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1441609

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date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: New Zealand
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 projected impact of the UK–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement on the UK economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Our published impact assessment shows that the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could increase UK gross domestic product (GDP) 0.03% or the equivalent of £0.8 billion by 2035. The impact assessment also shows that bilateral trade could increase by almost 60% and that take home pay for UK workers could increase by around £200 million in the long run, when compared to 2019 estimates of wages without the agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The full impact assessment, which also includes impacts on sectors, regions, the environment and more, is available here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 05/04/2022 10:49:05 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1441610

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of departmental civil servants work (1) wholly, and (2) primarily, from home; and how these figures compare to those prior to March 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, Civil Servants have increased their numbers in the office as steps have been taken to ensure offices are able to operate at full capacity as quickly as possible. In the Cabinet Office, for example, all of our core office buildings around the country are now operating again at full capacity and office occupancy in our HQ building is already back to pre-pandemic levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency is monitoring office occupancy levels across government and will support all Ministers in delivering their return to the workplace plans.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 29/03/2022 15:06:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1441611

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Pigs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support and assistance they will give to pig farmers in England who are in financial difficulty; and what assessment they have made of the support given by the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to pig farmers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Burnett
uin	HL6965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with the pig industry to help them respond to challenges caused by the pandemic, including the loss of exports to the Chinese market for certain pig processors, disruption to CO2 supplies, and a temporary shortage of labour in the processing sector. This has led to a growing backlog of pigs on farms.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided a package of measures to help address these unique circumstances, aimed at reducing the backlog of pigs on farms. The package includes temporary work visas for pork butchers, and Private Storage Aid and Slaughter Incentive Payment schemes to facilitate an increase in the throughput of pigs through abattoirs. We are also launching a UK-wide review of supply chain fairness in the pig sector. We will be engaging with industry on this with a consultation expected later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Prentis has chaired two Roundtables – on 10 February and 3 March - with representatives of the pig sector from across the UK. Following this, Minister Prentis also met with representatives of the agricultural banking sector to discuss the current situation in the pig sector. The banks confirmed that they are working closely with impacted pig farmers during this exceptionally challenging period and remain keen to be supportive.</p><p> </p><p>The support provided to pig producers by the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive is to address very specific circumstances their pig producers have encountered. While we work closely with the Devolved Administrations, agriculture is a devolved policy and responsibility for the setting up of agricultural support schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the respective administrations.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/03/2022 12:49:13 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	238 label Biography information for Lord Burnett

1441612

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Movement Assistance Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the Movement Assistance Scheme for each year since its creation.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The total cost of the Movement Assistance Scheme up to 31 January 2022, the latest date for which data is available, was £12.36 million. Of this total, £8.83 million has been expended in the current financial year. The forecast expenditure for the next financial year, 2022/23, is £13.1 million.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL6968 question first answered 28/03/2022 12:43:02 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1441613

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Movement Assistance Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are employed (1) directly, and (2) indirectly, in the operation of the Movement Assistance Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>At the end of February 2022, 31 people were directly employed on either a full-time or a part-time basis in the operation of the Movement Assistant Scheme across both Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), including APHA helplines. It is not possible to indicate how many are indirectly so employed.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/03/2022 12:42:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1441614

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Movement Assistance Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the projected costs of the Movement Assistance Scheme for the next financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The total cost of the Movement Assistance Scheme up to 31 January 2022, the latest date for which data is available, was £12.36 million. Of this total, £8.83 million has been expended in the current financial year. The forecast expenditure for the next financial year, 2022/23, is £13.1 million.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL6966 question first answered 28/03/2022 12:43:02 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1441617

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Off-payroll Working: National Insurance Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the rise in National Insurance contributions from April, what financial support they will provide to support employees of umbrella companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL6971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has consistently said that the best way to support people’s living standards is through good work, better skills, and higher wages. To that end the Government has taken decisive action to make work pay by cutting the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, meaning that claimants will be able to keep more of their earnings. At the same time, we have also increased the Work Allowance by £500 a year, this is the amount that households with children or a household member with limited capability for work can earn before their Universal Credit award starts to be tapered, meaning many claimants will be able to earn over £550 each month before their Universal Credit begins to be reduced.</p><p>The taper is applied to earnings net of tax, national insurance contributions, including the proposed increase from April, and 100 per cent occupational/personal pension contributions.</p><p>Reducing the taper rate from 63% to 55% means that the marginal effective tax rate for someone paying basic rate tax and national insurance will fall from around 75% before these changes to under 70% in 22-23 (this is after accounting for the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy).</p><p>In the Spring Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the earnings threshold where people start paying National Insurance would increase to £12,570 from 6 July, which is worth over £330 a year for employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 30/03/2022 15:10:38 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1441618

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Care Homes: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the role of the Care Quality Commission in addressing (1) residential care home visits being blocked following a complaint being raised, and (2) evictions from residential care homes following a complaint being raised.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Blocking visits or evicting a patient following a complaint being raised would be a breach of existing regulations and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is clear that appropriate action will be taken if it finds a provider has failed in its responsibilities. Any such cases shared with the CQC will be investigated as part of its ongoing monitoring of providers. The CQC reinforces the principle that care homes must enable, rather than restrict, visiting and blanket bans on visiting are unacceptable. The CQC seeks assurances from care home providers on how visits are enabled and verifies this information during inspections.</p><p>Although the CQC is not able to address individual complaints, it can direct people to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, which can investigate such complaints in all adult care services.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 30/03/2022 12:17:40 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1441619

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Care Quality Commission: Complaints
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 grant the Care Quality Commission the authority to investigate individual complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigates individual complaints about adult social care services, whereas the Care Quality Commission monitors, inspects and regulates health and care services to ensure they meet standards of quality and safety. While independent, the two organisations share information where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 01/04/2022 11:28:49 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1441620

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Care Homes: Complaints
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the complaints system for people raising concerns about care or a care setting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>By law, all health and social care services must have a procedure for dealing efficiently with complaints and those who have experienced poor-quality care have the right to complain to the organisation which provided or paid for the care. If an individual is not satisfied with the way a provider or local authority has dealt with a complaint, they may escalate it to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The Care Quality Commission also reviews how providers address complaints when reviewing how responsive and well-led a care home is, in addition to ensuring residents and relatives know how to raise concerns and feel they are listened to. We will keep the potential for further action to improve the complaints system under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 12/04/2022 12:06:49 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath