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1688046

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date	06/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase funding and resource to the Counter Fraud Profession and counter-fraud function to fight fraud (1) against His Majesty's Government, and (2) in the wider public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The government launched the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in 2022, and a key principle was that it should be expert-led. The PSFA is developing the capability of public servants in dealing with fraud through the Government Counter Fraud Profession. The standards and guidance that the Function creates, led from the PSFA, must be used in central government, and can be used more widely in the public sector and beyond. Since its inception in 2018, GCFP membership has expanded to over 7000 members beyond central government, including policing and local government.</p><p> </p><p>The government is proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system and has invested an extra £1bn in tackling fraud and error since Autumn 2021 across government. This included £24.7m funding over three years to support the creation of the PSFA, building on lessons learned in the management of fraud risk and loss in the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA regularly engages with Cabinet Office and HMT Ministers and Parliament, via the Public Accounts Committee, on its work and progress against its published mandate. In addition, the PSFA further engages with, and reports to, the National Audit Office.</p><p>In order to maintain its commitment to transparency, the PSFA publishes annual plans and annual reports. Last year the PSFA updated Parliament through a Written Ministerial Statement and by depositing a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Report in the Library of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2024 13:06:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1505661

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Email
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 Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL1712), why the cost of an email enquiry via SITEL UK changed from £5.48 per email between March 2017 and April 2021, to £2.74 per email since May 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>From 5<sup>th</sup> October 2020 customers applying for visas from outside the UK who choose to make contact by e-mail will be charged £2.74 per e-mail. This includes the initial e-mail enquiry plus any follow-up e-mails to and from the contact centre relating to the same enquiry. E-mails are sent via a web message form on www.gov.uk.</p><p>Customers calling UKVI from outside the UK will be charged 69p per minute (plus their local network charge).</p><p>These charges were reduced by 50% against the previous charges (£1.37 per minute for calls and £5.48 per email enquiry).</p><p> </p><p>The previous charges were reviewed in 2020. As part of that review, operational commercial improvement opportunities were identified, enabling the charges to be reduced.</p><p> </p><p>The supplier of UKVI’s international email and telephony services and in country telephony services changed from Sitel, to Teleperformance during a handover period between 31<sup>st</sup> March 2021 and 28 April 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2247 question first answered 21/09/2022 08:59:34 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1348914

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a system of (1) means-tested grants, or (2) interest-free loans, to repay arrears in order to prevent an increase in homelessness.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support which is available to tenants.</p><p>We have extended the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit until the end of September helping renters to continue paying their rent. Local housing allowance rates have been maintained at their increased level in cash terms in 2021/22, meaning claimants renting in the private rented sector continue to benefit from the significant increase in the local housing allowance rates applied in April 2020. For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. For 2021-22 the Government has made £140 million available in DHP funding, building on the £180 million provided last year.</p><p>Renters will continue to benefit from longer notice periods, giving them more time to make alternative arrangements. As of 1 June, until at least 30 September, notice periods will be at least 4 months except in the most egregious cases.</p><p>We are also providing local authorities with £310 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant. This funding represents a £47 million increase on the previous year’s funding and can be used to offer financial support for people to find a new home, to work with landlords to prevent evictions, and to ensure families have a roof over their head.</p><p>We do not wish to encourage more debt and have prioritised non-repayable support. We believe the best way to support people in need is through the existing welfare system, and this is what our extensive package of economic support is doing.</p><p>We continue to monitor the effectiveness of other examples of support, such as those from the devolved administrations in the UK, and note that uptake for loan support has been relatively low in Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 29/07/2021 11:08:11 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1182922

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing industry-wide skills forecasts to enable employers to anticipate workforce gaps and skills mismatches.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>In February the department published labour market projections for the period to 2027. The published report and results outline the future shape and size of the labour market and employment prospects by industry, occupation, qualification level, gender and employment status. The report is attached and is also available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2017-to-2027" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2017-to-2027</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The results will enable employers to anticipate workforce gaps and skills mismatches; training providers to understand skills needs and consider their future provision; and individuals to understand the prospects for different occupations and qualification requirements when making career choices. To further support individuals with their careers decisions, the results are also made available through DfE’s Labour Market Information for All open data service that was a commitment in the department’s careers strategy and is available at the following page: <a href="https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 18/03/2020 17:11:02 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge attachment 1 file name HL2245_Working_Futures_Main_Report.pdf title HL2245_ Report
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

773530

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Football: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the governance of English football.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Football Association is required to comply with the highest standards of sports governance as set out in Sport England and UK Sport's A Code for Sports Governance. The FA, along with all other National Governing Bodies of sport, had until the 31st October to demonstrate that they comply with the Code.</p><p>Sport England and UK Sport will be assessing the evidence provided by the FA shortly to determine whether or not the FA is Code compliant. Any organisation found to be non-compliant will be at risk of having their public funding removed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/11/2017 12:25:59 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

600492

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to reinstate direct funding of the BBC monitoring service and the BBC World Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The World Service is one of BBC's most distinctive services and it is a vital part of UK's soft power influence around the world. The government has protected licence fee funding for the​ World Service at £254m a year for the next five years, with additional Exchequer funding of £34m in 2016/17 and £85m per year for the following three years.</p><p>​BBC Monitoring provides a valuable service to the Government in monitoring and recording media output around the world. It is important that BBC has full editorial and managerial independence and integrity in the provision of BBC Monitoring, and this includes funding decisions. However, BBC Monitoring must be provided in accordance with the Monitoring Agreement agreed between BBC and the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 17/10/2016 15:25:52 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

418810

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Residues
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tests have been conducted on home-grown corn and rape seeds that have been sprayed with Roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant in the last five years, and how many of those tests have shown that maximum residue levels have been exceeded.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>Maximum residue levels (MRLs) are set so as to reflect the highest amount of pesticide residue expected in food when a pesticide is used in accordance with its authorisation. This means that a residue level above the relevant MRL does not necessarily indicate an unacceptable risk for consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘Roundup’ is the trade name of one product among many herbicides which contain the active substance glyphosate. The Government has undertaken 2,046 tests for glyphosate in the last five years. During 2011, 17 samples of lentils and three samples of pulses contained residues above the permitted MRL. An assessment of these findings found no concerns for human health from these residues. The MRL for lentils did not reflect glyphosate use permitted outside the EU. After proper technical assessment, that MRL was subsequently raised to accommodate such use. All the earlier lentil samples contained residues below the new MRL. Results are published online by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Crops or proteins produced exclusively for animal consumption are not currently subject to EU MRLs. However, crops such as soya that are grown for both human and animal consumption are subject to MRLs set under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. The current MRLs set for glyphosate are published in Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has not conducted any analytical tests for glyphosate on corn (maize) or rape seeds. Commodities tested include bread, flour, oats, wheat, noodles, cereal bars, infant food, beer, soya products, rice, lentils and pulses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL2243 HL2244 question first answered 28/09/2015 17:30:49 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

100039

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Exeter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total estimated cost of the works near Cowley Bridge to improve the resilience of the railway by removing three weirs from the River Exe, and what funding the Environment Agency is contributing to the works.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail has allocated £13.4million from the geo-environmental resilience programme. Their preferred option involves the removal of three weirs close to Stafford's bridge and Cowley bridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are not providing financial assistance with the scheme, but support the scheme as it complements their Exeter Flood defence scheme and their general approach of returning rivers to their natural states.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months, Network Rail will work with the Environment Agency to work out how they deliver the scheme collaboratively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 16:52:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley