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1721263

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
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 economic impact of the cancellation of further stages of HS2; and whether they intend to undertake a formal reassessment of the new infrastructure required to improve rail services in the north of England, north Wales and Scotland, and on what timescale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL74
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Transport is an essential part of our mission to rebuild Britain and this Government is committed to delivering infrastructure that works for the whole country. We need a long-term approach to infrastructure and investment taking account of local transport priorities, which is what we will provide. We will thoroughly review the position we have inherited before setting out more detailed plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 26/07/2024 11:50:49 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1721264

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the financial model for universities; and what assessment they have made of the financial problems faced by many parts of the higher education sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL75
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>It is important for universities, their students and staff, that there is a sustainable higher education (HE) funding system that provides opportunities, supports students and maintains the world-leading status of our universities. The government is committed to a sustainable funding model, which supports high value provision thereby powering opportunity and growth and meeting the skills needs of the country.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps the HE funding system under continuous review. The department will work with universities to support students and deliver for the economy. An announcement on student finance arrangements for the 2025/26 academic year will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 30/07/2024 14:35:52 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1721265

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what policies they have to reverse the significant drop in the numbers of foreign students applying to study in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL76
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises that international students enrich university campuses, forge lifelong friendships with domestic students and become global ambassadors for the UK, as well as making a significant economic contribution to the higher education sector and the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has 4 universities in the top 10, and 15 in the top 100 and international students are offered the opportunity to remain in the UK on a graduate visa for 2 to 3 years after their studies come to an end. Admissions into universities for the 2024/25 academic year are ongoing and the department is closely monitoring them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 30/07/2024 14:37:04 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1721266

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to open negotiations with the European Union about rejoining the Erasmus scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL77
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The department is working to reset the relationship with its European friends to strengthen ties and tackle barriers to trade. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, has said that we must do more to champion ties between the UK and the EU’s people and culture, for example through holidays, family ties, school and student exchanges, the arts and sport.</p><p>This is not about renegotiating or relitigating Brexit, but about looking forward and building a strong and constructive relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 30/07/2024 14:35:25 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718960

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are their estimates for each of the past five years of the amount of money lost to rail companies by ticket fraud and evasion; and what measures they plan to implement to reduce this.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of fare evasion and fraud very seriously. We currently do not hold estimates for the amount of money lost to railway fraud, however in 2023 the Rail Delivery Group estimated that in a normal year, approximately £240 million is lost through fare evasion on Great Britain's railways.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce fare evasion, in January 2023 we increased the value of the penalty fare to £100, plus the price of the single fare to the intended destination. DfT operators are also contractually incentivised to reduce ticketless travel on their network.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 08:30:28 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718961

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their consultation Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles, which ran from 29 February to 25 April, what discussions they had with representatives of the fire and police services and organisations representing cyclists, pedestrians and UK cycle manufacturers either prior to launching that consultation or during it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport engaged with various stakeholder organisations before and during the consultative process. The Department is currently considering the responses to the consultation and a further announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 09:18:04 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718962

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings they have had with representatives of delivery companies in the past six months; and what topics were discussed for their consultation Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles, which ran from 29 February to 25 April.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Whilst a number of delivery companies have responded to the consultation, none have met with ministers to discuss it in the period specified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 23/05/2024 13:15:41 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718120

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Biosecurity: Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent press reports, whether the rate of biosecurity checks on goods arriving from the EU at some ports has in practice been "set to zero" to minimise disruption, despite businesses now being charged for all relevant consignments of goods imported into the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>No, the implementation is happening. The first milestone - health certificates - happened on 31 January 2024. Physical and documentary checks began on April 30th. Medium and high-risk goods posing the greatest biosecurity risk are being prioritised as check levels are scaled up in a sensible and controlled way.</p><p> </p><p>We have not simply copied the EU model but taken the extra time to bring in an effective and innovative system with much lower burdens on business and much less disruption to trade.</p><p> </p><p>Traders should continue to follow the published guidance which sets out BTOM inspection rates.</p><p> </p><p>DEFRA will gradually increase changes in controlled stages to balance biosecurity risk and maintain trade flows whilst minimising disruption at the border.</p><p> </p><p>This will allow the level of goods inspected at the border to be operationally manageable over the introductory stages.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 23/05/2024 09:52:50 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718121

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when their planned Border Target Operating Model will be implemented.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The implementation of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) is well underway in accordance with the published timeline (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-target-operating-model-august-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-target-operating-model-august-2023</a>). The first two major milestones were introduced respectively on 31 January 2024 and 30 April 2024, while the last milestone, which requires Safety and Security (S&amp;S) declarations for EU imports, is scheduled to be implemented on 31 October 2024.</p><p>We will announce a date for physical checks on EU and Irish Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods imports on the West Coast of Great Britain shortly. In order to provide traders time to prepare, we can confirm that these checks will not be introduced before Spring 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 13:31:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1714000

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
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 real-world representativeness of the CO2 emissions and fuel or energy consumption values of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles, as required by the Article 12(1) of EU Regulation 2019/631.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is considering how to collect real-world CO<sub>2</sub> emissions data, including consulting on whether such data should be captured through the MOT, and will continue to engage with interested parties as the methodology is finalised. The data collection methodology must be finalised before the first annual report can be produced.</p><p>The Department will assess real-world representativeness of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and fuel or energy consumption values, once the methodology for collecting real-world data has been agreed with industry and subsequently introduced into law.</p><p>The Department is considering how fuel and energy consumption data could inform amendments to type approval testing procedures and certificates for petrol and diesel cars and light commercial vehicles. Specifically on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, the Department intends to update the calculation procedure for their carbon dioxide emissions to respond to the widely recognised gap in their real-world emissions performance compared to official approval values. This will be consulted on in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL4108 HL4109 question first answered 02/05/2024 14:48:16 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson