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1688039

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Command Paper Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January, what changes will be made to Articles 5–10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Command Paper ‘Safeguarding the Union’ builds on the progress under the Windsor Framework, strengthening the UK Internal Market and the Union into the long term. It remains the case that the decision as to whether Articles 5 to 10 of the Windsor Framework should continue to apply in Northern Ireland will be taken by the Northern Ireland Assembly later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:45:10 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1505654

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Droughts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what national preparations, if any, they have made for an increase in frequency and intensity of drought conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Despite the dry summer, water companies in England have assured us that essential water supplies remain resilient across the country. It is their duty to maintain those supplies. Defra ministers expect water company action in accordance with their pre-agreed drought plans.</p><p> </p><p>The National Framework for Water Resources, published in March 2020, sets out the strategic water needs for England to 2050 and beyond. The Government is requiring water companies to plan to deliver resilience to a one in 500-year drought, that is not needing to resort to emergency measures, such as stand pipes and rota cuts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the need to improve the resilience of our water supplies and is committed to a twin track approach to improving water resilience, which is set out in our Strategic Policy Statement to Ofwat, Written Ministerial Statement on Water Demand and in the 25 Year Environment Plan. This involves investing in new supply infrastructure and action to reduce water company leaks and improve water efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies are using the £469 million made available by Ofwat in the current Price Review period (2019-2024) to progress the infrastructure required. In Autumn 2022, water companies will publish their statutory draft Water Resources Management Plans for consultation, that will set out how they will improve drought resilience and secure water supplies in the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 23/09/2022 10:36:39 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1348907

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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: Humanitarian Aid
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 June (HL535), what information was contained in the (1) “qualitative analysis”, and (2) “sectoral analysis of thematic trends”.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2021 answer text <p>During the FCDO ODA allocation process, officials considered the risks and impacts across overall bilateral programming to inform their advice to Ministers. An overarching Equalities Impact Assessment analysed impacts across bilateral country spend and this was considered by Ministers as they reviewed plans. The assessment showed no evidence that programmes targeting those with protected characteristics are more likely to be reduced or discontinued than other programmes.</p><p>The internal allocations process also assessed alignment with the Strategic Framework for ODA, alongside UK capabilities and comparative advantage to deliver, and our public and legal commitments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/07/2021 14:01:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

1182915

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Energy: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet the energy efficiency targets for housing set out in their Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out the aspiration that as many homes as possible will be EPC Band C by 2035 where practical, cost-effective and affordable.</p><p> </p><p>The current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) will upgrade around a million homes for low income and vulnerable households by March 2022. ECO3 and its successor will drive £6 billion of investment between 2018 and 2028 to support energy efficiency improvements. Furthermore, the Manifesto committed to an additional £6.3 billion of public investment to upgrade the energy performance of fuel poor homes and social housing.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, we introduced for the first time a minimum energy efficiency standard of EPC Band E for private rented sector properties, with all private rented properties required to meet, or exceed, this standard by 1 April 2020. We will be consulting in due course on options to increase this minimum standard to EPC Band C.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we launched Simple Energy Advice, a new digital and phoneline service to provide homeowners with impartial and tailored advice on how to cut their energy bills and make their homes greener, as well as information on any available financial support.</p><p> </p><p>We also launched two energy efficiency innovation competitions in summer 2019, both aimed at investigating ways to make energy efficiency cheaper and more accessible for householders. The Whole House Retrofit cost reduction trajectory competition made available £9.4 million of funding for projects which demonstrate the potential to reduce costs for Whole House Retrofit. The Green Home Finance Innovation Fund is making nearly £2 million of funding available for a series of projects to develop innovative green mortgage and other lending products, to improve householder access to green finance to support energy efficiency retrofit.</p><p> </p><p>We have also committed to consult later this year on requirements for lenders to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/03/2020 16:28:49 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

773037

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Hebron
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding restrictions placed on Palestinian families, including the welding shut of front doors of houses, in the occupied Old City of Hebron.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we remain deeply concerned about restrictions on freedom of movement within the West Bank, including Hebron. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa visited the Old City of Hebron in August and witnessed the restrictions faced by Palestinian families and the impact on their lives. Through our Embassy in Tel Aviv we have lobbied the appropriate authorities on the issue of movement and access.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/11/2017 15:52:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

600485

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many disqualification decisions taken in another EU member state have been given effect in the UK, in each of the last three years, under the terms of the European Convention on Driving Disqualifications.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>After committing a driving offence in another EU member state, 26 drivers were disqualified in the UK in 2014 under the terms of the European Convention on Driving Disqualifications. There are no numbers for 2015 &amp; 2016 as the convention ceased to apply in December 2014 following the UK’s Treaty of Lisbon opt-out.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/10/2016 11:41:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

418803

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Insurance and NHS Numbers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) National Health Service numbers, and (2) National Insurance numbers, are currently live; and whether the General Register Office reports deaths to the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The total number of live National Health Service numbers is approximately 72 million (England and Wales). The latest available figures (August 2015) show that there are approximately 67.6 Million National Insurance records on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health &amp; Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), on behalf of the Department of Health, receives a weekly feed of death notifications from the General Register Office (GRO). These are applied to the Personal Demographics Service on the Spine, with any non-automatic matches dealt with by the PDS National Back Office within HSCIC.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Upon the death of an individual DWP receives automatic updates from the three GROs. These are sent for England, Wales and Scotland on a daily basis, and for Northern Ireland on a weekly basis.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/09/2015 10:20:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

100032

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Turkey over the Syrian Kurds currently detained by them at Suruc and who do not wish to be returned to Kobane.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text Reports from Kobane continue to be deeply concerning. We have not made representations about these specific allegations, but we maintain a close dialogue with Turkey on the evolving crisis in the region. We applaud Turkey’s generosity in hosting over 170,000 refugees that have fled the fighting in Kobane in recent weeks, in addition to the 1.4 million refugees already in Turkey. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/11/2014 17:55:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton