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1727791

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what constitutes an 'out of area' placement for an adult acute mental health inpatient, specifically whether it is defined by geography or by the institution the patient is referred to.
tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Bradford
uin	HL813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>For the purposes of data collection, NHS England defines an out of area placement for adult acute mental health inpatient care as happening when ‘a person with assessed acute mental health needs who requires adult mental health acute inpatient care, is admitted to a unit that does not form part of their usual local network of services. By this we mean an inpatient unit that does not usually admit people living in the catchment of the person’s local community mental health service, and where the person cannot be visited regularly by their care co-ordinator to ensure continuity of care and effective discharge planning’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 11/09/2024 12:55:36 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	3798 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Bradford

1727465

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Treaties: Dispute Resolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to assess whether current investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms within treaties to which the UK is a signatory have produced outcomes that are in the UK’s national interest.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK is party to over 80 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which contain investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions.</p><p>The UK is a significant capital exporter and investment protection provisions backed by ISDS provide UK investors with legal protection against arbitrary, discriminatory or unfair treatment and expropriation without compensation. ISDS provides a framework to resolve disputes with host governments through independent arbitration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 12/09/2024 14:30:01 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727472

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
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 a monitoring report of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, including its environmental impact and impact on deforestation; whether they will include opportunities for expert stakeholders to provide their views and evidence; and how often they plan to carry out such a report.
tabling member printed	Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
uin	HL749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade intends to cover the UK’s accession to the CPTPP Agreement in a Free Trade Agreement monitoring report. The Department will consider a range of areas for inclusion in this report, including the environment, and it will take account of stakeholder views. The timing of the report will be provided in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 11/09/2024 10:26:23 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1727481

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to upgrade the ultrasound and x-ray equipment and software used in breast cancer screening units, to improve breast cancer detection; and what is their estimate of the proportion of units that have access to upgraded software and equipment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department invested £10 million of funding into the NHS Breast Screening Programme in 2023, providing 28 new breast screening units and nearly 60 service upgrades, targeted at areas with the greatest challenges of uptake and coverage. This extra capacity aims to boost the uptake of screening in areas where attendance is low, tackle health disparities, and contribute towards higher early diagnosis rates, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>In addition, the Digital Transformation of Screening (DToS) programme seeks to design, deliver, and implement a more sophisticated and future-proof digital system for all screening IT systems. Although we know the new system will offer us huge improvements, it is important that the programme is introduced without interrupting the delivery of breast screening services. A full replacement of the IT systems will only take place when the DToS programme can replicate what the current National Breast Screening System does.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 10/09/2024 16:02:21 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1727484

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Land Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consultation and information gathering on food security and rural employment they undertook prior to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s decision to approve large new solar farms on agricultural land.
tabling member printed	Lord Roborough
uin	HL761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Planning Act requires applicants to carry out consultations of their proposals at the pre-application stage of the process. During the application stage the Examining Authority will also undertake consultation with Interested Parties and advisory organisations such as the Statutory Nature Bodies.</p><p> </p><p>As the decision takers, Ministers consider all the evidence and views on both positive and negative impacts and weighs these up with reference to the relevant National Policy Statement. This consideration is detailed in the published Decision Letter and accompanying assessments for each case. This statutory process is followed for all significant energy infrastructure, including large solar farms.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 12/09/2024 12:42:19 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	4953 label Biography information for Lord Roborough

1727497

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6, which allocated 1.63 per cent of the total megawatts available to applicants from Wales, with which stakeholders in Wales they held discussions prior to reaching that decision.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Contracts for Difference scheme is geographically neutral and does not award contracts to projects based on regional quotas. All projects in Great Britain that met the eligibility criteria were able to apply into Allocation Round 6 (AR6). Eligible projects competed in an auction, run independently by National Grid ESO, designed to bring forward the most cost-effective projects in each delivery year.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 12/09/2024 12:41:11 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1727498

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the results for floating offshore wind project applications in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6, on what basis were (1) 400 megawatts of contracts awarded to projects in Scotland, and (2) no contracts awarded to projects in Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>All projects in Great Britain that met the eligibility criteria were able to apply into Allocation Round 6 (AR6). Eligible projects competed in an auction, run independently by National Grid ESO, designed to bring forward the most cost-effective projects in each delivery year. The scheme is geographically neutral and does not award contracts to projects based on regional quotas.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 12/09/2024 12:39:54 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1727184

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	Ethiopia: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current situation regarding human rights in Ethiopia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>Violent conflict, particularly in the Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia, has led to widespread human rights violations and abuses, including arbitrary arrests, killings, torture, sexual violence and enforced disappearances. Whilst the situation in the Tigray region has significantly improved, two years after the end of conflict, we have yet to see whether a new transitional justice policy will correct the lack of accountability for human rights violations and abuses committed in Tigray and elsewhere. More broadly, whilst there is progress in social and economic areas, including access to health and education, civil society operates in a restrictive, shrinking environment.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 11/09/2024 10:24:57 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1727187

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
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 increase in the energy price cap and the means testing of the winter fuel allowance on pet ownership and, in particular, the ability of older people to maintain their pets when faced with rising fuel bills.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment on the impact of the energy price cap on pet ownership. The Government is committed to supporting households struggling with their energy bills, and we are continuing to deliver the Warm Home Discount which provides a £150 rebate off energy bills to eligible low-income households.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero does not administer the Winter Fuel Payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 10/09/2024 11:10:45 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1727189

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	HIV Infection: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths in the UK there have been from AIDS-related illnesses in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>While the information is not collected in the format requested, the following table shows the most recent HIV Action Plan monitoring and evaluation framework report, where UKHSA presented an estimated number of HIV-related deaths (30% of all-cause mortality in people with HIV) in England. Below is a summary table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of deaths (all-cause mortality)</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated number of HIV-related deaths (30% of all-cause mortality)</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>An in-depth analysis of 2022 deaths showed that 25% (103) of the 402 deaths from known causes were HIV related or possibly HIV related and 14% (55 deaths) included an AIDS-related condition as primary cause of death.</p><p>HIV is a priority for the government and, as set out in the Labour manifesto, the government have committed to commissioning a new plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. Ministers have commissioned officials for advice including engaging stakeholders from across the system to build upon the work of the previous Plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 11/09/2024 13:27:00 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood