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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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

1701996

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Orphans
	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 Orpheopolis system of French orphanages for the orphaned children of police officers; and what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing such a facility in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government has no plans to introduce a facility specifically for orphaned children of police officers.</p><p>The death of an officer is devastating for all in policing, but most deeply felt by their loved ones and children. It is important that bereaved families have access to the appropriate support, primarily from the police force. Depending on the particular circumstances, there is a range of benefits payable to children on the death of an officer under both the occupational pension and injury benefit schemes. There are also a number of police charities providing support for bereaved families and children, which provide access to counselling and peer support.</p><p>This Government also introduced the Police Covenant, to support the police workforce and their families, recognising the risks and demands that can be involved. We have funded the National Police Wellbeing Service to develop and launch the first national family support package, providing advice for the families of officers on mental health and fatigue, as well as practical resources for those with young children to help them understand the role of policing.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/05/2024 11:11:05 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1702001

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish an update to the calculation of the resource accounting and budgeting charge for student finance; and whether they propose to make any changes to the basis for calculation used at the time it was last updated.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 financial year, the Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge was £5.5 billion, or 27% of the £20.0 billion of loans issued that financial year. The RAB charge for 2023/24 will be published in the department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Of student loans issued in the 2023/24 financial year, the government is expected to subsidise:</p><ul><li>28% of full-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>23% of part-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>48% of Plan 2 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>27% of full-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>19% of part-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>37% of Plan 5 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>0% of Master’s Loans.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These forecasts are subject to change. The final RAB forecasts for 2023/24 will be available as part of the annual student finance statistical publication, released in June 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The RAB charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year, is calculated as the present value of student loan outlay less expected future repayments, in accordance with relevant International Financial Reporting Standards and guidance from HMT’s Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).</p><p> </p><p>The FReM requires future repayments of student loans to be discounted at the higher of the intrinsic rate and HMT’s discount rate, based on analysis of real yields on UK index linked Gilts and are specifically appropriate to central government.</p><p> </p><p>The FReM is kept under constant review. It is updated to reflect developments in relevant standards and best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL3915 question first answered 01/05/2024 11:10:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

1702000

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current value of the resource accounting and budgeting charge for student finance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 financial year, the Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge was £5.5 billion, or 27% of the £20.0 billion of loans issued that financial year. The RAB charge for 2023/24 will be published in the department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Of student loans issued in the 2023/24 financial year, the government is expected to subsidise:</p><ul><li>28% of full-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>23% of part-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>48% of Plan 2 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>27% of full-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>19% of part-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>37% of Plan 5 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>0% of Master’s Loans.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These forecasts are subject to change. The final RAB forecasts for 2023/24 will be available as part of the annual student finance statistical publication, released in June 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The RAB charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year, is calculated as the present value of student loan outlay less expected future repayments, in accordance with relevant International Financial Reporting Standards and guidance from HMT’s Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).</p><p> </p><p>The FReM requires future repayments of student loans to be discounted at the higher of the intrinsic rate and HMT’s discount rate, based on analysis of real yields on UK index linked Gilts and are specifically appropriate to central government.</p><p> </p><p>The FReM is kept under constant review. It is updated to reflect developments in relevant standards and best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL3916 question first answered 01/05/2024 11:10:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

1701983

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism: Passenger Ships
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many tourists visit England each year (1) on a cruise ship, and (2) to go on a cruise holiday; and what percentage of all tourists these numbers represent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Our data on cruise passengers do not include a breakdown of passengers by nationality. The table below shows the total number of passengers arriving in the UK on international cruises between 2018 and 2022.</p><p>Total Passenger Arrivals on International Cruises:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Passengers (in thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,994</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 01/05/2024 11:09:16 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1713281

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Soil: Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect soil monitoring data will become available from the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment is a new environmental monitoring programme, assessing the state and condition of ecosystems in England and their natural capital. The field data, including soils data, is being collected on a 5-year cycle that runs from 2023/24 to 2027/28. Final statistics and data will be published after 2027/28 when 100% of the data has been collected and there are outline plans to publish interim statistics, mid cycle, once 50% of the field data has been collected.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 11:08:06 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1713283

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Agriculture: Land Use
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat is let on annual farm business tenancies; and what steps they are taking to ensure this land is not being farmed in a manner that is accelerating its degradation and threatening future food security.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Peat policy is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not have any data on the percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat let on annual farm business tenancies.</p><p> </p><p>In the Environmental Improvement Plan, we said that we are committed to halting the degradation of our lowland peat soils which causes such significant harm to the environment.</p><p> </p><p>We have also agreed to take forward action on all recommendations of the Lowland Agricultural Peat Task Force Chair's report, recognising the vital role that lowland peat soils play in producing food for our nation and supporting our rural economies.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently funding approximately £12.5million on projects on paludiculture, local collaboration, and water management, as first steps towards a more sustainable future for lowland agricultural peat.</p><p> </p><p>We are also developing a new England Peat Map that will help us identify areas for future intervention.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/05/2024 11:07:30 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1702315

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Antibiotics
	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 report Antibiotic underdosing and disposal in NHS organisations across Great Britain, published in November 2023; and what discussions they have had with the Care Quality Commission on integrating line flushing policies and practices into the assessment framework for care provided in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Officials are aware of, and have considered, the findings of the report Antibiotic underdosing and disposal in NHS organisations across Great Britain. Officials from the Department have not had any recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission on integrating line flushing policies and practices into the assessment framework for care provided in England.</p><p> </p><p>General guidance on prescribing and the use of medicines is published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in an online-only format. Good clinical practice is to flush an intravenous line with saline after a medicine has been administered, to ensure the full dose is delivered to the patient. This is not unique to antibiotics.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 01/05/2024 11:05:34 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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