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date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Cost Benefit Analysis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current benefit to cost ratio of each of the sections of HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The last published benefit-cost ratio (BCR) for the whole HS2 programme (Phase 1, Phase 2a, Phase 2b Western Leg) was 1.1, published in the supplement to the update on the Strategic Outline Business Case for HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg (July 2022). This excludes the Golborne Link. The BCR does not include dynamic wider economic impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The supplement presented the following adjusted BCRs for the different phases of the programme:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Phase One &amp; 2a</p></td><td><p>Phase 2b Western Leg (excl. Golborne Link)</p></td><td><p>Phase One &amp; Phase 2a &amp; Phase 2b Western Leg (excl. Golborne Link)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 BCR (including static wider economic impacts)</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will continue to provide updated economic assessments of HS2 at key decision points for the programme, including in the next business case for Phase 2b.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/05/2023 10:30:31 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

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date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what their planned allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) will be for (1) the next year they can be sought, and (2) each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7384 HL7385 HL7386 HL7387 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1228052

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
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	Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with each NHS trust in England about the implementation of the recommendations of Public Health England’s review Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups, published in June.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Kemi Badenoch MP) is reviewing the findings from Public Health England’s (PHE) reports to better understand the drivers behind the disparities and the relationships between the different risk factors. Her work will take into account PHE’s recommendations and help us to improve understanding of the virus and who it affects so we can build on the existing action we are already taking to tackle health inequalities.</p><p>Within the health and care sector, all National Health Service employers were directed on 24 June by NHS England and NHS Improvement to make significant progress in deploying risk assessments for staff. NHS England and NHS Improvement have also established a Task and Finish Group, composed of a range of system leaders and voluntary sector partners, to focus on what specific, measurable actions should be taken by the NHS in the next few months. The Group will take account of feedback and ideas already received from black, Asian and minority ethnic organisations, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, local systems and others.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 01/09/2020 12:28:16 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

895023

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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	Postal Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many communities in the UK do not receive a daily postal delivery.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Postal Services Act 2011 sets the minimum service level requirements – a 6 days a week letter delivery service to every UK address.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, as the independent regulator, monitors the delivery of service standards. Its assessments of postal services have been published annually on its website since 2011-12.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/05/2018 15:03:10 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

510182

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Darfur: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider the impact to be of the displacement of people within Darfur on the legitimacy of the referendum taking place between 11 and 13 April.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text We remain concerned by the timing of the Darfur referendum due to ongoing violence and the absence of a peace agreement. The continued fighting and level of civilian displacement in Jebel Marra is particularly troubling, and brings in to question the viability of holding the referendum at this time. We have raised such concerns with the Government of Sudan. We have also pressed for full humanitarian access to be granted, including at the UN Security Council and bilaterally as part our recent strategic dialogue with the Government of Sudan, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Africa Director. Officials from our Embassy in Khartoum are monitoring the situation closely. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL7386 question first answered 20/04/2016 12:08:21 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool