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1642404

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date	06/06/2023
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	Hereditary Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 July 2013 (HL1303), what progress the Human and Embryology Authority is able to report that may correspond to previous estimates that mitochondria replacement techniques could "save the lives of up to 10 babies who are born every year with a severe form of the disease, such as those with high levels of mutations".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has made no assessment of the estimates previously made by the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University, as the number of treatments to date in the United Kingdom is so low.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/06/2023 13:40:46 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1642405

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have in place to encourage saving.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL8242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people are supported to save, and that they can access a wide range of competitive savings products. The retail savings market currently offers a range of competitive options to savers, who can now access the highest rates in recent years on a variety of instant access and fixed-term products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Help to Save scheme in September 2018 to directly encourage those on lower incomes to save. This encourages saving for those on Working Tax Credit or receiving Universal Credit. These savings accounts provide a bonus of 50p for every £1 saved over 4 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also introduced other measures in recent years to encourage saving. Individuals can save up to £20,000 into their ISA each year and coupled with the Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers, around 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.</p><p> </p><p>The Lifetime ISA is a long-term savings product to encourage younger people to save for their first home or for later life. The government provides a 25% bonus on savings of up to £4,000 each year, provided the savings are kept for the long-term.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL8243 question first answered 13/06/2023 14:31:19 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1642406

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Interest Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have in place to encourage banks to pass on higher interest rates to savers.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL8243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people are supported to save, and that they can access a wide range of competitive savings products. The retail savings market currently offers a range of competitive options to savers, who can now access the highest rates in recent years on a variety of instant access and fixed-term products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Help to Save scheme in September 2018 to directly encourage those on lower incomes to save. This encourages saving for those on Working Tax Credit or receiving Universal Credit. These savings accounts provide a bonus of 50p for every £1 saved over 4 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also introduced other measures in recent years to encourage saving. Individuals can save up to £20,000 into their ISA each year and coupled with the Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers, around 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.</p><p> </p><p>The Lifetime ISA is a long-term savings product to encourage younger people to save for their first home or for later life. The government provides a 25% bonus on savings of up to £4,000 each year, provided the savings are kept for the long-term.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL8242 question first answered 13/06/2023 14:31:20 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1642407

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Grenfell Tower: Monuments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect a decision to be reached about the delivery of a permanent fitting memorial to those who lost their lives in the Grenfell fire tragedy.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL8244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The government is unequivocally committed to supporting the independent Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission and the community, in their creation of a lasting memorial to honour those who lost their lives in the tragedy.</p><p>The Commission published its first report in May 2022, which can be found on its website. The Commission is continuing to engage with the community to develop a proposal for a memorial, and is working towards its final report, which is expected to be published in autumn 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 14/06/2023 16:06:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1642408

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that the devolved administrations and His Majesty's Government learn from each other and, where appropriate, co-ordinate policy decisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government and the devolved administrations jointly agreed improved ways of working in January 2022. The new intergovernmental system ensures that ministers and officials are working together, across all areas, maintaining open channels of communication, discussing best practice and sharing learning from across the governments. Tackling our challenges is a shared endeavour and already this year there have been over 60 ministerial meetings between the Government and DAs on a wide range of issues</p><p>This collaboration has been vital in ensuring UK-wide join up, from tackling cost of living pressures to delivering the Homes for Ukraine which has helped over 117,000 people.</p><p>As set out in the Levelling Up White Paper, the UK Government is determined to do more to enable the sharing of evidence between the government and devolved administrations. The Concordat on Statistics provides a framework for statistical co-operation between the government and devolved administrations, and the UK Statistics Authority continues to lead on a suite of work to improve the UK-wide coherency of evidence in public policy-making.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 19/06/2023 15:35:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1642409

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what explanations he has had from the Department for Health and Social Care concerning their failure to answer 18 questions for written answer, dating back to 19 April, within the recommended time.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>As Leader of the House I see it as essential that Noble Lords receive accurate and timely responses to all written questions tabled to His Majesty's Government. For that reason, I have spoken to all Front Bench Ministers regarding the importance of adhering to the 10 working day window for response to questions for written answer. I have also written to the Permanent Secretary of DHSC to reiterate the importance of his department responding to peers within this timeframe, as well as urging them to clear the backlog as soon as possible.</p><p>My office has contacted DHSC regarding their repeated failure to meet the 10 day target for response. After the significant disruption caused to the delivery of parliamentary support to the House of Lords by the COVID-19 pandemic, the DHSC parliamentary team has implemented a Written Parliamentary Question Recovery Plan to deal with the backlog of written questions. This recovery plan has led to significant improvements in their performance. However, your question clearly highlights that there is more work to do to ensure that all questions are answered within the 10 day target. Parliament rightly expects that more work will be done on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 19/06/2023 16:28:12 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1642410

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Medical Records: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in light of the guidance on the NHS website under "Using linked profiles to access services for someone else", they are of the opinion that an 11-year-old child is able in all instances to deny their parents access to their medical records; and, if not, (1) what tests they expect a GP to apply in determining what information to withhold from parents, (2) whether this includes a test of Gillick competence, and (3) why these tests are not specified in the above notice so as to ensure that the process is transparent.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL8247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The guidance states that when a child is aged between 11 and 16, they may be able to deny their parents proxy access to their online if the GP surgery agrees that is appropriate, and it is not intended that in all instances that would be appropriate. A GP surgery should have processes in place for determining whether a child aged between 11 and 16 years is competent to make this decision.</p><p>Specific tests are not described in the above guidance as each case must be considered individually with the interests of the child being paramount. There are no set questions to assess Gillick competency, but the professional bodies have guidance on this and the Frazer Guidelines.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 12/06/2023 12:26:27 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1642411

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency planning has been undertaken to manage any disruption to imports to the UK resulting from any potential problems with the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL8248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The government published the draft Border Target Operating Model in April. This sets out plans to phase in security and biosecurity controls from 31 October in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with.</p><p> </p><p>We developed the draft document alongside the Scottish and Welsh Governments and officials from the Northern Ireland Executive, and continue to work collaboratively to design and be able to implement a model for the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with businesses to get this right. During the engagement period on the draft model we have spoken to UK and international businesses and their supply chains to help them understand the new requirements and gather their views on them. We have listened closely to the feedback we received from stakeholders and are carefully considering what more we can do to support business readiness for the introduction of new controls before the final TOM is published later this summer.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been working through our embassies across the EU to ensure readiness in Member States. The final version of the model we publish will respond to the feedback we have had and will set out further detail to support supply chain readiness.</p><p> </p><p>While businesses will need to prepare for new requirements, we will continue to take a pragmatic approach to the introduction of border controls to ensure trade is not disrupted.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/06/2023 14:26:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1642412

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the eligibility criteria of the Frontier Worker Permit on shipping crew availability for UK vessels in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL8249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Frontier Worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>We do not publish data on Frontier Worker permits by occupation, and so data is not available on Frontier Worker permits issued to shipping crew.</p><p>Those coming to the UK to work after the end of the transition period are not protected by the Citizens’ Rights Agreements and are therefore required to apply under the points-based immigration system. This enables migrants to come to the UK to work in the shipping and wider offshore sectors, subject to meeting the skills and salary thresholds and other requirements.</p><p>There are specific arrangements for transiting crew who are joining ships in the UK or taking temporary shore leave. In many cases, crew can exceptionally enter the UK without an entry clearance and undertake limited forms of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8250 HL8251 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:47:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1642413

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the eligibility criteria of the Frontier Worker Permit on shipping crew availability for UK supply chains and goods availability in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, (3) 2025 (4) 2026.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL8250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Frontier Worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>We do not publish data on Frontier Worker permits by occupation, and so data is not available on Frontier Worker permits issued to shipping crew.</p><p>Those coming to the UK to work after the end of the transition period are not protected by the Citizens’ Rights Agreements and are therefore required to apply under the points-based immigration system. This enables migrants to come to the UK to work in the shipping and wider offshore sectors, subject to meeting the skills and salary thresholds and other requirements.</p><p>There are specific arrangements for transiting crew who are joining ships in the UK or taking temporary shore leave. In many cases, crew can exceptionally enter the UK without an entry clearance and undertake limited forms of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8249 HL8251 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:47:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick