I have not detected and was not aware of the timidity that the noble Lord alluded to. I am very happy to have further conversations on how we can appropriately talk with our allies and partners around the world about the work we have done.

I cannot express strongly enough my agreement with my noble friend Lord Mann on that point. This is absolutely a cross-party issue and we must work together at the national level. There is also a clear role for mayors, council leaders and councillors in supporting Jewish communities, in education and in commemorating the Holocaust, so that the crimes against Jews in Europe are never forgotten. They can also facilitate the conversations and education and the work that needs to be done across communities and civil society. This is a role for all of us, not just one political party.

"Statistics on International Development" is the official source of information on UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend. Country-level data for 2024 will be published in Statistics on International Development (SID): Final UK ODA Spend 2024 in autumn 2025.

2014, 35,611 Eritreans have claimed asylum. In the same timeframe, 26,594 were granted protection or other leave and 5,157 were refused.

Motability Operations state in their 2024 Annual Report and Accounts that there are approximately 815,000 customers on the Motability Scheme as of September 2024.

The information requested on the value of payments under the Motability Scheme by parliamentary constituency is not readily available. To provide this would incur a disproportionate cost. An indication of the value of payments for Great Britain can be found in the Motability Operation’s Annual Report and Accounts. In 2024, Motability Operations reported a rental revenue of £2,806m. This includes direct payments from lessees, and payments from organisations to Motability Operations on behalf of the lessees, including DWP, Social Security Scotland and Veterans UK.

The total value of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) by parliamentary constituency can be found (attached) in the ‘Benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency, 2010/11 to 2023/24’ tables included in the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024 - GOV.UK publication.

Navigate to the ‘PIP_(PC24)’ worksheet to view PIP expenditure figures broken down by 2024 parliamentary constituencies from 2010/11 to 2023/24.

I start by paying tribute to the 7,000-plus victims and survivors who shared their experiences and helped shape the work and focus of the inquiry. Since taking office in July, this Government have worked to deliver an ambitious programme of activity, responding to the inquiry and on child sexual abuse more broadly. As the Home Secretary announced to the House of Commons on Monday, this includes delivering a new mandatory reporting duty in the upcoming crime and policing Bill.

I am grateful to my noble friend for his comments. Victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation deserve access to appropriate support and routes to compensation. As he mentioned, the inquiry’s report gives indications of recommendations to that effect. The experience of his former constituent highlights the need for that to be a matter of urgency, and we are working at pace in government to ensure that we identify how best we can deliver against the inquiry’s recommendations.

My noble friend mentioned DBS checks, which are one of the recommendations that we are still working through and looking at. Some of those issues in relation to this House will be for the parliamentary authorities. More generally, the report was commissioned by the noble Baroness, Lady May of Maidenhead, as Home Secretary in 2015. It came through in October 2022 as a major report and it was responded to by the Government in May 2023, but no progress has taken place until July this year, and we are now starting to exercise some energy in response to those recommendations. We will bring forward recommendation responses in due course.

Conditional exemption from Inheritance Tax is available for transfers during lifetime or on death of land of outstanding scenic, historic, or scientific interest, buildings of outstanding historic or architectural interest and land protecting the setting of an outstanding building together with objects and collections of national, artistic, historic or scientific interest.

Information on how many landowners claim annually through the tax-exempt heritage assets scheme, and how much they claim each year, is not centrally collated. However, HMRC publishes annual official statistics on Inheritance Tax liabilities at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-liabilities-statistics. Table 12.2 has information on the number of estates claiming reliefs and exemptions.

I would never resist a meeting with my noble friend Lord Mann, and he can have one. I always say that it is better to have an open door than to have one kicked down.

We consistently raise human rights with the Eritrean Government through our Embassy in Asmara and during senior official visits including in June 2024 by the UK's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and The Red Sea. We also engage with the Government at the multilateral level, including at the Human Rights Council.

The British Embassy in Asmara provides consular support to British Nationals in Eritrea, alongside neighbouring countries providing remote support. As such, our case management system does not enable us to isolate all consular assistance cases from within Eritrea. However, we can isolate some cases managed in Eritrea, and the number of these is less than five. When a figure is five or less, we do not publish a breakdown which may risk identifying individuals involved. British Nationals planning to visit or already in Eritrea can visit the FCDO travel advice pages for Eritrea and sign up to email alerts.

The Home Office cannot comment on commercial arrangements that are confidential. Data on the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated is published at Gov.UK.

The Home Office’s most recent country policy and information note (CPIN) on Eritrea, which sets out our general assessment of asylum claims based on a fear of avoiding national service and leaving the country illegally, was published in September 2021. The CPIN is publicly available on GOV.UK.

We maintain a regular dialogue with European counterparts on a wide range of asylum issues.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is responsible for the development of fusion. In 2023/24 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero provided £248.3m of Grant in Aid to the UKAEA, as set out in the UKAEA’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukaea-annual-report-and-accounts-202324-hc175

Confirmation of the amount of funding for 2025/26 will be shared in due course. A Spending Review will conclude in Spring 2025 which will set budgets for 2026/27 and beyond.

The information requested is not held centrally. Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice and there is no single waiting list, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly, and may operate local waiting list arrangements. NHS dentists are required to keep their NHS.UK website profiles up to date, so that patients can find a dentist more easily. This includes information on whether they are accepting new patients.

This information is not held centrally by the Department. Tackling antisemitism in the National Health Service is essential and NHS England has already rolled out antisemitism awareness training to staff across the NHS, provided by the Antisemitism Policy Trust.

The Government is working with industry to increase the capacity of skilled workers, including those in the trade professions, to deliver its infrastructure, housing and wider built environment objectives. It is essential that all construction trades working within the built environment have the right level of skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours, as required by the Building Safety Act.

The Government has already announced the introduction of Skills England which will be crucial to providing high quality training to the next generation of construction workers to deliver the built environment we need.

We do not currently have the specific and accurate information on shortages. The Department for Business and Trade is working across Government to understand the full impacts on shortages for the construction sector and the built environment and infrastructure commitments that the Government has set out.

The department collects data on children missing education from local authorities on a voluntary basis. This includes compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education. The latest figures are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education. In autumn 2023/24, there were an estimated 33,000 children missing education, which includes adjustments made for non-response and is based on a figure of 30,400 reported by 94% of local authorities.

The Children’s Wellbeing Bill will legislate for local authority registers of children not in school. This will include a duty on parents to provide the necessary information for these registers if their child is eligible, which would improve the accuracy of data and ensure that fewer children slip under the radar when they are not in school.

Pupil absence is collected in the school census. The latest figures are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england.

The department publishes figures on the number of pupils who are persistently absent, which means missing 10% or more of possible sessions, and severely absent, which means missing 50% or more of possible sessions. In autumn 2023/24, 19.4% of pupil enrolments were persistently absent (1.4 million pupil enrolments) and 2.0% of pupil enrolments were severely absent (142,000 pupil enrolments).

It should be noted that ‘regular attendance’ is defined as having no absence, apart from absence due to attendance at a dual-registration or approved educational activity. This information is not readily available.

School level information also forms part of the pupil absence publication. Absence rates for all schools in England in autumn 2023/24 is attached. The data requested is available in the attached table.

The department collects data on children missing education from local authorities on a voluntary basis. This includes compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education. The latest figures are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education. In autumn 2023/24, there were an estimated 33,000 children missing education, which includes adjustments made for non-response and is based on a figure of 30,400 reported by 94% of local authorities.

The Children’s Wellbeing Bill will legislate for local authority registers of children not in school. This will include a duty on parents to provide the necessary information for these registers if their child is eligible, which would improve the accuracy of data and ensure that fewer children slip under the radar when they are not in school.

Pupil absence is collected in the school census. The latest figures are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england.

The department publishes figures on the number of pupils who are persistently absent, which means missing 10% or more of possible sessions, and severely absent, which means missing 50% or more of possible sessions. In autumn 2023/24, 19.4% of pupil enrolments were persistently absent (1.4 million pupil enrolments) and 2.0% of pupil enrolments were severely absent (142,000 pupil enrolments).

It should be noted that ‘regular attendance’ is defined as having no absence, apart from absence due to attendance at a dual-registration or approved educational activity. This information is not readily available.

School level information also forms part of the pupil absence publication. Absence rates for all schools in England in autumn 2023/24 is attached. The data requested is available in the attached table.