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1688309

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date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how parliamentarians and members of the public can engage with and make recommendations to the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Queen Elizabeth Committee is in the early stages of its work of developing recommendations for a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, including both a permanent memorial and a legacy programme.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its work, the Committee will undertake public engagement and consultation, details of which will be shared in due course, and will consider how best to consult other stakeholders including parliamentarians.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Committee can be found on GOV.UK on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-queen-elizabeth-memorial-committee" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-queen-elizabeth-memorial-committee</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/02/2024 15:48:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1505805

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Integrated Care Boards
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 challenges of the transition from Clinical Care Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards, and (2) the risk of established ways of working being recreated within the new structures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS England led a transition programme to design integrated care boards (ICBs) and support the transfer of staff, property and liabilities from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Through joint planning and progress monitoring between NHS England and the Department, all 42 ICBs were legally established and no significant transition issues reported.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst CCG functions have been conferred to ICBs and some continuity will remain where appropriate, ICBs are designed to work differently from CCGs. ICBs have new duties under the Health and Care Act 2022. This includes wider and more integrated care pathways, accelerated work on prevention and the determinants of health, new leadership in the National Health Service and new governance arrangements. The new ICB geographies will adopt new ways of working to ensure that the needs of local populations are responded to.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 12:03:13 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1349346

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to engage with professional and statutory regulatory bodies to determine how degree apprenticeship proposals are implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to the noble Lord and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/07/2021 14:55:19 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1183187

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	4G
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 percentage of 4G coverage in the UK in comparison to such coverage in France.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced on 9 March that it had agreed a deal with the mobile network operators to deliver the Shared Rural Network programme. This will see Government and industry jointly invest to increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the UK to 95% geographic coverage by end-2025. Coverage is based on Ofcom’s definition of good quality 4G coverage, which is the minimum signal strength required to deliver a 90-second telephone call and a download speed of at least 2Mbit/s, 95% of the time.</p><p>The Shared Rural Network is underpinned by legally binding coverage commitments from each operator to have reached at least 90%, which will be assessed in 2026. Ofcom will regularly report on coverage improvements towards this goal through its Connected Nations report.</p><p>Exact site deployment plans will be managed by the operators themselves in order for them to best deliver the agreed coverage outcomes. However, we expect that consumers will feel the benefit of the programme long before its conclusion and the operators will consult with communities as roll out plans become clearer.</p><p>While the biggest improvements in coverage arising from the Shared Rural Network will be in Scotland and Wales, there will be improvements across all four nations. 4G geographic coverage in England is currently 97% from at least one operator and 81% from all four operators. As a result of the programme, this will increase to 98% coverage from at least one operator, and 90% from all four by end-2025.</p><p>The Shared Rural Network will help close the digital divide between urban and rural areas by improving mobile coverage in largely rural areas across the whole of the UK. The programme is not directly aimed at improving coverage in dense inner-city areas such as the West End of London which, typically, have good 4G coverage from all four operators, and it will remain a commercial decision for operators to decide whether to improve coverage in such areas.</p><p>We are aware of the European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index report 2019, which compares 4G coverage of homes across Member States. The report, available via the following link, <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/desi" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/desi</a> suggests that in 2018, based on an average of operator coverage, there was 98% 4G coverage of UK homes. This compared to 95% for France, and an EU average of 94%. The Shared Rural Network will help to improve our European standing by providing additional coverage to 280,000 premises.</p><p>While the vast majority of commercial rollout of 5G services will be delivered by industry and according to their own timeframes, government is committed to being a world leader in 5G technology and providing a 5G signal to a majority of the population by 2027. The Government is investing in a nationally coordinated programme of 5G testbed facilities and application trials to help achieve this, and has allocated £200 million from the National Productivity Investment Fund to the 5G Programme, which launched in 2017 and will run until March 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2278 HL2280 HL2281 HL2282 HL2283 HL2350 question first answered 16/03/2020 16:31:57 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

773564

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Human Rights Joint Select Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what are the reasons for the delay in establishing the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Human Rights has now been appointed. The Lords membership was agreed by the House on Wednesday 19 July. The House of Commons agreed its members of the Joint Committee on Monday 30 October. The appointment of Commons Members is a matter for the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 31/10/2017 17:55:28 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

600526

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what procedural advice or guidance is given to government departments when answering Parliamentary questions.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government's guidance on answering Parliamentary Questions, for both the House of Lords and the House of Commons is set out in the attached Cabinet Office guidance. Freedom of information requests are answered in line with the requirements set out in the Freedom of Information Act 2000</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL2280 question first answered 25/10/2016 14:43:51 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name CO-DC00-PRN01_Emman Chowdhury_3342_001.pdf title Attachment for PEER - FOI and PQs
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

419206

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
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	Hamas
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 outcomes of the talks between Tony Blair and Hamas since his active negotiations with Khaled Meshaal in June.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the outcomes of any talks between Tony Blair and Hamas. The immediate priority remains for all parties to prioritise making progress on reaching a durable agreement that addresses the underlying causes of the conflict.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/09/2015 15:43:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

100073

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they have spent on administering the Azure card system since its inception.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers accommodated under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom. The card can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring that recipients are able to meet their essential living needs and are not left destitute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore has no plans to abolish the card or change legislation to allow people supported under section 4 to receive cash instead.</p><p> </p><p>The total administrative costs of the card scheme since it was introduced in 2009 are approximately £1,515,000. Estimated administrative costs for the current financial year are £200,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its response to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report about asylum procedures in December 2013 (cm 8769). A response to the Committee’s views on section 4 support was set out on page 18-19.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2277 HL2278 HL2280 HL2281 question first answered 28/10/2014 15:17:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno