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1020299

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	World Anti-doping Agency
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 independence of the Word Anti-Doping Agency in terms of its (1) structure, (2) governance, and (3) protections against conflicts of interest.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL12084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board adopted a range of recommendations made by its Governance Working Group on 15 November 2018. The Government welcomes the changes adopted by WADA to strengthen its governance structures through greater independence and better protection against conflicts of interest. WADA must, however, must ensure that additional reforms, including strengthening the athlete voice, are considered by a new Working Group going forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/12/2018 16:44:32 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1020301

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Youth Sport Trust: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding from lottery and central government sources has been given to the Youth Sports Trust in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL12085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Youth Sport Trust has received both exchequer and lottery funding from Sport England over the past ten years. A breakdown is listed below, and the full awards list can be found on Sport England's website here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/13641/all-awards-april-2009-sept-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/13641/all-awards-april-2009-sept-2018.xlsx</a></p><p>Every investment Sport England makes is put through a rigorous assessment and approval process. Where investments are repeated Sport England endeavour to market test these offers every 3-4 years. Sport England investments in the Youth Sport Trust have been awarded either through open competition or were commissioned via a rigorous assessment and approval process including testing value for money.</p><p>The Youth Sport Trust has also received grants or other funding from a number of different government departments during this period.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sport England funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>3,560,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>4,275,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>11,784,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9,890,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8,895,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>9,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,070,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,044,057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5,505,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 (to date)</p></td><td><p>2,165,037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>66,341,581</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 20/12/2018 12:25:21 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1020302

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Chairman of Committees on 25 February 2009 (HL Deb, col 89W), how many staff of the House of Lords are employed exclusively or primarily on press and public relations; and whether he has made an assessment of how this figure now compares with the number of staff employed for the same purpose by (1) the House of Commons, and (2) the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL12086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Both Houses and the Scottish Parliament organise their communications/press and public relations functions in different ways which makes it hard to compare figures directly. Consequently, the figures below simply compare the number of FTEs employed predominantly on dealing with press/media.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>House of Lords</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>House of Commons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scottish Parliament</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTEs employed on press/media</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br>These figures do not include staff employed by either House or the Scottish Parliament on marketing, digital communications, public information, visitor services, education and engagement all of which contribute to their work on public relations. We do not hold these figures in respect of the House of Commons and Scottish Parliament.</p><p><br>No assessment has been made of how these figures compare with each other.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 20/12/2018 16:00:19 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1020304

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Poverty
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 finding of the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK Poverty 2018, published on 4 December, that 22 per cent of the population are in poverty; and what action they intend to take to remedy the situation.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The figure quoted by the Joseph Rowntree Trust in this report is taken from official national statistics on the number and proportion of people in low income published by the Department for Work and Pensions in March 2018. These statistics show that there are one million fewer people living in absolute poverty since 2010, including 300,000 children.</p><p><br>This Government believes that the best way of tackling poverty is by building a strong economy and getting people into work. Adults in workless families are around 4 times more likely to be in poverty than those in working families. Children in workless households are around 5 times more likely to be in poverty after housing costs than those where all adults work. Nationally, there are now over 3.3 million more people in work, around 964,000 fewer workless households, and around 637,000 fewer children living in such households compared with 2010. This is why we will continue with our reforms to the welfare system so that it encourages work whilst supporting those who need help.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2018 15:16:15 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

1020305

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect net migration to reduce to under 100,000 per year.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain committed to reducing net migration to sustainable levels. Net migration has fallen since peaks in 2015 and 2016 and we will continue to reform our immigration routes to ensure that they work in the best interests of the country.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing an Immigration White Paper which will contain the principles for our new immigration system. We are ending free movement and designing a system that will work in the national interest. <br>We have been clear that the UK will always be open to those who bring valuable skills, experience and investment to the UK and our economy. We will continue to pursue immigration policies that are selective about who makes the greatest contribution to our country.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/12/2018 15:16:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

1020307

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Investment
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 total new investment in UK railways since privatisation by (1) Network Rail and its predecessor, and (2) train operating companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no figures available covering the entire period since privatisation.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published statistics on private-sector investment in rail in Great Britain since 2006-07. Private investment is at record levels, totalling £8.3bn over this period, with £6.7bn in the last decade.</p><p> </p><p>The figures can be found online at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/a1bcb53b-9914-4d7d-9d57-0187cd27e59b" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/a1bcb53b-9914-4d7d-9d57-0187cd27e59b</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures cover all private investment, not just that made by train operating companies. However, the largest category of investment is in rolling stock, which train operators fund though lease payments.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has received a government grant since 2001-02 to support its investment in the rail network. The annual amounts are published by the ORR (within the ‘Direct Rail Support’ column of this table) at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/a830de20-83bf-408d-9c22-7f3ec23999f9" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/a830de20-83bf-408d-9c22-7f3ec23999f9</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/12/2018 15:17:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

1020308

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Television: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop a system of parental guidance for television dramas and films broadcast after the 9pm watershed.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL12090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom, the independent broadcast regulator, takes the protection of children and young people very seriously. Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code contains stringent rules to ensure that under eighteens are effectively protected from harm.</p><p> </p><p>The Broadcasting Code and guidance advises broadcasters to various ways they can warn audiences about graphic content or content likely to offend. In addition, there are a range of audience protection tools, including programme scheduling information, mandatory PIN protections, as well as the 9pm watershed, that parents and guardians can use to ensure that children are protected from broadcast content that is unsuitable for them.</p><p> </p><p>The watershed is an effective way to protect children from unsuitable content. A recent Ofcom survey found that 60% of parents think 9pm is the right time for adult content to be shown on television and that 89% of people understand what the watershed is. However, protections do not cease at 9pm. The transition to more adult material must not be unduly abrupt and the strongest material should appear later in the evening.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/12/2018 16:46:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1020309

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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: Negligence
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 O'Shaughnessy on 5 November (HL10962), whether the figures for the total government spend on clinical negligence in 2016–17 and 2018–19 include legal costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL12091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p>As stated in my answer of 5 November, the total Government spend on clinical negligence was £1.7 billion in the financial year 2016-17 and £2.2 billion in the financial year 2017-18. These figures did include legal costs and NHS Resolution has provided the following information about legal costs in these two financial years.</p><p>Legal costs for 2016-17 were:</p><p>- Claimant costs: £498 million</p><p>- Defence costs: £126 million</p><p>Legal costs for 2017-18 were:</p><p>- Claimant costs: £467 million</p><p>- Defence costs: £129 million</p><p>Note:</p><p>Claimant costs are legal costs incurred by the claimant in bringing a claim for compensation.</p><p>Defence costs are legal costs incurred by NHS Resolution in dealing with the claim received.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/12/2018 14:58:28 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1020311

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Service Industries
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 Brexit uncertainty on the growth of the services sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>On 28 November, Her Majesty’s Government published detailed economic analysis assessing the potential impact on trade flows and the UK economy of Brexit in the long run. This analysis does not model any short run disruption or immediate operational impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken steps to smooth the transition into our new relationship with the EU, including an implementation period. This provides certainty for businesses and citizens, facilitating the transition to the UK’s future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 14/12/2018 09:44:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1020312

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	5G
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to invest in the development of 5G network infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to becoming a world leader in 5G, and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027. Government recognises that 5G will require substantial industry investment, and that the vast majority of capital investment required to rollout 5G will need to come from the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government can help foster the development of the ecosystem and is doing so through its 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Government has so far allocated £200 million from the National Productivity Investment Fund to the Programme to help establish new business models and revenue streams which in turn could lead to accelerated private sector investment.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 13/12/2018 13:50:12 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick