House of Lords Business

Baroness Andrews to ask His Majesty's Government whether integrated care boards are able to spend a proportion of the £250 million, allocated by the Chancellor to accelerate hospital discharge, on social care projects (1) to increase capacity in the community, and (2) to fund extra care beds.  HL5787

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women released from prison (1) that have served a short sentence, and (2) that were not sentenced following remand, receive support from the Probation Service.  HL5788

Lord Dobbs to ask His Majesty's Government what is the remit of Prevent’s Research Information and Communications Unit; how many staff it has; and what was its annual budget for the past five years.  HL5789

Lord Dobbs to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish in full the analysis reportedly prepared by Prevent's Research Information and Communication Unit (RICU) that identified certain books, films and TV shows as far-right and white supremacist; and what assessment they have made of whether such an analysis is within RICU's official remit.  HL5790

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 February (HL5518), why revealing only the cost of (1) a car and driver, and (2) security protection, will affect the security arrangements; and whether they will now reconsider and answer the question put.  HL5791

Lord Kilclooney to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland is compatible with the identification of a freeport in Northern Ireland.  HL5792

Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the net change in revenue to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs of abolishing the non-domiciled individual status in the UK.  HL5793

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they allocated for destitution support for British National (Overseas) visa holders in (1) 2021/22, and (2) so far in 2022/23; and how much of this was accessed by BNO visa holders in each of those years.  HL5794

Lord Naseby to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are approaching foreign developers and cladding manufacturers to secure contributions to fix cladding issues.  HL5795

Lord Naseby to ask His Majesty's Government what urgent steps they are taking to reduce the multi-year delays facing technology companies, particularly those working on fuel cells, trying to get connected to the electricity grid.  HL5796

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates on expenditure by local authorities on temporary accommodation for those unable to sustain their private tenancies.  HL5797

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Local Housing Allowance rates on the supply of affordable housing.  HL5798

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decline in the uptake of immunisations in each of the last 10 years in England.  HL5799

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reverse the decline in uptake of immunisations to prevent infectious diseases from reoccurring in future winter seasons.  HL5800

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to maintain, and (2) to utilise, the expanded vaccinator workforce recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of next winter’s immunisation programme in 2023/2024.  HL5801

Baroness Sanderson of Welton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to strengthen the provisions of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill to end the illegal smuggling of dogs into Great Britain for sale through the exploitation of the Pet Travel Scheme.  HL5802

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government how many people have arrived in the UK in the last two years seeking asylum; how many of those seeking asylum arrived by small boats; and of those who arrived by small boats, how many (1) waited, or (2) are waiting, for over six months to have a decision made on their asylum application.  HL5803

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who arrived in the UK by small boats in the last two years have had a decision on their application for asylum; and of those that have had a decision, how many were granted asylum.  HL5804

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 21 February (HL5629), whether they now plan to make an assessment of organised criminal gangs targeting unaccompanied children seeking asylum and being accommodated in hotels, given the statement by Greater Manchester Police that they have intelligence confirming the hotel ne… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the work of a British Museum team in the discovery of an early Sumerian Palace at Girsu/Tello, funded by the Getty Museum, and (2) making provision of similar funding for the training of Iraqi archaeologists and the conservation of Iraq’s antiquities under the Cultural Heritage Prote… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government how much of the Apprenticeship Levy was returned to the Treasury in each of the last three years.  HL5807

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of giving businesses greater control of the Apprenticeship Levy, in order to fund a wider range of courses which could be used to fill vacancies in sectors struggling with recruitment, such as hospitality and retail.  HL5808

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what was the age profile of apprentices in each of the last three years.  HL5809

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address labour shortages.  HL5810

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reduce financial support for PPE costs in the social care sector.  HL5811

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide accommodation for homeless people in rural communities.  HL5812

Baroness Thornton to ask His Majesty's Government how many Pupil Referral Units sub-commission unregistered alternative providers to supply education placements for their children.  HL5813

Baroness Thornton to ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils registered with a state-funded school spend (1) less than two days per week, (2) two or more days per week, (3) three or more days per week, and (4) four or more days per week, in an education placement with an unregistered alternative provider.  HL5814

Baroness Thornton to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total spend on unregistered alternative provider education placements in England, broken down by (1) school, (2) local authority, and (3) region of England.  HL5815

Baroness Thornton to ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) mean, and (2) median, amount spent on an unregistered alternative provider place in England by (a) Pupil Referral Units, (b) state-funded schools not classified as a Pupil Referral Unit, and (3) local authorities.  HL5816

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure there is a sufficient supply of fruit and vegetables in UK supermarkets.  HL5817

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government when they propose to enact section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.  HL5818

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government, what plans they have to tax UK businesses, aside from the private rented housing sector, on turnover rather than profits.  HL5819

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of replacing assured shorthold tenancies with periodic tenancies; and what assessment they have made of the benefits of doing that.  HL5820

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for increasing the use of periodic tenancies in the UK; and whether they have examined the use of periodic tenancies in other countries in making any such assessment.  HL5821

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable the teaching of the Welsh language as a subject in state secondary schools in England.  HL5822

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 December 2022 (HL3870), when patients on home dialysis will receive information on funding to address the increased energy cost of powering such equipment.  HL5823