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1367611

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date	09/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Times of Sittings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 9 November (HL3511), whether he will ask the appropriate committee of the House to make this facility for staff late-night travel home available on similar terms to Members of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL3854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>As set out in my previous reply there are no current plans to make the facility available more widely on similar terms to Members of the House. The Noble Lord is welcome to submit his proposal directly to the Commission, should he so wish.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/11/2021 16:04:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1367612

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	NHS Covid Pass
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHS app will (1) record the date a COVID-19 booster vaccine has been administered, and (2) specify the type of COVID-19 vaccine used, with equal prominence to the first and second vaccinations.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL3855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Booster and third dose COVID-19 vaccinations are visible within the NHS COVID Pass through the NHS App and NHS.UK. The record includes information about the vaccine used and the date it was administered. The booster record can be found in the NHS COVID Pass for travel and the domestic pass. Boosters and third doses are displayed first, followed by an individual's first and second vaccinations.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 16/12/2021 15:20:22 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1367613

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Rural Areas
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 need for more charging points for electric vehicles in rural parts of the country; and what steps they are taking in response to any such assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL3856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities, including those with rural areas, to apply to and provide public chargepoints for their residents without access to private parking. £20 million is available in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has committed over £1.3 billion for charging infrastructure. This funding includes the Local EV Infrastructure Fund, which will be opened to English local authorities next year. This fund will facilitate the roll-out of larger scale charging infrastructure projects across the country.</p><p> </p><p>To support local authorities in accessing this financial support and developing EV chargepoint strategies, DfT funds Energy Saving Trust to offer expert advice. Energy Saving Trust, in partnership with DfT, also hosts a library of webinars and guidance for local authorities on installing charging points. This includes webinars specifically for rural local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year the Government will publish the EV Infrastructure Strategy which will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the whole of the UK, including rural areas. It will also set out roles and responsibilities for ensuring charging infrastructure rollout is delivered at the pace needed to transition to a zero-emission car and van fleet.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/11/2021 13:09:02 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1367614

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	NHS: Coronavirus
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 importance of NHS staff having COVID-19 vaccinations; and what steps are they taking in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL3857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>In response to public consultation, the Government has set out its view that COVID-19 vaccination requirements are important in protecting National Health Service staff, their colleagues and the patients they care for. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 will implement vaccination as a condition of deployment for health and wider social care services.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 16/12/2021 15:29:48 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1367615

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date	09/11/2021
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those living in buildings with dangerous cladding do not need to pay towards the costs of remedying this danger.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL3858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing an unprecedented £5.1 billion to fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres and over in England. The fire risk is lower in buildings under 18 metres and costly remediation work is usually not needed. Where fire risks are identified, they should always be managed proportionately. The new Secretary of State is looking closely at this issue to make sure everything is being done to support leaseholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 18/11/2021 16:01:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1367616

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	UK Endorsement Board: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Callanan on 28 October (HL3092, HL3093, HL3094 and HL3095) whether (1) the UK Endorsement Board Limited, and (2) the UK Endorsement Board, are public bodies and subject to all the requirements incumbent on public bodies; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL3859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Endorsement Board Limited is a subsidiary of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). As such, it is also subject to the requirements incumbent on central government bodies, such as Managing Public Money and Cabinet Office spending controls.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Endorsement Board (UKEB) (“the Board”) is an unincorporated association. The Secretary of State has delegated the powers to adopt and endorse IFRS for use in the UK to the Board. While the Board is independent and has autonomy of decision-making in relation to the functions conferred upon it, this decision-making autonomy does not extend more widely to economic activities.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/11/2021 12:17:53 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1367617

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, have been assessed by the screening tool for psychological maturity in each year since 2017 for every prison in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service use a system called the Offender Assessment System (OASys) for assessing the risks and needs of an offender. The system is designed to assess how likely an offender is to re-offend, identify offending-related needs, and assess the risk of serious harm and risks to the individual and the community. It also links the assessment to the supervision or sentence plan, along with any indication of the need for further specialist assessments, including changes during the period of supervision.</p><p>Automatic screening data is held on the segmentation tool for those young adult men aged up to 25 who have a full OASys assessment completed. This does not include data for anyone without a full OASys, on remand, or aged over 25. There is not currently any maturity screening available for women.</p><p>Records for screening are held locally – there is no national system that collates the data. Data is only available from 2019 to present as the tool was not launched until July 2019. 89% of prisons holding young adults are currently using the screening tool.</p><p>The table below shows the data on the numbers of prisoners who have been screened as having low psychosocial maturity. These figures are not cumulative, but representative of the population on that date.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Population of young adult males</p></td><td><p>Population which could be assessed (those with a full OASYs)</p></td><td><p>Number screened as having low psychosocial maturity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2019</p></td><td><p>14,716</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>8,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2020</p></td><td><p>15,340</p></td><td><p>10,445</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2021</p></td><td><p>13,695</p></td><td><p>9,085</p></td><td><p>5,875</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 23/11/2021 16:54:47 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1367618

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are in prison serving (1) a life sentence, (2) an Extended Determinate Sentence, and (3) an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence, by ethnicity.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The number of prisoners serving Extended Determinate Sentences, Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences, and Life sentences, by ethnicity, as at 30 September 2021, in England and Wales, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Extended Determinate Sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Imprisonment for Public Protection</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Life Sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian or Asian British</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>365</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>591</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black or Black British</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>794</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,187</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>308</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>66</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>356</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,285</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,738</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not stated</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unrecorded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Note: These figures do not include recalled prisoners</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Source<strong>: </strong>Prison NOMIS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistics on the ethnicity of the prison population are routinely published as part of the quarterly Offender Management Statistics on Gov.uk - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 23/11/2021 16:55:58 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1367619

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times (1) ministers, and (2) officials, from the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have met representatives of the gambling industry since June 2020; and what was the nature of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL3868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings with the industry and other gambling stakeholders to support ongoing work and policy development. There has also been a wide-ranging series of meetings to support the ongoing Gambling Act Review which was launched in December 2020 with a Call for Evidence.</p><p>Records of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2021" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. The meetings with the gambling industry and its representatives have covered a very wide range of issues, for instance the impact of Covid-19 closures on the land-based industry and the measures the Government was taking to support the economy, measures the industry is taking to make gambling safer, and industry evidence on the Act Review. A number of these have also been introductory meetings with new Ministers.</p><p>Officials in the gambling policy team have had around sixty meetings with industry in that period covering the above topics, particularly the impact of Covid-19, and also other areas such as animal welfare in horse and greyhound racing, the implications of Brexit and supply chain disruption, and delivery of previous commitments made by industry, such as the £100m to support treatment over four years.</p><p>Ministers have met a wide range of non-industry gambling stakeholders over the same period. This has included six meetings with gambling harm campaign groups or people with personal experience of gambling harm (including roundtables with many individuals or organisations present), thirteen meetings with parliamentarians campaigning for reform, and three meetings with gambling researchers and education and treatment providers. We do not have a record of which meetings were conducted remotely or in person.</p><p>Officials in the gambling policy team have had over one hundred further meetings with non-industry gambling related stakeholders since June 2020. This has included eleven with campaign groups or people with personal experience, thirty three with those working primarily on gambling research, seven with those primarily related to gambling harm education, seventeen with treatment providers for gambling related harm, and three meetings with think-tanks. Many of these meetings were in connection with the Gambling Act Review, discussing individuals’ or groups' priorities and the evidence they presented.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL3871 question first answered 23/11/2021 15:44:52 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1367620

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times (1) ministers, and (2) officials, from HM Treasury have met representatives of the gambling industry since June 2020; and what was the nature of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL3869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Details of ministerial meetings with external bodies are published at [1]</p><p>Officials meet regularly with stakeholders from across the gambling sector to hear their views on the gambling market, tax and economic issues.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">HMT ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/11/2021 12:32:45 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links