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1699330

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date	27/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Internet: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that existing web protocols designed to prevent unauthorised access to personal data are widely known and easily navigable for both individuals and organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s existing Data Protection Framework requires organisations, including those developing AI technologies such as Large Language Models, to comply with UK data protection principles on lawfulness, fairness and transparency.</p><p>This includes requirements to make sure that processing personal data is ‘necessary’ for the intended purposes, carried out in a way that people would reasonably expect, and that data subjects are informed about processing and able to exercise their rights.</p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office has updated guidance on how data protection laws apply to AI systems that process personal data to include fairness across the AI lifecycle.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL3676 HL3677 HL3678 question first answered 12/04/2024 09:33:40 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1544727

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Medicine: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many British applicants trained as medical students in each year from 2015 to 2021; and how many of those applicants were accepted to train as doctors in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on the nationality of students on medical courses in England or the United Kingdom is not held centrally. However, the Office for Students (OFS) reports the intake of medical students at UK medical schools by ‘home fees’ and ‘other fees’ status. ‘Home’ fee status refers to students eligible to pay the ‘home’ level of tuition fees, where individuals must be resident and ‘settled’ in the UK on ‘the first day of the first academic year’ of their course. With some exceptions, they must also have been ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK for the three years prior to that date. The following table shows the number of starters in English medical schools by ‘home’ fees status in each year since 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>6,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>6,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>7,780</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: OFS medical and dental intakes</p><p>The information requested on the number of British nationals or the number of ‘home fees’ students who subsequently join the Foundation Programme of training in UK hospitals is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 01/12/2022 13:26:47 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1366051

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) small, and (2) medium, sized telecommunications providers in mitigating Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a well-known type of cyber attack, used by a range of attackers against a range of targets across the world. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published guidance to help organisations understand and mitigate this type of attack. The NCSC can also work with organisations affected by DDoS attacks to provide the necessary advice and support, and victims can refer incidents to the National Crime Agency for consideration of a criminal investigation.</p><p>More widely, the Government is committed to ensuring the security and resilience of the UK’s telecommunications networks and services. That is why we introduced the Telecommunications (Security) Bill which will establish a new telecoms security framework, including new duties and requirements on public telecommunications providers to identify and prevent the risk of a wide range of security compromises, such as those resulting from DDoS attacks. Small and medium-sized telecommunications providers will be subject to those duties and requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 18/11/2021 11:43:14 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1191857

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Local Government: Devolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) restore the position of Directors of Public Health as executive board members of local authorities, (2) review local authority staffing levels and budgets, (3) give responsibility for testing and contact tracing to local authorities, and (4) decentralise such operations from Whitehall.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG continues to work closely with local authorities to ensure they can respond to the Covid-19 crisis.</p><p>It is not for government to review local authority staffing levels and budgets. As democratically elected organisations local authorities are independent from central government. This means that they are responsible for managing their financial budgets and ensuring that they have a capable workforce in order to deliver a quality service to residents. Councils, rather than central government, are best placed to make independent decisions on staffing so that they can deliver within the resources available and with an understanding of what is best value for local taxpayers.</p><p>To support local authorities in the fight against coronavirus, government is giving the sector an unprecedented £3.2 billion in additional funding</p><p>As part of our efforts to increase testing, the Department for Health and Social Care has contacted each of the Local Resilience Forums to outline how they can work effectively in responding to local demand. Part of this will include coordinating the deployment of Mobile Testing Units (MTUs), which have been designed to clinical requirements by Army engineers and can be easily set up in under 20 minutes.</p><p>With regard to contact tracing, we recognise that there needs to be a strong and complementary localised element to the national track and trace model. Developing a truly integrated approach will ensure that the national offer is well linked with local community support for those who may need to self-isolate. That is why my Department is working closely with DHSC and local bodies to understand how we can best do this.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 14/05/2020 13:49:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

796027

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Shares: Sales
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 extent to which the beneficial owners of shares held in collective investments are fully aware when those shares have been lent for shorting purposes and have given their permission accordingly.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent from government.</p><p> </p><p>This question has been passed on to the FCA. They will reply directly to the Noble Lord by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3676 question first answered 05/12/2017 16:19:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

647979

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Ilois: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the 1966 UK–US Exchange of Notes concerning British Indian Ocean Territories, the US were consulted about the possibility of resettlement on Diego Garcia; and if so, what was their response.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The decision against resettlement has taken into account a wide range of views from all stakeholders, including the US. But security of the military facility is not the only factor in our decision against resettlement. Even if it were possible to work around the security implications of resettlement, the overwhelming practical challenges and costs of resettlement remain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 07/12/2016 15:33:38 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

429191

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Carers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to relaxing visa restrictions for those seeking to come to Britain as carers in order tackle nursing and care home staffing shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Tier 2 of the Points Based System for immigration - the skilled work route - has been reserved for graduate occupations since 2011. Carers do not qualify for entry to the UK under this route and sponsors are therefore unable to bring in workers from outside the EEA to fill such roles.</p><p>While the Government acknowledges that care work requires certain skills, it should be possible to source those skills from the resident workforce. The care sector, like others, needs to reduce its dependency on migration and develop a sustainable strategy for tackling high vacancy and turnover rates by doing more to attract, train and retain resident workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/12/2015 13:45:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

169688

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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 Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the statement on 10 December by the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union that "The European Commission is more than ever a political body" is compatible with the Commission's role as set out in the Maastricht Treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the European Commission’s role is as set out in the relevant Treaties. Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) specifies that the European Commission’s role includes, inter alia, ensuring the application of the Treaties and overseeing the application of Union law under the control of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Article 17 of the TEU also provides that, in carrying out its responsibilities, the Commission shall be completely independent.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:23:28 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke