Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) military, and (2) non-military, departmental budgets have been allocated for all forms of support for the war in Ukraine in the financial year 2024–2025.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton
The UK’s total support for Ukraine committed since February 2022 now amounts to almost £12 billion, including £4.1 billion of fiscal support via World Bank loan guarantees.
The Prime Minister recently announced £2.5 billion of military assistance for Ukraine in financial year 2024-2025. No Department is being asked to contribute to this package, the funding will be drawn from the Reserve.
The exact amount of non-military support in 2024-2025 remains to be confirmed.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to the United Kingdom of all forms of military support to Ukraine since December 2021.
Answered by Earl of Minto - Shadow Minister (Defence)
Since December 2021, the UK has committed £7.1 billion in military aid in support of Ukraine. This includes the latest £2.5 billion package of military support announced on 12 January by the Prime Minister for Financial Year 2024-25.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on dog fouling; and whether they provide guidance to local councils on the penalties for dog fouling.
Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller
It is unacceptable for people not to clean up after their dogs and we are giving local councils the tools they need to tackle this anti-social behaviour.
Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) allow councils to require dog owners to pick up their dog’s faeces. Those who breach the terms of a PSPO may be prosecuted, which can lead to a criminal record and a fine of up to £1,000 on conviction. Alternatively, the council can issue a fixed penalty notice. As part of the Prime Minister’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, we will be increasing the upper limit on these fixed penalty notices to £500, up from the current maximum of £100.
The Government has published practitioners' guidance on dealing with irresponsible dog ownership, which covers the use of PSPOs. Copies of this manual and its annexes are attached to this answer.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Order determining the new parliamentary constituency boundaries will be laid.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government plans to submit to His Majesty an Order in Council giving effect to the recommendations in the final reports of the Boundary Commissions as soon as reasonably practicable within four months, as required. The Order is not required to be laid before Parliament. Once the Order is made by His Majesty, the new constituencies will take effect at the next UK Parliamentary general election.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether comparative data is kept on the average height and/or weight of children aged 5 in the UK as compared to other countries.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
The information requested is not held from other countries. Height and weight measurements are collected in England from approximately 500,000 children per year in reception year, aged four to five years old, as part of the National Child Measurement Programme. The collection started in 2006/07 and the latest available data is for 2021/22. Additionally, measured height and weight of children has been collected in the Health Survey for England for 1995 to 2019.
Data is collected in Scotland and Wales in both an annual child measurement programme and annual health survey, and in the health survey Northern Ireland. However, no data is published for height and weight that is comparable to the data published for England.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 15 May (HL7507), what was the cost of subsidies to households and businesses for energy bills in each month from December 2021 to present.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The information provided in my previous response is not available broken down by month.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the national target time for (1) analysis, and (2) assessment, of biopsy results for patients being treated for cancer-related conditions; and what assessment they have made of whether the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading is meeting these.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
There is no national target time for analysis and assessment of biopsy results for patients being treated for cancer related conditions.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes and consequences of any delays in the (1) handling, and (2) supply, of histopathology test results supplied by testing centres from all locations providing services to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department of Health and Social Care has made no assessment.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a delay of seven weeks for the (1) analysis, and (2) assessment, of stage 3 cancer biopsy results on patients potentially under treatment for cancer.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
No assessment has been made by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government in (1) how many cases, and (2) to what value, (a) military equipment, or (b) dual purpose equipment, useable in war conflict has been the subject of export licence applications for supply either (i) directly, or (ii) indirectly, to Sudan; and how many approvals have been granted in each of the last three years.
Answered by Earl of Minto - Shadow Minister (Defence)
In the last 3 years, 1 export licence has been applied for and approved to Sudan that we have assessed as potentially useable in war conflict. The military goods in this licence were personal protective equipment for international humanitarian use and the value of the licence was £188,000. Please note that data from 1 January 2023 has not yet been published as Official Statistics by HM Government, therefore we have not included any information regarding applications processed from this date.
The Government assesses each export licence application against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and will not issue a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the UK’s international obligations and commitments to respect arms embargoes and sanctions. The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 include provisions for licensing military items when they are for use by the UN for peacekeeping and, or humanitarian purposes.