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1702353

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Health Services and Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on integrating social care and the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Health and Care Act 2022 established integrated care systems, reforming how health and adult social care work together by putting partnership at the heart of planning. The Government has published guidance for integrated care partnerships (ICPs), on the statutory requirement for each ICP to publish an Integrated Care Strategy to address the health, social care, and public health needs of their system. All ICPs have now published their integrated care strategies.</p><p>The integration of health and social care is often best achieved through collaboration across smaller geographies within integrated care systems called places. Since the Health and Care Act 2022, we have seen good progress in the development of place-based arrangements to integrate health and social care. In October 2023, we published our Shared Outcomes Toolkit designed to help place-based partnerships develop shared outcomes as a powerful means of promoting integrated working and joined up care. We also issued a call for evidence as part of our review of Section 75 of the NHS Act 2006, which permits local authorities and National Health Service bodies to pool budgets, enabling joint commissioning and the commissioning of integrated services. The findings of this review will be shared in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/04/2024 14:16:30 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1702354

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about the financing of those in social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department have regular conversations with representatives of local government, including the Local Government Association and the Association for Directors of Adult Social Services, regarding the costs of meeting the needs of adults who draw on care and support. The Department regularly engages with local authorities, who are responsible for assessing eligibility for financial assistance as set out in the Care Act, to understand the impact charging policy has on individuals who draw on care. The Department also regularly engages with individual local authorities to better understand their financial plans for commissioning and delivering adult social care.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 26/04/2024 11:10:33 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1702355

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to build on the proposals in the report of Sir Andrew Dilnot’s Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Fairer Care Funding, published in July 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>As announced in the Autumn Statement 2022, we listened to the concerns of local government and made the decision to delay the rollout of charging reforms from October 2023 to October 2025. These reforms include the introduction of a cap on personal care costs, and a more generous adult social care means test. The Government has been considering what form the rollout of charging reform from October 2025 will take.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 09/05/2024 11:26:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1697293

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Gaza: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are aware of any plans of the government of Israel to rehome Palestinian refugees from Gaza in the Sinai.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government firmly rejects any suggestion of the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza.</p><p>The UK's position is clear: Gaza is Occupied Palestinian Territory and will and must be part of a future Palestinian state. We support a two-state solution that guarantees security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the only viable option to ensure peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3424 HL3425 question first answered 04/04/2024 15:54:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1697294

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Gaza: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with (1) the European Union, or (2) the government of Egypt, about receiving Palestinian refugees from Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government firmly rejects any suggestion of the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza.</p><p>The UK's position is clear: Gaza is Occupied Palestinian Territory and will and must be part of a future Palestinian state. We support a two-state solution that guarantees security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the only viable option to ensure peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3423 HL3425 question first answered 04/04/2024 15:54:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1697295

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about the forcible expulsion of the Palestinian population from Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government firmly rejects any suggestion of the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza.</p><p>The UK's position is clear: Gaza is Occupied Palestinian Territory and will and must be part of a future Palestinian state. We support a two-state solution that guarantees security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the only viable option to ensure peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3423 HL3424 question first answered 04/04/2024 15:54:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1696578

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what additional resources they have provided to police forces to combat the increase in organised crime in rural areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that the police have the resources they need. Ultimately, it is for Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and Mayors with PCC functions, to make operational decisions based on their local knowledge and experience. This includes how to allocate resources to reduce levels of organised crime.</p><p>Chief Constables, PCCs and Mayors with PCC functions have provided significant resource to the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) network by allocating 725 extra officers to ROCUs between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2023. Those officers are tackling the range of SOC threats, helping to reduce crime and keep communities safe.</p><p>The Government also recognises that there can be particular challenges in responding to rural crime and welcomed the rural and wildlife crime strategy published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in September 2022.</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office provided £200,000 for the National Rural Crime Unit to tackle rural crime including the theft of farming or construction machinery, livestock theft, rural fly tipping, rural fuel theft and equine crime.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling the threat from Serious and Organised Crime (SOC). It has recently published a new SOC strategy that commits to reducing SOC in the UK by disrupting and dismantling organised crime groups and networks operating in and against the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 03/04/2024 12:47:37 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1696579

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the College of Policing about updating their THRIVE guidance with regard to reporting and combating rural crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Guidelines on the use of THRIVE are published by the College of Policing here: <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/vulnerability-related-risks/introduction-vulnerability-related-risk" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/vulnerability-related-risks/introduction-vulnerability-related-risk</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has not had conversations recently with College of Policing about updating their THRIVE guidance with regard to reporting and combating rural crime.</p><p>We are committed to driving down rural crime and the Home Office continues to work closely with the National Rural Crime Unit to help ensure an effective police response to rural crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 03/04/2024 12:44:33 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name introduction-to-vulnerabilityrelated-risk--1710867016 (1).pdf title Introduction to vulnerability related risk
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1696353

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the loss to the UK economy because of shoplifting for each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting and violence towards shopworkers has on businesses, communities, and consumers, as well as the loss to the economy. The Government has been clear we expect a zero-tolerance approach to retail crime and shoplifting.</p><p>It’s difficult to produce reliable estimates of the cost of shoplifting. Many incidents do not come to the attention of the police, so data on the number of shoplifting crimes recorded by them only provide a partial picture. While official statistics from the Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) provide reliable estimates of the prevalence and frequency of shoplifting, the CVS no longer collects data the number of shoplifting offences or the overall cost of these crimes. When the CVS has collected this information in the past, retailers found it difficult to recall precise numbers of crimes they experienced, and the associated costs. As a result, these estimates we judged to be insufficiently reliable.</p><p>Home Office ministers have not met Retail Against Crime. The National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG), which the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, the Rt Hon Chris Philp, co-chairs alongside the British Retail Consortium, ensures the response to retail crime is as robust as it can be. The NRCSG meets quarterly and comprises senior representatives from policing, the retail sector, retail trade associations, security providers and Government departments.</p><p>At this forum, the Retail Crime Action Plan is a standing agenda item. At the last NRCSG, policing colleagues updated me on the implementation of the plan. Statistics published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council show early signs of progress. A dip-sample of data from 31 police forces of over 1,500 crimes show police attended 60% of incidents reported by retailers where violence had been used, with 16% of forces sampled reporting 100% attendance to this type of incident.</p><p>The Government is supporting Pegasus, a unique private-public partnership, which involves retailers providing data, intelligence and evidence to Opal, the national police intelligence unit on organised acquisitive crime, to develop a better strategic picture and help forces crack down on serious offenders.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to work with members of the NRCSG, including policing and retailers to tackle shoplifting, including organised, as well as other crime experienced within retail settings through our wider work.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL3301 HL3302 question first answered 28/03/2024 15:35:27 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1696354

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Sentencing
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 adequacy of the Sentencing Code with regard to shoplifting.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>We know there has been a worrying rise in shoplifting, which we need to address.</p><p>Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 32% in the 12 months to September 2023. However, the number of people charged with shoplifting offences in the same period rose by 34%, showing that Police are heeding the message.</p><p>The publication of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan, published in October 2023, includes a commitment to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database as standard using facial recognition technology to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up.</p><p>October also saw the launch of Pegasus, a unique private-public partnership that will radically improve the way retailers are able to share intelligence with policing, to better understand the tactics used by organised retail crime gangs and identify more offenders. This will include development of a new information sharing platform and training for retailers.</p><p>The Sentencing Code is a consolidation of existing sentencing procedure law. It brings together over 50 pieces of primary legislation relating to sentencing procedure into one single piece of legislation, in the Sentencing Act 2020. It includes general provisions relating to sentencing procedure, the different types of sentences available to the courts, and certain behaviour orders that can be imposed in addition to a sentence. Since the Sentencing Act came into force, it has been amended following changes to the law relating to sentencing procedure. The Code is not designed, however, to apply to specific offences.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 28/03/2024 12:44:51 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire