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1461012

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date	10/05/2022
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of people unable to claim statutory sick pay from their employer because their earnings are below the lower earnings level; of these, what proportion are (1) male and (2) female; and what plans, if any, they have to remove the lower earnings limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL1
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the 2019 “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation, it is estimated that there are around 2 million employees who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and are therefore ineligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Of those, approximately 30% are male and 70% are female.</p><p> </p><p>SSP reform, including extending SSP eligibility to those earning below the LEL, was part of the “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation in 2019. In the response to the consultation published in 2021, Government stated the pandemic was not the right time to introduce changes to the rate of SSP or its eligibility criteria as this would have placed an immediate and direct cost on employers at a time where many were struggling.</p><p> </p><p>As we learn to live with Covid-19, the Government is continuing to take a broader look at the role of SSP and is keeping the system under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/05/2022 16:25:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1461020

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Horn of Africa: Droughts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide humanitarian assistance to the 5.7 million children in the Horn of Africa who are expected to suffer acute malnourishment by June this year as a result of the ongoing drought.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a major humanitarian donor to the East Africa region. In 2022 to support communities affected by drought plus flooding and conflict the UK has provided £72.25 million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan. Across the region UK funded humanitarian activities are making a difference and saving lives. For example, in Kenya to respond to the ongoing drought, 26,000 children will receive life-saving food assistance thanks to the UK's support. In Ethiopia a further 200,000 children and pregnant and lactating women in southern and eastern regions will receive similar urgent aid.</p><p>Countries across the Horn of Africa will also be impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to the increase in the costs of food commodities and fuel on global markets. We are exploring how we can help lessen the impact of rising food prices caused by the war in Ukraine on vulnerable communities in East Africa. This includes assessing alternate markets for procurement of food supplies and working with UN partners to promote effective prioritisation so assistance reaches the most needy.</p><p>The UK also played a critical role in convening the recent 'UN Horn of Africa Drought Roundtable' which took place in late April in Geneva. This included working with states in the region and the UN to ensure appropriate levels of participation. It helped to bring much needed focus to the drought and importantly it mobilised roughly US$400 million in new funding.</p><p>Our response to the drought builds on long-established resilience building programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. In Kenya this includes support to the Hunger Safety Programme, which has provided 600,000 people in drought prone areas with regular financial assistance. In Ethiopia, the UK funded Productive Safety Net Programme has benefitted some 8 million people via financial welfare provision and community public works projects. In Somalia the UK has been supporting over 220 rural communities in three large urban cities with durable solutions initiatives for internally displaced persons. These programmes, coupled with additional investments, have enabled the UK to reach nearly 8 million individuals as a part of its emergency humanitarian response.</p><p>The UK remains committed to promoting peace and security across the Horn of Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/05/2022 16:42:21 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1461021

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	East Africa: Droughts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the East and Horn of Africa in preparing for future droughts by (1) building more resilient systems, and (2) ending exacerbating factors such as conflict.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a major humanitarian donor to the East Africa region. In 2022 to support communities affected by drought plus flooding and conflict the UK has provided £72.25 million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan. Across the region UK funded humanitarian activities are making a difference and saving lives. For example, in Kenya to respond to the ongoing drought, 26,000 children will receive life-saving food assistance thanks to the UK's support. In Ethiopia a further 200,000 children and pregnant and lactating women in southern and eastern regions will receive similar urgent aid.</p><p>The UK also played a critical role in convening the recent 'UN Horn of Africa Drought Roundtable' which took place in late April in Geneva. This included working with states in the region and the UN to ensure appropriate levels of participation. It helped to bring much needed focus to the drought and importantly it mobilised roughly US$400 million in new funding.</p><p>Countries across the Horn of Africa will also be impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to the increase in the costs of food commodities and fuel on global markets. We are exploring how we can help lessen the impact of rising food prices caused by the war in Ukraine on vulnerable communities in East Africa. This includes assessing alternate markets for procurement of food supplies and working with UN partners to promote effective prioritisation so assistance reaches the most needy.</p><p>Our response to the drought builds on long-established resilience building programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. In Kenya this includes support to the Hunger Safety Programme, which has provided 600,000 people in drought prone areas with regular financial assistance. In Ethiopia, the UK funded Productive Safety Net Programme has benefitted some 8 million people via financial welfare provision and community public works projects. In Somalia the UK has been supporting over 220 rural communities in three large urban cities with durable solutions initiatives for internally displaced persons. These programmes, coupled with additional investments, have enabled the UK to reach nearly 8 million individuals as a part of its emergency humanitarian response.</p><p>The UK remains committed to promoting peace and security across the Horn of Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/05/2022 16:44:50 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1461027

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they hold, or what estimates they have made, of the numbers of drivers (1) arrested for motoring offences, or (2) who are involved in (a) collisions, (b) serious collisions, or (c) fatal collisions, who were using hands-free mobile phone devices at the time of the offence or collision.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL22
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences on Gov.uk. Motoring offences are non-notifiable unless they involve death by dangerous driving, these would be recorded under violence against the person offences, more detailed breakdowns are not held centrally. Furthermore, information on whether a hands-free device was involved, is not collected.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices and other outcomes for motoring offences, by broader offence group. However, data is not held centrally on whether a hands-free device was involved or if a collision occurred. The most recent data can be found on Gov.uk.</p><p>The Department for Transport publish data on road casualties, which can be found on Gov.uk. This data provide information on the severity of the accident however they do not include information on whether a hands-free device was involved.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/05/2022 16:37:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1461037

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
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 fall in the real value of Universal Credit over the life of this parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL56
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The requested estimate is not available as all the data required to undertake such a calculation is not yet available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/05/2022 16:37:13 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1461038

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Universal Credit
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 real value of Universal Credit since (1) May 2010, (2) May 2015, (3) June 2017, and (4) December 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL57
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes annual Abstract of DWP benefit rates statistics. The purpose of the publication and data tables is to provide a reference source for people who are interested in benefit uprating and the value of benefits compared to prices and earnings. The publication and supporting data tables are attached and can also be accessed via the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL140 question first answered 25/05/2022 10:52:24 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name HL57 and HL140 Tables.xlsx title Data Tables
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1461039

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homicide: Young People
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 True on 14 March (HL6441), whether they will provide the equivalent data for the 20 years up to April 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL58
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 10 May is below and attached.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Field of Birkenhead CH DL</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>18 May 2022</p><p>Dear Lord Field,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the number of offences, by age, currently recorded as homicide by sharp instrument for the previous 20 years up to April 2022 (HL58).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes homicide figures where the method of killing was by a knife or sharp instrument sourced from the Home Office Homicide Index, which is a database separate from the main police recorded crime dataset. It contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by the police in England and Wales. It is continually updated with revised information from the police and courts and, as such, is a richer source of data than the main police recorded crime dataset.</p><p>Table 1 presents the number of offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age, for the year ending March 2011 to the year ending March 2021. This data was published alongside Homicide in England and Wales, year ending March 2021 [1]. We do not hold up-to-date data on the number of offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age, for year ending March 2003 to year ending March 2010 as requested [2].</p><p>Data for year ending March 2022 will not be published until February 2023.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Offences [</strong><strong>3] </strong><strong>currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age [</strong><strong>4]</strong><strong>, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021[</strong><strong>5] </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr 2010 to Mar 2011</p></td><td><p>Apr 2011 to Mar 2012</p></td><td><p>Apr 2012 to Mar 2013</p></td><td><p>Apr 2013 to Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>Apr 2014 to Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>Apr 2015 to Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>Apr 2016 to Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>Apr 2017 to Mar 2018</p></td><td><p>Apr 2018 to Mar 2019</p></td><td><p>Apr 2019 to Mar 2020</p></td><td>Apr 2020 to Mar 2021</td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of victims </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>236 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>203 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>186 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>281 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>260 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong><strong>235</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td>8</td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td>10</td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td>54</td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandand<br>wales/yearendingmarch2021<br>2 This data may be available if you contact the Home Office directly.</p><p>3 As of 10 December 2021; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.</p><p>4 The age categories that have been used in this table are supplied by the Home Office.</p><p><br>5 Home Office statisticians and police forces have undertaken a review of homicide data for year ending March 2019 and year ending March 2020 to update suspect data and cancelled crimes. Totals shown in this table will not match previously published figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/05/2022 10:42:00 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL58 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1461043

