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1665941

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 11 July (HL Deb col 1673), where the rural proofing reports on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill have been published.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 26/10/2023 09:43:22 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1665942

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Vorasidenib
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Servier to expand access to vorasidenib for patients that might benefit by including it in the early access to medicines scheme, or by any other means.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has had no specific discussions with Servier regarding vorasidenib, and neither has the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA has not issued a scientific opinion for Vorasidenib under the early access to medicines scheme but should an application for this be received, the MHRA will consider this accordingly.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/10/2023 11:20:06 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662298

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Social Services: Digital Technology
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 the digitisation of adult social care.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2023 answer text <p>We are funding a programme of digitisation for adult social care that is delivered through integrated care systems having spent £50 million so far and investing a further £100 million over the next two years.</p><p>This investment is targeted at driving up adoption of digital social care records and other proven care technologies, while improving the foundations for digital working across the sector, including digital skills, cyber security, and connectivity.</p><p>We have made good progress so far, increasing adoption of digital social care records by Care Quality Commission-registered providers from 40% in December 2021 to over 55% today; and over 60% of people now have a digital social care record, enabling care teams to have the right information at their fingertips to deliver safe, outstanding care.</p><p>We are also supporting local systems to identify and invest in care technologies that address local population needs and priorities, while developing a robust evidence base on effective care technologies to inform future investment decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 29/09/2023 12:21:50 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662299

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Agriculture: 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 regenerative agriculture.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2023 answer text <p>Environmental land management (ELM) is the foundation of our new approach to farming. ELM includes the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). This pays farmers for actions that support food production and can help improve farm productivity and resilience, while protecting and improving the environment. It will support sustainable food production and contribute towards the environmental targets set out in the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan. The SFI 2023 opened for applications on 18 September 2023, and farmers who have a live SFI 2023 agreement before the end of the year will receive an accelerated payment in the first month of their agreement.</p><p> </p><p>ELM’s Landscape Recovery (LR) scheme also supports a regenerative approach to agriculture. It focuses on restoring nature across a wider landscape, bringing together landowners and managers who want to take a more large-scale, long-term approach to producing environmental and climate goods on their land.  Projects involving elements of regenerative farming can apply. Round two LR pilot applications closed on 21 September 2023, but we have committed to launching a further round in 2024 and expect to continue to launch at least annual rounds in future years as we scale the scheme up.</p><p> </p><p>Our Countryside Stewardship scheme includes actions that can form part of a regenerative or restorative farming approach: to improve soil quality, enhance biodiversity, decrease water pollution, and restore, create, and manage habitats. We are expanding the scheme to make around 30 additional actions available to farmers by the end of 2024, as well as targeting our funding towards actions in places where they can have the biggest impacts, in ways that are joined up across larger areas.</p><p> </p><p>We are also offering farmers and land managers, including those who take a regenerative approach, funding for equipment, technology, and infrastructure that improves farm productivity and benefits the environment through the Farming Investment Fund. This offers funding for equipment, technology, and infrastructure that improves farm productivity and benefits the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Farming Innovation Programme encourages groups of farmers, growers, businesses, and researchers to get involved in collaborative research and development. Farmers testing out regenerative approaches to agriculture will be able to apply for these grants, and we believe that by working together, they will be able to solve challenges and exploit opportunities for increasing productivity and environmental sustainability in the agricultural and horticultural sectors in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/09/2023 08:58:20 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662300

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Libya: Floods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Libya concerning the recent floods in that country; and what emergency provision they will be providing to them.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK is horrified by the scale of flooding in eastern Libya following Storm Daniel and is committed to working with partners to deliver aid in support of the Libyan people. The UK is providing support in response to both the floods in Libya and the earthquake in Morocco, having allocated a package worth up to £10 million. Flights carrying UK-funded aid to Libya have so far delivered relief items including emergency shelter for up to 14,400 people, and over 800 portable solar lanterns. The UK is also providing water filters and hygiene kits that can reduce the threat of disease from contaminated water for up to 10,500 people. The UK is also supporting the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund and Education Cannot Wait programme, both of which have contributed to emergency responses in Libya. I spoke with Chairman of Libya's Presidential Council Mohamed al-Mnefi on 13 September to convey his condolences and the UK's commitment to supporting Libya in the aftermath of this tragedy. I also spoke to UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to discuss the international response to the crises in Morocco and Libya along with humanitarian coordination.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/10/2023 09:39:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662301

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Water: Pollution Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the plans to relax nutrient neutrality rules, what (1) statutory, or (2) other, measures, they will take to promote compliance among developers.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>The amendment in question is not part of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.</p> answering member printed Lord Evans of Rainow question first answered 03/10/2023 10:48:03 answering member 4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662302

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Village Halls: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much grant-funding was paid to village halls seeking to improve and modernise their facilities in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>Village halls received grant funding to improve and modernise their facilities under the Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund in the amounts of (1) £392,228 in financial year 2019-2020, (2) £1,180,917 in financial year 2020-2021, (3) £868,357 in financial year 2021-2022, and (4) £203,742 in financial year 2022-2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 26/09/2023 13:31:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1662303

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
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	Morocco: Earthquakes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Morocco concerning the recent earthquake in that country.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary and I have both spoken to Foreign Minister Bourita following the earthquake on 8 September, and the UK remains in close contact with the Moroccan authorities. With their agreement, the UK deployed a team of 62 search and rescue specialists and a four-person UKMED medical assessment team, who have since withdrawn following the conclusion of their operations in support of Morocco's recovery efforts. The Foreign Secretary and I have also both spoken to the UN's emergency relief coordinator about coordinating support and ensuring a sustained humanitarian response in Morocco.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/10/2023 09:38:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1660915

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what service the NHS provides for people with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>While there is no specific prescribed service for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), children with the condition are cared for by National Health Service paediatric rheumatologists and/or geneticists with input from other clinicians as required. For patients with rare diseases such as FOP, expert centres provide clinical guidance, support and advice to patients, their families, and carers.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/09/2023 14:18:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1660916

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Rare Diseases: Health Services
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 the UK Rare Diseases Framework on international collaboration since January 2021.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst no assessment has been made, international collaboration is an underpinning theme of the UK Rare Diseases Framework. The Department continues to engage with the Horizon Europe Partnership on Rare Diseases, due to begin in autumn 2024. To support United Kingdom input into the proposal for the partnership, we have worked with Newcastle University to establish an International Mirror and Action Group, bringing together UK researchers working on rare diseases. We also engage with the World Health Organisation and Rare Diseases International on development of the important Global Network for Rare Diseases initiative, which will pool resources and connect centres of excellence around the world, to improve diagnosis and care for people living with a rare disease.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 21/09/2023 15:14:13 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans