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date	03/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties: Urine Drainage Bags
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ask HMRC to work with the World Customs Organisation’s Harmonised System Committee to reclassify urine drainage bags as medical devices for import tariff purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>HMRC has reviewed the classification of urine drainage bags and consider the classification 3926 to be correct. This is in line with classification decisions previously issued by the World Customs Organization, which member countries are expected to follow.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses who wish to make representations to reduce the UK import duty rate for these goods, or to make an application for a temporary suspension of import duties, may contact the Department for Business and Trade via <a href="mailto:TariffSuspensions@trade.gov.uk" target="_blank">TariffSuspensions@trade.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Covid-19 critical goods, which include Urine drainage bags, are currently subject to a 0 per cent rate of Customs duty until the end of 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 17/03/2023 13:17:15 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1421513

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, if there are surplus school places available in the Education Investment Areas, new specialist sixth form free schools will be allowed to be established there.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes school place planning estimates as part of the school capacity official statistics publication, available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>.</p><p>This contains estimates of future school place shortfalls and surpluses. This data was last published in May 2019 and covered the place planning estimates for mainstream school places in year groups from reception to year 11. The department will be publishing updated school capacity official statistics at the end of March 2022.</p><p>Identification of forecast need is carried out at planning area level. This means that within a local authority there may be planning areas forecasting a surplus and others forecasting a need for additional places. Based on the data published in May 2019, an estimated 53,000 primary places and 77,000 secondary places were needed across England to meet demand for academic year 2023/24. Around 17,000 of these primary places and 25,000 of these secondary places are in Education Investment Areas.</p><p>The need for places will be an important consideration in determining whether new free schools will be approved and opened. The department will set out more details on the future free school programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6114 question first answered 23/02/2022 11:51:34 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1217772

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Nature Conservation: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the proposals by community groups for the creation of a national nature service, what plans they have to fund the creation of such a service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Environmental organisations make a valuable contribution to the Government's environmental agenda. They do this through conservation of the natural environment; engaging people in the natural world; and providing access to our beautiful landscapes and coastlines.</p><p>As we rebuild our economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we must continue to shape an economy and society that are cleaner, greener and more resilient. This Government remains committed to being a world leader on tackling the environmental crises we face. Our recently launched £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund will support up to 2000 jobs and lead to the creation of up to 3000 more in environmental space.</p><p>We welcome the range of proposals that have been shared by groups including environmental organisations to deliver a green recovery. We are reviewing these based upon the best use of public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 09/07/2020 11:25:31 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

856326

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 personal budgets for looked after children, those at risk of entering care, adopted children, and care leavers, are spent on evidence-based interventions and not on the replication of services offered by universal provision.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Personal health budgets and the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) are generally used for interventions that are not universally offered or commissioned locally, offering access to support that would not ordinarily be available to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>The use of personal health budgets for looked after children and young people is being piloted and independently evaluated. The evaluation includes assessment of the benefits of personal health budgets, including impact on mental health outcomes. Regular reviews also take place at an individual level to ensure the support provided continues to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the ASF was published in August 2017, which can be found attached. The government gave a commitment, in ‘Adoption: a vision for change’, also attached, to strengthen the evidence base of ‘what works’ in terms of preventative and therapeutic adoption support. The department is currently exploring ways to achieve this, including through use of the findings of a new independent evaluation of the ASF, monitoring the impact of the fund for children, families, local authorities and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 1.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation 2 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 2.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation Appendix 3 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 3.pdf title Adoption: A Vision for Change grouped question UIN HL6116 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:41:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

711609

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Nuclear Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many full time equivalent staff there are in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy working in the civil nuclear policy area and how many of them have qualifications in chemistry, physics or materials, and at what level.
tabling member printed	Lord Oxburgh
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>As at March 2017, there are approximately 150 posts in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) whose work relates predominantly to civil nuclear policy.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS holds details of qualifications only where that qualification was a requirement for the post when it was advertised. These records are held on individual staff files and the department would incur disproportionate costs in order to obtain the information. Staff are recruited against the Civil Service competency framework, demonstrating that they possess the required experience and skills.</p><p> </p><p>When developing policy in this area, BEIS also works closely with the Chief Scientific Adviser, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the National Nuclear Laboratory, and industry experts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 29/03/2017 13:46:54 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2494 label Biography information for Lord Oxburgh

452168

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to advise drivers of the risks involved in driving after drinking alcohol.
tabling member printed	Lord Rea
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government advise drivers of the risks involved in driving after drinking alcohol in a number of ways.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s THINK! drink drive campaign raises awareness of the risks and consequences of drink driving. The campaign aims to reinforce the social unacceptability of drink driving and achieve positive behaviour change amongst drivers.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2015, THINK! ran a £2.9 million drink drive campaign. This campaign targeted males aged 17-34, who are disproportionately represented in drink drive killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualty statistics. We advertised this campaign on TV, online video and radio, and supported this with wider PR and social media activity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we work with partners including Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Johnnie Walker to provide incentives to drivers (such as buy one get one free soft drinks) to avoid drink driving.</p><p> </p><p>THINK! also provide materials to road safety professionals to run campaigns and provide information on the risks of drink driving to drivers locally.</p><p> </p><p>The driving theory test addresses the subject of drink driving and the topic is covered extensively in driving learning materials.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also works with organisations to provide Drink Drive Rehabilitation Schemes (DDRS) for first time offenders. The courses aim to allow reflection of behaviour and achieve behaviour change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/02/2016 12:21:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea