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1623544

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Special Educational Needs
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 young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities do not face stigma when applying for employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>On the 2<sup>nd </sup>April, DWP launched a new review, led by Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KC MP, that will explore ways to increase the number of autistic people in employment. One area of focus in the review is understanding the working practices or initiatives that can reduce stigma and improve the productivity of autistic employees. Whilst the review focuses specifically on autistic people, many of the issues and solutions are likely to be similar for other young people with SEND, and they will also benefit from the recommendations the review will bring forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people of all ages can bring to the workplace. It provides employers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop, disabled people in the workplace. It aims to challenge the stigmas of what it means to employ a disabled person and encourages employers to think differently about disability and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace. This is in addition to DWP providing employment support to employers and young people with SEND to overcome barriers to employment. This support includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Access to Work (AtW) scheme: which supports disabled people who have the most significant barriers to employment. DWP are delivering a series of AtW Adjustments Passport pilots in a variety of settings that will enable us to gain an understanding on whether a passport can support a more coherent journey of adjustment support. This includes testing an Adjustments Passport for people transitioning from education to employment.</li><li>Access to Work Plus (AtW+): which asks employers to think differently about their vacancies and consider if they can adapt, shape or flex job roles to enable a disabled person to retain, return, or move into, employment. The AtW+ pilot will help us to understand whether the introduction of new support beyond the existing Access to Work scheme, would enable disabled people with high in-work support needs, take up employment.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches (YECs), part of the DWP Youth Offer: help young people overcome barriers to employment such as homelessness, addiction, and other complex needs, as well as offering 6 weeks of in-work support once they move into work. YECs work closely alongside Disability Employment Advisors to support those with disabilities and health conditions. They also link with partner organisations who can provide specialist advice.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department for Education are investing c£18 million until 2025 to build capacity and level up quality in the Supported Internships Programme and double the number of internships to support more young people with SEND into employment. This includes grant funding to all local authorities and support and training to strengthen the quality of their supported internship offers, alongside activities to engage employers and support them to host interns.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that employers are supported to create new apprenticeship opportunities, the Department for Education provide targeted financial support directly to training providers to help remove barriers and stigmas for people with a learning difficulty or disability. Employers could receive £1,000 towards the costs of workplace support when they take on an apprentice aged 16-18 or 19-25 with an Education, Health, and Care Plan, as well as help to cover the extra costs working individuals may have because of their disability through the DWP’s Access to Work scheme. Improvements have also been made to the Find an Apprenticeship service to allow people to identify Disability Confident employers offering opportunities.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:58:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1504752

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to introduce a fuel duty rebate of 15 pence per litre for road haulage vehicles and coaches.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL2162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022, in response to high fuel prices, the Government introduced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>This represents a tax cut worth around £2.4 billion in 2022-23, benefiting anyone who consumes fuel across the UK – including the road haulage and coach sector.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes remain under review.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/09/2022 09:50:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1416171

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what fiscal steps they will take to reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is providing support worth around £12 billion this financial year and next to help families with the cost of living. We are cutting the Universal Credit taper rate to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and providing support to help households with the costs of essentials through the £500m Household Support Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government’s Plan for Jobs is helping people into work and giving them the skills they need to progress – the best approach to managing the cost of living in the long term. The government is building on the success of the Plan for Jobs with a total of £6 billion for the three years from 2022-23 to 2024-25. This includes:</p><ul><li>Providing targeted additional support to help at risk groups find work, including younger and older age groups, the long-term unemployed and people with disabilities.</li><li>Continuing to invest over £900m for each year of this Spending Review on work coaches, to ensure UC claimants receive the best support to find employment.</li></ul> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2022 16:08:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1363783

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Vaccination: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the implementation of vaccination programmes in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL3450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Thanks to the UK-wide vaccine rollout, over 85% of Northern Ireland’s adult population have received two doses of the vaccine. It will be important that we maintain this collective approach as we seek to recover from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers across the UK Government speak to those in the Northern Ireland Executive and other devolved administrations on how they can support nationwide rollout.</p><p> </p><p>Although each devolved administration controls its own public health policy, we have been coordinating our responses to Covid, seeking alignment in policy and approach where appropriate, to ensure we tackle the pandemic effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 02/11/2021 16:32:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1336844

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with ministerial colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive on the extent of COVID-19 testing in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministerial team in the Northern Ireland Office speak regularly with the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss a wide range of issues, including testing in Northern Ireland. The Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office has been attending Covid-19 Operations Committee meetings, as have NI Ministers to discuss UK-wide policy and our operational response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Testing is a powerful weapon in our continued fight against the virus. Collaboration between the UK Government and NI Health and Social Care Trusts has enabled over 2.5 million tests in Northern Ireland. We will continue to build on this success with the Executive, exploring further ways to utilise mass testing schemes for Northern Ireland.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/06/2021 10:53:47 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1336845

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with ministerial colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination programmes in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministerial team in the Northern Ireland Office speak regularly with the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss a wide range of issues, including Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme.</p><p> </p><p>Although each devolved administration controls its own public health policy, we have been coordinating our responses to Covid, seeking alignment in policy and approach where appropriate, to ensure we tackle the pandemic effectively.</p><p> </p><p>This joined up approach resulted in the UK-wide vaccine rollout for which almost 80% of Northern Ireland’s adult population have received at least one dose of the vaccine. It will be important that we maintain this collective approach as we seek to recover from the pandemic.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/06/2021 10:54:55 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1315030

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are under investigation by the Equality Commission over alleged breaches of equality duties related to the Northern Ireland legacy proposals published in March 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to comment on any ongoing investigations being carried out by the Equality Commission. However, I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Office is fully committed to fulfilling its equality duties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/05/2021 14:18:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1310021

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles on the intro-duction of legislation to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL15073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to bringing forward legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles and fully recognises the importance of engaging with victims groups and other key stakeholders as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p>A number of ministerial and official level meetings on legacy issues have recently taken place with victims groups, including the Victims and Survivors Forum and groups funded under the Victims and Survivors Service’s Victims Support Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to publishing a list of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, including those with victims groups, on a quarterly basis. Publications for the Northern Ireland Office can be found on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2021 10:13:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1308752

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the implementation of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL14885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government remains fully committed to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and ensuring that all obligations under it continue to be met. The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement provided a foundation for peace and a framework for prosperity for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The 10th April marked 23 years since the signing of the Agreement. In that time there has been a transformative change in Northern Ireland where peace has brought stability and opportunities, and enabled Northern Ireland to develop into the vibrant place it is today.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/04/2021 12:27:15 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1308753

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political stability in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL14886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Covid pandemic has undeniably put new and difficult demands on the Northern Ireland Executive, as it has on political leaders everywhere. The UK Government commend those leaders working every day through very challenging circumstances, who continue to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland.</p><p>The UK Government works closely with Northern Ireland’s political leaders to support them in making the devolved institutions work, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has regularly been engaging with these political leaders over recent weeks during the period of unrest in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The UK Government encourage the Northern Ireland Executive to continue to demonstrate their collaborative leadership in supporting law and order and policing. It is also vital that further engagement with all sides of the community continues to help prevent further disorder. The only way to resolve differences is through dialogue.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/04/2021 12:18:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick