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1701607

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date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what specific budget is allocated for the implementation of the current Imprisonment for Public Protection action plan.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service is using existing resources to deliver the requirements of the IPP Action Plan, ensuring that it is used to best effect to support those serving IPP sentences to achieve their sentence plan objectives and reduce their risks. HMPPS does not allocate funding in such a way as it would be possible to disaggregate specific amounts dedicated to sentence planning, offender management and support for IPP offenders.</p><p>Unto that end, the Action Plan focuses on ensuring offenders can access the required services or interventions in order to take positive steps towards a future release, a sustainable life in the community and, ultimately, the end of their sentence altogether. Further, when it comes to those serving the IPP sentence in prison, the Action Plan requires that they have an up to date sentence plan and are held in a prison which provides the intervention(s) specified in the sentence plan. It is expected that the latest IPP Annual Report and Action Plan will be published in mid-May.</p><p>We have taken significant action through the Victims and Prisoners Bill to curtail IPP licence periods to give offenders the opportunity to move on with their lives. In addition to these changes, the actions this Government is taking are working; the number of prisoners serving the IPP sentence who have never been released now stands at 1,180 as of 31 March 2024, down from more than 6,000 in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 25/04/2024 11:23:41 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1546632

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Africa and Asia: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total reduction in Official Development Assistance to the poorest countries in (1) Asia, and (2) Africa, last year; and how many projects saw a (a) reduction, or (b) elimination, of development funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Per the recently published Statistics for International Development (SID) for 2021 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development) states that bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa decreased by £883 million (33.8 per cent) from £2,610 million in 2020 to £1,727 million in 2021. The country that that experienced the largest country-specific decrease in spend within Africa was Ethiopia. Bilateral ODA to Asia was £1,334 million in 2021, a decrease of £639 million (32.4 per cent) compared to 2020, and the largest decrease in country-specific ODA was experienced by Bangladesh (reduction of £116m from 2020). The FCDO 2021-22 annual report and accounts (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022) provides total Government ODA spend by country in pages 257-285 for the last five financial years.</p><p><br>We do not specifically record the number of projects that saw reductions/elimination of development funding, however the SID states that ODA for 2021 decreased by £3,054 million compared to 2020 which was driven by the Government's decision to reduce ODA from 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income to 0.5 per cent in 2021. The SID reports the change in ODA spend between 2021 and 2020 by sector (page 38) and by region (pages 22/23).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/12/2022 16:10:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1366793

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment Income: Income Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional revenues could be raised by aligning Dividend Tax rates with Income Tax rates applied to earned income.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>Increasing the current rates of dividend tax to the current headline rates of income tax could theoretically raise around £8 billion a year, based on the 2021-22 tax rates. In practice, significantly less would be raised due to behavioural responses to any increases.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to increase rates of dividend tax by 1.25 percentage points, which is expected to raise £900 million a year by the end of the scorecard, accounting for behavioural responses. The higher rates of dividend tax from 2022-23 would therefore reduce the additional revenue that would be raised from increasing dividend rates to the rates of income tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to keep the tax system under constant review to ensure it is simple and efficient.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/11/2021 17:42:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1193297

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many businesses have had a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan application (1) approved, and (2) rejected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 6 May, in total over £5.5 billion worth of loans have been issued under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to 33,812 businesses. Lenders have received 62,674 completed applications.</p><p> </p><p>In order to minimise administrative burden and therefore facilitate the issuing of as many loans as possible, the British Business Bank’s system only gathers data from lenders when loans are offered and drawn. Decisions on whether to capture information relating to rejected loans are at the discretion of the lender.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the British Business Bank, HM Treasury and the lenders on providing transparent and regular data publication going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 19/05/2020 12:54:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

800451

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sky Lanterns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they treat sky lanterns as a form of litter; if not, why not; and whether they have any plans to ban (1) the use, and (2) the mass release of, sky lanterns.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Environmental Protection Act 1990 Act does not provide a comprehensive definition of litter or refuse, although the courts have considered the definition to be wide. Litter is most commonly assumed to include materials, often associated with smoking, eating and drinking, that are improperly discarded and left by members of the public; or are spilt during business operations as well as waste management operations.</p><p> </p><p>Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 says: “A person is guilty of an offence if he throws down, drops or otherwise deposits any litter in any place to which this section applies and leaves it”. Ultimately it is for a court to rule whether a release of sky lanterns would be covered.</p><p> </p><p>An independent study commissioned by Defra and the Welsh Government published in 2013 concluded that the risks to animals or damage to the environment by sky lanterns were relatively minor and that voluntary action and initiatives have been shown to be effective. Based on these findings, we currently have no plans to ban the use of sky lanterns.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/12/2017 15:09:47 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

651857

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following notice to leave the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, they intend to continue to implement new EU Directives.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. The outcome of the exit negotiations will determine what arrangements apply in relation to EU legislation in future once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 14/12/2016 16:50:16 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

432065

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define open access in the context of mandatory open-access sexual health services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services for everyone present in their area; this includes free testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and notification of sexual partners of infected persons; and free contraception, and reasonable access to all methods of contraception.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/12/2015 12:30:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

170931

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many main battle tanks, either serviceable or useable at short notice, are presently available to the British Army.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on availability and levels of readiness for individual capabilities as to do so would compromise operational security or disclose information which could be of use to our adversaries. The Army has sufficient levels of main battle tanks to meet the levels of readiness required under Defence Strategic Direction and as set out in the Defence Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 06/01/2015 17:14:25 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne