linton-on-Ouse would be a contract change notice under the pre-established Asylum Accommodation Support Contract (AASC) for the North West region with Serco, to run for a period of two years, after which we intend to run a competitive commercial procurement process for a service supplier on that site.</p><p>For further accommodation centres, the Home Office would use a competitive and fair commercial procurement process for the provision of design, build or renovation and operation of national accommodation centres, including the subsequent service provision including management, maintenance and related works and services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/07/2022 16:54:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1315024

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the proposed Planning Bill contains provisions to require the impact of any new infrastructure proposal to be assessed against the ability to achieve the UK's net-zero carbon emissions target.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>National planning policies already recognise the importance of sustainable development, and make clear that reducing carbon emissions should be considered in plan and decision making. The Government is considering how the planning system can further support our commitment to reaching net zero, including through the planning reform programme and the forthcoming Planning Bill. Our response to the Planning for the Future White Paper, setting out next steps on these reforms, will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 01/06/2021 12:17:33 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1315025

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend their road transport infrastructure policy to require that they take account of (1) the UK's commitments under the Paris Agreement, and (2) the commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
tabling member printed	Lord Newby
uin	HL295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is satisfied that plans for road infrastructure are consistent with Net Zero and the UK's commitments under the Paris Agreement, matters which we keep under consideration. The upcoming Transport Decarbonisation Plan will set out a credible and ambitious pathway to deliver transport’s contribution to carbon budgets and meeting net zero by 2050.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/05/2021 14:30:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby