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1670128

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date	14/11/2023
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	Somerset Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the financial stability of Somerset Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>I would like to assure my noble Friend that the Government monitors the financial health of local authorities on a regular basis using a wide range of data as well as through extensive direct engagement with councils.</p><p>We are aware of the recent concerns relating to Somerset council with regards its financial position. While individual councils are responsible for managing their budgets, the Department has been clear that we are willing to have discussions with any council that has concerns about its ability to manage its finances or faces pressures it has not planned for.</p><p>For 2023/24, the final Local Government Finance Settlement made available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion or 9.4% in cash terms on 2022/23.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 27/11/2023 15:46:47 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1463833

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of eligible patients have received doses of COVID-19 antiviral therapies within the 5-day guidelines set out by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>Since they were established in December 2021, COVID Medicines Delivery Units have provided antiviral or monoclonal antibody treatments to over 43,000 patients in England. Of these, over 20,100 patients have been treated with antivirals. The clinical access policies specify that the oral antivirals molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir+ritonavir must be administered within five days of the patient starting to experience symptoms. Over 95% of eligible non-hospitalised patients who have received an antiviral treatment to date were treated within five days from the onset of symptoms. However, the antiviral infusion remdesivir is suitable to be administered within seven days of the patient becoming symptomatic.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 27/05/2022 10:42:34 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1315032

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	Railways: Fares
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 loss of fare revenue arising from the recent withdrawal from service of some Hitachi trains; and who will bear the cost of that loss of revenue.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Disruption has been most significant on the Great Western Railway (GWR) network on Intercity services, as well as some London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and a small number of TransPennine Express services.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate less than £1m each day may need to be refunded for GWR services.  On LNER services, and despite a smaller disruptive impact to the operation of services, the operator has reported to the Department that it processed on average £60,000 per day of Delay Repay claims last week.</p><p> </p><p>The agreements in place to use the affected trains contain provisions that protect the taxpayer and we are currently assessing all available options to ensure taxpayers are protected.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/05/2021 14:26:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1170161

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Washing Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice has been given by the Office for Product Safety and Standards to online marketplaces following the product recall of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines in December 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting consumers from unsafe products. The Chief Executive of the Office for Product Safety and Standards wrote to online platforms when the recall was announced by Whirlpool requesting them to take steps to ensure affected washing machines and other recalled items were not available on their platforms to protect public safety.</p><p>My hon. Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, has previously written to the UK heads of Amazon, Alibaba, eBay, Facebook and Gumtree to ensure they are playing their part in protecting UK consumers from unsafe goods and is closely monitoring the situation.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 27/01/2020 14:43:37 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1151671

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the turnover of staff in early years provision has been in each of the last five years in England, Wales and Scotland.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on the turnover of staff in early years provision is not held centrally. Early years policy is a devolved matter and data collection is determined by the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 31/10/2019 16:55:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

746677

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what priority they will give to increasing support for, and strengthening the effectiveness of, the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations through the UK’s Official Development Assistance programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable role that the Specialised Agencies of the United Nations perform in the agreement and enforcement of international norms, standards and regulations. The UK focuses its support on agencies that are best placed to deliver on the Government’s strategic priorities and which demonstrate excellent performance including value for money for UK taxpayers’ investments. The Multilateral Development Review published in December 2016 explained how the Department for International Development is working with several Specialised Agencies to improve their effectiveness, including the introduction of performance agreements to reinforce priority reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/07/2017 16:38:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

521451

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	UN Agencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s position on the European Convention of Human Rights remains clear. We cannot rule out withdrawing forever, but our forthcoming proposals do not include it. We are confident that we can replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights and reform our relationship with the Strasbourg Court.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 07/06/2016 14:55:21 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

348829

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the use by both sides of heavy weapons at Mariinka in Ukraine; and whether they plan to take steps to continue and to tighten existing sanctions against Russia in the light of such heavy weapons use.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We have been concerned with the escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine, particularly around the town of Maryinka on 3 June. Reports by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the movement of a large amount of heavy weapons in separatist held areas, close to Maryinka, preceding and during the fighting, point clearly to this being a separatist provocation. At the G7 Summit on 7-8 June, all G7 leaders were clear that sanctions should be linked to Russia’s complete implementation of the Minsk agreements and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/06/2015 13:54:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

61539

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds are available via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development to help the people of Egypt to promote good governance, economic development and the rule of law.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The FCO and DFID support Egypt through the following funds:</p><p>1) The Arab Partnership Economic Facility</p><p>2) The Arab Partnership Participation Fund, and</p><p>3) The Conflict Pool</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 26/06/2014 15:35:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath