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Lords HL208
To ask His Majesty's Government how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants are expected to qualify for the higher rate of the limited capacity for work and work-related activity provision under the severe conditions criteria.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-06-03
The requested information is in the table below. 2026/272027/282028/292029/30Total severe conditions criteria protected from reassessments170,000180,000190,000200,000Source: Universal Credit Rebal...
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Lords HL282
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with businesses and consumer groups to gather statistics on the number of UK citizens affected by online fraud.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Moraes
Lord Moraes
Lab
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-06-02
According to the Office for National Statistics, there were an estimated 4.16 million incidents of fraud against adults in England and Wales, across 3.4 million victims in the year ending March 202...
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Lords HL281
To ask His Majesty's Government what statistics they produce on the number of UK citizens who are victims of online fraud originating (1) within the UK, and (2) outside of the UK.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Moraes
Lord Moraes
Lab
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-06-02
According to the Office for National Statistics, there were an estimated 4.16 million incidents of fraud against adults in England and Wales, across 3.4 million victims in the year ending March 202...
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Lords HL290
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide to those retraining, particularly for workers moving from other industries to the clean economy.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Baroness Redfern
Baroness Redfern
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-06-02
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) provides a range of support to help people retrain and move into growing sectors, including the clean economy. Jobcentre Plus offers tailored employment s...
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Lords HL209
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people in the past year were considered as having (1) limited capability for work, or (2) limited capacity for work and work-related activity due to pregnancy risks, broken down by whether they received (a)...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-06-02
The requested information for Universal Credit (UC) and New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is provided in the table below. Please note that Pregnancy risk cases are only recorded for ...
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Lords HL217
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Sudan and international partners about ensuring that Coptic Christian communities are able to worship and rebuild places of worship, following reports that a loc...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Moylan
Lord Moylan
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-06-02
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2 in the House of Commons - which for ease of reference is reproduced below:The UK continues to use our position as p...
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Lords HL293
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of withdrawing funding for Orbex on the UK's satellite launch capabilities and employment in the aerospace sector.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Risby
Lord Risby
Con
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-06-02
The UK did not withhold ESA funding from Orbex. The UK subscribed c.£162m to ESA launch programmes in November 2025 and allocated the maximum possible amount of funding to Orbex as per European Spa...
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Lords HL292
To ask His Majesty's Government what funding options they considered when evaluating whether to withdraw funding for Orbex.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Risby
Lord Risby
Con
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-06-02
The UK did not withhold ESA funding from Orbex. The UK subscribed c.£162m to ESA launch programmes in November 2025 and allocated the maximum possible amount of funding to Orbex as per European Spa...
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Lords HL291
To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason they withdrew funding to Orbex to develop a UK-based satellite delivery system.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Risby
Lord Risby
Con
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-06-02
The UK did not withhold ESA funding from Orbex. The UK subscribed c.£162m to ESA launch programmes in November 2025 and allocated the maximum possible amount of funding to Orbex as per European Spa...
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Lords HL199
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Egypt on the use of blasphemy provisions and restrictions on religious conversion, particularly in relation to Christian converts and Coptic Christians.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-06-02
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 27 April in response to Question HL16168.
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Lords HL327
To ask His Majesty's Government how many business rate challenges relating to rateable values on the draft or final 2026 rating list have been submitted to the Valuation Office Agency in England; and how many have progressed to the Valuation Tribu...
Tabled: 2026-05-20
Lord Jamieson
Lord Jamieson
Con
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-06-02
If a ratepayer disagrees with their property’s rateable value, they can challenge it using the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) service. Once a ratepayer receives the outcome of their Check case, whi...
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Lords HL183
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support adult retraining in heritage building crafts through extending National Insurance relief or similar schemes to ensure such career paths are accessible to all demographics.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness Freeman of Steventon
Baroness Freeman of Steventon
XB
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-06-02
The Government has no current plans to extend National Insurance relief, or introduce similar schemes, specifically to support adult retraining in heritage building crafts. The Government keeps all...
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Lords HL182
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 28 April (HL16450) and the Written Answer by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 29 April (HL16530), how much the UK gave to the Commonwealth Telecommunicat...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Clement-Jones
Lord Clement-Jones
LD
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-06-02
The figures are set out below:Financial YearUK MembershipContribution% of Budget2000-01£600,00019.02005-06£20,0000.72010-11£20,0001.02015-16£20,0000.82020-21£25,0001.12025-26£35,0002.3
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Lords HL188
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set up an independent review of the Security Industry Authority’s prosecution of Jamie Bryson, in particular with regard to the conduct of the Security Industry Authority and the public money sp...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness Hoey
Baroness Hoey
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-06-02
The SIA is an operationally independent arm’s length body, responsible for the service it provides, including how it manages its private prosecutions.The organisation is already accountable to Parl...
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Lords HL187
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the acquittal of Jamie Bryson on 2 May 2025 by the Belfast Magistrates Court, what assessment they have made of the conduct of the Security Industry Authority in that prosecution; and what assessment they...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness Hoey
Baroness Hoey
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-06-02
The SIA is an operationally independent arm’s length body, responsible for the service it provides, including how it manages its private prosecutions.The organisation is already accountable to Parl...
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