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1694356

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date	06/03/2024
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	House of Lords: Select Committees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on civil servants giving evidence to House of Lords committees, and under what circumstances a request for such evidence may be declined.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL3091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government, including the Civil Service, is committed to being as accommodating as possible when requests are made by Select Committees. The Cabinet Office has dedicated guidance for Civil Servants about giving evidence to House of Lords Select Committees. Officials will always carefully consider requests to give evidence. When they do accept such invitations, they require Ministerial agreement and are there to represent the Minister's views.</p><p>In the event that a Select Committee requests a named civil servant from a department and the department feels that they are not the most appropriate person to represent the Minister, the department has the right to suggest an alternative to the Committee. There may be rare examples where the Department and Ministers feel an official is unable to attend, but the guidance is clear that if a Department considers it is unable to meet any requests from the Select Committee, they should inform the Committee as soon as practicably possible and set out the reasons why.</p><p>As Leader of the House of Lords, I have made it clear to my Ministerial Colleagues, that Ministers in both Houses should make every effort to facilitate Select Committee requests, including evidence session attendance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 19/03/2024 16:38:16 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1642422

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure financial support is provided for grassroots music, such as a ticket levy on large arenas and stadiums.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL8259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we will support them to develop the next generation of British talent by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in regular discussions with all parts of the music industry, including live venues of all sizes across the country. The department works closely with interested parties and across Government to ensure the live music sector continues to thrive.</p><p>HM Government has provided significant support to the live music sector. This includes more than £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through the Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund via Arts Council England since 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL8261 question first answered 16/06/2023 13:11:42 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1642423

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will address the uneven funding between (1) contemporary music, and (2) opera or classical music, to ensure that grassroots music venues are well supported.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL8260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we are supporting them to develop the next generation of British talent, by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>This is in addition to other government support provided to the live music sector, including over £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund since 2019.</p><p>Contemporary, operatic, and classical music subsectors receive funding through a wide variety of sources, including Arts Council England. Decisions made by the Arts Council about the allocation of funding are taken at arm's length from Government. Decisions are made in line with the Council’s ten-year strategy, which sets the direction for all of the artforms and sub-sectors it supports, including opera, contemporary, and classical music.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 16/06/2023 13:16:37 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1642424

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to improve funding opportunities for grassroots music venues to prevent them from closing down.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL8261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we will support them to develop the next generation of British talent by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in regular discussions with all parts of the music industry, including live venues of all sizes across the country. The department works closely with interested parties and across Government to ensure the live music sector continues to thrive.</p><p>HM Government has provided significant support to the live music sector. This includes more than £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through the Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund via Arts Council England since 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL8259 question first answered 16/06/2023 13:11:42 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1456926

registered interest
date	05/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 March (HL6900), how they are able to manage their functions without information on the number of Home Office staff working from home; and why they do not collect such information.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL7729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <ul><li>The Home Office employs over 35,000 staff working across several large business areas including UK Border Force, HM Passport Office, UK Visas and Immigration and several other areas. Staff are employed across all parts of the UK as well as countries around the world doing a variety of policy and operational roles.</li><li>The requirements for workplace attendance are managed at a local level in line with the Home Office Hybrid Working Policy. Under this, all staff are expected to attend the workplace within a framework of between 40%-100% of their contracted hours. Similar to other attendance requirements this is not centrally managed and is co-ordinated through the line management chain.</li><li>Working from home is part of a suite of flexible working options which are non-contractual and flexible to meet the needs of the business and the individual. Collecting data on who can work from home would serve little purpose as our policy applies to all staff subject to the confines of their role.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/04/2022 09:15:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1439978

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff are working from home; and what proportion of the department this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL6899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO does not collect information on the number of our staff working from home.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/03/2022 16:34:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1439979

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office staff are working from home; and what proportion of the department this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL6900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, all Civil Service employers have followed Government guidance in setting out their internal COVID-19 related policies. This includes complying with the Working Safely during Coronavirus: Guidance which sets out the key actions organisations should take to protect employees and customers in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in workplaces, along with carrying out health and safety risk assessments that include the ongoing risk from COVID-19.</p><p>On 21 February 2022, the Government published their 'Covid-19 Response: Living with Covid-19' This document sets out how and when the remaining restrictions will be lifted in England. Government guidance was subsequently amended, including the <em>Working Safely </em>guidance.</p><p>The Government’s <em>Working Safely</em> guidance continues to require organisations to carry out a risk assessment which includes the risk from COVID-19. It also sets out additional actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning, asking people to wash their hands frequently and asking people with COVID-19 to stay away. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high. Civil Service employers will continue to follow this guidance and align their policies accordingly.</p><p>Home Office staff conducts a wide range of roles requiring varying levels of attendance at the workplace. Our hybrid working model means that all staff, whose role permits, have the ability to work from home for a proportion of their working hours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/03/2022 18:01:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1402098

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	General Practitioners: Retirement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many GPs retired in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL5350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of general practitioners who have retired from the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Scheme Year End</p></td><td><p>Number of retirements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,331</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Authority</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 24/01/2022 11:44:46 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1387431

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to answer the Written Questions tabled by Lord Watts on 17 November (HL4171, HL4172 and HL4173).
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL4921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We responded to the noble Lord’s questions on 16 December and 29 December respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 05/01/2022 14:29:20 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1379746

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), whether they expect to meet their target to increase the number of GPs by 6000 by 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL4171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>While progress against the target to increase the number of doctors in general practice by 6,000 by 2024 has been challenging, we remain committed to increasing the general practitioner (GP) workforce as soon as possible. In September 2021, there were 1,841 more full time equivalent doctors in general practice than September 2019 - a headcount increase of 2,634.</p><p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement, Health Education England and the profession to increase recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice. We have increased the number of GP training places with 4,000 doctors accepting a place this year, from 2,671 in 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 16/12/2021 15:36:23 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts