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1756607

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date	17/01/2025
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is the policy of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland to recuse himself from discussions of any issue in Northern Ireland which may directly or indirectly involve any of his former clients.
tabling member printed	Lord Caine
uin	HL4171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>I am the Government’s chief legal adviser but, by long-standing convention, the fact that I, or a fellow Law Officer, may have advised or not advised, and the content of our advice, is not disclosed outside government, as is reflected in the Ministerial Code.</p><p>This is a long-standing policy observed by successive governments. It is also an important legal principle, as confirmed by the Bar Council, that “<em>barristers do not choose their clients, nor do they associate themselves with their clients’ opinions or behaviour by virtue of representing them</em>”.</p><p>Law Officers, by their experience and professional nature will sometimes have an extensive legal background and may have previously been involved in a wide number of past cases. That is why there is a robust system for considering and managing any conflicts that may arise, in line with the professional obligations of lawyers.</p><p>There is the established process on ministerial declarations, with previous employment and interests having been published for the public record. In general, there has always been an established rigorous system in place within the Attorney General’s Office to ensure that a Law Officer would not be consulted on any matter that could give rise to a potential conflict of interest. This system sits alongside the declaration of interest system overseen by the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.</p><p>If a Law Officer publicly confirmed specific matters where they were recused, this would likely disclose that the other Law Officer was therefore giving advice or infer that legal advice had been requested by the Government on a specific matter, which would risk a breach of the Law Officers’ Convention. In addition, a lawyer cannot breach a client’s confidentiality in relation to advisory work that had previously not been made public so this would limit the ability of a Law Officer to publish in full their previous caseload and conflicts schedule. In that regard, I have been through the same process as previous Law Officers, none of which have gone as far to proactively disclose their specific conflicts of interest for the reasons set out above.</p><p>As I set out to the Justice Select Committee (15 January 2025), I confirmed that as a private barrister prior to my appointment as Attorney General, I represented Gerry Adams on an issue unconnected to the Legacy Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Hermer question first answered 21/01/2025 16:11:21 answering member 5365 label Biography information for Lord Hermer
tabling member	4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine

1756327

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Depressive Illnesses: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken on the (1) cost, and (2) effectiveness, of non-drug related approaches to treating depression.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL4154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), funds a range of research to improve the health outcomes for people with depression. This includes research into the clinical and cost-effectiveness of non-drug related approaches to treatment of the condition.</p><p>For example, the NIHR has funded research that demonstrated that mindfulness cognitive therapy delivered by a practitioner is an effective alternative to, and more cost effective than, cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with mild to moderate depression, providing alternative treatment options.</p><p>In addition, the NIHR is currently funding a £1.5 million randomised controlled trial to test the clinical and cost effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) driven care for depression symptoms in comparison to current practice, stepped care, which starts with less intensive treatments, followed by more intensive treatments for patients for whom the initial treatment fails. AI driven stratified care, which involves targeting treatment towards groups of patients based on key characteristics, could improve the evidence on how to decide which non-drug related approaches, like psychological therapy, may be most effective for each individual, and help to plan and deliver more effective clinical services.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of mental health, including non-drug related approaches to treating depression. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 22/01/2025 16:05:31 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1756335

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure mortgage rates remain affordable for customers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>The pricing of mortgages is a commercial decision for mortgage lenders in which the Government does not intervene.</p><p> </p><p>At present, average mortgage rates are well below the recent peaks seen in Summer 2023 and Autumn 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 21/01/2025 13:07:23 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1755963

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
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	Antidepressants: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many anti-depressant prescriptions were prescribed to patients under the age of 19 by (1) psychiatrists, (2) general practitioners, and (3) other medical specialists, in each year since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) does not hold data on anti-depressant prescriptions authorised by psychiatrists specifically, but does hold data for the following three categories: hospital prescriber; general practitioner prescriber; and additional prescriber.</p><p>This answer is based on the information extracted from the NHSBSA’s ePACT2 database, using British National Formulary section 0403 for antidepressant drugs, prescribed in England.</p><p>The following table shows the total number of prescriptions for antidepressant items prescribed to patients aged 18 years old and under, by prescriber type, for the financial years 2015 to 2024, and the financial year to date for 2024/25, from April to October:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>General practitioner prescriber</p></td><td><p>Hospital prescriber</p></td><td><p>Additional prescriber including non-medical prescriber</p></td><td><p>Total items</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>515,803</p></td><td><p>8,737</p></td><td><p>8,873</p></td><td><p>533,413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>551,901</p></td><td><p>6,143</p></td><td><p>11,056</p></td><td><p>569,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>580,772</p></td><td><p>5,853</p></td><td><p>14,254</p></td><td><p>600,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>611,785</p></td><td><p>7,150</p></td><td><p>17,681</p></td><td><p>636,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>640,218</p></td><td><p>11,832</p></td><td><p>23,367</p></td><td><p>675,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>648,252</p></td><td><p>11,334</p></td><td><p>30,274</p></td><td><p>689,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>702,546</p></td><td><p>12,975</p></td><td><p>33,895</p></td><td><p>749,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>720,132</p></td><td><p>16,917</p></td><td><p>36,994</p></td><td><p>774,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>692,467</p></td><td><p>20,393</p></td><td><p>38,775</p></td><td><p>751,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>384,561</p></td><td><p>14,755</p></td><td><p>24,381</p></td><td><p>423,697</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/01/2025 15:36:03 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1755971

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fujitsu
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers have had meetings with Fujitsu since July 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Beamish
uin	HL4082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2025 answer text <p>Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 22/01/2025 11:38:13 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1755979

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Historic Buildings: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their research paper Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers published on 3 January, what targets they have for training, recruiting, and retaining specialist local authority conservation officers; and what plans they have for achieving any such targets.
tabling member printed	Baroness Freeman of Steventon
uin	HL4090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government has no specific targets relating to specialist local authority conservation officers. I refer the noble lady to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-27/16501" target="_blank">16501</a> on 5 December 2024 set out details of the Government’s investment to support capacity and capability in local authorities more generally. This will be further underpinned by increases in planning fees that will help improve the resourcing of planning application services, so that local planning authorities can fund the skills they need, including conservation officers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 22/01/2025 17:54:14 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage attachment 1 file name 16501.pdf title PQ 16501
tabling member	5026 label Biography information for Baroness Freeman of Steventon

1755982

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what rules regulate the commissioning of training and rehabilitation activities by prison governors.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015), which are enshrined in the Laws of England and Wales, along with Central Government commercial policies and processes are applied in the commissioning of all contracted-out core training and rehabilitation services in the prisons.</p><p>The Prison Governors are also empowered, at a local level, to contract bespoke rehabilitation services through a variety of compliant contracting routes. These contracting services are provided through a central commercial directorate to the prisons within the Ministry of Justice to achieve the best value for money whilst delivering our strategic priority of reducing reoffending.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 21/01/2025 12:21:51 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1755983

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on rehabilitation and training services at each prison in England and Wales in each of the past three years.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Expenditure on rehabilitation and training services covers a range of provision, recorded under numerous budget headings, and cannot be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 21/01/2025 12:22:19 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1755989

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
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	Incinerators
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much residual waste was incinerated in 2023 (1) by weight, and (2) as a proportion of all residual waste.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Data on residual waste disposed of and incinerated in 2023 is not yet available. Estimates of residual waste (excluding major mineral wastes) and municipal residual waste in England for 2023 are due to be published in Spring 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock grouped question UIN HL4102 question first answered 21/01/2025 12:10:31 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1755990

registered interest
date	15/01/2025
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	Waste Disposal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much residual waste was disposed of in 2023 (1) by weight, and (2) as a proportion of all waste.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Data on residual waste disposed of and incinerated in 2023 is not yet available. Estimates of residual waste (excluding major mineral wastes) and municipal residual waste in England for 2023 are due to be published in Spring 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock grouped question UIN HL4101 question first answered 21/01/2025 12:10:31 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb