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1688923

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to recommendations made by the House of Commons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment on 9 February in their submission to the Government’s call for evidence ahead of reforms to the UK’s investment-screening regime, what steps they are taking to strengthen the screening processes under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to better align with the investment rules of UK allies.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is grateful for each response to the recent Call for Evidence on the National Security and Investment Act, including the submission from the Business and Trade Sub-Committee. The Government is now analysing all the responses and will respond publicly in due course.</p><p>The NSI Act brought the UK’s approach to investment screening in line with many of our allies. Whilst the vast majority of acquisitions pose no national security risk, where the government does identify risk, it will not hesitate to act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/02/2024 17:29:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1520899

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to (1) reduce the backlog of cases in the Home Office, and (2) prevent further Home Office backlogs in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has faced a number of pressures in the past two years in respect of demand for visas. Visa routes have seen high demand following the end of the pandemic, easing of travel restrictions and helping people forced to flee their homes as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>The visa waiting times page on GOV.UK is updated regularly to help customers understand expected visa processing times across all the main visa routes, and customers are encouraged to apply early for their visa.</p><p>UKVI continues to speed up decision making by rolling out better, more efficient technology, including digital interviewing and moving away from a paper-based system. UKVI is also continuing to recruit more decision-making staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 24/10/2022 11:56:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1353637

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	China General Nuclear Power Corporation: Nuclear Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remove China General Nuclear from further participation in the Bradwell B and Sizewell C nuclear power projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been holding constructive negotiations with the developer of Sizewell C since January, CGN has a stake in the project up to the point of Final Investment Decision (FID), however no decisions on the project have been taken, including the potential final configuration of investors. The Government has committed to bring at least one large-scale nuclear project to the point of FID by the end of this Parliament and have entered negotiations with Sizewell C on that basis. Any investment in nuclear projects is subject to thorough scrutiny and needs to satisfy our robust legal, regulatory and national security requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/09/2021 13:51:09 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1184485

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 February (HL1592), whether they intend to publish the details of any proposed resolution within (1) one month, (2) three months, (3) six months, or (4) one year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>This matter is still under consideration. Changes to nationality law could only be made by amending primary legislation, and we cannot provide a timescale.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2020 17:37:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

777486

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education: North East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current status of the proposed reform of technical education in the North East.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to creating a world class technical education system and we are making progress on delivering the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on Technical Education, chaired by Lord Sainsbury.</p><p> </p><p>In October, we published the attached ‘Post-16 technical education reforms: T level action plan – October 2017’, in which we outlined in more detail our plans for implementation. We announced the introduction of T levels in three routes in 2020 – Digital, Construction and Education &amp; Childcare – with the remaining eight routes launched in two waves in September 2021 and 2022. We expect the first T levels to be delivered by a small number of providers initially and we will begin engaging with providers later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We want every student studying a T level to undertake a substantial work placement. In September 2017 we launched a work placement pilot scheme to test different models and approaches to delivering T level placements. 21 providers are piloting these in academic year 2017/18, working with a range of employers and approximately 2500 students. This includes a pilot scheme in the North East at Sunderland College, information of which can be found on their website: <a href="http://sunderlandcollege.ac.uk/2017/10/college-pilots-government-project/" target="_blank">http://sunderlandcollege.ac.uk/2017/10/college-pilots-government-project/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will launch a public consultation on T levels later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 08/11/2017 16:44:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

606671

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Atrial Fibrillation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of clinical commissioning groups have undertaken a systematic audit across GP practices to identify people with (1) possible undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, and (2) atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke who are not anticoagulated or maintained in therapeutic range.
tabling member printed	Baroness Walmsley
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS England’s Sustainable Improvement Team is taking action to promote the use of GRASP-AF (Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation) within general practitioner (GP) practices in England. GRASP-AF is an audit tool developed by and trialled in the National Health Service which greatly simplifies the process of identifying patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) who are not receiving the right management to help reduce their risk of stroke.</p><p> </p><p>The Sustainable Improvement Team is also working with NHS RightCare, a programme committed to improving people’s health and outcomes, to help promote the use of GRASP-AF in the programme’s 65 first wave clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS RightCare’s ‘Commissioning for Value’ packs help CCGs identify priority areas such as AF, and the GRASP AF tool provides a practical method of addressing any inequalities. NHS England’s intention is that the work with NHS RightCare will increase the number of CCGs using GRASP-AF in a systematic way.</p><p> </p><p>Anonymised data from GRASP-AF can be uploaded to CHART Online, a secure web enabled tool that helps practices improve performance through comparative data analysis. This allows practices and CCGs to benchmark their management of AF with other practices across England and so help identify and reduce any variation in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The use of GRASP-AF is voluntary and its use therefore varies across CCGs. Currently 2,248 GP practices have uploaded data from GRASP-AF to CHART online across 151 out of the 209 CCGs. Of these, 19 CCGs have all GP practices in their area uploading data.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the NHS action outlined above, all local authorities in England are required to offer the NHS Health Check programme, with the large majority commissioning general practice to provide them on their behalf. More than 15 million people aged 40-74 are, have been or will be eligible for an NHS Health Check between 2014 and 2018. The programme’s best practice guidance recommends that a pulse check is carried out as part of the process of taking a blood pressure reading and those individuals who are found to have an irregular pulse rhythm should be referred for further investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2501 HL2503 question first answered 01/11/2016 16:22:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2547 label Biography information for Baroness Walmsley

420527

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the mechanism by which Scottish businesses paying the proposed apprenticeship levy would gain access to new services or revenues that increase training opportunities for their employees.
tabling member printed	Lord Stephen
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Various issues have been raised by a range of stakeholders including the Scottish Government. Discussions have taken place with stakeholdersat both official level and Ministerial level. Ministers will consider the issues in due course and we will announce further details at the Spending Review. Our priority is to ensure that the levy is fair and simple.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/10/2015 15:02:01 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4239 label Biography information for Lord Stephen

101680

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that Azure Card users are able to meet their essential living needs; and on what grounds they base their assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers supported under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are provided with accommodation; utilities, household equipment and healthcare are provided free. The Azure Card is provided to enable them to buy food and other items and is uploaded each week to the value of £35.39 for each person in the household. Extra assistance is also provided where necessary, for example by arranging travel to medical appointments and by providing maternity grants for pregnant women.</p><p>The Government keeps this package of assistance under review but is satisfied that it meets the essential living needs of recipients of section 4 support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/11/2014 16:51:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno