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1654954

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date	20/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Postal Services: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the amount in value terms of the movement of parcels and postal packets between Great Britain and Northern Ireland which are (1) business-to-business, (b) business-to-consumer, and (3) consumer-to-consumer, in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL9551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to give precise total values for parcels movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Parcel volumes are not consistent year-on-year but based on estimates and commercial information provided by the parcel industry, the Government understands that around 5 per cent of parcels are sent from businesses to other businesses, with 90 per cent moving from businesses to consumers and 5 per cent from individuals to other individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/07/2023 13:06:32 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1654955

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Postal Services: Northern Ireland
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 costs to parcel carriers and couriers of the requirements of the new parcels regime under the Windsor Framework and related legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL9552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The old Northern Ireland Protocol would have required customs declarations and processes, as well as potential tariff liabilities, in respect of every parcel entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. As the Windsor Framework removes almost all of these requirements the implementation requirements placed on parcel operators will be hugely reduced.</p><p> </p><p>We continue intensive and detailed engagement with parcel operators to ensure guidance and support is in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/07/2023 13:02:19 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1654956

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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 condition of road infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Viscount Goschen
uin	HL9556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>In addition to the provision of over £5.5 billion of highways maintenance capital funding for local highways authorities in England over this Parliament, the Department works with all local highway authorities in England along with National Highways to assess road surface condition on a national level. This information is presented annually in “Road conditions in England to March 2022” published on GOV.UK. It includes surface condition, skidding resistance and highway maintenance treatments and expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with the British Standards Institute and the Transport Research Laboratory to develop a new standard for assessing road condition. This will help authorities identify, assess, and deal with road defects, including potholes, and help drive innovation within the road monitoring sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/07/2023 15:00:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3602 label Biography information for Viscount Goschen

1654976

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support vulnerable individuals and families facing financial strain due to the increased prices of essential items.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges facing households due to elevated costs of living, so has taken action to protect struggling households: support provided from October 2022-June 2023 has paid for almost half of the typical family’s energy bill through the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) and Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). This is in addition to new cost of living payments, benefits uprating, and the extension of the Household Support Fund to help the most vulnerable with the cost of essentials in 2023-2024.</p><p>Taken together, support to households to help with higher bills is worth £94 billion, or £3,300 per household on average across this year and last – one of the largest household support packages in Europe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/07/2023 13:06:01 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1654985

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many organisations were liable for the apprenticeship levy in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL9590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Please find a table of the estimated number of employers paying the Apprenticeship Levy in each tax year below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Employers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to 18</p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to 19</p></td><td><p>31,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 to 20</p></td><td><p>30,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to 21</p></td><td><p>30,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 to 22</p></td><td><p>33,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/07/2023 13:01:49 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1654540

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Defibrillators
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to standardise the colour of defibrillation units to allow easier identification by the general public, and when they plan to communicate any such plans to the general public.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL9485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to standardise the colour of defibrillation units.</p><p>The British Heart Foundation (BHF), in partnership with the Resuscitation Council UK, the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the National Health Service, have set up The Circuit, a national defibrillator network database.</p><p>The Circuit provides a national database of where defibrillators can be found so that ambulance services can identify the nearest defibrillator at the time of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The Circuit is live in in all ambulance services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p>In addition, at the end of January 2022, the BHF launched defib finder, a website that will assist members of the public to locate their nearest defibrillator, including a mapping function.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL9486 question first answered 25/07/2023 12:46:30 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1654541

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Defibrillators
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 public’s knowledge of the availability defibrillation units and where these units can be found.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL9486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to standardise the colour of defibrillation units.</p><p>The British Heart Foundation (BHF), in partnership with the Resuscitation Council UK, the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the National Health Service, have set up The Circuit, a national defibrillator network database.</p><p>The Circuit provides a national database of where defibrillators can be found so that ambulance services can identify the nearest defibrillator at the time of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The Circuit is live in in all ambulance services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p>In addition, at the end of January 2022, the BHF launched defib finder, a website that will assist members of the public to locate their nearest defibrillator, including a mapping function.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL9485 question first answered 25/07/2023 12:46:30 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1654542

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Veterinary Medicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 13 July (HL9237), what is the process for members of the Veterinary Products Committee to question the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s assessors following receipt of the assessment report; what criteria the Veterinary Medicines Directorate uses to determine whether any potential increased risks to (1) animal health, (2) public health, or (3) the environment, can be suitability mitigated; and what criteria the Veterinary Medicines Directorate uses to assess the potential benefits of allowing over-the-counter sale, especially when the non-prescription category is already established.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL9487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>If a product is referred to the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) for advice, the VPC will be provided with a briefing document. Relevant scientific assessors will attend the VPC meeting and respond to questions by VPC members as directed by the VPC Chair.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation and published guidance set out the information (including data, scientific studies and risk assessments) that applicants must provide for a new marketing authorisation or change to an existing marketing authorisation. Each part of the dossier is supplemented by a critical overall summary prepared by an appropriate scientific expert commissioned by the applicant. The VMD assess the data package against the same guidance. Every year a sample of VMD assessment reports is reviewed by the VPC to score the VMD’s assessment of the application against criteria in the areas of: quality, efficacy and target species safety, safety to the user and consumers, environmental safety and overall benefit risk.</p><p> </p><p>If a non-prescription category is already established, another product will normally be allowed to have the same distribution category provided it contains the same active substance, is the same pharmaceutical presentation, and for the same species. Should information become available at any stage post-authorisation that potentially impacts the benefit-risk balance, the VMD can review the marketing authorisation(s) and require changes and/or suspend a product (or group of products) to protect animal health, public health and the environment.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/07/2023 15:33:07 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1654543

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Veterinary Medicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 13 July (HL9238), what is the makeup of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s internal scientific review committee; what process and criteria the scientific review committee follows to develop its assessment report; and what documents are provided to the scientific review committee by Veterinary Medicines Directorate assessors.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL9488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The scientific review committee for pharmaceutical products is chaired by the Head of Pharmaceuticals. Membership includes all pharmaceutical assessors (quality, safety and efficacy), representatives from Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and other government bodies including the UK Health Security Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland. Other agencies may also be invited on an ad hoc basis.</p><p> </p><p>The documents for the formal review meeting include the assessment report, list of questions to be addressed by the applicant and an executive summary which highlights the main issues and the benefit-risk conclusion.</p><p> </p><p>The scientific review committee provides a formal peer -review forum, where each application is summarised, and key issues raised and discussed. The operation of the committee is described in internal operating procedures. Formal minutes are produced. The committee output is to endorse the list of questions for the applicant, decide whether these are likely to be resolvable, agree the benefit-risk conclusion and decide whether or not further scientific advice from the Veterinary Products Committee should be sought.</p><p> </p><p>Similar scientific committee and processes are in place for non-pharmaceutical products (immunological and biological products).</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 25/07/2023 14:04:09 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1654544

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Pets: Theft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Benyon on 13 July (HL Deb col 1885), whether they intend to include cats at the outset of any proposed pet abduction offence.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL9489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>We have listened carefully to views expressed on pet abduction during the passage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill and we will take this feedback into consideration when delivering this measure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/07/2023 10:51:23 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood