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1742250

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date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Greater London
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 rate of bus accidents in London leading to personal injury or death, compared with that in other UK cities; and what lessons have they drawn about the impact of the bus franchise model used by Transport for London and its potential application elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL2623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on road casualties based on collisions reported by the police using the STATS19 system. STATS19 groups together buses and coaches as a single vehicle type. Bus operations in London are the responsibility of the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). TfL publish information about bus incidents on its network, alongside reports on specific bus related safety issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of bus occupant casualties in London boroughs and other local authorities is published annually as part of the department’s casualty statistics, though direct comparisons are not made between different areas.</p><p> </p><p>Casualty rates are not published at this level due to the unavailability of local authority level traffic data for modes other than cars.</p><p> </p><p>The government will introduce a Buses Bill later this Parliamentary session. This will put the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders right across England to choose the model that works best in their area, whether that be franchising, strengthened Enhanced Partnership with private operators or local authority ownership. We believe local leaders are best placed to make decisions about bus services in their area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 02/12/2024 17:06:47 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1742257

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the incidence of bus accidents leading to death or injury.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Road safety is a priority for the government, and we expect bus operators to uphold the highest standards of safety, policed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and upheld judicially by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department for Transport’s guidance to local transport authorities on developing their Bus Service Improvement Plans makes clear that these should include plans setting out how LTAs and local bus operators will work together to ensure that bus services are safe and perceived to be safe by all. That same philosophy applies also to franchising and contracting by local transport authorities and to their operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport maintains a database of road injury collisions and casualties, including those involving buses or coaches, based on data reported by police using a system known as STATS19. Statistics on the number of people killed and injured in bus or coach collisions are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures can be found in published Table RAS0601 and show that in 2023, the latest year for which figures are available, 59 people were killed and 4,286 injured in collisions involving buses or coaches. The number of casualties which were hospitalised is not recorded within the STATS19 dataset.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill grouped question UIN HL2633 HL2634 HL2635 question first answered 02/12/2024 16:17:30 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1742258

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Accidents
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 number of people hospitalised each day as a result of bus accidents.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Road safety is a priority for the government, and we expect bus operators to uphold the highest standards of safety, policed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and upheld judicially by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department for Transport’s guidance to local transport authorities on developing their Bus Service Improvement Plans makes clear that these should include plans setting out how LTAs and local bus operators will work together to ensure that bus services are safe and perceived to be safe by all. That same philosophy applies also to franchising and contracting by local transport authorities and to their operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport maintains a database of road injury collisions and casualties, including those involving buses or coaches, based on data reported by police using a system known as STATS19. Statistics on the number of people killed and injured in bus or coach collisions are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures can be found in published Table RAS0601 and show that in 2023, the latest year for which figures are available, 59 people were killed and 4,286 injured in collisions involving buses or coaches. The number of casualties which were hospitalised is not recorded within the STATS19 dataset.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill grouped question UIN HL2632 HL2634 HL2635 question first answered 02/12/2024 16:17:30 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1742259

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any research into whether bus contracts prioritising speed lead to increased accidents or injury.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Road safety is a priority for the government, and we expect bus operators to uphold the highest standards of safety, policed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and upheld judicially by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department for Transport’s guidance to local transport authorities on developing their Bus Service Improvement Plans makes clear that these should include plans setting out how LTAs and local bus operators will work together to ensure that bus services are safe and perceived to be safe by all. That same philosophy applies also to franchising and contracting by local transport authorities and to their operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport maintains a database of road injury collisions and casualties, including those involving buses or coaches, based on data reported by police using a system known as STATS19. Statistics on the number of people killed and injured in bus or coach collisions are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures can be found in published Table RAS0601 and show that in 2023, the latest year for which figures are available, 59 people were killed and 4,286 injured in collisions involving buses or coaches. The number of casualties which were hospitalised is not recorded within the STATS19 dataset.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill grouped question UIN HL2632 HL2633 HL2635 question first answered 02/12/2024 16:17:30 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1742260

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they hold a national database of people killed or injured in bus accidents.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Road safety is a priority for the government, and we expect bus operators to uphold the highest standards of safety, policed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and upheld judicially by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department for Transport’s guidance to local transport authorities on developing their Bus Service Improvement Plans makes clear that these should include plans setting out how LTAs and local bus operators will work together to ensure that bus services are safe and perceived to be safe by all. That same philosophy applies also to franchising and contracting by local transport authorities and to their operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport maintains a database of road injury collisions and casualties, including those involving buses or coaches, based on data reported by police using a system known as STATS19. Statistics on the number of people killed and injured in bus or coach collisions are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures can be found in published Table RAS0601 and show that in 2023, the latest year for which figures are available, 59 people were killed and 4,286 injured in collisions involving buses or coaches. The number of casualties which were hospitalised is not recorded within the STATS19 dataset.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill grouped question UIN HL2632 HL2633 HL2634 question first answered 02/12/2024 16:17:30 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1742261

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any evidence that the fare cap has affected bus operations leading to accidents.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not hold any data which suggests that the national bus fare cap has led to accidents.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 02/12/2024 16:23:20 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1742262

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
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	Gambling: Regulation
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 calls in The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling, published on 24 October, for stronger policy and regulatory controls for gambling.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening protections to ensure that the sector can thrive, without the risks that can ensue from harmful gambling. We are acutely aware of the impact harmful gambling can have on individuals and their families. We are committed to reviewing the best available evidence from a wide range of sources and working with all stakeholders in order to support the industry and ensure there are robust protections in place to protect those at risk, and we have noted the Lancet Public Health Commission’s report. We will provide further updates to the House soon.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 02/12/2024 16:32:30 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1742264

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what financial assessment they have made to determine if the £600 million of grant funding for social care in 2025–26 will be sufficient to cover the cost of increased employer National Insurance contributions to social care providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process. This assessment took into account a wide range of factors, including changes to employer National Insurance contributions, and the National Living Wage increases.</p><p>In response to the range of pressures facing local authorities, the Government is providing a real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of approximately 3.2%, which includes £1.3 billion of new grant funding in 2025/26.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 02/12/2024 12:36:37 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1742265

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Official Development Assistance budget for 2025–26 is spent on development overseas rather than on in-donor refugee support expenses.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Sheffield
uin	HL2641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The UK has always reported ODA spending consistent with internationally agreed OECD Development Assistance Committee rules. This includes certain support for refugees arriving from developing countries. The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that asylum costs fall and has already acted, taking measures to reduce the asylum backlog, reform the asylum accommodation system to end the use of expensive accommodation, and increase detention capacity to facilitate more asylum removals. We expect these decisions to drive down in-donor refugee costs, creating more space in the ODA budget to spend on our international development priorities overseas. On current forecasts, ODA spending outside of in-donor refugee costs in 2025 will be more than the £11.0bn spent in 2023.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 02/12/2024 12:26:06 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4980 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Sheffield

1742266

registered interest
date	18/11/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address unsustainable international debt, as set out in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Sheffield
uin	HL2642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Tackling unsustainable debt is one of the Government’s key international priorities. As a member of the Paris Club and G20, the UK is committed to providing debt treatments through the Paris Club and the G20 Common Framework, for countries that need it. The UK continues to work with our international partners to push for more timely, orderly and predictable restructurings.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to tackling the underlying drivers of unsustainable debt, including through enhancing debt sustainability and transparency. The UK is a strong advocate of the G20 Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing – we have committed to adhering to these guidelines and call on other countries to do the same.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 02/12/2024 16:04:17 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4980 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Sheffield