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1249755

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date	09/11/2020
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	Older People: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 5 November (HL9501), what assessment they have made of The Sunday Times insight investigation, published on 25 October, that alleged that elderly people were denied treatment to stop the NHS being overrun.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Claims that frail and elderly patients were denied care are categorically untrue.</p><p> </p><p>Over two thirds of inpatients were aged over 65 years old. The National Health Service repeatedly instructed staff that no patient who could benefit from treatment should be denied it and even at the height of the pandemic there was no shortage of ventilators and intensive care.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff and care workers and the response of the public to public health measures we have protected our most vulnerable patients throughout the pandemic. For example, from the start of the pandemic we have done everything we can to ensure care home residents and staff are protected, including testing all residents and staff, ring-fencing £1.1 billion for infection control and making a further £4.6 billion available to councils to address pressures caused by the pandemic, including in adult social care.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/01/2021 12:02:56 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1249763

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Housing Benefit
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 impact of the benefit cap on tenants in the private rented sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL10069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Benefit Cap aims to provide fairness for hard-working taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>We introduced £9.3bn of welfare measures that benefit those facing the most financial disruption and, in May 2020, less than five per cent of the two million Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants living in the private rented sector, 93,830 tenants, had their benefit capped.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2020 Local Housing Allowance rates were increased to cover the lowest 30th percent of local rents. This £1bn investment will benefit over 1 million households with an average increase of £600 this year. This will help alleviate the pressure on Discretionary Housing Payments that claimants can apply for through their Local Authority if they need additional support to meet rental costs.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payments to Local Authorities in England and Wales for 2020/21, which includes an additional £40m to help tackle affordability pressures in the private rented sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/11/2020 17:25:23 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1249765

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the data provided in the 2020 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery about the average length of support requested under the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process, between 27 September 2019 and 30 June 2020, what was the average length of support (1) requested in initial RNAs made after a positive conclusive grounds decision, (2) provided under initial RNAs after a positive conclusive grounds decision, and beyond the 45 days post-NRM move on support, (3) requested in subsequent RNAs following an initial RNA, and (4) provided in subsequent RNAs following an initial RNA.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL10077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>The information requested on RNA data does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10078 HL10079 question first answered 23/11/2020 17:26:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name FINAL-_2020_Modern_Slavery_Report_14-10-20.pdf title 2020 - UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1249766

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average length of time for a confirmed victim of modern slavery to receive (1) an initial Recovery Needs Assessment plan, and (2) a decision on a subsequent Recovery Needs Assessment request for ongoing support, between 27 September 2019 and 30 June 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL10078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>The information requested on RNA data does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10077 HL10079 question first answered 23/11/2020 17:26:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name FINAL-_2020_Modern_Slavery_Report_14-10-20.pdf title 2020 - UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1249767

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individual confirmed victims of modern slavery had more than one Recovery Needs Assessment due to ongoing support needs, between 27 September 2019 to 30 June 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL10079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>The information requested on RNA data does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics. The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10077 HL10078 question first answered 23/11/2020 17:26:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name FINAL-_2020_Modern_Slavery_Report_14-10-20.pdf title 2020 - UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1249768

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether requests for accommodation under the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process referred to in the 2020 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery were received from (a) victims already provided with accommodation under the Victim Care Contract (VCC), (b) victims not provided with accommodation under the VCC at the time of the request, or (c) both; and whether victims not currently accommodated by the VCC are eligible to request accommodation under the RNA process.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL10080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process takes place for all confirmed victims of modern slavery who are receiving support through the Victim Care Contract (VCC), including those in both outreach support and those provided with accommodation through the VCC. The RNA process ensures that support is tailored to the victims’ individual recovery needs and informs a tailored move-on plan to help victims transition out of VCC support as appropriate.</p><p>Support workers can request any or all three pillars of VCC support – accommodation, financial support and support worker contact – where appropriate for any confirmed victim undergoing the RNA process. VCC accommodation will be provided, or will continue to be provided, where there is an identified recovery need for it and where alternative accommodation options are not available or suitable. If, for any reason, the recovery needs of a confirmed victim change during the approved move-on plan, a further RNA can be completed by the support worker to reflect this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2020 17:23:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1249769

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training on conducting Recovery Needs Assessments (RNA) and approving RNA plans has been provided to staff (1) of the Salvation Army, (2) subcontractors in the Victim Care Contract, and (3) the Single Competent Authority; and what funds have been provided for such training to be carried out.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL10081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>All confirmed victims of Modern Slavery will have their support needs assessed by their support worker as part of the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process, to inform a tailored move-on plan that is personalised to their specific recovery needs. These assessments are quality assured by the prime contractor (The Salvation Army, ‘TSA’) before being submitted to the Single Competent Authority (SCA) for a decision.</p><p>The published RNA guidance provides detailed information for TSA, subcontractors and the SCA on carrying out this process. This document includes guidance on how to complete the RNA form, guidance on when recovery needs arising from modern slavery may require support through the Victim Care Contract (VCC) and where recovery needs may be met by alternative support services. This guidance can be found: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recovery-needs-assessment-rna-process-guidance.</p><p>Staff training for TSA and its subcontractors, including training on the RNA process, is a matter for TSA as the prime contractor. Training costs are met by funds provided through the Home Office’s VCC to deliver these support services.</p><p>All new SCA staff working on RNAs receive initial training detailing decision-making practice, the purpose of RNAs, published guidance, legislation, decision types and quality expectations. Following initial training each new Decision Maker (DM) spends a number of weeks shadowing an experienced DM, being shown a variety of decisions being considered and written, and referring back to guidance. This consolidation period allows a new DM to match the theoretical learning with its practical application.</p><p>The DM will then be allocated suitable cases of their own to start making decisions for victims. Each DM has a buddy (who is an experienced member of the team) allocated for any support required, and every decision is checked by a Technical Expert for accuracy and quality. The cases assigned increase in variety and complexity, with the buddy system and full checking remaining in place to ensure that every decision is correct and any additional support or learning for the DM is provided. Once the quality and accuracy checking results for a DM are consistently at the standards required, the DM becomes a “signed off” decision maker and moves into Business As Usual checking arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2020 17:27:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1249770

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Bounce Back Loans have been paid out to small businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL10083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>As of 7<sup>th</sup> September 2020, 1,152,511 of the total 1,157,956 Bounce Back Loans offered (99.5%) had been paid out to small and micro businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/11/2020 16:38:04 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1249771

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the rate of defaults on Bounce Back Loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL10084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>As of 15 November 2020, £42.18 billion of loans have been provided under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.<em> </em></p><p>The BEIS Annual Report published on 30 September contained information on all debt loan schemes and potential loss estimates.</p><p>The initial indicative loss ranges are based on historic losses observed in prior programmes which most closely resemble the current Covid-19 interventions. However, no two programmes (or two economic downturns) are completely alike, and the estimate will be revised as more data becomes available.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/11/2020 16:38:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1249772

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
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 proposal by the Association of Accounting Technicians that Bounce Back Loans for all small businesses should be written off.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL10085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>We have always been clear that businesses are responsible for repaying any finance they take out. However, we recognise that some borrowers will benefit from flexibility for their repayments. That is why we announced the Pay as you Grow measures.</p><p>Pay as You Grow will provide Bounce Back Loan borrowers more time and flexibility over their repayments by giving them the option to:</p><ul><li>Extend the length of the loan from six years to ten.</li><li>Make interest-only payments for six months, with the option to use this up to three times throughout the loan.</li><li>Once six payments have been made, have the option of a six-month repayment holiday.</li></ul><p>Businesses will be able to use these options either individually or in combination with each other. In addition they have the option to fully repay their loan early and will face no early repayment charges for doing so.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/11/2020 16:47:37 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn