The Government at the Spring Budget set out plans to administer the High Income Child Benefit Charge on a household rather than individual basis by April 2026, and will be consulting on these changes in due course<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T15:38:31.557Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Child Benefit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government why thresholds for child benefit entitlement do not take into account overall household income, so that families with one earner are sometimes disadvantaged under the current system.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4970", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Weir of Ballyholme"} ], "uin" : "HL3141"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1538937", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1538937/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In October 2019, His Majesty\u2019s Government announced its decision to use the Online Safety Bill to protect children from pornography. The provisions in this Bill will provide greater protection to children than Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act. It will cover a wider range of services, including social media companies and search services, which were not in scope of the Digital Economy Act, and which play a significant role in enabling children to access harmful content online.<\/p>
There is no statutory obligation to update the guidance mentioned in section 27 of the Digital Economy Act. As HM Government intends to repeal Part 3 of that Act through the Online Safety Bill, amending this guidance would not serve any purpose as it will not be used. Instead, Ofcom, as the independent regulator for the online safety regime, will set out the steps companies can take to protect children from harmful content such as pornography in codes of practice. Ofcom will also publish guidance for companies to meet the duty to protect children from published pornography in Part 5 of the Bill. The Secretary of State will also have a general power to issue guidance to Ofcom about the exercise of its functions under the Bill.<\/p>
Ofcom will have a range of powers to assess whether companies are fulfilling their duties, and will be empowered to enforce the new regulatory regime. The British Board of Film Classification\u2019s designation as the age verification regulator under the Digital Economy Act was revoked following the October 2019 announcement.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British Board of Film Classification: Secondment"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any existing statutory barrier to staff seconded from Ofcom to the British Board of Film Classification to work on the implementation of the provisions of Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 if they are commenced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4167", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Benjamin"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1360924", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
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The Government recognises the important role that postal services have in supporting the UK economy as well as individuals,\u202ffamilies\u202fand businesses throughout the country, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. We remain committed to ensuring the universal postal service, through the universal service obligation, remains affordable and accessible to all users.<\/p>
<\/p>
Ofcom, as the UK\u2019s designated independent regulator of postal services, monitors Royal Mail\u2019s performance standards in relation to its delivery of the universal postal service. Under Ofcom\u2019s regulatory framework Royal Mail, as the UK\u2019s designated universal service provider, is subject to a set of minimum requirements and service standards in the provision of universal services. Ofcom publishes an annual monitoring update on postal services on its website.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Ofcom is carrying out a review of the future regulatory framework for post which it\u202faims to\u202fcomplete\u202fin 2022.\u202f As part of this review, Ofcom is considering whether its regulatory framework remains fit for purpose and effective. Ofcom intends to publish a full consultation on the future regulation of postal services later this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-11-01T16:25:28.543Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-10-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Postal Services: Standards"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of how delays in Royal Mail's postal delivery service impact the economy; and what steps are they taking to address any adverse impacts resulting from such delays.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4282", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"} ], "uin" : "HL3141"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1189623", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1189623/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In September 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement published a revised version of the guidance on Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation<\/em>. The team are reviewing feedback received and considering further revisions.<\/p> The guidance is clear that providers of National Health Service-funded care are expected to have a zero-tolerance approach to mixed-sex accommodation, except where it is in the overall best interest of all patients affected. There are some clinical circumstances where mixed sex accommodation can be justified. These are few, and mainly confined to patients who need highly specialised care, such as that delivered in critical care units.<\/p> There are currently no plans to withdraw the guidance. The guidance is relevant to all patients including patients who have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment as set out in the Equality Act 2010. That is, a person who is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of reassigning sex. The review will include consideration of whether the language used within the guidance needs to be clearer.<\/p> NHS trusts have not been asked to provide the information required to make an assessment of the impact of allowing patients to self-identify their gender and there are no plans to ask them to do so. NHS trusts will be required to provide single sex services to patients, unless it is appropriate to do otherwise based on the patient\u2019s clinical condition.<\/p>"}
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, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hospital Wards: Gender"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Delivering same-sex Accommodation guidance, published in September 2019, provides for someone who is undergoing a personal process of changing gender but who (1) is not planning to undergo, (2) is not currently undergoing, or (3) has not undergone, gender reassignment by changing physiological or other attributes of sex; and if so, why.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1164", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/788349", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/788349/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no Hilda Murrell files created by the Home Office that are closed in full at the National Archives. Where a person is less than 100 years old their personal details will be extracted from a file and kept closed until they reach 100 years of age. Based on a closure date of 1 January 1970, the extract in question (HO/287/3597/1) will contain information relating to an individual born in 1969.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 November (HL2390) regarding files relating to Hilda Murrell being closed until 1 January 2070, what are the current ages of the living individuals whose personal data is covered by section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/302", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Rooker"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/632743", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
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, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4161", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2016-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cats: Tagging"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they will consider introducing microchipping for cats to address the issue of lost and abandoned animals.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3792", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/424798", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/424798/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " NHS England is currently undergoing a transformation of its commercial and procurement functions and, as part of this process, a need has been identified for improved contract management process and for the deployment of skilled contract management resources within the organisation.<\/p>