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1548203

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date	02/12/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate: Meters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to identify, and (2) to support, the estimated two million households on non-digital pay-as-you-go energy meters; and what plans they have, if any, to assess the scale of energy self-disconnection this winter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL3962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>Traditional prepayment meter customers will automatically receive the same discount per unit of energy as other customers through the Energy Price Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s rules require energy suppliers to identify and support prepayment meter customers at risk of self-disconnection through the provision of emergency credit and additional support credit. Ofgem has recently undertaken a Market Compliance Review assessing how suppliers support customers in vulnerable situations, including those on prepayment meters. To drive improvements, Ofgem has started compliance engagement with suppliers and asked them to take action to address the weaknesses that have been identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/12/2022 13:13:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1548204

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers: Pensions
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 impact of changes to the tax free limits to lifetime pension pots on the retention of head teachers in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The department considers a wide range of policy matters with the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board to ensure that the pension continues to be a key benefit in attracting and retaining teachers and head teachers in England and Wales.</p><p>The lifetime allowance for pensions is being maintained by HM Treasury at its current level of £1,073,100 until April 2026. This allows head teachers and other savers to continue to make significant amounts of pension savings tax-free, while ensuring incentives to save are targeted across society.</p><p>The government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review, as part of the annual Budget process, and in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/12/2022 14:44:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1548205

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Research: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation on 21 November (HCWS376), what proportion of the funding announced for the UK R&D sector they expect will be allocated to universities in Scotland; and what steps they are taking to ensure that universities in Scotland receive their full share of R&D funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to support the UK’s world class R&amp;D sector. We have put in place this additional funding to shore up talent and invest in R&amp;D infrastructure across the UK, while also aiming to secure the UK fusion sectors’ commercial leadership and capabilities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to levelling up and where funding delivered via UKRI is England only, there will be an additional funding allocation for the Devolved administrations. The approach to funding distribution is being developed and my Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation has written to DA colleagues on this matter. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/12/2022 13:12:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1548206

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrivals by (1) Ukrainians and their dependants, (2) Hong Kong BNOs and their dependants, and (3) Afghan citizens and their dependants, are included in the latest Office for National Statistics net migration figures, published on 24 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question: HL3965 and HL3966 are attached.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>Lord Green of Deddington</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>12 December 2022</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Green,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many arrivals by (1) Ukrainians and their dependants, (2) Hong Kong BNOs and their dependants, and (3) Afghan citizens and their dependants, are included in the latest Office for National Statistics net migration figures, published on 24 November; and when the International Passenger Survey (IPS) stopped being used as a significant element in calculating net migration; and what has taken its place (HL3965;HL3966).</p><p>In the Office for National Statistics (ONS) bulletin published on 24 November, Section 4, Migration Events[1] details the following published Home Office data included in the ONS’ total long-term international migration estimates:</p><p>Ukrainians: around 89,000 arrived in the UK in the year to June 2022</p><p>Afghans: around 21,000 arrived in the UK in the year to June 2022</p><p>For British nationals overseas (BN(O)) status holders and their families from Hong Kong, colleagues from the ONS and the Home Office are working together to resolve how we identify those that are long-term international migrants in the data. Home Office statistics show that around 76,000 visas were issued for the BN(O) route in the year ending June 2022. This will represent the upper bound for arrivals, as not all of those with a visa will arrive in the UK or stay long term. The ONS is also working to identify BN(O) status holders in their International Passenger Survey (IPS) data using country of birth and country of last residences as this may help provide a more robust estimate. Current analysis suggests that 28,000 British nationals with a country of birth of Hong Kong immigrated into the UK in the year ending June 2022.</p><p>The long-term international migration data from the IPS was the largest component of the LongTerm International Migration (LTIM) estimates until its suspension in March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><p>In August 2020 the ONS announced that they would not return to producing official migration statistics from the IPS because it had been stretched beyond its original purpose. The ONS now focuses on measuring actual migration, as opposed to intentions, using primarily administrative data (admin-based migration estimates (ABMEs)). The ONS’ International migration statistical design progress report: July 2022 provides more information.[2]</p><p>For the latest long-term international migration estimates; non-EU figures are based on Home Office Border Systems data, EU figures are based on Registration and Population Interaction Database (RAPID) data received from Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs, and British Nationals figures are based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). See the Measuring the data section[3] for more detail. Thank you for your continued interest in our international migration estimates.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p>[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#migration-events</p><p>[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ articles/internationalmigrationstatisticaldesignprogressreport/july2022</p><p>[3] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#measuring-the-data</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3966 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:22:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL3965_PQHL3966 (1).pdf title Migration calculation
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1548207

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	International Passenger Survey: Migration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the International Passenger Survey (IPS) stopped being used as a significant element in calculating net migration; and what has taken its place.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question: HL3965 and HL3966 are attached.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>Lord Green of Deddington</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>12 December 2022</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Green,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many arrivals by (1) Ukrainians and their dependants, (2) Hong Kong BNOs and their dependants, and (3) Afghan citizens and their dependants, are included in the latest Office for National Statistics net migration figures, published on 24 November; and when the International Passenger Survey (IPS) stopped being used as a significant element in calculating net migration; and what has taken its place (HL3965;HL3966).</p><p>In the Office for National Statistics (ONS) bulletin published on 24 November, Section 4, Migration Events[1] details the following published Home Office data included in the ONS’ total long-term international migration estimates:</p><p>Ukrainians: around 89,000 arrived in the UK in the year to June 2022</p><p>Afghans: around 21,000 arrived in the UK in the year to June 2022</p><p>For British nationals overseas (BN(O)) status holders and their families from Hong Kong, colleagues from the ONS and the Home Office are working together to resolve how we identify those that are long-term international migrants in the data. Home Office statistics show that around 76,000 visas were issued for the BN(O) route in the year ending June 2022. This will represent the upper bound for arrivals, as not all of those with a visa will arrive in the UK or stay long term. The ONS is also working to identify BN(O) status holders in their International Passenger Survey (IPS) data using country of birth and country of last residences as this may help provide a more robust estimate. Current analysis suggests that 28,000 British nationals with a country of birth of Hong Kong immigrated into the UK in the year ending June 2022.</p><p>The long-term international migration data from the IPS was the largest component of the LongTerm International Migration (LTIM) estimates until its suspension in March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><p>In August 2020 the ONS announced that they would not return to producing official migration statistics from the IPS because it had been stretched beyond its original purpose. The ONS now focuses on measuring actual migration, as opposed to intentions, using primarily administrative data (admin-based migration estimates (ABMEs)). The ONS’ International migration statistical design progress report: July 2022 provides more information.[2]</p><p>For the latest long-term international migration estimates; non-EU figures are based on Home Office Border Systems data, EU figures are based on Registration and Population Interaction Database (RAPID) data received from Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs, and British Nationals figures are based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). See the Measuring the data section[3] for more detail. Thank you for your continued interest in our international migration estimates.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p>[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#migration-events</p><p>[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ articles/internationalmigrationstatisticaldesignprogressreport/july2022</p><p>[3] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/ bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2022#measuring-the-data</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3965 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:22:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL3965_PQHL3966 (1).pdf title Migration calculation
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1548208

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the extent of the rollout of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the number of people initiating or continuing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in England was 61,092 or 69.6% of those identified as requiring the treatment at sexual health services. PrEP has been initiated or continued for residents of all upper tier local authorities where the need has been identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/12/2022 11:54:35 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1548209

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Food Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of food security in the England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain. Our high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources; strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. We produce 61% of all the food we need, and 74% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year, and these figures have changed little over the last 20 years. The first UK Food Security Report was published in December 2021. It considers the UK's food supply sources overall, summarises existing information and understanding, and serves as an evidence base for future policy work. The Government has made a commitment to produce an assessment of our food security at least once every three years.</p><p><br>Our food import dependency on the Eastern Europe region is very low, and we have strong domestic production of many of the products we do import. We do not expect any significant direct impact on overall UK food supply as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. We speak regularly with food industry figures, who remain confident in the food supply chain. The capability, levers, and expertise to respond to disruption lie with industry. Government's role is to support and enable an industry-led response. Defra has a collaborative relationship with industry which allows us to effectively respond to disruption, should it occur. This was successfully demonstrated in response to unprecedented disruption to both supply and demand throughout COVID-19.</p><p><br>We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments. We have also increased our engagement with industry to supplement our analysis with real time intelligence.</p><p><br>Agricultural commodity prices are closely correlated to energy costs since gas is used to manufacture fertiliser and fuel energy is needed throughout the food chain. Energy prices were rising following the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, a key global exporter of agricultural products, has caused additional turbulence in international commodity markets, for example the global prices of wheat, maize and vegetable oil have all increased since the start of the war.</p><p>The UK is working with G7 and other partners in multilateral fora such as the WTO, to monitor and address global food security issues, focusing on the ongoing benefits of open markets, and working together to ensure that sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious food continues to be available and accessible to all.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 19/01/2023 12:02:08 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1548210

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Soil
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers and growers to improve soil quality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Firstly, we are focusing on soil in two of the first standards that have been rolled out under the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme in June 2022 - the Improved Grassland Soils and Arable and Horticultural Soils standards. These are available to all farmers in England with arable land and improved grassland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have been piloting three further grassland standards, and learnings from these have informed the standards that we launched in June 2022 and future standards. These will seek to support farmers to manage their soil to increase biodiversity and resilience to climate change, improve soil condition and carbon storage, and to improve water and air quality.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/12/2022 16:52:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1548211

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Privy Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the size of the Privy Council on (1) 1 December 1992, and (2) 1 December 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL3970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <ol><li><p>The size of the Privy Council on 1 December 1992 was about 275.</p></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><p>The size of the Privy Council on 1 December 2022 was 743.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2022 15:24:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1548212

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Climate Change
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 World Climate Declaration.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the World Climate Declaration but relies on the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global authority on climate science, to inform Government policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/12/2022 13:12:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch