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1228233

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	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	Dental Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the availability of National Health Service dental treatment for patients of all ages.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service dental practices were able to restart face-to-face care from 8 June, with the aim of increasing levels of service for all patients, as fast as is safely possible, taking into account Public Health England guidance and continued infection risks.</p><p>Urgent dental care centres remain open to support the provision of urgent and emergency face-to-face care for dental patients and patients will be referred to urgent dental care centres, where needed locally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/08/2020 11:19:21 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1228234

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	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	Change of Use: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to bring presently unused office spaces into use to provide housing for those who are unable to find safe places to live during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>Almost 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, since the start of the COVID-19 emergency. This includes people coming in directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.</p><p>On 24 June we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to enable them to best support those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.</p><p>We also recently announced that £160 million of Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme funding will help ensure that 6,000 new housing units are put into the system, with 3,300 of these becoming available within 2020/21. We expect local authorities and registered providers to bring forward units of accommodation from a variety of sources and this could potentially include repurposing other buildings where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7519 question first answered 11/08/2020 14:00:09 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1228276

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	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	Holiday Accommodation: Homelessness
	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 case for providing access to unused holiday lets accommodation in London to homeless people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>Almost 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, since the start of the COVID-19 emergency. This includes people coming in directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.</p><p>On 24 June we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to enable them to best support those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.</p><p>We also recently announced that £160 million of Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme funding will help ensure that 6,000 new housing units are put into the system, with 3,300 of these becoming available within 2020/21. We expect local authorities and registered providers to bring forward units of accommodation from a variety of sources and this could potentially include repurposing other buildings where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7518 question first answered 11/08/2020 14:00:09 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1220760

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to give boarding schools greater autonomy to decide how to operate from September 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department has published guidance to support all schools as they prepare for the return of all pupils from the beginning of the autumn term: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>The guidance provides schools with advice about how to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in schools. It also sets out how the department expects schools to operate, and where there is flexibility. For boarding schools the guidance encourages schools to keep children in their class groups, but also allows for the mixing of pupils in different groups residentially and during the school day.</p><p>Boarding schools will still need to meet the national minimum standards to safeguard and protect the children in their care and those that are independent schools will need to comply with the independent school standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 20/07/2020 16:57:46 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1175145

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with local authorities in Greater London about the licensing of properties to be used as short-term holiday lets; and what were the outcomes of any such discussions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>My Department has not discussed this specific issue with local authorities in Greater London since the 2019 General Election. However, my Department has regular contact with local authorities and remains open to discussing any concerns they hold.</p><p>While the Government does not require short-term accommodation providers to register, the Short Term Accommodation Association has developed an accreditation scheme, in partnership with Quality in Tourism, called ‘Safe, Clean and Legal’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 16:54:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1175146

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of short-term holiday lets on the availability of housing for those who wish to live in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not made such an assessment. However, restrictions are in place to limit the use of residential property for short-term let in London. The Deregulation Act 2015 imposes a 90-day limit on any such letting within a single calendar year.</p><p>The sharing economy plays an important role in accommodating tourists, who make a huge financial contribution to the country. But there are also legitimate concerns about the impact on local communities. The Government remains open to hearing the views of all stakeholders on the matter. It is important to find ways to address these concerns without placing too great a burden on the growing sharing economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 16:54:20 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1171800

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 6 August 2019 (HL17643), how much new funding they provided in 2019 for new measures to prevent the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has not received any new funding for the prevention of transmission of the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 29/01/2020 16:28:53 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1171527

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Care Workers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 11 April 2019 (HL15230), how many agencies employing careworkers are paying the costs of such workers for their travel between clients; and what steps they take to ensure that care agencies pay staff appropriate renumeration for any time spent travelling between appointments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The law is clear that for care workers, and other workers, time spent travelling between assignments counts as time worked for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) purposes. Furthermore, the Government issued statutory guidance supporting the implementation of the Care Act which specifies; “<em>Remuneration must be at least sufficient to comply with the NMW legislation for hourly pay or equivalent salary. This will include appropriate remuneration for any time spent travelling between appointments.”</em></p><p> </p><p>The Government has more than doubled the NMW compliance and enforcement budget to £27.4 million for 2019/20, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16. HMRC utilise those resources to follow up on every worker complaint received and to undertake proactive investigations. Last year (2018/19), HMRC identified over £6 million in minimum wage arrears within the Human Health and Social Work sector, owed to over 27,000 workers. This includes, but is not limited to, arrears relating to travel time.</p><p> </p><p>Workers can call the ACAS helpline for free, confidential advice about their rights and entitlements. If they want to make a complaint through HMRC, they can do so in complete confidence, either via ACAS or using the online complaints form on GOV.UK. HMRC will protect their anonymity throughout the investigation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 27/01/2020 14:41:01 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1169895

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	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	Holiday Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the Deregulation Act 2015 on short-term lettings, and (2) the proposal by the Mayor of London in April 2019 for the introduction of a registration system for those renting property for less than 90 days in a calendar year in London; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce such a system.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Deregulation Act 2015 limits short-term lettings in London to 90 days per property per calendar year. We have not made any specific assessment of its impact on short-term lettings. As to the proposal by the Mayor of London, the Government has no current plans to introduce such a register. However, we are aware of the work by the Short-Term Accommodation Association as well as platforms such as Airbnb, HomeAway and TripAdvisor to put in place their own procedures to avoid breach of the 90-day limit which we note with interest.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/01/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1150750

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2019
	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	Dental Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in respone to the shortage of National Health Service dentists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The latest headcount data published by NHS Digital show that the total number of dentists actively delivering National Health Service services increased from 24,308 to 24,545 during the period 2017/18 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>Both NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) have initiatives in place to tackle recruitment and retention issues. HEE’s current programme Advancing Dental Care is exploring the opportunities for flexible dental training pathways that can better serve patients as well as improving dental workforce retention. NHS England is introducing ‘flexible commissioning’, which allows local NHS commissioners to commission a wider range of services from dental practices which is expected to make NHS dentistry more attractive to newly qualified dentists.</p><p> </p><p>These initiatives sit alongside the Department’s and NHS England’s work to reform the current NHS dental contract to support dentists to deliver preventatively focussed care. The patient pathway in the new model makes greater use of the whole dental team including nurses and therapists which moves away from needing dentists to complete every course of treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published in June 2019, sets out plans for the future dental workforce. This commits to creating a capable and motivated multidisciplinary dental workforce, of a sufficient size, to meet population health needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/10/2019 12:34:49 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes