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1682274

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) to the list of specified medical conditions qualifying for free prescriptions, given the high out-of-pocket costs for HS patients.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>While we are not considering adding this or other conditions to the list of exemptions for free prescriptions, there are extensive arrangements currently in place to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for patients with hidradentis suppurativa.</p><p>Around 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge and extensive arrangements are already in place to help those with the greatest need. Eligibility depends on the patient’s age, whether they are in qualifying full-time education, whether they are pregnant or have recently given birth, or whether they are in receipt of certain benefits or a war pension.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/01/2024 16:01:21 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1487493

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to encourage greater transparency among UK companies accused of exaggerating their environmental commitments, commonly termed as greenwashing, to prevent this from adversely impacting the Government’s Net Zero strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Businesses have a vital role to play in helping us to meet our net zero target and are encouraged to join the UN-backed Race to Zero, with 7,552 already setting credible and robust targets and outlining plans to deliver on these targets.</p><p> </p><p>‘Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing’ sets out how the Government will ensure decision-useful information on sustainability is available to financial market decision-makers, helping to combat potential “greenwashing”. The UK is also requiring asset managers, regulated asset owners and listed companies to publish transition plans that consider the government’s net zero commitment or provide an explanation if they have not done so.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/07/2022 16:52:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1342065

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the levels of child poverty in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>National Statistics on the number and percentage of children in low income are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p><p> </p><p>In the three years to 2019/20, the absolute child poverty rate, before housing costs, in England was 18 per cent, down 3 percentage points since the three years to 2009/10.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 09/07/2021 12:57:46 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1178102

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aircraft: Theft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many thefts of aircraft (1) engines, and (2) avionics, have been reported to police over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Gower
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on offences of theft reported to and recorded by the police, but it is not possible to separately identify those involving theft of aircraft engines or avionics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/02/2020 17:32:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

759587

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their timescale for making a decision on plans for a Swansea tidal lagoon, following publication of the Hendry Review in January.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the findings of the independent Hendry Review before deciding, in light of the relevant factors, its position on the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/09/2017 11:53:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

576317

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals have been tasered by the police in England since 2012 and what protected diversity characteristics applied to each individual.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publish police use of TASER ® X26 statistics annually on GOV.UK. These releases contain statistics on police use of TASER ® X26 from the 43 Home Office police forces in England and Wales up to 2015. Protected diversity characteristics do not form part of this collection. The table below shows total police use of TASER ® X26 across England and Wales since 2012.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Total use of TASER ® X26 since 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of times TASER ® X26 was used</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p>10,380</p></td><td><p>10,095</p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>39,037</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Home Office</p><p>Following the former Chief Constable David Shaw Use of Force Data review, published in July 2016, a new data collection is being implemented by the police which will allow for some protected characteristic data from 2016. We expect the data collected to be published locally by police forces and a sub-set of the data to be included in the mandatory annual data return for forces in 2017/18 for publication as Official Statistics. The current TASER publications can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/use-of-taser-statistics</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/09/2016 13:11:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

390617

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the automatic planning permission for land included on statutory registers of brownfield land suitable for housing in England under their proposed zonal system for brownfield land will be for outline permission only, or also for other matters such as (1) numbers and types of dwellings, (2) matters relating to access and highways layout, (3) other detailed matters such as design, drainage, landscaping and impact on the local highways network, (4) restrictions relating to development work on the site, and (5) Community Infrastructure Levy or section 106 contributions; and if the automatic permission is only for permission in principle, what will be the system for achieving permission in relation to these other matters.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Our proposal is to grant permission in principle for identified sites in a new statutory brownfield register. Technical details will then require further approval from the local planning authority. Further details on how the measure will work will be made available in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2015 16:04:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

79665

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether anyone associated with the Liberation and Justice Movement of Sudan has been barred from entering the United Kingdom; and, if so, who and why.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. This is because the Home Office has obligations in law to protect this information. The Liberation and Justice Movement of Sudan has not been proscribed by the UK. Individuals associated with the Liberation and Justice Movement would not necessarily be denied entry based solely on their association with it.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2014 11:35:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft