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Questions for Written Answer for 11 September 2024

Tabled on 10 September and due for answer by 24 September.

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their duties under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to the imposition of VAT on independent schools, including those catering for the needs of children with special educational needs.  HL924
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Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government how many assessors trained and qualified in autism will work in each of the five regions under the Department for Work and Pension's Health Assessment Advisory Service.  HL925
Answered
Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government what qualifications are stipulated for assessors of people on the autism spectrum by the Health Assessment Advisory Service.  HL926
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Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure supplier diversity and resilience in the UK’s cloud infrastructure.  HL927
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Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK’s cloud networks regain sovereign capability.  HL928
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Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government whether the hosting of the National Data Library will be the subject of a strategic procurement in order to buy, make and sell more in Britain.  HL929
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Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the UK's cloud hosting industry, in line with their aspiration to attain sovereign capability within the UK's cloud networks.  HL930
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Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie to ask His Majesty's Government how many children with special educational needs and disabilities do not receive an education, health and care plan within the legal time limit of 20 weeks from the initial request; and what potential measures for improvement they have identified.  HL931
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Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie to ask His Majesty's Government how many children with special educational needs and disabilities are currently not able to be placed in a suitable school.  HL932
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Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of appeals on decisions relating to education, health and care plans result in the granting of a plan to the child.  HL933
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Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending eligibility for medical exemption certificates to patients with cystic fibrosis, given that many cystic fibrosis patients now live well into adulthood.  HL934
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the complaint in relation to the Government's badger culling policy being considered by the Bureau of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention at its third meeting of 2024, what methods have been used to measure the badger population since 2012 to ensure local extinction events do not take place.  … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the complaint in relation to the Government's badger culling policy being considered by the Bureau of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention at its third meeting of 2024, on what occasions their actions have been brought to the attention of the Bureau of the Standing Committee, and how many times tha… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Jopling to ask His Majesty's Government when the current work on the A1's Wentbridge Viaduct started, and when they expect traffic flows to return to normal.  HL937
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Lord Jopling to ask His Majesty's Government what was the original estimate for the cost of the current repair works to the Wentbridge Viaduct on the A1; and what they expect the final cost to be.  HL938
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Lord Jopling to ask His Majesty's Government which further education establishments in England provide courses which include instruction in the construction of tunnels for the use of railway or road traffic.  HL939
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The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what their priorities are for the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in Colombia in October.  HL940
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 2 September (HC Deb cols 37–40), whether they plan to publish a comprehensive list of licences for the sale of arms to Israel that are not covered by the partial suspension announced in that statement.  Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 2 September (HC Deb cols 37–40), whether components for F-16s transferred to Israel via the United States of America under incorporation licences have been excluded from the partial suspension of arms to Israel; an… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of renewed violence in South Sudan during that country's upcoming election.  HL943
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase access to (1) testing, (2) vaccination, and (3) treatment, for Mpox patients (a) in England, and (b) globally.  HL944
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to tackle starvation in Sudan.  HL945
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Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask His Majesty's Government what provisions they have made to retain skilled and experienced police officers following the recommendation of the Police Remuneration Review Body in its Tenth Report for 2024 published in July (CP 1124) that each force should have discretion to set the starting salary for new constables at either pay point 1 or pay… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing number of pupils being educated at home.  HL947
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase capital expenditure in the NHS.  HL948
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual loss of tax revenue from small businesses.  HL949
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sufficient state school places are available following the imposition of VAT on private schools.  HL950
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Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of apprenticeship starts in the financial year 2022–2023 undertook their training in (1) independent training providers, (2) general further education colleges, and (3) other providers.  HL951
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Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of apprenticeship starts in financial year 2022–2023 with (1) levy-paying and (2) non-levy paying employers undertook their training in (a) independent training providers, (b) general further education colleges, and (c) other providers.  HL952
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