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1379732

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date	17/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coal: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 16 November (HL3703), how much expenditure was projected in the 2021 Spending Review for the maintenance of coal tips in England; and what was the Barnett consequential allocated to Wales corresponding to this expenditure.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will confirm the Coal Authority’s funding for the 2021 Spending Review (SR21) period in due course.</p><p> </p><p>However, as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in UK Government departments’ funding, not to total spending on individual programmes. Barnett consequentials therefore just represent the changes in the Welsh Government’s block grant funding, rather than being the total funding provided.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of changes in UK Government departments’ funding, the UK Government is providing an additional £2.5 billion per year on average over the SR21 period to the Welsh Government through the Barnett formula, on top their £15.9 billion annual baseline. As noted in response to a previous question on this matter (HL3703) the Welsh Government is therefore more than fairly funded to deal with all devolved responsibilities, including coal tips. It is however for the Welsh Government to allocate this funding as they see fit across their devolved responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 26/11/2021 10:40:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1379733

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Coal: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they (1) allocated, and (2) spent, in the financial years (a) 2018–19, (b) 2019–20; and (c) 2020–21, on the maintenance of coal tips in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>There are over 6,000 disused colliery tips in Great Britain, 2,460 of these are in Wales. Most of the colliery tips are now vegetated either through planned restoration or natural self-seeding. The Coal Authority currently owns 40 of the disused colliery tip sites in Great Britain (8 in England) and the spend profile for those tips is below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em><strong>Year</strong></em></p></td><td><p><em><strong>2018/19</strong></em></p></td><td><p><em><strong>2019/20</strong></em></p></td><td><p><em><strong>2020/21</strong></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocated overall tips budget</p></td><td><p>385k</p></td><td><p>365k</p></td><td><p>365k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual overall tips spend</p></td><td><p>399k</p></td><td><p>345k</p></td><td><p>297k (covid affected)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English tips actual spend</p></td><td><p>13k</p></td><td><p>15k</p></td><td><p>15k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: The Coal Authority </em></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/12/2021 12:20:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1379734

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Coal: Safety
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 number of coal tips in England that (1) pose, and (2) potentially pose, a danger to nearby communities; and what is the estimated cost of addressing any such dangers.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The vast majority of disused tips in England are now in either local authority or private ownership along with the legal responsibility for preventing any danger to the public. The majority of spoil tips were transferred to the current owners following the closure of the coal industry and break up of British Coal (formerly National Coal Board) and disposal of its land. The Coal Authority own eight tips in England, and these are kept under regular inspection with an annual budget allocated to undertake any necessary maintenance and safety works.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/12/2021 17:36:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366079

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coal: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they have received from the Welsh Government requesting financial assistance to make safe coal-tips that existed prior to 1999.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Wales has regular discussions with colleagues in the Welsh Government on a wide range of subjects, including the request for additional financial assistance to make coal tips safe.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Wales met with the Welsh Government Minister for Finance and Local Government on 20 October 2021, where they discussed this matter, among others. The matter was also discussed at the recent Coal Tip Safety Summit which was co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Wales and the First Minister. The Secretary of State reiterated that the management of coal tips in Wales is a devolved matter and therefore not a matter the UK Government would expect to provide additional funding for. Nevertheless, as a testament to our commitment, we provided £31 million to the Welsh Government to ensure that vital work to help with the unforeseen consequences of Storm Dennis could be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government is more than adequately funded to manage the costs of its devolved responsibilities. The UK Government has provided the Welsh Government with an additional £2.5 billion a year over the SR21 period through the Barnett formula. This spending review settlement provides Welsh Government with around £120 per person for every £100 of equivalent funding in England, which is over 20% higher than equivalent funding in England. This is around £1 billion per year more than the agreed level of fair funding set out in the Welsh Government's fiscal framework. Therefore, the Welsh Government can pay for coal tip maintenance and still have more than fair funding for their other devolved responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 16/11/2021 16:17:02 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366080

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Nuclear Power: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restart generating nuclear power at the former sites at (1) Trawsfynydd, and (2) Wylfa.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The Magnox reactors at these sites are being decommissioned by Magnox Ltd, a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The UK civil nuclear sector is developer led, therefore it’s for potential developers to bring credible proposals to Government. Government remains open to new nuclear projects with any viable companies and investors wishing to develop sites in the UK including Wylfa Newydd and Trawsfynydd.</p><p>The Government is clear in its recently published Net Zero Strategy that nuclear is an important part of our plans to achieve net zero. The Government has set out a new £120 million Future Nuclear Enabling Fund towards the development of nuclear projects. More details of the Fund and how it will operate will be released in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/11/2021 15:16:33 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366081

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Holyhead Port
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 effect of Brexit on the port of Holyhead.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Freight flows through Holyhead have increased substantially over this year. Transport patterns and freight pressures have seen unprecedented changes throughout the pandemic due to restrictions, variations to travel plans, and fluctuations in freight demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/11/2021 12:32:21 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366087

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they will provide to the Welsh Government to replace the (1) European Regional Fund, (2) European Structural and Investment Fund, and (3) European Social Fund, for (a) 2022–23, (b) 2023–24, and (c) 2024–25.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will replace the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund. It will ramp up to £1.5 billion a year in 2024-25 as EU Structural Funds tail off and total funding will at a minimum match the size of EU Funds in all nations, each year. UKSPF funding in the next Spending Review period will total over £2.6 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The UKSPF is key to levelling up the whole of the UK. It will help people access opportunity in places in need, such as former-industrial areas, deprived towns, rural and coastal communities and for people in disadvantaged groups across the UK. Further details about the Fund will be set out later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the UKSPF, Wales will also receive £121 million from the first round of the Levelling Up Fund, £46 million from the UK Community Renewal Fund and £464,000 from the Community Ownership Fund. We are also providing the Welsh Government with an additional £2.5 billion per year on average through the Barnett formula, on top of its annual baseline funding of £15.9 billion. These are the largest annual block grants of any spending review settlement since devolution began.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 10/11/2021 15:55:03 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366088

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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	Coastal Areas: Sea Level
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have allocated to protect maritime communities in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, from the effects of rising sea levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is responsible for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this responsibility rests with the devolved governments.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is investing a record £5.2 billion in flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes in England. Of this, approximately £1.6 billion will be spent on protecting coastal communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 17/11/2021 16:13:08 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1333941

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 8 June (HL Deb, col 1312), what steps they are taking to prioritise, in addition to need assessment, the provision of specialist job coaches for people with learning disabilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL1096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting claimants with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism move closer to the labour market or into work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The increased number of work coaches will help the newly unemployed and also enable us to continue supporting those with complex needs, and to work with partners to ensure they get the help they need. People in particular disadvantaged groups will continue to benefit from support via the increased Flexible Support Fund and priority early access to the Work and Health Programme. In addition, claimants with learning disabilities are also able to access Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) if they are further from the labour market.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>From April 2021, we have strengthened our Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) role to include delivering direct support to claimants who require additional work related support and advice above our core work coach offer. DEAs continue to support all work coaches to deliver tailored, personalised support to all claimants with a disability or health condition. Since May, we are increasing our DEA resource from 685 nationally with the aspiration to reach 1000.</p><p> </p><p>We have a number of initiatives and schemes to support claimants with health conditions such as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Intensive Personalised Employment Support provision provides highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people who want to work but have complex needs or barriers and require specialist support to achieve sustained employment.</li><li>Access to Work is a demand-led discretionary grant scheme that provides funding for the extra disability-related costs people have when starting work or maintaining employment. It can also support disabled people on an apprenticeship, Department for Education supported internship or traineeship</li><li>The Department delivered the Local Supported Employment Proof of Concept, run in partnership with 9 local authorities from November 2017 to May 2019. It was based on the “Place and Train” model of supported employment. This aimed to test whether the Department, in partnership with Local Authorities (LAs), could increase delivery of high-quality supported employment for people with a learning disability or autism who are known to adult social care, or those in contact with secondary mental health services. The proof of concept also aimed to help spread best practice among LAs. Following the successful proof of concept, the Department is looking to develop an area based trial with 20 LAs. The trial was paused because of the coronavirus pandemic</li><li>Supported Internships are aimed at young people ability/autism who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan and they usually last for 12 months. Support from a specialist job coach and other costs may be funded through Access to Work if necessary. Whilst the Department for Education lead on this the Department provides support through Access to Work funding</li><li>Through the Disability Confident scheme, the Department is engaging with employers and helping to promote the skills, talents and abilities of people with autism and associated conditions. Through the scheme, the Department is providing advice and support to help employers feel more confident about employing disabled people, by signposting them to appropriate advice guidance and support.</li><li>The increased number of work coaches will help the newly unemployed and also enable us to continue supporting those with complex needs, and to work with partners to ensure they get the help they need</li><li>People in particular disadvantaged groups will continue to benefit from support via the increased Flexible Support Fund and priority early access to the Work and Health Programme</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/06/2021 16:39:00 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1258398

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of families in which a child may be unable to manage funds from their Child Trust Fund when they reach the age of 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL11107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>We do not have accurate figures to show how many young people who wish to access a Child Trust Fund at age 18 may lack the mental capacity to make financial decisions for themselves.</p><p>The MENCAP website states that approximately 2.5% of children in the UK are believed to have a learning disability and consequently we estimate that there may be between 1 and 2% of Child Trust Funds where the account holder may lack capacity to make financial decisions at age 18. This equates to between 63,000 and 126,000 accounts but is a very rough estimate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 16/12/2020 12:20:18 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley