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1700677

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date	15/04/2024
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	Community Assets: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a national register of community assets as a measure to safeguard against the inappropriate sale or disposal of such assets by local councils.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The department already has mechanisms in place to help with the safeguarding of local assets. A public or privately owned asset can be nominated as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) if its principal use furthers the community’s social well-being. When a listed asset comes to be sold, a moratorium on the sale (of up to six months) may be invoked, providing local community groups with a better chance to raise finance, develop a business and bid to buy the asset on the open market.</p><p>The decision of whether an ACV nomination meets the statutory test set out in the Localism Act 2011 is a decision for the local authority and they must publish a list of their decisions. The Government does not hold a central list of this information or become involved in local decisions, as it is appropriate these issues are dealt with at a local level and local authorities are accountable to local people for the decisions they take.</p><p>Local groups can also apply to the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to protect treasured local assets which make the biggest difference to their community. We have already invested £103.2 million to support 333 projects across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL3736 HL3737 HL3738 question first answered 29/04/2024 15:05:53 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1700678

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Community Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of reports that some English councils will sell assets to fund services, what specific safeguards or criteria they plan to put in place to ensure that such sales do not compromise the protection of community cultural assets.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The department already has mechanisms in place to help with the safeguarding of local assets. A public or privately owned asset can be nominated as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) if its principal use furthers the community’s social well-being. When a listed asset comes to be sold, a moratorium on the sale (of up to six months) may be invoked, providing local community groups with a better chance to raise finance, develop a business and bid to buy the asset on the open market.</p><p>The decision of whether an ACV nomination meets the statutory test set out in the Localism Act 2011 is a decision for the local authority and they must publish a list of their decisions. The Government does not hold a central list of this information or become involved in local decisions, as it is appropriate these issues are dealt with at a local level and local authorities are accountable to local people for the decisions they take.</p><p>Local groups can also apply to the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to protect treasured local assets which make the biggest difference to their community. We have already invested £103.2 million to support 333 projects across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL3735 HL3737 HL3738 question first answered 29/04/2024 15:05:53 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1700679

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Assets: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria and safeguards are in place to ensure that assets deemed essential to the well-being and cohesion of communities are adequately protected, while providing local councils with the necessary flexibility to manage their finances responsibly.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The department already has mechanisms in place to help with the safeguarding of local assets. A public or privately owned asset can be nominated as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) if its principal use furthers the community’s social well-being. When a listed asset comes to be sold, a moratorium on the sale (of up to six months) may be invoked, providing local community groups with a better chance to raise finance, develop a business and bid to buy the asset on the open market.</p><p>The decision of whether an ACV nomination meets the statutory test set out in the Localism Act 2011 is a decision for the local authority and they must publish a list of their decisions. The Government does not hold a central list of this information or become involved in local decisions, as it is appropriate these issues are dealt with at a local level and local authorities are accountable to local people for the decisions they take.</p><p>Local groups can also apply to the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to protect treasured local assets which make the biggest difference to their community. We have already invested £103.2 million to support 333 projects across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL3735 HL3736 HL3738 question first answered 29/04/2024 15:05:53 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1700680

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Assets: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to monitor the impact of asset sales by local councils on communities, and ensure that adequate protections are in place to safeguard valuable community cultural assets in the long term.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The department already has mechanisms in place to help with the safeguarding of local assets. A public or privately owned asset can be nominated as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) if its principal use furthers the community’s social well-being. When a listed asset comes to be sold, a moratorium on the sale (of up to six months) may be invoked, providing local community groups with a better chance to raise finance, develop a business and bid to buy the asset on the open market.</p><p>The decision of whether an ACV nomination meets the statutory test set out in the Localism Act 2011 is a decision for the local authority and they must publish a list of their decisions. The Government does not hold a central list of this information or become involved in local decisions, as it is appropriate these issues are dealt with at a local level and local authorities are accountable to local people for the decisions they take.</p><p>Local groups can also apply to the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to protect treasured local assets which make the biggest difference to their community. We have already invested £103.2 million to support 333 projects across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL3735 HL3736 HL3737 question first answered 29/04/2024 15:05:53 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1700695

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Journalism: Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the risk to British–Iranian journalists in the United Kingdom after threats from the government of Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in particular.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Whilst we do not routinely comment on operational matters or specific threats, Iran has been clear in its intentions, publicly calling for the capture or killing of those holding it to account, either in the UK or abroad. Since the start of 2022, Iran has attempted to carry out these threats on numerous occasions, with over 15 credible threats to kill or kidnap British or UK-based individuals.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to the promotion of media freedom and takes protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms, and safety very seriously. It is paramount that all media professionals are free to work without fear and journalists must be able to investigate and report independently.</p><p>We continually assess potential threats to individuals and take a proactive approach to identifying and investigating them. Wherever a threat is identified, we use all measures, including through the Police and security and intelligence services, to mitigate risk to individuals.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 29/04/2024 16:09:46 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1700698

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Co-ownership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was their rationale for the short duration of the call for evidence in relation to jointly owned leasehold properties, from Thursday 21 March to Friday 5 April.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL3772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has discretion about the length of calls for evidence.</p><p>In this instance, the call ran from Thursday 21 March to Friday 5 April 2024 and as a result this was a short duration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 29/04/2024 15:31:22 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1700701

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lord-Lieutenants: Middlesex
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 5 April (HL3471), what consideration they are giving to the creation of a Deputy Lieutenancy to cover the administrative local government areas of Middlesex.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL3783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>No consideration is being given to the creation of a Lieutenancy for Middlesex. Middlesex is covered by the Lieutenancies of Greater London, Surrey and Hertfordshire.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/04/2024 14:17:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1700702

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether armed forces personnel engaged in ongoing counterterrorist operations in Northern Ireland are eligible to receive the new Wider Service Medal; and if not, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Wider Service Medal will be retrospective to 11 December 2018, and a small number of operations have already been considered and confirmed as eligible for the medal. Other operational activity that could be within scope for the medal will be considered over the coming months and this might include operational activity in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 29/04/2024 12:26:31 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1700704

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the family reunification route for Afghans in the UK, under Pathway 1 of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme, will open; and what assessment they have made of the level of danger faced by the spouses and children who remain in Afghanistan of those who have resettled in the UK with indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. The situation continues to be complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country.</p><p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited in the first half of this year. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 29/04/2024 15:58:43 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

1700705

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Annual Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, what was Project Bodywork.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>BODYWORK was a project to procure bespoke Explosive Ordnance and Disposal equipment. The BODYWORK contract was closed in June 2021 as a more suitable solution to Defence’s requirement was found.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 29/04/2024 12:26:47 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon