Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Afghan Christians who have settled in the UK following the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
It is not possible to give an estimate of the number of Afghan Christians settled in the UK following the Taliban’s return to power because details of an individual’s religious beliefs are not routinely captured by the Home Office.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government will not recognise covid-19 vaccine records from Sri Lanka.
Answered by Maggie Throup
We are taking a phased approach to our inbound vaccination programme with other countries and territories, building on the success of the pilot with the United States and Europe. Vaccine certification between countries and territories varies and we are ensuring that certificates and apps meet our minimum requirements on content and that carriers are clear about the certification we will accept. Sri Lanka’s vaccine certification will be considered in the future expansion of the policy.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 21 October to Question 56409, if he will list the specific signs which are officially approved but not covered by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require formal approval from his Department before a local authority can install them.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
A list of traffic signs that have been approved by the Department, but are not prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require approval by the Secretary of State for Transport, are shown in the table below:
NP 409 & NP 409.1 VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT START/END |
NP 419 TIMES OF OPERATION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 420 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NP 420.1 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs OVER 7.5T |
NP 420.2 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs |
NP 421 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 423 RISK OF LORRIES OVERTURNING ON ADVERSE CAMBER |
NP 426 ROAD NUMBER AND REFERENCE |
NP 428 & 428.1 START AND END OF FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION |
NP 428.2 FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION REPEATER SIGN |
NP 429 EMERGENCY ACCESS |
NP 430 STOP FOR CONVOY |
NP 431 WAIT HERE FOR CONVOY |
NP 432 NEW ROAD SURFACE |
NP 433 LOW EMISSION ZONE |
NP 545RM ROAD MARKING - CHILDREN |
NP 622.11 TUNNEL CLASSIFICATION PLATE |
NP 818.4A DANGEROUS GOODS PROHIBITED |
NP 829.8 ACCIDENT SLOW |
NP 829.9 ACCIDENT USE HARD SHOULDER |
NP 829.10 EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING |
NP 958.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.6 OFF SIDE BUS LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.7 OFF SIDE HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.9 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.10 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.11 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.12 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.13 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.14 OFF SIDE BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.15 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 959.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NP 959.5 OFF SIDE BUS LANE, CYCLE AND TAXI |
NP 959.6 BUS AND LORRY LANE |
NP 959.7 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 959.8 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE |
NP 959.9 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE |
NP 959.10 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 959.11 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE |
NP 959.12 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 960.4 CONTRA-FLOW BUS, CYCLE AND TAXI LANE |
NP 962.3 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD |
NP 962.5 BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD |
NP 2919.2 MOTORWAY LORRY ONLY SERVICE AREA AHEAD |
NP 3015 WIG-WAG SIGNAL |
NP MW TOLL MOTORWAY (PERMANENT) : 'Toll' |
NS 56A DIVERSION ROUTE SYMBOL |
NS 66 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NS 68 OVERTURNING LORRY |
NS 70 PARKING PLACE PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY ON VERGE OR FOOTWAY |
NS 74 VEHICLE CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS |
S 68 CLEAN AIR ZONE |
NP 551.3 SMALL WILD ANIMALS |
NP 2514 PARK ACTIVE |
NP 1028.7 E-SCOOTER BAY MARKING |
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
What support she is providing to marine habitat restoration projects in the developing world.
Answered by Vicky Ford
This Government is substantially increasing investment in protecting the ocean. Our Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme assists developing Caribbean and Pacific island nations to safeguard their marine habitats, which are essential for sustaining coastal economies. The new £500 million Blue Planet Fund was launched by the Prime Minister in June. It will support, for example, protecting coral reefs and mangroves.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether British Telecom is permitted to offer full fibre broadband before other providers when it is installed in a geographic area; and what steps she plans to take to help ensure that no provider gains a competitive advantage after an installation.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Ofcom, as the independent regulator for telecoms, is responsible for regulating market power in the telecoms sector. Ofcom imposes a “no undue discrimination” requirement - which means Openreach must offer equivalence between all providers using its infrastructure unless Openreach is able to demonstrate that this is not possible.
If Openreach is able to demonstrate this, any difference must not put network users at a disadvantage, particularly in terms of extra cost, time or uncertainty compared to Openreach. Therefore, British Telecom is not permitted to offer full fibre broadband before other providers and it is Ofcom’s responsibility to ensure no provider gains an unfair competitive advantage after an installation.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road signs a local authority has to seek his approval prior to installation.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
A local authority needs to seek the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport for the use of any traffic signs that are not prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total revenue from stamp duty has been in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
HMRC publish provisional monthly statistics tables for “HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK” which contain columns with the UK figures for Stamp taxes on the 3 categories of “Shares”, “Stamp Duty Land Tax” and “Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings”. The provisional nature of these figures can mean that that they can change.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of inpatient hospitalisations of people reported to be infected with the covid-19 virus who had been identified as having had that virus prior to submitting themselves for admission to hospital.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Public Health England (PHE) has made no specific assessment.
However, data on the number of people who are hospitalised due to COVID-19 is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact of the stamp duty holiday on revenues from stamp duty.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The latest estimate for revenue impact of the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday, including the extension at the Spring Budget 2021, has been published by the NAO in their COVID-19 cost tracker.
https://www.nao.org.uk/covid-19/cost-tracker/
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the installation by a local authority of warning signs in the road indicating that (a) toads and (b) ducks may be crossing is required to be approved by his Department.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Local authorities may install the toad crossing warning sign only during the migratory period at a site which is approved by the Froglife Trust. The wild fowl warning sign may be installed where birds are habitually found in the road near ponds and watercourses. Both signs are prescribed in The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 and need no further approval.