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they are currently undertaking, if any, to identify topics which require modular updates by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and which may be facilitated for entry to managed access.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL70
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) outline for future modular updates was published in the January 2022 board paper Review of methods, processes and topic selection for health technology evaluation programmes: conclusions and final update. The paper states that NICE has identified potential topics for future modular reviews, including processes to facilitate rapid entry to managed access, methods issues for digital, genomic and antimicrobial technologies and the societal value of health benefits in severe diseases and health inequalities. A copy of the paper is attached. During the implementation of NICE’s strategy 2021 to 2026, it will prioritise developing a proportionate approach to health technology appraisals and MedTech early value assessment in the next 12 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 25/05/2022 11:19:37 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall attachment 1 file name Review of methods, processes and topic selection for health technology evaluation programmes conclusions and final update (1).docx title NICE
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1461053

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Peatlands: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made protecting peatlands in England; and what discussions they have had with the devolved nations and regions about this issue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL90
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>In the Net Zero Strategy, we committed to aim to restore approximately 280,000 ha of peatland in England by 2050, with the Nature for Climate Fund providing funding for the restoration of approximately 35,000ha of peatland by 2025. In the England Peat Action Plan, published last year, we set out the steps we will take to protect and restore our peatland.</p><p>In 2021, Defra established the Lowland Agricultural Peat Task Force to explore ways of preserving the carbon stored in our lowland farmed peatlands, both to reduce emissions and to safeguard productive agriculture, and we look forward to receiving its recommendations later this summer.</p><p>The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 prohibits burning on deep peat in protected sites without a licence and the accompanying guidance sets out the very limited circumstances where burning will be seen as a permissible activity conducted in the right place for the right reasons. We are continuing to engage with stakeholders to encourage sustainable land management practices that reflect our ambitions to restore and protect our peatlands.</p><p>Through the England Peat Action Plan, we are encouraging landowners and land managers to adopt or create good quality wildfire management plans and use sustainable land management practices to reduce fuel loads - making the land more resilient to and mitigating the risk of wildfire. Last April we supported the development of a new training program, to consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding of vegetation fires including wildfire incidents. Defra has committed further funding for the next three years and we continue to share learning and good practice with the devolved administrations.</p><p>We have consulted on measures to end the use of peat and peat containing products in horticulture, including a ban on the sale of peat in the retail sector by the end of this Parliament. We continue to engage with the industry on making the transition to peat-free alternatives as seamless as possible and will publish our formal response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/05/2022 11:18:13 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1461054

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Forests: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle global deforestation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL91
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to take a leading role in working with global partners to halt and reverse forest loss. At COP26, the UK led the way in securing an agreement from over 140 world leaders, representing over 90% of the world’s forests, to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 under the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use. This was backed by almost £14 billion of public and private funding, including $1.5 billion to protect the forests of the Congo Basin, an area of critical importance to global efforts to address climate change.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK and Indonesia established the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, bringing together major producer and consumer countries of agricultural commodities to protect forests while promoting development and trade. At COP26, 28 governments including Indonesia, Colombia, Brazil, Ghana, the EU, UK and USA launched the FACT Roadmap, committing to advance sustainable production and trade, and outlining actions to incentivise sustainability, support smallholder farmers, improve transparency of supply chains and drive innovation.</p><p>The UK has introduced ambitious due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. This new law is one part of a wider package of measures to improve the sustainability of our supply chains and will contribute to global efforts to protect forests and other ecosystems. It will make it illegal for larger businesses operating in the UK to use key forest risk commodities produced on land illegally occupied or used.</p><p> </p><p>We have also doubled our international climate finance to £11.6 billion, of which at least £3 billion will be spent on nature, including solutions that protect, restore and sustainably manage forests. FCDO, BEIS and Defra share the forests portfolio which aims to specifically reduce emissions from deforestation and land use change and help forest communities adapt to climate change through sustainable farming and land use practices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 24/05/2022 16:40:08 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick