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1688047

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Darlington Economic Campus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what data they hold on physical attendance, for working days from Monday to Friday inclusive, by officials at offices based at the Darlington Economic Campus across all departments with a presence there; and whether they will publish that data.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government Property Agency manage access to all DEC campus buildings, and routinely provide data to departments through a combination of access pass data and space booking.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office publish data on attendance in the form of Headquarters Occupancy data, but this data is not broken down per-department on a building-by-building basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/02/2024 12:43:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1505662

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Teleperformance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the termination date for Teleperformance's contract to provide overseas helpline services on behalf of the Home Office; and what assessment they have made of complaints against Teleperformance in relation to Home Office services including (1) the number of complaints made in relation to passports, and (2) the total compensation awarded to customers in relation to complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The contract relating to the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) international Contact Centre service, delivered by Teleperformance, runs from March 2021 until October 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Any complaints made against the UKVI Contact Centre services, which Teleperformance deliver, are managed and monitored by UKVI to ensure that any emerging issues and trends are picked up and remedial action is put in place to ensure no future complaints occur.</p><p>The UKVI Contact Centre service has not received any complaints relating to passports. Where customers are complaining about the return of their passports this would fall to the appropriate UKVI business area to handle.</p><p>We do not hold the data relating to how much compensation has been issued in relation to contact made to the UKVI Contact Centre, as this is held by Teleperformance.</p><p>Teleperformance also provide contact centre services for His Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO), the Passport Adviceline and Validation service. The contract for this service runs from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2024.</p><p>The total number of complaints regarding Teleperformance made to HMPO relating to passports this year is 658. The data regarding compensation for these specific cases is not held in a reportable format and therefore it could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/09/2022 15:55:25 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1348915

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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	Social Media: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce regulations on social media companies, including mandatory design standards, to increase online safety for services that are used by children.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The draft Online Safety Bill, published in May 2021, will ensure companies design their platforms to be safer for users, and particularly for children. The new laws will apply to companies that allow users to post content online or to interact with each other, which includes social media companies. The draft bill will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny in this session. The Joint Committee that will scrutinise the draft Bill has now been set up, and members from both Houses have now been appointed.</p><p>The strongest protections in the legislation are for children. Unless social media companies are able to prove that children are not accessing their service, they will need to conduct a child safety risk assessment and provide safety measures for child users, keeping these under regular review. As part of the risk assessment, companies will need to assess how the design and operation of the service may increase or reduce the risks identified.</p><p>The government has also published voluntary Safety by Design guidance in June 2021 that will help companies design safer online services. In addition, the Information Commissioner’s Age Appropriate Design Code, which will come into force in September 2021, will set out specific protections for children’s personal data that companies will need to build in when designing online services likely to be accessed by children.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 27/07/2021 11:57:32 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1182923

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the Skill India Mission to upskill people through public-private partnerships, and (2) the SkillsFuture initiative in Singapore to provide career-long learning opportunities; and whether they have considered adopting a similar model in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The government recognises that there are a number of international examples, including in Singapore and India, which provide useful insights to inform the development of our adult skills reforms.</p><p>We are also taking steps to improve productivity, employment levels and social inclusion. Programmes including Apprenticeships, funded or co-funded skills provision through the Adult Education Budget, access to Advanced Learner Loans and the National Retraining Scheme enable adults to gain the skills that they need to progress or reskill.</p><p>The government has started testing the first part of the National Retraining Scheme, Get Help to Retrain, in 6 areas across England. Get Help to Retrain is a digital service that will help users to understand their current skills, explore alternative occupations and find and sign up to training. We will continue to test and further improve the service in 2020. The government is also providing an extra £3 billion to develop a National Skills Fund that helps adults to learn new skills and to prepare for the economy of the future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL2244 question first answered 23/03/2020 11:52:46 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

773531

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which departments are responsible for considering the implications of the Race Disparity Audit; and which is the lead department for co-ordinating action on its findings.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Government departments remain responsible for considering the implications of the findings of the Race Disparity Audit on their policies and services. A specialist unit in the Cabinet Office will consider and co-ordinate the next steps.</p><p>The Government has launched a programme of work to tackle some of the ethnic disparities identified in the Audit. This covers the Department for Work and Pensions taking action in twenty targeted ‘hotspots’, the Ministry of Justice taking forward a number of recommendations made in the recent Lammy Review and the Department for Education taking forward an external review to improve practice in exclusions. Further announcements on future Government work will follow in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL2249 question first answered 02/11/2017 15:43:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

600493

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data is collected, and with what frequency, by local authorities in England regarding homelessness applications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>English local authorities submit data on homelessness applications to the Department on a quarterly basis on the P1E form. A copy of the form (attached) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-data-notes-and-definitions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-data-notes-and-definitions</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2247 question first answered 20/10/2016 16:20:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 161013 PIE Form HL2247.xls title PIE Form
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

418811

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Feed: Residues
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report published in March by the WHO Cancer Panel on the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, what steps they are taking to encourage the home production of proteins which have not been sprayed with Roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant in order to reduce the dependence of the animal feed industry on imported genetically modified Roundup-ready soy.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Glyphosate is currently approved for use as a herbicide in the EU. Products such as Roundup which contain glyphosate are authorised in the UK for a range of uses including pre-harvest uses in protein crops. Decisions on approval and authorisation are based on an assessment of risks to health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All pesticide approvals are subject to regular review to ensure that they meet modern safety standards. The review of glyphosate is currently being carried out by the European Food Safety Authority. If the review were to provide new evidence to show that the use of glyphosate is no longer safe, the EU Commission has the power to withdraw its approval. As part of the overall evidence, the review is considering the Monograph on glyphosate published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer on 29 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The regulatory system for pesticides is designed to ensure that there are no unacceptable risks arising from their use. The controls include residue limits in EU and imported food, including soy. If produce from third countries contains residues at above the levels permitted, import will not be allowed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports research on sustainable protein production, which includes increasing the domestic supply of sustainably produced vegetable protein for farmed animals. In part, this is carried out under the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform, run by Innovate UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 15:39:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

100040

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that when they wish to repatriate powers from the European Union they can do so without contravening European law.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the EU to the benefit of all Member States, to make it more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. Political parties have set out their position on the question of the appropriate exercise of competence in the EU. The Government’s policy is clear: we need an EU where decisions are taken at the right level, with issues best left to member states decided at the national level. We have already shown that such reform is possible: cutting the EU budget; ending the UK’s bailout obligations; cutting red tape in line with Business Taskforce recommendations; ensuring our fish stocks are managed regionally rather than centrally, agreeing three major Trade Agreements and launching trade talks with the US.</p><p>Support for EU reform is growing: this summer, the President-elect of the European Commission committed to explore improving the interaction between the Commission and national parliaments, which he recognised have a key role to play in enforcing the principle of subsidiarity; to completing the internal market in products and services; to creating the right regulatory environment and promoting a climate of entrepreneurship and job creation; and to working for a deal that “accepts the specificities of the UK in the EU, while allowing the Eurozone to integrate further.” The European Council also recognised the need for reform. It concluded in June that there was a need to protect the right to free movement from “misuse or fraudulent claims” and that “the concept of ever closer union allows for different paths of integration.”</p><p>The Government’s proposals for EU reform will continue to respect the UK’s obligations under the existing Treaties.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL2247 HL2249 question first answered 03/11/2014 15:07:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon