Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Conservative members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
There are 182 Conservative members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 138 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 104 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Crossbench members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
There are 99 Crossbench members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 53 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 36 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Labour members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
There are 80 Labour members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 57 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 49 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Liberal Democrat members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
There are 43 Liberal Democrat members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 40 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 32 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many non-affiliated members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
There are 32 non-affiliated members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 17 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 12 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish an inquiry into the possible introduction of ID cards over a 10-year timeframe.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
No. ID cards are not part of the Government's plans and no such inquiry is planned.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Community Ownership Fund; and whether they plan to renew it, when it is due to close in 2025.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
We are currently working with an external evaluation partner on an evaluation of the Community Ownership Fund. We have published our evaluation methodology to assess the process and impacts of the programme, and a full feasibility study report will be published in due course.
We will confirm plans on the Community Ownership Fund in due course.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many current members of the House of Lords will be aged 80 or over by 1 June 2029; and what is the breakdown by party group, including cross-bench membership.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
A total of 324 current members of the House of Lords will be aged 80 or over on 1 June 2029. The breakdown by party/group is as follows:
92 Labour members
87 Conservative members
87 Crossbench members
37 Liberal Democrat members
12 Non-affiliated members
3 Democratic Unionist Party members
2 Ulster Unionist Party members
1 Conservative Independent member
1 Independent Social Democrat member
1 Independent Ulster Unionist member
1 Plaid Cymru member
These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what information they, or prison authorities, hold on the volume and value of claims by persons held in custody against (1) prison authorities, and (2) independent insurers (where prison authorities are made aware of the insurance claims).
Answered by Lord Bellamy
As of 4 March 2024, there were 3,828 open claims by prisoners against His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS). The nominal amount of claims against HMPPS is of the order of £62 million but that figure is not indicative of any ultimate liability. HMPPS does not hold data on claims made by prisoners against independent insurers. The number and value of claims has remained fairly consistent over recent years. A significant number of open claims and proportion of the total value of claims are historic and relate to incidents that are alleged to have occurred in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
HMPPS successfully defends around two-thirds of all litigation cases brought by prisoners. Where damages are awarded to prisoners, we seek to ensure that payments are offset against any outstanding debts owed to victims and the courts.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the liability of the London insurance market for claims arising from the war in Ukraine for the loss of commercial aircraft seized or destroyed by the Russian state.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Insurance arrangements and claims for commercial aircraft seized or destroyed by the Russian state are a commercial matter between insurers and their insureds. The Government has not made an assessment of the London market’s liability in respect of these aircraft.