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1606116

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date	21/03/2023
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	Party Wall etc Act 1996
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any post legislative review of the Party Wall Act 1996.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted any post legislative review of the Party Wall Act 1996 and does not intend to consult on its effects.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL6678 question first answered 23/03/2023 17:43:35 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1606117

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Party Wall etc Act 1996
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to carry out a consultation on the effects of the Party Wall Act 1996.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted any post legislative review of the Party Wall Act 1996 and does not intend to consult on its effects.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL6677 question first answered 23/03/2023 17:43:35 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1606122

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Babies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they provide to migrants settling in the UK to obtain UK passports for UK-born babies.
tabling member printed	Lord Mann
uin	HL6688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Where a foreign national settling in the UK wishes to obtain a passport for a UK-born child for whom they have parental responsibility, they may apply for a child passport through the normal range of available HMPO application processes.</p><p>His Majesty’s Passport Office will assess whether the child is a British citizen in accordance with the British Nationality Act 1981, which requires the parent to be settled in the United Kingdom when the child is born, and also provides an alternative mechanism for UK-born children to acquire British citizenship through registration. HMPO provides an enquiry service to assist customers making passport applications.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 27/03/2023 15:20:22 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1605349

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Dredging: Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out independent environmental impact studies in advance of significant dredging work in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Dredging and disposal of dredge material in the UK marine licensing area (as per Section 66 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA) require a marine licence, unless exempt under Section 75 of the MCAA. Before a licence is granted for dredging or disposal, an assessment of the potential impact on the environment must be undertaken. The MMO, as the licensing authority for English (and Northern Irish offshore) marine waters, are responsible for issuing marine licences.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/03/2023 13:47:49 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1605354

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Embracing the ocean: a Board of Trade paper, published on 10 March 2022, how they arrived at their assessment that maritime cargo volumes will treble by 2050; and what assessment they have made of how this will affect their international obligations to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and meet the biodiversity targets agreed at COP 15 in Montreal in December 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The assessment made in the Board of Trade’s ‘Embracing the Ocean’ paper that maritime cargo volumes will treble by 2050 is drawn from the International Transport Forum (ITF) Discussion Paper, No. 2020/05 ‘Changing Demand for Maritime Trade’ (P. Cariou). That paper cites data from the ITF’s Transport Outlook (2019), which investigates how socio-economic changes (population, GDP trade and transport policies) affect global transport demand, including for maritime. <br></p><p>The Government uses UK-level evidence rather than global-level evidence when analysing how UK shipping could contribute to meeting the UK’s economy-wide net-zero target. DfT has produced forecasts of the freight traffic at UK ports, which cover the period to 2050, which have been published online. The UK port freight traffic forecasts were taken into account in the research commissioned by DfT which informed the Net Zero Strategy pathways for UK domestic and international shipping. Further details on the Net Zero Strategy pathways for UK domestic and international shipping can be found on pages 342 and 343 of the Net Zero strategy itself.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/03/2023 11:45:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1605359

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Broadband: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the 500,000 properties currently unable to access a broadband service running at a minimum of 10Mbps via a fixed line will be able to access broadband.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Exeter
uin	HL6618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has set out its plan to deliver Project Gigabit, our £5 billion mission to deliver fast, reliable broadband across the UK, and we are making good progress. Our target is for 85% of UK premises to have access to gigabit-capable broadband by 2025, and over 99% by 2030. This will include some premises currently unable to access more than 10Mbps.</p><p>More than £1 billion of public subsidy has been made available to broadband suppliers to extend their gigabit-capable networks to rural and hard to reach parts of the country. To date, we have awarded six contracts in locations from Cornwall to Cumbria, and we have launched a further 15 procurements, which combined will deliver fast, reliable broadband to up to 748,000 premises that would have otherwise missed out.</p><p>Furthermore, while approximately 500,000 premises do not currently have access to a decent broadband connection of 10mbps download and 1mbps upload, of these approximately 420,000 have access to a Fixed Wireless Access connection offering at least this level of connectivity. A further 15,000 of the remaining 80,000 premises are due to receive an upgrade within the next 12 months from a government funded rollout.</p><p>For the remaining 65,000 premises, the broadband Universal Service Obligation, which came into effect on 20 March 2020, provides consumers with a right to request a decent broadband service, where they cannot access a service of at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload via either a fixed line or fixed wireless access connection. As of September 2022, BT has built USO connections to over 5,900 premises, with more than 2,000 further builds in progress.</p><p>For the small number of premises that will not receive a gigabit-capable connection and are considered Very Hard to Reach, the government is assessing alternative ways to improve their broadband connection and help address the challenges that these areas face in their broadband connectivity.</p><p>In December 2022 we announced the first four locations in our Alpha Trial programme to test the technical capability of, and user response to, new low-latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites in some of the hardest to reach locations in the UK and we are working to finalise further locations soon.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 24/03/2023 13:40:52 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4929 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Exeter

1605360

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Broadband: Universal Service Obligation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the £3,400 limit per property to install broadband as set out in the Universal Service Obligation for Broadband, launched in March 2020, given the widening digital divide.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Exeter
uin	HL6619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The technical specifications and cost thresholds of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) aim to ensure that it remains relevant over time to meet the rising needs of consumers' expectations and demands, providing them with a safety net of provision to ensure effective participation in society and the economy.</p><p>The Communications Act 2003 includes an automatic request for the Secretary of State to give direction to Ofcom to review the USO once at least 75% of premises in the UK subscribe to a broadband service that provides download speeds of at least 30 Mbps. As of September 2022, Ofcom reports that 70% of premises are subscribed to such a service. We continue to liaise with Ofcom on uptake relative to the trigger, and on the broadband USO.</p><p>Under S72A Communication Act 2003, it is the responsibility of Ofcom, upon such direction, to ‘review and report...on any provision made, or that may be made, by the universal service order’ including the cost of a broadband connection.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 24/03/2023 13:41:38 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4929 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Exeter

1605361

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use 4G coverage, which covers 99 per cent of the country, as an alternative to fibre to provide access to broadband in remote rural areas.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Exeter
uin	HL6620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Project Gigabit is the Government’s £5 billion mission to deliver fast, reliable broadband across the UK. Over 74% of UK premises can now access a gigabit-capable broadband connection, up from just 6% in January 2019. As part of Project Gigabit, we are targeting a minimum of 85% gigabit-capable coverage by 2025, and then seek to get as close to 100% as possible.</p><p>Project Gigabit is technology neutral and therefore can use a Fixed Wireless Access solution such as 4G subject to the relevant eligibility criteria and performance requirements being met.</p><p>Ofcom estimates that at least 95% of premises are already able to access a 4G Fixed Wireless Access solution from a commercial provider, with some wireless technologies already able to offer an ultrafast, or gigabit-capable, connection that offers substantial capacity and low latency. Ofcom also assesses with high confidence that 5G data services from at least one provider are available to at least 77% of UK premises.</p><p>The government believes that a small proportion of premises, likely less than 100,000, may require an alternative solution to gigabit-capable connectivity and are therefore considered ‘Very Hard to Reach’.</p><p>The government is therefore exploring with industry all possible options for improving broadband connectivity in remote rural areas and is considering all available technology types, including 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access solutions, to address premises in these areas.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 24/03/2023 13:42:55 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4929 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Exeter

1605362

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer financial incentives to enable the use of 4G coverage to provide access to broadband in remote rural areas.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Exeter
uin	HL6621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Project Gigabit is the Government’s £5 billion mission to deliver fast, reliable broadband across the UK. Over 74% of UK premises can now access a gigabit-capable broadband connection, up from just 6% in January 2019. As part of Project Gigabit, we are targeting a minimum of 85% gigabit-capable coverage by 2025, and then seek to get as close to 100% as possible.</p><p>Project Gigabit is technology neutral and therefore can use a Fixed Wireless Access solution, including those based on 4G or 5G, subject to the relevant eligibility criteria and performance requirements being met.</p><p>Support is also available for homes and businesses in rural areas through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. The scheme provides a subsidy of up to £4,500 for residents and businesses towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable broadband. To date, almost 84,000 vouchers have been used to connect premises to gigabit-capable broadband. Vouchers can be used for projects incorporating a wireless element, subject to them meeting the defined performance criteria.</p><p>The broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) is also technology neutral so BT and KCOM, as the Universal Service Providers, can offer customers who are eligible for the USO a 4G or 5G Fixed Wireless Access solution if one is presently available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose question first answered 24/03/2023 13:32:46 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4929 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Exeter

1605376

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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: Private Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which routine procedures previously provided by the NHS are now only delivered through private companies.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL6641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested. Local commissioning decisions are made by integrated care boards based on their local need. Information on the procedures commissioned locally is not held by the Department. National Health Service commissioners are expected to take National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance fully into account alongside local priorities in designing services that meet the needs of their populations.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 27/03/2023 11:53:35 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering