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1692885

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date	29/02/2024
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	Sudan: Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the appointment of Tom Perriello as a temporary US special envoy for Sudan, when they intend to appoint a new Special Envoy for Sudan.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We do not currently have plans to appoint a new Special Envoy for Sudan. The Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea spends a significant amount of time on efforts to secure peace in Sudan, working closely with other envoys covering Sudan. Our Ambassador to Khartoum - now based in Addis Ababa - continues to engage with key international partners on achieving the UK's strategic objectives, as do other British Ambassadors in the region. We welcome Tom Perriello's appointment as the United States' new special envoy for Sudan, Minister Mitchell spoke with him on Monday 11th March.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 14/03/2024 17:53:09 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1692886

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently awaiting security vetting by United Kingdom Security Vetting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL2868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>As Minister for State at the Cabinet Office I am able to provide a response in relation to National Security Vetting (NSV). UKSV acts as the service provider for NSV across His Majesty’s Government (HMG). NSV remains a separate and distinct process to recruitment and onboarding processes and provides an additional personnel assurance within both public and private sector for roles and projects that require access to the sensitive assets and Protectively Marked Materials (PMM).</p><p>The government does not comment on the workings of the NSV process at the strategic or tactical level for security reasons and thereby details of numbers awaiting NSV cannot be shared. However the following information may be useful.</p><p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is not a level of NSV, nor conducted by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV); it is a separate pre-employment check conducted locally by recruiting departments. As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p>Following a stabilisation programme initiated in 2023, there have been sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV). Across core services:</p><ul><li><p>Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p></li><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 29th February 2024 96% of cases were being processed within that time frame.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 29th February 2024 93.48% of initial DV cases were being processed within that time frame.The Performance Indicator for DV Renewals is also 95 days; on 29th February 2024 13.78% of these cases were being processed within that time frame. However we expect that DV renewals submitted from 1st April 2024 will be delivered within the KPI of 95 days.</p></li></ul><p>The requirements for security cleared roles across HMG vary and are set by individual department and partner agencies dependent on duties and level of access to Protectively Marked Materials (PMM). It is, therefore, not possible to provide confirmation of the performance of NSV in relation to specific roles. In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters, including average actual processing times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2869 HL2870 question first answered 18/03/2024 16:51:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1692887

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Private Sector: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people employed by the private sector are currently awaiting security vetting by United Kingdom Security Vetting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL2869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>As Minister for State at the Cabinet Office I am able to provide a response in relation to National Security Vetting (NSV). UKSV acts as the service provider for NSV across His Majesty’s Government (HMG). NSV remains a separate and distinct process to recruitment and onboarding processes and provides an additional personnel assurance within both public and private sector for roles and projects that require access to the sensitive assets and Protectively Marked Materials (PMM).</p><p>The government does not comment on the workings of the NSV process at the strategic or tactical level for security reasons and thereby details of numbers awaiting NSV cannot be shared. However the following information may be useful.</p><p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is not a level of NSV, nor conducted by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV); it is a separate pre-employment check conducted locally by recruiting departments. As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p>Following a stabilisation programme initiated in 2023, there have been sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV). Across core services:</p><ul><li><p>Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p></li><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 29th February 2024 96% of cases were being processed within that time frame.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 29th February 2024 93.48% of initial DV cases were being processed within that time frame.The Performance Indicator for DV Renewals is also 95 days; on 29th February 2024 13.78% of these cases were being processed within that time frame. However we expect that DV renewals submitted from 1st April 2024 will be delivered within the KPI of 95 days.</p></li></ul><p>The requirements for security cleared roles across HMG vary and are set by individual department and partner agencies dependent on duties and level of access to Protectively Marked Materials (PMM). It is, therefore, not possible to provide confirmation of the performance of NSV in relation to specific roles. In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters, including average actual processing times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2868 HL2870 question first answered 18/03/2024 16:51:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1692888

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average wait time for each of the eight levels of security vetting by United Kingdom Security Vetting, from 'Baseline Personnel Security Standard' to 'Enhanced Developed Vetting'.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL2870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>As Minister for State at the Cabinet Office I am able to provide a response in relation to National Security Vetting (NSV). UKSV acts as the service provider for NSV across His Majesty’s Government (HMG). NSV remains a separate and distinct process to recruitment and onboarding processes and provides an additional personnel assurance within both public and private sector for roles and projects that require access to the sensitive assets and Protectively Marked Materials (PMM).</p><p>The government does not comment on the workings of the NSV process at the strategic or tactical level for security reasons and thereby details of numbers awaiting NSV cannot be shared. However the following information may be useful.</p><p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is not a level of NSV, nor conducted by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV); it is a separate pre-employment check conducted locally by recruiting departments. As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p>Following a stabilisation programme initiated in 2023, there have been sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV). Across core services:</p><ul><li><p>Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p></li><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 29th February 2024 96% of cases were being processed within that time frame.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 29th February 2024 93.48% of initial DV cases were being processed within that time frame.The Performance Indicator for DV Renewals is also 95 days; on 29th February 2024 13.78% of these cases were being processed within that time frame. However we expect that DV renewals submitted from 1st April 2024 will be delivered within the KPI of 95 days.</p></li></ul><p>The requirements for security cleared roles across HMG vary and are set by individual department and partner agencies dependent on duties and level of access to Protectively Marked Materials (PMM). It is, therefore, not possible to provide confirmation of the performance of NSV in relation to specific roles. In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters, including average actual processing times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2868 HL2869 question first answered 18/03/2024 16:51:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1692889

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the terms of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s standard non disclosure agreement prior to 1 December 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2872 HL2873 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:45 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692890

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the terms of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s standard non-disclosure agreement that have been used since 1 December 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2873 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692891

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
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 Barran on 6 February (HL1836), how many former Chief Executives of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have signed a specific non-disclosure agreement with regard to their work at the EHRC which is separate from, or additional to, any standard confidentiality clauses as part of their contracts of employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2872 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692892

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Managers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have left the leadership team of the Equality and Human Rights Commission since 1 December 2020; what roles those individuals had upon leaving; on what dates they left; for how long they had occupied the role; how long they had been employed by the Commission; and how many had signed a non-disclosure agreement as part of their departure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2872 HL2873 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692893

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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	Primary Care Networks: General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme to allow the scheme to fund additional GPs, and what assessment they have made of the number of GPs now seeking and unable to obtain employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme aims to grow and diversify the general practice workforce. The scheme provides funding for 26,000 additional roles in primary care networks, to help create bespoke multi-disciplinary teams. General practitioners are not currently included in the scheme as they are a core role within general practice, and the recruitment of general practitioners is currently funded through global sum. We remain committed to growing the general practice workforce as well as number of doctors in general practice. There were 2,799 more full time equivalent doctors working in general practice in December 2023, compared to December 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/03/2024 12:14:14 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1692895

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Treasury has made any assessment of the economic effect of post-Brexit arrangements for the music industry, including the altered ability of British artists to tour and perform in Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley of Knighton
uin	HL2877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting and promoting a thriving live music industry and ensuring the continued growth of this vital and vibrant sector. The music industry is one of the UK's greatest success stories, producing an extraordinary level of talent recognised and respected the world over.</p><p>Since the UK’s exit from the EU, the vast majority of Member States have clarified arrangements or introduced easements to allow visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for some short-term touring. This includes most of the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. It also includes Spain, which changed its position following engagement from the UK Government and industry.</p><p>The Government works closely with the sector and continue to engage with the few remaining Member States to improve arrangements or clarify guidance.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the UK's brilliant artists to adapt to the new arrangements as part of the Creative Industries Sector Vision, that is why we announced that funding for the Music Exports Growth Scheme (MEGS) will be tripled to £3.2 million over the next two years. This will enable touring artists to break into new international markets.</p><p>The Government also provides generous support for orchestras to tour through orchestra tax relief, which currently has a rate of 50%. At Spring Budget 2024, the Government announced that orchestras will permanently receive a rate of 45% from 1 April 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 13/03/2024 12:10:22 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4276 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley of Knighton