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1470875

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date	15/06/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 May (HL Deb col 1011) that efforts to evacuate individuals from Afghanistan continue, what is the budget for the evacuation; how many staff are dedicated to it; and for how long it will continue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Since Operation Pitting the UK has supported over 4,600 people to leave Afghanistan. As part of a cross-government effort, the FCDO remains committed to the resettlement of eligible Afghan citizens in the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) schemes. The FCDO's share of that effort, which is under constant review, currently involves 30 staff in the UK and our network of Posts in the region, as well as support to eligible Afghan citizens in third countries while they undergo checks before being issued UK visas. The funding for this financial year will depend on the rate at which eligible Afghans are able to leave Afghanistan, which is difficult to predict. Our efforts continue while eligible Afghans require support to travel to the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2022 16:04:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1470876

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Alcohol Health Alliance Contents unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers, published in June; particularly the finding that only 65 per cent of alcohol products sampled contained accurate and up-to-date reporting of the UK Chief Medical Officers' advice on consumption; and what steps, if any, they will take to respond to the report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the Alcohol Health Alliance’s report. The Government has announced its intention to consult on whether to introduce mandatory calorie labelling on pre-packed alcohol and alcohol sold in on-trade businesses, such as pubs and restaurants. The consultation will also seek views on whether the provision of the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines should be mandatory or continue on a voluntary basis. Respondents to the consultation can also suggest additional labelling requirements for consideration, such as ingredient listing. The Department continues to promote the low risk drinking guidelines through public health messaging, including the ‘Better Health’ campaign and the Drink Free Days app.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL976 question first answered 29/06/2022 11:13:58 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1470877

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
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 introduce compulsory nutrition labelling for alcoholic drinks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the Alcohol Health Alliance’s report. The Government has announced its intention to consult on whether to introduce mandatory calorie labelling on pre-packed alcohol and alcohol sold in on-trade businesses, such as pubs and restaurants. The consultation will also seek views on whether the provision of the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines should be mandatory or continue on a voluntary basis. Respondents to the consultation can also suggest additional labelling requirements for consideration, such as ingredient listing. The Department continues to promote the low risk drinking guidelines through public health messaging, including the ‘Better Health’ campaign and the Drink Free Days app.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL975 question first answered 29/06/2022 11:13:58 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1470878

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish (1) the list of consultees for the draft Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022, and (2) the list of projects excluded by this draft Order and their respective cost estimates.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>A consultation took place with relevant construction industry and water sector stakeholders. Those consulted included construction trade and legal associations, individual contractor companies, consultancies, water utility companies and other government departments. A number of individual responses were also received. Consultees included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Addleshaw Goddard LLP</li><li>Ashurst LLP</li><li>Balfour Beatty</li><li>BAM Construction</li><li>Build UK</li><li>Civil Engineering Contractors Association</li><li>CMS LLP</li><li>Construction Law Society</li><li>Construction Leadership Council Business Models Contractual Working Group</li><li>Costain</li><li>Crown Commercial Services</li><li>Deloitte</li><li>Diamond Transmission</li><li>EY</li><li>Infrastructure Projects Authority</li><li>KMPG</li><li>National Grid ESO</li><li>Severn Trent Water</li><li>Southern Water</li><li>Transmission Investment / Amber Infrastructure</li><li>United Utilities</li><li>Water UK Roundtable – Yorkshire Water, South West Water, Welsh Water, United Utilities.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, engagement was undertaken with each Devolved Administration.</p><p> </p><p>No projects are either included or excluded by the design of this measure, but to benefit from the Exclusion Order they would need to be consistent with the provisions of the statutory instrument. Projects designated for delivery by way of Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) need to satisfy various selection criteria including, that the estimated whole-life totex (i.e. capital expenditure plus operations and maintenance costs) of the project is likely to exceed a threshold (currently set at £100m), and that delivering the project via DPC has the potential to offer best value for money for customers compared to delivery by the relevant water undertaker.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 14:29:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1470879

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
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 require (1) calorie, and (2) sugar, content labels on alcoholic drinks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced its intention to consult on whether to introduce mandatory calorie labelling on pre-packed alcohol and alcohol sold in on-trade businesses such as pubs and restaurants. The consultation will also seek views on whether the provision of the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines should be mandatory or continue on a voluntary basis. Respondents to the consultation can also suggest additional labelling requirements for consideration, such as ingredient listing.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 29/06/2022 11:13:30 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1470880

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Standing Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 14 June (HL810), whether he will place a marked up copy of the new Companion to the Standing Orders in the Library of the House highlighting the changes proposed to date since the last edition.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the debate on Thursday 16 June I approved the publication of the complete draft text of the new edition of the Companion to the Standing Orders. This can be viewed at <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/house-of-lords-publications/rules-and-guides-for-business/companion-to-the-standing-orders/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/house-of-lords-publications/rules-and-guides-for-business/companion-to-the-standing-orders/</a>. I have also instructed staff to place copies of all papers considered by the Procedure and Privileges Committee while preparing the latest edition in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/06/2022 16:54:50 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1470881

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to (1) increase awareness, and (2) introduce training, for (a) police, (b) probation, and (c) prison, staff on the issues faced by individuals who commit crime due to gambling-related harms.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to increasing awareness of the hidden harms of problem gambling and training our prison and probation officers. This equips them with the skills and confidence to help identify, support and signpost individuals into the most appropriate interventions both in custody and on release.</p><p>The activities and training services available to improve staff awareness regarding gambling related harms are detailed below.</p><p>Within the Probation Service, practitioners have access to an evidence based effective practice resource which was published in 2021. This provides a summary of key evidence, including the harms caused by gambling, signs that gambling is causing a problem, ideas on how to work with individuals who gamble and reflective questions to support practice discussions.</p><p>To increase awareness, the launch of this guidance was supported by an online event in November 2021 to understand more about the prevalence and effects of gambling in criminal justice and look at how prison and probation services can respond. The recording of the event remains available for staff to access. The event involved speakers from the Prisoner Education tTrust, the Howard League for Penal Reform, Epic Restart Foundation and Gam Care along with colleagues from within HMPPS.</p><p>Further work is currently underway to create a package of materials for probation staff to use with this specific cohort. This is expected to be available from October 2022. I refer the noble Lord to the answer given to HL1110 for further information.</p><p>HMPPS has an online learning platform which hosts a variety of training that all prison and probation staff can access. On this platform there is a package called ‘Problem Gambling: Prevalence and Practice’ where the aim is for the learner to gain an understanding about the occurrence and effects of gambling in the criminal justice system.</p><p>The police also offer a six-hour training course &quot;on understanding and spotting early signs of gambling addictions&quot;, which was launched in September 2021 and is available to all police officers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 30/06/2022 12:15:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1470882

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Gambling: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of including support related to (1) gambling related harms, and (2) gambling addiction, in Liaison and Diversion schemes to divert individuals from the criminal justice system.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>While no formal assessment has been made, NHS England and NHS Improvement have held national workshops for all liaison and diversion service providers on the vulnerabilities caused by gambling addiction.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 28/06/2022 15:16:24 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1470883

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms Police awareness and practice regarding gambling related harms, published in June; and in particular, the finding that there is a lack of awareness among police forces about the links between crime and gambling harms.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has acknowledged the importance for police and others to be able to recognise the signs early when dealing with somebody with a gambling addiction who is going through the criminal justice process, to ensure the best support is offered. Policing is collaborating with both the public and private sectors to improve the understanding of officers and staff of the signs to look out for.</p><p>In September 2021, a Level 2 Ofqual course, funded by the Gambling Commission, was developed and launched in collaboration with a number of experts from Gambling Health Alliance, Beacon Gambling Trust, Unite the Union and Addiction Recovery Agency. This course provides better knowledge for those working in the criminal justice system as well as those within the gambling industry, on understanding and spotting early signs of gambling addictions. This course is the first step in improving the understanding of those working within the criminal justice system, who will come across addicts in their role, using a First Aid approach to addressing and supporting those experiencing gambling-related harms.</p><p>The NPCC is currently gathering best practice from police forces on early screening of gambling addicts, ensuring the right offer of support is in place, and signposting where people can seek further help. The Government will continue to work closely with them to understand their findings and consider next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/06/2022 16:41:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1470884

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recommendations in the report by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms Police awareness and practice regarding gambling related harms, published in June, what steps they will take to ensure police officers are able to identify crimes and harms beyond traditional high-level fraud and theft.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has acknowledged the importance for police and others to be able to recognise the signs early when dealing with somebody with a gambling addiction who is going through criminal justice process so that the best support is offered.</p><p>The NPCC is currently gathering best practice from forces on early screening of gambling addicts, ensuring the right offer of support is in place, and signposting where people can seek further help.</p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with them to understand and consider their findings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/06/2022 16:42:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath