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1182910

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date	04/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Floods: Shropshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support those persons and businesses affected by flooding of the River Severn in the Shrewsbury and Ironbridge areas of Shropshire.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Government responded immediately to the Storms Ciara and Dennis by activating the Bellwin Scheme of emergency financial assistance on 10 February and extended this to more areas (including Shropshire) on 17 February.</p><p>Further to this, the Government activated the Flood Recovery Framework on 18 February for local authorities with 25 or more flooded households. The Framework provides funding for local authorities, to help affected residents and businesses to recover from the flooding, as well as reimbursements to local authorities for offering 100 per cent council tax discounts and business rates relief to these affected properties.</p><p>The Government has also announced the Property Flood Resilience Scheme to help householders and businesses implement measures to make their properties become more resilient to flooding.</p><p>Government continues to work with local authorities to assess the full extent of the flooding impacts and will release the funding to eligible local authorities in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 16/03/2020 12:30:35 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

1182457

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of their consultation Energy Performance Certificates in buildings, which closed on 26 July 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL2159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>BEIS and MHCLG will publish a summary of responses and plan to improve Energy Performance Certificates in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 10/03/2020 16:00:49 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1181814

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Action: Parliamentary Scrutiny
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each government department, from 1 July 2019 to 31 January 2020, on how many occasions the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution was overridden in (1) the House of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons; and for how many documents such an override occurred in (a) both Houses, (b) the House of Lords, and (c) the House of Commons.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL2076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020 and is no longer part of the EU’s decision making machinery so no further scrutiny overrides will require to be reported to Parliament.</p><p>Between July 2019 to January 2020, 348 Explanatory Memoranda on EU proposals and other documents were submitted for scrutiny.</p><p>Scrutiny during this period was interrupted by the dissolution of parliament. There were 54 occasions when the Government supported decisions in the EU Council of Ministers before parliamentary scrutiny procedures had been completed.</p><p>Historically, the largest category of instruments on which overrides have occurred have been fast-moving and sensitive Common Foreign and Security Policy measures including EU restrictive (sanctions) measures and during this period there were 40 occasions when such instruments were adopted before scrutiny could be completed.</p><p> </p><p>The figures requested are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>House of Lords override</p></td><td><p>House Commons override</p></td><td><p>No. of overrides in both Houses at same time</p></td><td><p>Total no. of overrides</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Treasury</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Development</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Trade</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul><li><p> </p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 09/03/2020 15:07:46 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

1181817

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address the concerns raised by the report by Special Needs Jungle Education, Health & Care Plan annual review, published 10 December 2019, and in particular the findings relating to the low completion rates of statutory Education Health and Care Plan annual reviews by local authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Lingfield
uin	HL2079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The annual review process for Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans, set out in the Children and Families Act 2014 and the special educational needs and disability (SEND) Code of Practice, requires local authorities to ensure reviews are conducted within twelve months from the final EHC plan being in place, or within 12 months of the last review of the plan.</p><p> </p><p>The department has sought to strengthen local area’s knowledge and understanding of their duties in relation to the completion of annual reviews. Between January and April this year, a series of regional workshops have been planned. A number of have already been delivered, with good levels of attendance from local authority education and social care teams, health teams from clinical commissioning groups, and parents. Part of the workshops include planning for improvements and this will be followed up through the department’s team of SEND advisers.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, we recognise that there are a range of concerns with the SEND system. We announced the SEND Review in September 2019 to ensure the system is working best for all families, and that support in different areas is consistent, available and joined up across health, care and education services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 13/03/2020 14:32:42 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4194 label Biography information for Lord Lingfield

1181823

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they set for appointment to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy; and what are their recruitment processes.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The review is being coordinated by a team of civil servants in the Cabinet Office, originally recruited through fair and open competition. A team in No10 comprises individuals with a range of expertise including a Special Adviser and, where appropriate, contractors.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2020 15:54:33 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1181857

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to hold a public consultation as part of the Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review.
tabling member printed	Lord Tunnicliffe
uin	HL2119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The review will engage with a range of stakeholders here and abroad to ensure proper consultation and challenge. The Government will utilise expertise from both inside and outside government for the review, ensuring the UK's best minds are feeding into its conclusions and challenging traditional Whitehall assumptions and thinking as needed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/03/2020 16:57:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3671 label Biography information for Lord Tunnicliffe

1181859

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment: Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage employers to take on ex-offenders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL2121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to increasing the number of employers that provide employment for ex-offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The New Futures Network (NFN) was established as a specialist part of the prison service that brokers partnerships between prisons and employers. These partnerships help businesses fill skills gaps and prisoners to find employment on release. NFN continues to work across England and Wales to engage employers to employ ex-offenders and support them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>We also understand that employers want ex-offenders to leave custody job-ready and so this Government committed in its 2019 Manifesto to deliver a Prison Education Service, with a key priority being to enable more prisoners to find employment on release.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/03/2020 13:56:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

1181860

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what decision they have reached following their consultation on the proposal that employers hiring an ex-offender should receive a National Insurance holiday for that individual.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL2122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text The Government keeps all taxes under review and will continue to consider this proposal in light of its wider strategy on supporting ex-offenders.<p> </p><p>The Government has already taken a number of steps to support ex-offenders in gaining employment, including establishing the New Futures Network, a specialist part of the prison service that brokers partnerships between prisons and employers; and committing to deliver a Prison Education Service, with a key priority being to enable more prisoners to find employment on release.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/03/2020 14:48:38 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

1181861

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Trusts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they give to the political views of an individual being considered for a trusteeship which they have to approve.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL2123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Public appointments are made by Ministers following the Governance Code on Public Appointments. This Code sets out the principles that should underpin all public appointments, including those appointments that Ministers have delegated to others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2124 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:47 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

1181411

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Travellers: Life Expectancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce discrepancies in life expectancy between Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and other communities, as demonstrated by the Race Disparity Audit.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working to improve outcomes for Gyspy, Roma and Traveller communities especially improving access to primary care. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government will also lead development of a cross-Government strategy to improve outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, covering access to important services but also the wider determinants of health.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/03/2020 17:33:34 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth