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1727909

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date	06/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to put the posts of the four Veterans Commissioners on a statutory footing; and on what timescale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Veterans' Commissioners are currently appointed by Ministers. The Ministry of Defence, through the Office for Veterans' Affairs, continues to work closely with the Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales (VCfW), and the Scottish Veterans’ Commissioner (SVC), who is appointed by and reports to the Scottish Government (SG). The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is working through the next steps to appoint a new Northern Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 20/09/2024 12:40:47 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1727476

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Monepantel: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why it is not possible to export Zolvix from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Zolvix 25 mg/ml Oral Solution for Sheep is authorised and labelled on a separate basis in Great Britain (GB) and in Northern Ireland (NI). Only packs labelled for the NI market may be placed on the NI market. Packs labelled only for the GB market cannot be placed on the market in NI.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 16/09/2024 14:39:31 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1727477

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which 10 local authorities in the UK had the most asylum seekers supported by the Home Office by proportion of population in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly.  This includes our accommodation sites, as the Home Office continues to identify a range of options to minimise the use of expensive hotels and ensure better use of public money, whilst maintaining sufficient accommodation to meet demand.</p><p>The most recent data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, at: Asy_D11 Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The Home Office has had various grants through which we provide funds to support local authorities housing asylum seekers.</p><ul><li><strong>Grant 7</strong> was launched in April 2024 to facilitate local authority support of increased dispersal accommodation (DA) accommodation.  The £3500 payment will be made for the net growth of occupancy in each quarter for Home Office Supported Asylum Seeker accommodation within the geographical bounds of the local authority under the following categories; DA, overflow dispersal accommodation (ODA) and initial accommodation (IA).</li><li><strong>Grant 6</strong> was launched in April 2024 to acknowledge the contribution of Local Authorities to supporting asylum seekers.  A payment of £750 was made for each occupied bedspaces as of 01 April 2024 and a subsequent payment will be made for the net growth of occupancy in each quarter for Home Office Supported Asylum Seeker accommodation within the geographical bounds of the local authority under the following categories; DA, ODA and IA and contingency accommodation (CA).</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL755 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:16:22 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint attachment 1 file name support-local-authority-datasets-jun-24 - Copy.xlsx title Asy_D11 Immigration system statistics data tables
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1727478

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which 10 local authorities in the UK had the most asylum seekers in the most recent year for which figures are available, and how much funding each of those 10 local authorities received to support asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly.  This includes our accommodation sites, as the Home Office continues to identify a range of options to minimise the use of expensive hotels and ensure better use of public money, whilst maintaining sufficient accommodation to meet demand.</p><p>The most recent data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, at: Asy_D11 Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The Home Office has had various grants through which we provide funds to support local authorities housing asylum seekers.</p><ul><li><strong>Grant 7</strong> was launched in April 2024 to facilitate local authority support of increased dispersal accommodation (DA) accommodation.  The £3500 payment will be made for the net growth of occupancy in each quarter for Home Office Supported Asylum Seeker accommodation within the geographical bounds of the local authority under the following categories; DA, overflow dispersal accommodation (ODA) and initial accommodation (IA).</li><li><strong>Grant 6</strong> was launched in April 2024 to acknowledge the contribution of Local Authorities to supporting asylum seekers.  A payment of £750 was made for each occupied bedspaces as of 01 April 2024 and a subsequent payment will be made for the net growth of occupancy in each quarter for Home Office Supported Asylum Seeker accommodation within the geographical bounds of the local authority under the following categories; DA, ODA and IA and contingency accommodation (CA).</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL754 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:16:22 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint attachment 1 file name support-local-authority-datasets-jun-24 - Copy.xlsx title Asy_D11 Immigration system statistics data tables
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1727479

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign prisoners are currently in prisons in England and Wales, what proportion that represents of the prison population, what proportion are sentenced for criminal offences making them eligible for deportation, and from which 10 countries the highest number of prisoners come.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>There were 10,435 (3,578 remand, 6,486 sentenced and 371 non-criminal) Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population.</p><p> </p><p>See below table for top 10 nationalities held in custody on 30 June 2024:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>Number in prison in England and Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albanian</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romanian</p></td><td><p>729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaican</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuanian</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portuguese</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the removal of FNOs. All FNOs in receipt of custodial sentences are referred to the Home Office to be considered for deportation.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:29:35 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1727480

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Rodents: Pest Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who are the members of the Health and Safety Executive's UK Rodenticide Stewardship Government Oversight Group that oversees second generation anticoagulant rodenticides and their effect on non-target species.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK Rodenticides Stewardship Government Oversight Group is chaired by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and comprises representatives of other government stakeholders, who are HSE Northern Ireland; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; UK Health Security Agency; Natural England; and the Welsh and Scottish Governments. The group relies on analysis of environmental monitoring data provided by an independent research institute.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 16/09/2024 12:16:02 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1726596

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations have been made to the Commonwealth to accelerate the publication by the Commonwealth Observer Group to the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections of its final report on its findings on those elections.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Secretariat deploys independent Commonwealth Observer Groups to monitor elections. It is the responsibility of the Commonwealth Secretary-General to approve the publication of Commonwealth Election Observation Reports. Whilst we hope to see the report on the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections soon, we do not wish to influence the independent Commonwealth process.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 13/09/2024 12:09:48 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1726597

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Commonwealth: Election Observers
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 (1) timeliness, and (2) value for money of election monitoring missions undertaken by Commonwealth Observer Groups since 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK values the Commonwealth Secretariat's work on elections, including their election observation missions. This work plays a vital role in supporting resilient democratic institutions across the Commonwealth, in line with the values of the Commonwealth Charter. The Commonwealth Secretariat regularly provides updates on its work to all Commonwealth members and together they work to ensure effectiveness and value for money across Commonwealth programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 16/09/2024 11:55:38 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1724000

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what specific plans they have to introduce legislation on the prescription of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria issues, and whether they plan to address the issue of such drugs being brought into England from Northern Ireland using prescriptions by private providers, and from other jurisdictions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is inclined to renew the emergency banning order on puberty blockers with a view to converting it to a permanent ban, subject to appropriate consultation.</p><p>Human medicines and healthcare are transferred matters in respect of Northern Ireland. We are engaging with the Northern Ireland Executive, including on whether the ban should apply across the United Kingdom. We are committed to providing young people with holistic care, in line with the recommendations of the Cass Review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 09/08/2024 13:42:23 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1723890

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Consumer Goods: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the European Union on its General Product Safety Regulation and its implementation in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government maintains a dialogue with the EU on matters of mutual interest. The updated General Product Safety Regulation largely formalises the reality of how businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. Where businesses need to make changes, we expect that they will be adapting anyway in order to continue trading with the EU. We are providing more guidance in this area, will keep this under review and continue to engage businesses directly to ensure we are supporting them to trade freely across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 09/08/2024 11:54:55 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey