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1701986

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date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Port Talbot
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the energy required by the new electric arc furnaces in Port Talbot Steel Works will be supplied by renewable energy sources.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Tata steel is making an investment of £1.25 billion, including a UK Government grant worth up to £500 million, in a new Electric Arc Furnace at the Port Talbot Steelworks. The electrification of steelmaking will significantly reduce the overall carbon footprint of the site which is currently the UK’s single largest emitter of CO<sub>2</sub>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government does not have a role in Tata Steel’s energy purchasing arrangements, and therefore cannot confirm the relevant energy sources they will choose to use. However, in recent months, renewables became the majority source of electricity generation for the first full quarter across Great Britain’s electricity grid and we are planning to decarbonise the electricity system by 2035, subject to security of supply.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 22/05/2024 11:08:53 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1612613

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Diphtheria: Migrants
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 incidence of diphtheria in migrants arriving via irregular transit routes.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>There is an effective vaccine against diphtheria which in the United Kingdom is offered as part of the routine childhood programme. Vaccination offers high levels of protection against symptomatic disease, meaning that it is a very rare infection in the UK where vaccination coverage is high. The risk of diphtheria to the general UK public therefore remains very low.</p><p>There was an increase in the number of cases of diphtheria detected among people seeking asylum in the last quarter of 2022, with a total of 73 confirmed cases of diphtheria among this population in England in 2022 and one case confirmed so far in 2023. The majority of these cases were detected in people arriving via small boat Channel crossings. There have been no linked cases in workers in asylum seeker settings or linked cases in the general public.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency, Home Office and NHS England are working with local partners to put measures in place to manage the risk of diphtheria in this population.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL7295 question first answered 19/05/2023 13:36:58 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1611072

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Appeals: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many immigration decisions were overturned on appeal in (1) 1993, (2) 2003, (3) 2013 and (4) 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on appeal outcomes is not available for appeals concluded prior to 2007. For the period January to December in each of the years set out below the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal allowed the following number of appeals against Home Office decisions:</p><p>1) 29,189 appeals in 2013</p><p>2) 11,506 appeals in 2021</p><p>The latest release of Official Statistics for Tribunals (Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2022) published on 9 March 2023 can be found on Gov.uk.</p><p>The percentage Allowed/Granted in the Official Statistics for Immigration and Asylum (FIA3) are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 27/04/2023 14:56:58 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1548286

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Refugees: Albania
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports that 39 unaccompanied Albanian refugee children have been reported as missing by Kent County Council, what steps they are taking to locate those children.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The government takes the matter of any child going missing very seriously. Statutory guidance is in place, which details the responsibilities of local authorities and their partners, to prevent children going missing and to gather and share information and intelligence to reduce this risk. The guidance applies to all children going missing, whether this is from the family home or from care and includes unaccompanied refugee children.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 19/12/2022 14:00:49 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1505656

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Natural Disasters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which recommendations from the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction have so far been implemented; and which they plan to implement in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2022 answer text <p>The UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (the Framework) was agreed and adopted in March 2015. Many of the principles underpinning the Framework are integral to ongoing UK work on resilience as part of integrated emergency management and the UK has a range of robust mechanisms in place for planning, responding and recovering from emergencies. The UK continues to play a leading role in the international risk reduction agenda through FCDO and the UK is committed to helping the most vulnerable anticipate and prepare for shocks and access support in disasters.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/10/2022 07:11:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504669

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the restrictions contained within the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 are a factor in their consideration of recommendations for the appointment of new peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Life peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission for matters of propriety, who seek advice from Government Departments and Agencies where appropriate.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2166 question first answered 10/10/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504670

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the application of the restrictions imposed by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 in relation to recommendations for the appointment of new peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Life peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission for matters of propriety, who seek advice from Government Departments and Agencies where appropriate.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2165 question first answered 10/10/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504756

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Health Professions: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy intention in capping the number of trainee medical professionals in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on the number of trainee medical professionals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. While the Government currently has no plans to increase the cap on medical school places in England, we continue to keep this under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 26/09/2022 13:22:50 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504757

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many medical professionals from other countries are currently waiting for their applications for immigration status in the UK to be considered.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the number of visas dealt with by profession.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/09/2022 15:55:59 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504759

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been accepted to date in the UK under the Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will see up to 20,000 people from Afghanistan and the region resettled to the UK, over the coming years.</p><p>Under pathway one of the ACRS, individuals being resettled will be some of those <strong>already evacuated and in the UK</strong>. They include women’s rights activists, journalists, and prosecutors, and Afghan family members of British Nationals.</p><p>At 12 Aug 2022, the UK has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. However, we are unable, at this time, to provide a breakdown of how many people have been granted resettlement specifically under the ACRS.</p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under the ACRS on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications.</p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p><p>We have now begun to receive the first referrals for resettlement under pathway 2 of the ACRS – which opened in June - from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We anticipate receiving referrals from the UNHCR for up to 2,000 refugees, <strong>who have already fled Afghanistan, </strong>during the first year of this pathway - although this number will be kept under review - and we look forward to welcoming the first new arrivals under this pathway in due course.</p><p>Finally, the FCDO also launched a third referral pathway, in June, which will see up to 1,500 eligible British Council and GardaWorld contractors, Chevening alumni - and their dependents - <strong>in Afghanistan,</strong> considered for resettlement to the UK.</p><p>The window for expressions of interest (EOIs) to resettle under the ACRS pathway 3 closed on 15 August 2022. The Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office is in the process of reviewing all EOIs in the order in which they were received.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/09/2022 09:05:02 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno