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1343438

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date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was invested by the (1) Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, (2) NHS Pension Scheme, (3) Teachers’ Pension Scheme, (4) Local Government Pension Scheme, (5) Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, and (6) Armed Forces Pension Scheme, into (a) Huawei Technologies Co., LTD., (b) Huawei Investment & Holding Co., LTD., and (c) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., LTD, in the period between 2014 and 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>The main unfunded public service pension schemes have not invested in any of the mentioned companies.</p><p> </p><p>Most Public Service Pension schemes are unfunded Defined Benefit pension schemes, with the exception of the Local Government Pension Scheme. Members’ pension benefits are set out in statute and there is no fund of assets from which pension benefits are paid. Employer and employee contributions are paid to the relevant public service pension scheme, but these contributions are not invested. Instead, the public service pension scheme uses the contributions to meet the cost of pensions in payment. Where there is a difference between pensions in payment and total contributions, the difference is made up by HMT through Annually Managed Expenditure (AME).</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Pension Scheme is a funded scheme in which all the assets are owned by the administering authorities, which are responsible for the management of their investments. The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/07/2021 14:01:14 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1343439

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Gambling Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to strip the Gambling Commission of its power to impose affordability checks on vulnerable consumers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission received over 13,000 responses to its consultation and call for evidence on Remote Customer Interaction (including on issues to do with affordability) and has published an interim update on its website outlining next steps. It intends to publish a full report this summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government remains in close contact with the Commission as its work progresses and the Commission is sharing key evidence with the Department on affordability and other topics where it could be relevant to our Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are considering all evidence submitted to our Review, and any proposed changes will be led by that evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 09/07/2021 12:50:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

1343440

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Gambling
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 Economic Assessment of Selected House of Lords Gambling Reforms, prepared by NERA Economic Consulting for the Peers for Gambling Reform and published on 26 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>We are considering the report by NERA Economic Consulting carefully, along with the large amount of evidence we have received in connection with our Review. We aim to publish a white paper by the end of the year, setting out our conclusions and next steps for the Gambling Act Review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/07/2021 15:15:57 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

1343441

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	DNACPR Decisions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will report on (1) the membership, (2) the workings, and (3) the decisions, of the Ministerial Oversight Group tasked with overseeing the use of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) orders; and what assessment they have made of the circumstances in which these orders are now being issued.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL1668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministerial Oversight Group was created in response to a key recommendation of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) review of how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were made during the early phases of the pandemic. Further details of the Group’s membership, workings and key decisions will be published in due course.</p><p>The Department does not record or assess the circumstances of DNACPRs orders in place. However, the Ministerial Oversight Group will be responsible for the delivery and required changes of the CQC’s recommendations, to ensure adherence to guidance across the system about how DNACPRs are used.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/07/2021 11:32:21 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1343442

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Carbon Emissions and Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish their plans to de-carbonise the railways before 22 July; and whether those plans will include further electrification of the railways.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>We will publish the Transport Decarbonisation Plan shortly. The Plan will cover how we will support further electrification of the railways.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/07/2021 13:24:58 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1343443

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Charities: Churches
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 the excepted status for church charities will end in March 2031.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL1673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>DCMS officials will work with the Charity Commission and representatives of the excepted church charities to develop a comprehensive plan to phase the excepted church charities onto the register of charities in a manageable way over the extension period, which will end in March 2031.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/07/2021 15:11:30 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1343444

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Charities: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to prevent religious organisations that promote intolerance and harmful messages from becoming registered charities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL1674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>To be registered as a charity, institutions, including religious organisations in England and Wales, must meet the legal test for charitable status set out in the Charities Act 2011. This requires the institution to have a wholly charitable purpose for the benefit of the public. The advancement of religion has long been recognised as a charitable purpose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requirement for public benefit has to be demonstrated with evidence. Any benefits that the charity provides must be weighed against any detriment and harm. An example of activity by an organisation which would be considered as detrimental or harmful includes encouraging or promoting violence or hatred towards others, or unlawfully restricting a person’s freedom. An organisation’s public benefit will be affected where there is evidence of significant detriment or harm from what the organisation proposes to do, or practises, which outweigh the benefits of the organisation carrying out its aims.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Charity Commission, as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is responsible for assessing if an institution meets the legal test for charitable status. The Charity Commission takes a robust approach to registration, demonstrated by the fact that it registered on average 60% of applications received in 2020-2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently no plans to change the legal test for charitable status.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1675 HL1676 question first answered 12/07/2021 15:11:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1343445

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Charities: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to prevent religious organisations that promote misogyny from becoming registered charities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL1675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>To be registered as a charity, institutions, including religious organisations in England and Wales, must meet the legal test for charitable status set out in the Charities Act 2011. This requires the institution to have a wholly charitable purpose for the benefit of the public. The advancement of religion has long been recognised as a charitable purpose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requirement for public benefit has to be demonstrated with evidence. Any benefits that the charity provides must be weighed against any detriment and harm. An example of activity by an organisation which would be considered as detrimental or harmful includes encouraging or promoting violence or hatred towards others, or unlawfully restricting a person’s freedom. An organisation’s public benefit will be affected where there is evidence of significant detriment or harm from what the organisation proposes to do, or practises, which outweigh the benefits of the organisation carrying out its aims.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Charity Commission, as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is responsible for assessing if an institution meets the legal test for charitable status. The Charity Commission takes a robust approach to registration, demonstrated by the fact that it registered on average 60% of applications received in 2020-2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently no plans to change the legal test for charitable status.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1674 HL1676 question first answered 12/07/2021 15:11:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1343446

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Charities: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to removing the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL1676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>To be registered as a charity, institutions, including religious organisations in England and Wales, must meet the legal test for charitable status set out in the Charities Act 2011. This requires the institution to have a wholly charitable purpose for the benefit of the public. The advancement of religion has long been recognised as a charitable purpose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requirement for public benefit has to be demonstrated with evidence. Any benefits that the charity provides must be weighed against any detriment and harm. An example of activity by an organisation which would be considered as detrimental or harmful includes encouraging or promoting violence or hatred towards others, or unlawfully restricting a person’s freedom. An organisation’s public benefit will be affected where there is evidence of significant detriment or harm from what the organisation proposes to do, or practises, which outweigh the benefits of the organisation carrying out its aims.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Charity Commission, as the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is responsible for assessing if an institution meets the legal test for charitable status. The Charity Commission takes a robust approach to registration, demonstrated by the fact that it registered on average 60% of applications received in 2020-2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently no plans to change the legal test for charitable status.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1674 HL1675 question first answered 12/07/2021 15:11:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1343447

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have registered an opt-out with their GP practice to prevent the sharing of personal data outside of their GP practice except for their own care as at 5 July; and how many people have registered an opt-out covering the broader health and care system, that is the National Data opt-out, as at 5 July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cumberlege
uin	HL1681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Data on how many people have registered such an opt-out is not held centrally. NHS Digital reports that the current number of registered national data opt-outs is 3,066,543.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/07/2021 11:31:51 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2729 label Biography information for Baroness Cumberlege