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1604244

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date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Supermarkets: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many actions have been brought by small-scale growers of fruit and vegetables against alleged unfair practices pursued by supermarkets following the recent interruptions to the supply chain; and how many of these actions have culminated in fines where growers were found to have been disadvantaged by the supermarkets.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL6471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold such information. The Groceries Code Adjudicator enforces the Groceries Supply Code of Practice which ensures the 14 largest grocery retailers treat their direct suppliers, including suppliers of fruit and vegetables, lawfully and fairly. Any direct supplier to a regulated retailer that is experiencing issues should contact the GCA whose details are available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 10/05/2023 13:40:27 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1607678

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what compensation will be paid to the descendants of postmasters who have died or taken their own life as a result of their wrongful conviction for fraud.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>In the unfortunate event of a postmaster passing away, claims for compensation can be taken forward by appropriate representatives (with evidence of the legal relationship to the eligible postmaster). This is the case whether a claim is made to the Group Litigation Order (GLO) compensation scheme (run by Government); a claim is made to the Historical Shortfall Scheme (HSS) compensation scheme (run by Post Office) or a claim is made to Post Office for compensation for a postmaster who had a conviction which was overturned.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 10/05/2023 13:41:48 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1607679

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to pursue criminal prosecutions against former Post Office senior managers who may have knowingly pursued postmasters for frauds they did not commit.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has set up a statutory inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal. Collective and individual accountability for the scandal can only be considered when the Inquiry has reviewed all of the evidence.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 10/05/2023 13:40:57 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1608421

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Audit: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the draft Audit Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not set a date for publication of a draft Audit Reform Bill. The Government is committed to legislating when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 09/05/2023 16:18:13 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1608852

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Postal Services: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the performance of Royal Mail in relation to the delivery of letters and parcels; and what steps they intend to take in response to any such assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL6984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to set and monitor Royal Mail’s service standards and decide how to use its powers to investigate and take enforcement action should Royal Mail fail to achieve its obligations without good justification. The Government has no role in Ofcom’s regulatory investigations.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 09/05/2023 16:30:39 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1607632

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Health Services: Gender
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 by Policy Exchange Gender identity ideology in the NHS, published on 2 January; and what steps they are taking to ensure that every hospital trust is able to guarantee same-sex accommodation and intimate same-sex care.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>Under the NHS Constitution, National Health Service trusts have a responsibility to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation. It is imperative that NHS trusts respect the privacy and dignity of patients. Patients should not have to share sleeping accommodation with others of the opposite sex and should have access to segregated bathroom and toilet facilities. However, in some cases, operational pressures may lead to unjustified breaches of same-sex accommodation guidance. On the rare occasions that mixing does occur, the breach should be reported, and every effort should be made to remedy the breach immediately. NHS England is currently reviewing its guidance, Delivering same-sex accommodation, and a revised version will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Patients can request same-sex intimate care, and it will be up to the care provider or clinician to respond based on the patient’s needs and staff availability. Due to staff availability, there may be instances when these requests cannot be immediately or easily met. The Department notes the Policy Exchange report Gender identity ideology in the NHS, and is considering whether clearer guidance is needed on the provision of same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care, given the importance of ensuring that patients’ privacy and dignity is respected.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL6842 question first answered 25/04/2023 13:03:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1607633

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Health Services: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any reasons why a hospital trust could not guarantee same-sex accommodation and intimate same-sex care.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>Under the NHS Constitution, National Health Service trusts have a responsibility to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation. It is imperative that NHS trusts respect the privacy and dignity of patients. Patients should not have to share sleeping accommodation with others of the opposite sex and should have access to segregated bathroom and toilet facilities. However, in some cases, operational pressures may lead to unjustified breaches of same-sex accommodation guidance. On the rare occasions that mixing does occur, the breach should be reported, and every effort should be made to remedy the breach immediately. NHS England is currently reviewing its guidance, Delivering same-sex accommodation, and a revised version will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Patients can request same-sex intimate care, and it will be up to the care provider or clinician to respond based on the patient’s needs and staff availability. Due to staff availability, there may be instances when these requests cannot be immediately or easily met. The Department notes the Policy Exchange report Gender identity ideology in the NHS, and is considering whether clearer guidance is needed on the provision of same-sex staffing for patients receiving intimate care, given the importance of ensuring that patients’ privacy and dignity is respected.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL6841 question first answered 25/04/2023 13:03:31 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1608437

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023: JCVI interim advice, 8 November 2022, what estimate they have made of the number of vaccinations required to prevent a COVID-19 hospital admission for individuals in clinical risk groups, as outlined in the Green Book; and whether they will provide a link to Appendix A of this statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The numbers needed to vaccinate (NNV) for the prevention of hospitalisation was calculated to consider the benefits of continued offers of primary vaccination, booster vaccination, the autumn booster and potential boosting in the spring of 2023, for example, for those newly entering a risk group. This calculation estimates the number of people in a particular group who would need to be vaccinated in order to prevent one hospitalisation. The lower the number, the more beneficial vaccination of that group would be.</p><p> </p><p>Strong age effects were seen, as well as large differences within adult ages, by clinical risk group. The oldest age groups and the older individuals in clinical risk groups had the lowest NNV for prevention of hospitalisation. There is also a trend for higher NNV for prevention of hospitalisation when moving from the primary to each booster dose.</p><p> </p><p>The spring 2023 booster is for immunosuppressed people at risk rather than all individuals in a clinical risk group.</p><p> </p><p>The results of NNV by age and clinical risk group are shown in Tables 3b and 4a of Appendix 1, which is attached.</p><p> </p><p>These cover all individuals in a risk group based on analysis of data including the national immunisation register. The NNV has not been broken down into separate clinical risk groups, as outlined in the Green Book.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 24/04/2023 14:45:48 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Appendix 1_ estimation of number needed to vaccinate to prevent a COVID-19 hospitalisation.pdf title Appendix 1: NNV to prevent hospitalisation
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1606545

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 18/04/2023 11:08:13 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1601503

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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	Integrated Care Systems: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which Integrated Care Systems are forecast to be in debt at the end of the 2022–23 financial year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL6157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The 2022/23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the National Health Service will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.</p><p>The 2023/24 forecast surplus/deficit position against budget for individual integrated care systems (ICSs) will be agreed as part of the operational planning process between NHS England and ICSs which is currently ongoing. Draft plans are being resubmitted to NHS England and will be shared with the Department when they are finalised. We therefore do not currently have the information to show whether any ICS is planning to end 2023/24 with a deficit against their agreed budget.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL6158 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:50:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron