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1059181

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date	11/02/2019
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	NHS: Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 7 February (HL13091), how many of those assaults occurred in (1) accident and emergency departments , (2) general mental health wards, (3) forensic mental health wards, and (4) other departments or wards; and whether they have categorised such assaults by the seriousness of injuries sustained.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available centrally.</p><p>National figures for physical assaults did not include information on the wards or departments within organisations where the assaults occurred nor the seriousness of any injuries sustained.</p><p>There are plans as the New Violence Reduction Strategy is implemented, to introduce a new data collection for physical assaults which will be aimed at helping trusts benchmark their progress against their peers and learn from good practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/02/2019 13:48:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1059187

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Petrol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days of reserve petrol stock are currently held by the UK, both inside and outside its borders; and how many days of stock will be held within the UK post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL13576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK currently holds 39 days of petrol stocks. The UK is also currently a net exporter of petrol as our refineries produce more than the UK consumes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has two international obligations to hold emergency oil stocks that can be released in response to disruptions to the oil market, as required by the EU Oil Stocking Directive (2009/119/EC) and under International Energy Agency (IEA) rules. The EU Oil Stocking Directive requires Member States to maintain stocks at the higher of 90 days of net imports or 61 days of inland consumption. The IEA obligation requires 90 days of net oil imports.</p><p> </p><p>UK oil stocking obligations after we exit the European Union will depend on the terms of our exit, including whether there is a transition period. Under any scenario, the UK will continue to be bound by the IEA requirement to hold oil stocks equal to 90 days of net imports. Many countries around the world subscribe to the same obligation, a level widely considered appropriate to protect against oil disruption.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/02/2019 12:10:36 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1059188

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Company Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) is the composition, and (2) are the terms of reference of the working group that has been set up to look at requirements for companies to disclose distributable reserves.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL13577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not established a working group to look at this matter.</p><p> </p><p>In its response to the Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation last year the Government said that it would explore the strength of the case for a comprehensive review of the UK’s dividend regime, including whether any such review should consider the option of requiring companies to disclose their distributable reserves. That consideration is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/02/2019 12:14:27 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1059191

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they plan to offer to students undertaking T-Levels to help them meet the cost of transport to work placements.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL13580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department is keen for students not to be prevented from undertaking T level industry placements due to travel and subsistence costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing significant funding to help education providers to put in place the infrastructure needed to deliver high quality industry placements in preparation for T levels. This funding can be used to support the students’ travel and subsistence costs. In addition to this, providers are receiving additional discretionary bursary funding of just under £2.5 million in 2018-19 to support students’ access to industry placements and other associated costs. We have recently announced further funding for 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Where students are eligible to receive Further Education Free Meals, providers must make sure that students are provided with a meal on days when they are off-site as part of their study programme. This responsibility will apply to industry placements. We have also advised that employers may also support students with their travel and subsistence costs if they wish.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13581 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:02:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1059192

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they plan to offer to students who qualify for free school meals and who are undertaking T-Levels to help them meet their food costs during work placements.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL13581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department is keen for students not to be prevented from undertaking T level industry placements due to travel and subsistence costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing significant funding to help education providers to put in place the infrastructure needed to deliver high quality industry placements in preparation for T levels. This funding can be used to support the students’ travel and subsistence costs. In addition to this, providers are receiving additional discretionary bursary funding of just under £2.5 million in 2018-19 to support students’ access to industry placements and other associated costs. We have recently announced further funding for 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Where students are eligible to receive Further Education Free Meals, providers must make sure that students are provided with a meal on days when they are off-site as part of their study programme. This responsibility will apply to industry placements. We have also advised that employers may also support students with their travel and subsistence costs if they wish.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13580 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:02:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1059193

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent staff are working on the EU Settlement Scheme and, of these, how many were recruited from (1) within the Home Office, (2) other government departments, and (3) elsewhere; and how many extra staff they intend to recruit for this purpose (a) before 29 March 2019 and (b) subsequently.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>We currently have over 1,200 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post to quickly process EU Settlement Scheme applications. This number will increase to 1,500 staff before the scheme fully launches by 30 March 2019. In addition to this, we are recruiting a further 300 staff for the new customer resolution centre which will proactively support EU citizens through the application process.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p><p>All recruitment has been through fair and open competition, and has encompassed existing Home Office staff, Other Government Department employees, and external recruits. We do not have a breakdown of where staff were previously employed. More detailed information about the previous roles of staff is not available within reasonable costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/02/2019 17:09:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1059194

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total cost of the EU Settlement Scheme to date; and what is the estimated total cost up to the deadline for applications on 30 June 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 financial year, HM Treasury provided EU Exit funding allocation of £395 million to Home Office. £170 million has been reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme. This includes building a simple, user-friendly digital application system, communications campaign and caseworkers to process applications.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/02/2019 17:07:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1059197

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Property Guardians
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 risk to property guardians in buildings owned by (1) the government, (2) local government, and (3) statutory bodies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL13585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 is applicable to premises occupied as a dwelling by property guardians. Under the Housing Act 2004, local authorities have a legal duty to keep the housing conditions in their area under review and identify any action that may need to be taken. If local authorities are aware of properties in their area occupied by property guardians, they should consider inspecting these properties proactively to identify potential health and safety hazards. The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System (HHSRS) applies across all premises occupied as a dwelling, including guardian properties. If hazards are present, local authorities have tough enforcement powers.</p><p>Electrical safety, gas safety and fire safety requirements apply to all private rented sector properties including guardian properties when they are residential or used as a dwelling. Fire safety in all non-domestic premises, including the common parts of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), is covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks to property guardians in buildings under different ownership. It is the role of local authorities to inspect and take action as required. The Government is reviewing information available to guardians and local authorities about their enforcement powers to make sure this happens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL13586 HL13589 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:13:06 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059198

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Property Guardians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what risk assessment has been conducted on the dangers of breaches of (1) electrical safety, (2) gas safety, and (3) fire safety regulations for people living as property guardians.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL13586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 is applicable to premises occupied as a dwelling by property guardians. Under the Housing Act 2004, local authorities have a legal duty to keep the housing conditions in their area under review and identify any action that may need to be taken. If local authorities are aware of properties in their area occupied by property guardians, they should consider inspecting these properties proactively to identify potential health and safety hazards. The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System (HHSRS) applies across all premises occupied as a dwelling, including guardian properties. If hazards are present, local authorities have tough enforcement powers.</p><p>Electrical safety, gas safety and fire safety requirements apply to all private rented sector properties including guardian properties when they are residential or used as a dwelling. Fire safety in all non-domestic premises, including the common parts of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), is covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks to property guardians in buildings under different ownership. It is the role of local authorities to inspect and take action as required. The Government is reviewing information available to guardians and local authorities about their enforcement powers to make sure this happens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL13585 HL13589 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:13:06 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059199

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Property Guardians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 15 October 2018 (HL Deb, cols 366–8), what progress they have made in establishing whether someone who has a licence as a property guardian is living in what can be defined as a “dwelling".
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL13587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 defines a “dwelling” as a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling.  Whether a building occupied by a property guardian is in fact a dwelling would be dependent on the particular facts of the case.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/02/2019 16:11:32 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender