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1701958

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how quickly their decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We are providing £89 million for this financial year. The vast majority of this will go towards humanitarian support. This will include funding to UNICEF which will provide emergency and life-saving food assistance to support people particularly in hard-to reach areas in Sudan, including nutrition, water and hygiene services for 500,000 children under five. Current access into Sudan remains highly constrained and our top humanitarian priority remains securing immediate humanitarian access and operational security guarantees for humanitarian agencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 15:51:56 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1701960

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Crimes against Humanity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK legal system is built on the tradition that, as a general rule, the authorities of the State in whose territory an offence is committed are best placed to prosecute the crime. However, universal jurisdiction applies to torture and other grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. It is a decision for the independent prosecuting authorities whether to prosecute such an offence. The UK remains committed to holding perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to account, including through our support to the International Criminal Court. We have also delivered a £6.2 million package to support Ukraine's domestic investigations and prosecutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3876 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:57:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1701961

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: War Crimes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK legal system is built on the tradition that, as a general rule, the authorities of the State in whose territory an offence is committed are best placed to prosecute the crime. However, universal jurisdiction applies to torture and other grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. It is a decision for the independent prosecuting authorities whether to prosecute such an offence. The UK remains committed to holding perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to account, including through our support to the International Criminal Court. We have also delivered a £6.2 million package to support Ukraine's domestic investigations and prosecutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3875 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:57:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1701962

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Food Supply
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In Sudan 17.7 million people (37 percent of the population) are now thought to be experiencing acute food insecurity. This is likely to worsen in the coming months in parts of West Darfur, Khartoum, and among the displaced population more broadly. In 2024/2025, we are providing £89 million for Sudan, which will include assistance to address food insecurity.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 15:42:09 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1701963

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK recognises the significant pressure that the Sudan crisis is putting on South Sudan and commends them for their support to the over 630,000 people that have crossed the border since the start of the conflict. Disruption to the oil pipeline has reduced the South Sudanese government's oil production capabilities and subsequently their income, causing inflationary pressures and an increase in food prices - the UK Government continues to monitor the economic situation closely. South Sudan is facing its own humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the Sudan conflict, with 9 million people expected to need humanitarian assistance in 2024. The UK has allocated £7.75 million to support existing and new Sudanese refugees, as well as vulnerable returnees and host communities in South Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 15:29:52 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1701966

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
	uin	HL3881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of the departmental allocation process, we assess the needs of individual organisations against the overarching backdrop of the wider departmental finances. The CCRC’s budget has increased year on year since 2020-21 both to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services. The budget for 2023/24 was set at just under £8 million, which is an increase of £1.26 million or 18% since 2021/22. Its 2024-25 allocation is under consideration.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 01/05/2024 16:49:24 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1701972

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Disadvantaged: North East
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to reduce the rates of deaths of despair in the North East, which has over double the rate of London; and what assessment they have made of using rates of deaths of despair to assess progress on levelling up.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery (SSMTR) Grant is the mechanism by which local authorities receive Drug Strategy funding to increase substance misuse treatment service capacity and the quality of interventions people receive. The SSMTR Grant is made available to local authorities on the condition of maintaining existing funding through the Public Health Grant.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the SSMTR Grant and the Inpatient Detox (IPD) Grant allocations for the North East are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024-25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23 to 2024-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SSMTR</p></td><td><p>£7,051,992</p></td><td><p>£13,677,970</p></td><td><p>£24,787,253</p></td><td><p>£45,517,215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IPD</p></td><td><p>£727,295</p></td><td><p>£727,295</p></td><td><p>£727,295</p></td><td><p>£2,181,885</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DHSC is also providing £1,157,212 in funding to three local authorities in the North East (Middlesborough, Newcastle and Durham) to improve access to drug and alcohol treatment services for people who sleep rough or who are at risk of sleeping rough.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 September 2023, the Government published a Suicide Prevention Strategy for England, with over 130 actions that we believe will make progress towards our ambition to reduce the suicide rate within two and a half years. The Strategy includes an intention to write guidance for local areas to support them to align their own strategies with the national strategy.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 March 2024, we announced that 79 organisations up and down the country, including some in the North East, have been allocated funding from the £10 million Suicide Prevention VCSE Grant Fund. These organisations, from local, community-led through to national, are delivering a broad and diverse range of activity that will prevent suicides and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper set out 12 missions, including the health mission, focused on improving Healthy Life Expectancy and narrowing the gap between local areas where it is highest and lowest.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting people to live healthier lives, helping the NHS and social care to provide the best treatment and care for patients and tackling health disparities through national and system interventions such as the NHS’s Core20PLUS5 programme.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring progress on a range of behavioural risk factors and underlying drivers of health, which are likely to impact on the health mission. We continue to use metrics that are publicly available and routinely updated to measure the levelling up missions, chosen to show as comprehensive a picture across the UK as possible. We are committed to developing this data picture and improving understanding of health disparities at a local level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 01/05/2024 13:23:43 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1701973

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Computers: China
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether national security clearance was sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and approved, before purchasing the Lenovo supercomputer from a Chinese electronics company.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The government has been clear that when tensions arise between its objectives in relation to China, national security will always come first. This procurement took place through a robust public sector procurement process with all necessary qualifying security criteria</p><p> </p><p>The UK's world leading cyber security experts are providing the necessary support and advice to assure the security of the system, as is normal.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 01/05/2024 11:11:55 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1701974

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Business
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to address the concerns of the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority that a small number of tech companies creating AI Foundation Models are developing partnerships which shape the markets in their own interest.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that digital markets work well for businesses and consumers. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will give the CMA new, faster and more effective tools to identify and address competition issues in digital markets, including AI foundation model markets. The Bill is on track to receive Royal Assent in spring subject to parliamentary timings, and we expect the regime will come into force in Autumn this year. In the meantime, the CMA has been using its existing markets and mergers tools to look into AI foundation models.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the CMA as the independent regulator to decide how to exercise its new and existing powers to address any competition issues in digital markets as they develop.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 01/05/2024 10:04:18 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1701975

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to draft new legislation to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence applications.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the AI Regulation White Paper consultation response, the Government noted that all countries will eventually need to legislate. The Government also set out initial thinking on the case for highly targeted binding measures for the most powerful general purpose AI models.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government emphasised that it would not rush to regulate until there is a mature understanding of risk, else regulation could prove ineffective and stifle innovation. The Government has also established the AI Safety Institute to understand and evaluate the safety of AI models within Government.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 01/05/2024 11:12:32 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch