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1697287

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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will announce a timeline for a full-scale licensing review for mopeds, motorcycles and other powered light vehicles, and if so when, .
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government welcomes and is open to discussing ideas for reform of the existing licensing regime for powered light vehicles known as L category vehicles where they do not compromise safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>While there are not currently any plans to reform L category licenses, Ministers and officials have met with motorcycle stakeholder representatives to listen to and discuss various motorcycle initiatives, including ideas for reform. The Minister for Road Transport will meet with the MCIA and other motorcycle stakeholders in a roundtable format on 8 May to this and other issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL3418 HL3419 question first answered 27/03/2024 15:22:29 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1542556

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Electric Vehicles: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have received from Fire and Rescue Services about the safety of (1) e-bikes, and (2) e-scooters; and the safety of the batteries of those vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>All e-bikes and e-scooters must comply with product safety legislation including the batteries used to power them. The Government maintains regular contact with the Fire and Rescue Services and has discussed many issues including fire incidents relating to e-bikes and e-scooters. We encourage users to follow available guidance, including from Electrical Safety First and from the London Fire Brigade, alongside manufacturer instructions on safe use.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/11/2022 17:33:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1363265

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create new flexible immigration routes in order to allow more people to work in the social care sector helping people wth disabilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The introduction of the Health and Care visa in August 2020 has made it quicker and cheaper for regulated health and care professionals, including Senior Care Workers, and their dependants to secure their visa.</p><p>In July, the Government commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/11/2021 15:01:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1189906

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Death: Coronavirus
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 date by which they will have robust data on the number of deaths from COVID-19 that occur outside of hospitals.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Mawson,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the date by which robust data on the number of deaths from COVID-19 that occur outside of hospitals will be available <strong>(HL3417)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for producing a weekly report on the provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales including deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19)[1]. As part of this report, data is published for deaths registered where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate by place of occurrence, which includes places outside of hospitals such as care homes or the home of the deceased. Additionally, on 28 April, the ONS published data from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on the number of deaths in care homes involving COVID-19[2]. Going forward, data from the CQC will be published alongside the weekly report.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/previousReleases</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland</a></p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 11/05/2020 11:04:29 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

792893

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of increases in Vice-Chancellors’ salaries since the announcement by the Minister of State for Universities and Science on 7 September that they would “unveil a series of new measures designed to curb spiralling vice-chancellors’ pay”.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation has been clear that he wants to see an end to the upwards trend in senior staff pay. Since his announcement on 7 September, the government has published details of its proposed measures.</p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p><p>We also called on the sector to work through the Committee of University Chairs (CUC) to develop and introduce its own fair remuneration code, and are pleased that the CUC is taking forward the development of this code.</p><p>These measures, once implemented, will deliver greater transparency and accountability, as well as improved value for money for taxpayers and for students.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:22:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

641847

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how a university is defined in current English legislation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The term “university” is not defined in legislation. The criteria and processes for obtaining University Title are set out in published guidance, ‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’, which the department maintains and updates as necessary.</p><p>There are some references in legislation. Section 77(4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 provides that any educational institution that includes the word “university” in its name and is permitted to do so in accordance with section 77(1) is to be treated as a university for all purposes, unless in that name ”university” is immediately followed by the word “college” or “collegiate”. Section 39 of the Education Reform Act 1988 prohibits an institution from unauthorised use of the word “university” in its name in relation to any educational services it offers.</p><p>There is also a partial definition of “university” in Section 90(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and in Section 235 of the Education Reform Act 1988.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:26:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

426930

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of regional variations in achieving their target of establishing superfast broadband coverage to 90 per cent of the UK by 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed toprovidingsuperfast broadband coverage to 95 per centof UK premisesby 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme, we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation for the implementation of a new broadbandUniversal Service Obligation,with the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps,nomatterwherein the countrytheylive.</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial">Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to providing superfast broadband coverage to 95 per cent of UK premises by 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme, we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation for the implementation of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation, with the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></ins></p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/11/2015 14:59:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2015 16:15:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 32271 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

167893

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crowdfunding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the size of peer-to-peer consumer and business finance.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>Peer-to-peer lending is an innovative new form of finance and the Government is keen to see this sector continue to grow and evolve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following representations from the peer-to-peer sector, the Government announced in November 2012 its intention to bring peer-to-peer lending within the regulatory scope of the Financial Conduct Authority from April 2014. Proportionate regulation will allow the sector to continue to grow.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the size of the peer-to-peer consumer and business finance markets.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3418 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:41:06 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn