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1733478

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Gaza: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of (1) educational buildings, (2) mosques, (3) churches, (4) hospitals, and (5) synagogues, have been destroyed or damaged by war in Gaza since October 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>As of 24 July, 93 per cent of schools have been damaged or destroyed, and nearly 85 per cent will need either full reconstruction or rehabilitation to function again. As of late September, only 17 out of 36 hospitals were still partially functional. However, as of this week, three hospitals in North Gaza have been ordered to evacuate by the Israeli Defense Forces. We do not have data on the numbers of religious buildings that have been affected. Only when the fighting stops can a proper assessment be done. Experts estimate that Gaza's reconstruction will cost tens of billions of dollars.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 24/10/2024 11:13:38 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1733479

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homicide: Knives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of knife-related homicides between 2000 and 2024 were by machete.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Lord Roberts of Llandudno</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>16 October 2024</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Roberts,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of knife-related homicides between 2000 and 2024 were by machete (HL1510).</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes figures on crime in England and Wales based on two main data sources: police recorded crime data, and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). As a victimisation survey, the CSEW cannot ask respondents about their experience of homicide. Homicide data is supplied to us by the Home Office as part of police recorded crime.</p><p> </p><p>We publish breakdowns of the type of weapon used in homicide by a sharp instrument in table 9 of our Homicide in England and Wales appendix tables1. These breakdowns were introduced to the Homicide Index in April 2022. The latest period for which data are currently available is the year ending March 2023. These data have been presented in Table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p>Of the homicides where a knife or sharp instrument was used, 5.7% of them were carried out using a machete in the year ending March 2023. See table 9 for a full breakdown. Data for the year ending March 2024 is provisionally scheduled for release in February 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>1https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/appendixtableshomIcideinenglandandwales</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument[1],[2].</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of sharp instrument</p></td><td><p>Apr 2022 to Mar 2023</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Axe</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat / Rambo / Military style knife</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flick knife</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunting knife</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kitchen knife</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lock knife</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Machete</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sword</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zombie knife</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other knife[3]</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sharp instrument</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharp instrument involved but type not known/not recovered</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Homicide Index from the Home Office</p><p> </p><p>[1]As of 12 December 2023; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.</p><p>[2]Type of sharp instrument was introduced in the Homicide Index on 1 April 2022.</p><p>[3]Other knife includes those which do not fit into the other published headings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Basildon question first answered 24/10/2024 16:55:50 answering member 4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729716

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
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 recommendations of the report by Zero Hour, Net Zero: The Ambition Gap, published on 10 August 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government sees fighting climate change as a priority and has already taken actions to address it while delivering for communities through its Clean Energy Superpower mission, for example by delivering 131 clean energy projects powering the equivalent of 11 million homes at the Sixth renewables auction. The level of our Sixth Carbon Budget, which the Climate Change Committee recommended, aligns with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.</p><p>This Government will set out how it intends to deliver these commitments in its response to the Climate Change Committee Progress report in the autumn and its updated Carbon Budget Delivery Plan in spring next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 27/09/2024 10:58:21 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729717

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
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	Nature Conservation
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 recommendations of the report by Zero Hour, Creating a Nature-rich UK, published on 13 September 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>A key recommendation of Zero Hour’s “Creating a Nature-rich UK” report is for the Government to develop a coordinated plan to implement nature-based solutions, to tackle climate change and support nature recovery.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to protecting and restoring the environment and recognises the role of nature-based solutions in achieving this aim. We have set out our intention to accelerate progress to net zero, tackle the pollution of our rivers and seas, expand nature rich habitats such as wetlands, peat bogs and forests, and make our environmental land management schemes work for both farmers and nature.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 July we announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan to be completed by the end of the year. We will develop a new statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment with delivery to meet each of our ambitious Environment Act targets. It will focus on cleaning up our waterways, reducing waste across the economy, planting millions more trees, improving air quality, and halting the decline in species by 2030. We will consider the use of nature-based solutions in delivery of these aims.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 23/09/2024 14:25:55 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729718

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to align their carbon emission reduction plan with the UK's proportionate share of the remaining global carbon budget for limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>As a Party to the Paris Agreement, the UK is committed to contributing to global emissions reductions to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees and to pursue efforts towards 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The level of our Sixth Carbon Budget, which the Climate Change Committee recommended, aligns with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already taken action to combat climate change through its Clean Energy Superpower mission, for example by delivering 131 clean energy projects powering the equivalent of 11 million homes at the Sixth renewables auction. The Government encourages all countries to bring forward ambitious, economy-wide 1.5°C aligned NDCs that take into account the outcomes of the Global Stocktake by the 2025 deadline.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 25/09/2024 10:40:22 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729719

registered interest
date	13/09/2024
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	Nature Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) halt, and (2) reverse, nature loss by 2030.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting and restoring nature. In England, we are committed to halting the decline in species abundance by 2030 and reversing it by 2042. We are also committed to reducing the risk of species extinction and restoring and creating more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering these targets sits at the very heart of our mission to ensure nature’s recovery. To meet them we will create, restore and connect wildlife-rich habitat, reduce pressures on species including from pollution and climate change and take targeted action to recover specific species, working in partnership with civil society, communities and business.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 July, we announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan to be completed before the end of the year to make sure it is fit for purpose. We will develop a new, statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment with delivery to meet each of our Environment Act targets.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers are reviewing new policies which will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 23/09/2024 14:26:39 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729071

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable prisoners with work outside the confines of prison to be paid a wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work.</p><p> </p><p>Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) allows prisoners to be released temporarily into the community for specific purposes, including to engage in employment. Prisoners working on ROTL are paid the same as their counterparts in the community and are subject to the same income tax, National Insurance and child support requirements, as well as other court ordered deductions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 (PEA) gives governors the power to deduct up to and including 40% from prisoners’ earnings on ROTL. Currently, the money deducted is given to the charity Victim Support. An average of £296 per prisoner per month was raised through the levy; totalling £4.2 million raised for the year ending March 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:41:17 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729072

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Development Aid: Malnutrition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which countries receive grants from the UK to reduce the number of children suffering from malnutrition.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Information on how the FCDO disburses UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) is available on Devtracker. Additionally, the FCDO prepares an annual report on our ODA expenditure on nutrition. The most recent report shows that in 2022 we funded work to reduce malnutrition in 30 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 25/09/2024 14:42:06 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729073

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bibby Stockholm: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made regarding the finances of renting the Bibby Stockholm for the detention of asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>As part of the government’s commitment to fix the asylum system and clear the backlog, the decision has been taken to not renew the contract for the Bibby Stockholm, which ends in January 2025. Extending the use of the Bibby Stockholm would have cost over £20 million next year.</p><p>.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 25/09/2024 15:54:53 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1729074

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Integrated Care Boards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the success of integrated care boards.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>NHS England holds integrated care boards (ICBs) and National Health Service providers to account for the delivery of national priorities and statutory functions, and oversees them via the NHS oversight framework. NHS England has a legal duty to annually assess the performance of each integrated care board, in respect of each financial year, and publish a summary of its findings. Annual assessments for the financial year 2023/24 have been completed and NHS England will summarise the outcomes of all annual assessments and publish a report.</p><p>In addition, the Government published Professor Lord Darzi’s independent investigation of the NHS in England on 12 September 2024, which includes an assessment of the progress of and challenges facing ICBs. The Government has committed to the development of a new 10 Year Health Plan which will build on the findings of the report published by Professor Lord Darzi.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 20/09/2024 11:15:55 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno