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1587973

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date	21/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for the issuing of firearm licences.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The safety of the public is our first priority and we keep firearms controls under review. We introduced new Statutory Guidance for firearms licensing for Chief Officers of Police on 1 November 2021. This is helping to improve the quality of police licensing procedures and achieve greater consistency across police forces, because police forces now have a legal duty to have regard to the Statutory Guidance when carrying out their licensing functions. The Statutory Guidance also made it a requirement for relevant medical information to be provided to police in all cases before the application for a firearm certificate is considered. The Statutory Guidance was refreshed on 14 February following a review after its first year in operation.</p><p>Following the conclusion on Monday 20 February of the inquest into the tragic shootings which occurred in Keyham in August 2021, and the issuing of a report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct and the report following a recent inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee into firearms licensing, we are giving urgent but careful consideration to recommendations made to the Home Office about firearms licensing.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 06/03/2023 16:41:05 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1417541

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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	Television: Advertising
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 number of television advertising slots there have been on UK free to view television in the most recent year for which data is available, and (2) of the trend in the number of such advertisements over the previous 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Ofcom is the independent regulatory body responsible for overseeing the amount and scheduling of adverts on UK licensed broadcast television. It is the responsibility of Ofcom to make any assessment in relation to the number of television advertising slots on UK free to view television or any related trends over the years.</p><p>Under section 322 of the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom requires licensed television broadcasters to observe a set limit on the amount of advertising they show. The number of internal advertising slots permitted on public service channels depends on the genre and scheduled duration of the specific programme. The total amount of advertising on ITV 1, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C and STV must not exceed an average of seven minutes per hour of broadcasting in any one day, or an average of 8 minutes per hour between 6.00 and 11.00 p.m. For other broadcasters, the total amount of advertising in any one day must not exceed an average of nine minutes per hour of broadcasting. This may be increased by a further three minutes per hour devoted to teleshopping spots.</p><p>Ofcom’s Code on the Scheduling of Television Advertising (COSTA) sets out the rules with which licensed television broadcasters must comply when displaying adverts. If a broadcaster does not comply with these requirements, they can be found in breach of their licence.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 10/02/2022 15:16:07 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1204164

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks made by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP on 12 June that “whilst the impact of such discharges meant the NHS was never short of beds or ventilators, it seems extraordinary that no one appeared to consider the clinical risk to care homes despite widespread knowledge that the virus could be carried asymptomatically.”
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Throughout our coronavirus response we have kept our policies under continuous review based on the emerging international and domestic evidence and have worked tirelessly with the care sector and public health experts to reduce transmission and save lives.</p><p>On 15 April, we published COVID-19: Our Action Plan for Adult Social Care. This set out that all patients are required to be tested prior to discharge to a care home. A copy is attached.</p><p>Patients are discharged when it is clinically safe and they no longer need acute care. Wherever possible, people who are clinically ready should be supported to return to their place of residence, where assessment of longer-term needs will take place. This approach follows the ‘discharge to assess’ model, to support timely and appropriate discharge from hospital.</p><p>As our understanding of the virus has changes throughout the course of the pandemic, we have continued to develop our policy. Our current policy is that due to evidence of asymptomatic spread, during periods of sustained transmission we recommend that all residents being discharged from hospital or interim care facilities to the care home and new residents admitted from the community should be isolated for 14 days within their own room. For care home residents, around 70% of people living in care homes for the over 65s have dementia. It is important they return to their familiar environments when they are clinically ready, with the personalised support and daily activities in place that help them to live well with dementia. This can be better achieved in their care home, rather than the hospital.</p><p>We have made £1.3 billion funding available via the National Health Service to help patients who no longer need urgent treatment to get home from hospital safely and quickly. We have also made £3.2 billion available to local authorities so they can address pressures on local services caused by the pandemic, including in adult social care. On 13 May we announced an additional £600 million to support care home providers through a new Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/07/2020 17:15:53 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name covid-19-adult-social-care-action-plan.pdf title Adult Social Care Action Plan
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

846684

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Fit for Work Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation in relation to the Fit for Work scheme; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce legislation in relation to Fit for Work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 07/03/2018 17:53:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

706886

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) children, or (2) members of their family, (a) have been removed from education, (b) have been removed from the country, (c) are in detention, or (d) have been otherwise contacted by immigration officers, as a result of the transfer of data from the National Pupil Database to the Removals Casework Team since 2015 under the memorandum of understanding on data sharing between the Home Office and the Department for Education; and, with regard to such removals, detentions and contacts, who is accountable for the duty to promote the welfare of children under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p><p>Where the Home Office makes decisions on and acts on decisions to remove people from the UK, it has a clear duty under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/03/2017 17:49:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

449229

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who is responsible for ensuring that, in discussions under the Belfast Agreement 1998 with the government of the Republic of Ireland, only those entitled to attend the appropriate strands do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Discussions with the Irish Government in matters relating to the Belfast Agreement are in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs. A commitment to continue to uphold the three-stranded approach was also contained in the Government’s Northern Ireland manifesto at the General Election.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL5740 question first answered 24/02/2016 12:16:38 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird