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1715044

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Public Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of new scientific discoveries in the field of longevity and radical life extension in order to better public health; and whether they have a strategy to promote longevity science.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>We continue to monitor new research that shows promise for improving the health of the public. The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR's strategy, Best Research for Best Health: The Next Chapter, highlights the need to fund research which responds to demographic pressures, including an ageing population. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including ageing.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 08/05/2024 15:05:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1715045

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Proportional Representation
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 performance of proportional representation as it has been deployed in electoral systems across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government was elected on a manifesto which included a commitment to continue to support use of the First Past the Post voting system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing representatives, that is well understood by voters, and provides for strong and clear local accountability. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that other voting systems may not.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not support nor has it assessed the use of proportional voting in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 15/05/2024 15:24:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1715046

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Supply Chains: Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to eradicate modern slavery from centrally held procurement supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Modern slavery has no place in public supply chains.</p><p>We have taken action in the Procurement Act to strengthen the rules around excluding suppliers linked to modern slavery. The current rules require the supplier to have been convicted or there to have been a breach of international treaties banning forced labour, or evidence of grave professional misconduct.</p><p>We recognise that modern slavery often occurs in countries which are not party to international treaties on forced labour and which are unlikely to prosecute the perpetrators. Our changes will allow authorities to exclude suppliers and disregard their bids where there is sufficient evidence of modern slavery. This will apply whether or not there has been a conviction or a breach of an international treaty.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has also published a Procurement Policy Notice which sets out how UK Government departments must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains.</p><p>Individual procurements and their contract management of course remain the responsibility of government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:25:37 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1714601

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	GREAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to expand their GREAT campaign, and whether they have evaluated options for additional or alternative international brand marketing campaigns for the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The GREAT brand has proved to be highly effective. On average for every £1 spent GREAT returns £15 to the UK economy. In the last year we estimate that GREAT has helped to generate over £900 million of foreign direct investment, £548 million of additional expenditure from international students, £210 million of additional expenditure from international tourism and over £90 million of export wins for UK companies.</p><p>The GREAT brand was successfully refreshed in Summer 2021 to better reflect the diversity of the UK and update our offer to the world. It is designed to promote the UK as dynamic, outward-looking, confident and collaborative and is used in 164 countries by 26 government departments and ALBs.</p><p>The GREAT Ministerial Programme Board meets quarterly to agree the strategic direction of the campaign, including new markets and sectors. As well as continuing to drive economic growth for the UK through existing campaigns, in 2024/25 the GREAT campaign looks forward to delivering new initiatives such as a GREAT FUTURES event in Saudi Arabia and a new marketing campaign in the US.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/05/2024 15:56:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1714602

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: General Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the personal and cyber security of high-profile individuals involved in politics, such as parliamentarians, ahead of the upcoming general election campaign.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The safety of our elected representatives is essential to the security of our country. Protecting our democratic values and processes is one of the most important duties of government. That is why the Government will take every possible step to safeguard the people, processes, and institutions upon which our democracy relies.</p><p> </p><p>On 28th February the Prime Minister announced the Government was investing an additional £31 million in funding to protect the democratic process and our elected representatives. The funding is being used to strengthen protective security measures for MPs and locally elected representatives over the next year.</p><p> </p><p>Through the funding we are enhancing police capabilities, increasing private sector security provision for those facing a higher risk, and expanding cyber security advice to elected representatives. The investment also enables the expansion of the Operation BRIDGER network, so that every elected representative and candidate is given a dedicated, named police contact to liaise with on security matters, where needed. Through this network all candidates will have access to security briefings in the run up to the General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The funding is accompanied by a new Defending Democracy Policing Protocol, agreed with police to enhance the safety of elected representatives, and protect the UK’s democratic process from disruption. Further information about the Protocol is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Defending Democracy Taskforce has supported the Westminster Parliamentary authorities and the National Cyber Security Centre to develop and roll out an enhanced cyber security offer for Parliamentarians and their teams to better protect them against cyber-attacks and foreign interference. As part of the £31 million uplift, the Taskforce is now seeking to extend this offer to other elected officials including the Devolved Authorities and is working closely with staff from the Devolved Authorities to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 15/05/2024 15:48:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1700695

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Journalism: Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the risk to British–Iranian journalists in the United Kingdom after threats from the government of Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in particular.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Whilst we do not routinely comment on operational matters or specific threats, Iran has been clear in its intentions, publicly calling for the capture or killing of those holding it to account, either in the UK or abroad. Since the start of 2022, Iran has attempted to carry out these threats on numerous occasions, with over 15 credible threats to kill or kidnap British or UK-based individuals.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to the promotion of media freedom and takes protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms, and safety very seriously. It is paramount that all media professionals are free to work without fear and journalists must be able to investigate and report independently.</p><p>We continually assess potential threats to individuals and take a proactive approach to identifying and investigating them. Wherever a threat is identified, we use all measures, including through the Police and security and intelligence services, to mitigate risk to individuals.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 29/04/2024 16:09:46 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1697670

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the launch of the British ISA announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget Statement on 6 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced the creation of a UK ISA. Alongside this, the Government published a consultation seeking responses on the policy design and implementation. The consultation closes on 6<sup>th</sup> June 2024, after which we will consider responses and next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 28/03/2024 12:47:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1697671

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
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 quality of customer services provided by His Majesty's Revenue and Customers to taxpayers; and whether they will undertake a review or ask an independent third party to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The quality of HMRC's customer service is regularly assessed by various bodies, including the Treasury Select Committee, National Audit Office, independent Adjudicator's Office, and Public Accounts Committee. HMRC also has internal customer surveys and key performance metrics to monitor its customer service objectives as outlined in the HMRC Charter.</p><p>HMRC Performance is published on a monthly and quarterly basis on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/03/2024 15:30:08 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1693997

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to The Angiolini Inquiry: Part 1 Report published on 29 February, which territorial and national police forces outsource their recruitment vetting to other police forces or other law enforcement agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>All Home Office (territorial) forces in England and Wales conduct their recruitment vetting internally.</p><p>This is also the case for all non-Home Office national police forces, aside from the Royal Military Police who are assisted by Warwickshire Police for vetting checks.</p><p>The Part 1 report of Angiolini’s Inquiry highlighted that in 2010, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary had outsourced its force vetting to Thames Valley Police. They now carry out their own recruitment vetting.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/03/2024 14:39:20 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1693998

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ministerial Powers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the number of ministerial directions made in each year since 2010 under the 'Managing Public Money' principles; and whether they will include a figure for unpublished or confidential ministerial directions.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Directions can be found on the GOV.UK website<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in Managing Public Money, where confidentiality is required, the accounting officer will share the direction request and the direction itself with the chairs of the Committee of Public Accounts and the relevant departmental select committee, along with an explanation of the reasons for requiring confidentiality, and when they expect the need for confidentiality to fall away and publication to take place.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-directions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-directions</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/03/2024 15:47:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell