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1203077

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how long international students in the academic year 2020–21 will have to be physically present in the UK to qualify for the two-year graduate work visa.
tabling member printed	Lord Broers
uin	HL5585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Graduate route will be introduced in the summer of 2021. To give assurance to those who begin their course overseas this year, the Government published guidance for international students on 16 June confirming that those who enter the UK to complete their course before 6 April 2021 will be eligible for the route if they meet the requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5584 question first answered 25/06/2020 10:58:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3695 label Biography information for Lord Broers

1203095

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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: Contact Tracing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how long it will take, under the test and trace service, to trace people's contacts following a COVID-19 test; and what assessment they have made of whether this is quick enough to isolate people before infection spreads.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL5604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government launched its new NHS Test and Trace service on 28 May 2020.</p><p>If someone experiences symptoms of COVID-19 and gets tested, systems are in place to ensure that the NHS Test and Trace service automatically receives information if their test result is positive. Providing NHS Test and Trace have contact details, such as email, text or landline, they will aim to contact people within 24 hours of receiving the test result.</p><p> </p><p>The more rapidly we can identify people who may have been at risk of infection and, if necessary, tell them to self-isolate, the more effectively we can reduce the R rate and the spread of the virus and maintain transmission at low levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/06/2020 10:33:19 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1201040

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how long on average it takes for an applicant to receive a grant of probate.
tabling member printed	Lord Soley
uin	HL5415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Probate timeliness data up to March 2020 are due for publication on 25th June 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/06/2020 16:19:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

1200268

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: ICT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) computers or tablets, and (2) WiFi routers they have supplied to (a) pupils in care, (b) Year 10 pupils, and (c) those being supported by social workers, in line with their announcement of plans to do so on 19 April.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The government is providing laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker, including pre-school children, or are a care leaver. The government is also providing over 50,000 4G wireless routers to care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and disadvantaged children in year 10 who do not have internet connections.</p><p>The department has also partnered with BT to give 10,000 young people free access to BT WiFi hotspots, who do not have access to good internet by other means.</p><p>Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify and distribute the laptops and tablets to children and young people who need devices. The Department invited local authorities to order devices for the most vulnerable children first - children with a social worker and care leavers.</p><p>Devices are being delivered to local authorities daily and will continue to be distributed throughout June as planned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 17/06/2020 10:58:02 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1203468

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) drivers, (2) passengers, and (3) pedestrians, were (a) killed, and (b) seriously injured, in road accidents in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL5628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of killed and seriously injured casualties in reported road accidents as reported by the police to DfT, by casualty class in Great Britain, between 2009 and 2018 can be found in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Reported road casualties, by severity and casualty class, Great Britain, 2009-2018<sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Casualty Class<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Severity</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver or rider</p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td><p>1,321</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td><td><p>1,151</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>1,065</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td><td><p>1,055</p></td><td><p>1,049</p></td><td><p>1,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver or rider</p></td><td><p>Seriously injured (unadjusted)</p></td><td><p>15,004</p></td><td><p>13,748</p></td><td><p>14,259</p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>13,517</p></td><td><p>14,525</p></td><td><p>14,032</p></td><td><p>15,345</p></td><td><p>15,601</p></td><td><p>15,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passenger</p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passenger</p></td><td><p>Seriously injured (unadjusted)</p></td><td><p>4,141</p></td><td><p>3,712</p></td><td><p>3,409</p></td><td><p>3,420</p></td><td><p>3,142</p></td><td><p>3,219</p></td><td><p>3,172</p></td><td><p>3,616</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td><td><p>3,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pedestrian</p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pedestrian</p></td><td><p>Seriously injured (unadjusted)</p></td><td><p>5,545</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>5,454</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td><td><p>4,998</p></td><td><p>5,063</p></td><td><p>4,940</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p>5,594</p></td><td><p>5,782</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>Source: DfT, STATS19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>1. Figures for serious injuries are as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent, slight injuries are not comparable with earlier years. Adjustments to account for the change have been produced for high level series. More information on the change and the adjustment process is available in the 2018 annual report.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>2. The data includes all motor vehicles, cyclists and horse riders.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>3. Does not include casualties with unidentified class.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/06/2020 13:53:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1199203

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Computers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) laptops, and (2) other computers, have been distributed to disadvantaged students under their digital devices and internet access scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL4902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The department is providing laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examination in Year 10, receiving support from a social worker, including pre-school children, or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and children in Year 10 do not have internet connections, we are providing 4G wireless routers.</p><p>The department has also partnered with BT to give 10,000 young people free access to BT Wi-Fi hotspots, who do not have access to good internet by other means.</p><p>Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify and distribute the laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers to children and young people who need devices. The department invited local authorities to order devices for the most vulnerable children first - children with a social worker and care leavers.</p><p>Devices are being delivered to local authorities daily and will continue to be distributed throughout June.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 16/06/2020 16:42:36 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

747995

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) legally qualified staff, and (2) staff without legal qualifications, now working in the Department for Exiting the European Union (a) have been transferred from, or (b) are on secondment from, the Ministry of Justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
uin	HL449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff, and is growing fast. The Department for Exiting the European Union obtains its legal advice from the Government Legal Department. We will not be providing a running commentary on particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing. We will ensure we have the right skills to get the best deal for the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/07/2017 15:55:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4206 label Biography information for Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

1199371

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, have died in prison, or while under probation services, from natural causes that may have been exacerbated by COVID-19.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL4967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We are working hard to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the justice system as part of the national plan to protect the NHS and save lives. In our prisons and in the community, we are implementing a range of measures to reduce the spread of the transmission of the virus and the numbers of lives sadly lost. This has included the implementation of restricted prison regimes, the early release of low-risk offenders, temporary expansion of the prison estate and the reduction in the number of face-to-face probation meetings.</p><p> </p><p>As of 5pm on Friday, 5 June, we are aware of 21 men and 2 women in prison and 13 men and 2 women under probation supervision who have died from natural causes that may have been exacerbated by contracting COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/06/2020 16:36:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1199210

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Neurology
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) outpatient neurology appointments have been cancelled to date, and (2) neurology inpatients were sent home from hospital early in England, as a result of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL4955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have advised that this information is not collected.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/06/2020 11:16:42 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

1204241

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) personal confidentiality agreements, and (2) non-disclosure agreements the Department for International Trade has signed with (a) businesses, (b) individuals, and (c) third parties advising, the department on its response to COVID 19.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL5805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has not signed any personal confidentiality agreements, nor non-disclosure agreements with businesses, individuals nor third parties advising HM Government on its response to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 23/06/2020 14:02:13 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara