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1185025

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date	16/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen consular support for UK nationals overseas.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	901581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Consular support is tailored to the individual circumstances of each case, and prioritises those that need help the most. A key aspect of our support is prevention to help British people keep safe overseas, including representations to authorities overseas to make local environments safer for British people. Where this is not possible we may advise against travel. The Foreign Secretary announced today that we advise against all but essential travel for the next 30 days due to the current outbreak of Covid19, which has affected our ability to provide consular support.</p><p>We have specialist teams working on forced marriage, murder, kidnap and cases involving those on death row or at risk of the death penalty. Additionally we work with, and fund, other organisations where these are better placed to provide support, or have specialist skills that we need including the Victim Support Homicide Service, Lucie Blackman Trust, and (for detainees) Prisoners Abroad.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 17/03/2020 17:36:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1185074

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for renewable sources of energy.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	901650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss issues including renewable energy, including as part of the Government’s commitment to meeting net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the Government set a legally binding-target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. We agree with the Committee on Climate Change’s view on the importance of a diverse mix of power generation sources to achieve that with renewables providing the majority of our electricity by 2050 alongside firm low carbon power from sources such as nuclear, and gas or biomass generation with carbon capture and storage. The Government has introduced many initiatives to increase the supply of renewable energy production in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed up to £557m of annual support for future Contracts for Difference, providing developers with the confidence they need to invest in bringing forward new projects and we are supporting our world-leading offshore wind industry through the 2019 sector deal.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support smaller scale renewable electricity generation, the Government introduced the Smart Export Guarantee on 1 January, which gives small scale low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with solar panels, the right to be paid for the renewable electricity they export to the grid.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) supports the transition to low-carbon heating in the UK, helping generate renewable heat for schools, hospitals and more than 12,000 social housing properties. The scheme is designed to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel heat sources and renewable heat alternatives through financial support for owners of participating installations. The RHI helps to sustain and build the supply-chains needed to deliver our aspirations for renewable heat in 2020 and beyond</p><p> </p><p>Meeting our net zero target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions. This will involve large-scale transformation, including disruption to consumers and wide-ranging change to energy systems and markets: the way heating is supplied to over 28 million homes, businesses and industrial users will need to change.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to develop a new policy framework for the long-term decarbonisation of heat. This will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions on how we achieve mass transition to low carbon heating.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 19/03/2020 17:53:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1185092

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there have been any changes to the Cabinet Office document Drafting answers to parliamentary questions: guidance since 2 February 2011; and what assessment they have made of the compliance of the Written Answers by Lord True on 11 March (HL2127, HL2128, HL2129, HL2130, HL2131 and HL2132) with this guidance (1) in general, and (2) with specific reference to paragraphs three and five of that document.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government takes parliamentary accountability very seriously. The Cabinet Office complies with guidance on written Parliamentary Questions. This guidance is regularly reviewed and frequent discussions take place across Whitehall regarding possible improvements in the answering of questions from parliamentarians.</p><p>The information requested in the Parliamentary Questions HL2127, HL2128, HL2129, HL2130, HL2131 and HL2132 remains a policy in development. Parliament will be updated in due course in the usual manner as the policy, and its delivery, progresses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 30/03/2020 12:35:23 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185093

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 750 Treasury roles due to be moved to a new ‘economic campus’ in the North of England will be recruited from the local labour market; how many of these roles will be (1) of Grade 7 or below, and (2) of Grade SCS1 and above; and when they expect these roles will be filled.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>As announced at the Budget on 11 March, the government will establish a significant new campus in the north of England focused on economic decision making. It will contain at least 750 roles, made up of teams from HMT, BEIS, DIT and MHCLG. We expect the implementation timetable to be set out at the forthcoming Spending Review, though we hope the new office will be fully operational by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The exact grade mix and range of roles that the Treasury will provide has yet to be finalised, and is subject to internal consultation with the teams involved. However, we expect a full range of roles and grades, including SCS, to be represented. The Treasury roles will be filled with a mixture of local recruitment and staff who choose to relocate.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/03/2020 10:19:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185094

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 22,000 civil service roles due to be moved out of London will be (1) of Grade 7 or below, and (2) of Grade SCS1 and above; and when they expect these roles will be filled.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to relocating a minimum of 22,000 Civil Service roles outside of central London over the next decade, this will include the West Midlands alongside other parts of the UK. There is now a policy presumption against the creation of new public bodies in London.</p><p>As part of the Places for Growth programme, the Government will seek to establish sustainable career pathways into senior grades so that London is not the only route for progression to the Senior Civil Service. The programme is working with departments and public bodies to develop plans that ensure that roles across all grades are relocated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 24/03/2020 13:43:19 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185095

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that (1) retail workers, and (2) the retail sector, are compensated for loss of earnings and revenue resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The government has unveiled a comprehensive and sizable package of direct fiscal support for business through tax relief and cash grants.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors in England will not have to pay business rates for 12 months, to support firms with costs and cashflow. This includes £25,000 for retail leisure and hospitality businesses up to £51,000 rateable value, and £10,000 for smaller retail, leisure and hospitality businesses, and several hundred thousand businesses eligible for small business or rural rate relief.</p><p> </p><p>We will also support businesses by deferring Valued Added Tax (VAT) payments for 3 months, Taxpayers will be given until the end of the 2020-21 tax year to pay any liabilities that have accumulated during the deferral period. Retailers can also access other support mechanisms, including Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers with a PAYE scheme will be able to access support to continue paying employees 80% of their wages, up to £2,500 per month, to safeguard workers from being made redundant.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/03/2020 10:17:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185096

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Life Expectancy: Boys
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 impact of the drop in median income for the poorest fifth of people identified in the Office for National Statistics Average household income, UK: financial year ending 2019 release, published on 5 March, on the life expectancy of boys born in (1) the North West, (2) Yorkshire and the Humber, (3) the East Midlands, and (4) the West Midlands, regions in the 2016-18 period.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics published statistics on health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England and Wales 2016 to 2018 on 27 March 2020.</p><p>We want to level up people’s opportunity to have a long and healthy life, whoever they are, wherever they live and whatever their background or social circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/04/2020 12:25:18 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185097

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review internal advice on personal protective equipment given to NHS doctors; and what steps they are taking to ensure that medical staff swabbing patients for COVID-19 have filtering facepiece 3 respirators.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>PPE - note for House of Lords</em> which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/07/2020 11:51:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name PPE - note for House of Lords v2.pdf title PPE information factsheet
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1185098

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Intensive Care: Ventilators
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 (1) current availability of ventilators in NHS intensive care units, and (2) production capacity, to supply further ventilators in line with the planned increase in their use.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service has world-renowned critical care facilities which includes access to around 5,000 adult and 900 paediatric critical care ventilators, with further ventilators available outside of critical care facilities.</p><p>Work preparing the NHS has been ongoing and we have already nearly doubled ventilator capacity. New and existing suppliers are being asked to build as many as they can. The Prime Minister has issued a call to United Kingdom industry to produce additional ventilators and the Department asked appropriate potential manufacturers on 13 March to come forward with proposals for new ventilation machines. Around a dozen potential prototypes have now been presented to the Department which we are currently pursuing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/03/2020 10:12:57 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1185099

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Pneumonia
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 benefits of the use of Tocilizumab in the treatment of severe cases of interstitial pneumonia linked to COVID-19 in China and Italy; and what plans they have to make that drug available on the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is considering carefully all available evidence around the potential of different medicines for use in treating COVID-19. Clinical trials are being developed to assess the benefits of a number of different medicines in treating COVID-19. Further medicines may be trialled should evidence indicate to the Department that this would be an appropriate course of action. The Department, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Public Health England and the National Health Service are working together to ensure that trials can begin as soon as possible. The first trial in the United Kingdom for hospitalised patients should begin later this week.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/03/2020 10:12:10 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool