Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of donated blood which is discarded due to the lack of MHRA authorisation for the use of medically relevant components, other than immunoglobulin and albumin, from blood donated in the UK.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England. NHSBT Logistics plays a key role in planning for, collecting, and delivering lifesaving and life changing donated blood products to hospitals across England. However, NHS England owns and manages the contract with Octapharma to fractionate and produce medicines, including immunoglobulin and albumin. These medicines have been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to reflect the priorities of the National Health Service.

No blood is discarded by NHSBT due to MHRA authorisations. If there are any discarded fractions by Octapharma, NHSBT does not hold this information. All of the plasma that meets the requirements for use in medicines is forwarded to Octapharma for fractionation, and the specific manufacturing arrangements are subject to commercial confidentiality.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are placed on universities to collect data on (1) sex, (2) gender, (3) gender identity or (4) gender reassignment, of students when (a) applying for university, (b) joining the university and (c) graduating from university, and whether they have reports showing what data are collected.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is responsible for collecting and publishing data on the UK’s higher education (HE) sector and specifies which data HE providers should collect from students. All HE providers with a statutory requirement to report data to HESA are asked to return data on students’ sex. HE providers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are asked to return data on students’ gender identity (whether their gender identity aligns with their sex registered at birth), and providers in Scotland may optionally return data on students’ transgender status.

Certain HE providers in England, which are registered with the Office for Students, are required to provide data on the number of applications, offers, acceptances and completion rates by gender, under an ongoing condition of registration in respect of transparency information.

HE providers are required under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment, but also to actively advance equality. This may include collecting relevant data to monitor and improve their policies and delivery of services.

All HE providers must adhere to data protection legislation when processing students’ personal data, ensuring that it is collected and processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, and are required to publish privacy notices setting out what types of personal data they collect and how they will process it.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government what individual diversity networks, and trade union diversity networks, are recognised by the Ministry of Defence and each of the Armed Forces.

Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises a comprehensive range of diversity networks which are listed below.

In addition, the MOD recognises five main Trade Unions, (Prospect, PCS, FDA, GMB and Unite). The MOD’s Trade Unions have Diversity and Inclusion networks aimed at supporting their members however the MOD does not recognise nor engage directly with those networks.

Race Networks

• MOD Race Network
• Army Multicultural Network
• RAF Ethnic Minorities Network
• Royal Navy Commonwealth Network
• MDP REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) Network
• MOD Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Women’s network
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Race Network
• Defence Fiji Support Network
• Defence African and Caribbean Network
• Royal Navy Race Diversity Network
• Armed Forces Hong Kong Network
• DE&S Race and Culture Network

Disability and Carers Networks

• MOD Defence Disability and Carers Network (DDCN)
• Chronic Conditions and Disabilities in Defence (CanDiD) Tri-Service Network
• Defence Epilepsy Network
• Defence Dyslexia Network
• Defence Stammering Network
• Defence Visual Network
• DE&S Disability Network
• MOD Neuro-Inclusivity Network
• DE&S Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (FME) Network
• DE&S Cancer Network
• DIO Disability Network
• London Disability Network
• Defence Medical Services Disability Network
• Royal Navy Infinite Network
• Royal Navy Enabled Network
• Defence Hearing and Visions Network
• RAF Disability & Carers Network
• MDP Disability & Wellbeing Network – DAWN
• MOD Fibromyalgia and ME Network
• Defence Digital Accessibility Network
• UKStratCom Disability Network

Gender Networks

• MOD Women’s Inclusive Network
• MOD Gender Network
• MOD Menopause Network
• Defence Women’s Network
• Army Servicewomen’s Network
• Navy Servicewomen’s Network
• RAF Gender Network
• MDP Gender Network
• DIO Gender Forum

LGBT Networks

• shOUT MOD Civilian LGBT+ Network
• Army LGBT+ Network
• Navy Compass Network
• RAF LGBTQ+ Network
• MDP LGBT+ Network
• MOD Pride Network
• DE&S Pride Network
• DIO LGBT+ Network
• Strat Comm Intelligence Corps LGBT+ Network

Families Networks

• Tri-Service Couples Network
• Army Parents Network
• RAF Parents Network
• Defence Breastfeeding Network
• Defence Fertility Network
• Defence Child Bereavement Network
• Royal Navy Parents Network
• MOD Flexible Working Network

Faith and Belief Networks

• Defence Buddhist Network
• Defence Christian Network
• Defence Civilian Muslim Network
• DE&S Christian Network
• Defence Hindu Network
• Defence Pagan Network
• Defence Rastafari Network
• Defence Sikh Network
• Humanist and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND)
• Armed Forces Jewish Community
• Armed Forces Muslim Association
• DIO Faith & Belief Forum
• The Defence Secular Society
• MOD Vegan and Vegetarian Network

Social Mobility Networks

• RAF Social Mobility Network
• DIO Social Mobility Network
• DE&S Social Mobility Network
• Defence Commercial Social Mobility Network
• UKSC Social Mobility Network

Wellbeing and Support

• DE&S Time to Change Network
• Defence Mental Health Network
• RAF Mental Health Network
• RAF Diversity Allies Network
• Veterans in Defence Network
• Defence Next Generation Network
• DE&S Volunteers Network
• DBS Diversity & Inclusion Networks
• DIO STEM Network
• DNO Diversity & Inclusion Network
• MOD Fast Stream Network
• Defence Domestic Abuse Survivor Community & Awareness Network (DDASCAN)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to section 3 of the Government Communication Service's SAFE Framework: the 4 principles for HMG Brand Safety, whether the expression of gender-critical comments would be considered as "content that could be perceived as offensive to protected groups in society".

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The current SAFE Framework outlines four principles to ensure brand safety in government advertising: Safety and Suitability, Ads Context, Freedom of Speech, and Ethics and Enforcement.

Within the 'Safety and Suitability' principle, the framework emphasises that government advertising must not appear alongside content that:

• Endorses or promotes illegal activity
• Encourages harmful behaviours and attitudes
• Contains hate speech, extremist, or anti-democratic messaging
• Could be perceived as offensive to protected groups in society

Protected groups are defined under the Equality Act 2010 as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of listed closed-ended investment companies by pension funds as a means for smaller schemes to invest in illiquid alternative assets such as energy, housing, infrastructure and small businesses.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Final Report of the Pensions Investment Review sets out a vision for the defined contribution workplace market and the Local Government Pension Scheme with fewer, larger schemes that will use the benefits of scale to invest in productive assets and enhance outcomes for savers, as well as better support the economy as a whole.

Last month, 17 of the largest workplace pension providers signed the Mansion House Accord and voluntarily committed to invest at least 10 per cent of their defined contribution default funds in private markets by 2030, with half of that invested in UK private assets.

Collectively these 17 schemes manage around 90% of active pension savers’ savings. This is expected to unlock £50bn of additional private market investment by 2030. As providers work towards meeting these commitments, they will be investing more in private, illiquid assets.

Additionally, we are introducing minimum standards for Local Government Pension Scheme asset pools, embedding local investment as a priority and strengthening scheme governance to ensure it is fit for the future.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of information provided by retail investment platforms to investors in UK-listed closed-ended investment companies, and specifically that relating to whether charges are deducted directly from shareholders or are expenses paid by the company.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

In 2024, the Government legislated to enable the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform the UK’s retail disclosure regime to ensure consumers have access to the most useful information – including on risks, costs and performance – to support their investment decisions.
The FCA continue to engage with industry and will publish their final rules later this year.

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