My Lords, the UK Government are committed to securing agreement to a global treaty on plastic pollution when the negotiations resume in August 2025. At the UN Ocean Conference in June, the UK joined over 95 signatories of the Nice wake-up call statement to demonstrate support for an ambitious treaty. We are working with other countries, including allies in the High Ambition Coalition, to develop text options to facilitate an agreement.

We are working closely with NHS England and local integrated care boards (ICBs) to deliver eating disorder services but ultimately it is for ICBs to decide how they choose to implement and report on patient safety frameworks and strategies in eating disorder services.

The Department of Health and Social Care have worked with NHS England to produce various guidance for integrated care systems to plan and deliver eating disorder services, and to provide treatment for patients with longstanding eating disorders.

NHS England published guidance in 2019 for adult eating disorder services, to support delivery of community eating disorder services, reduce admissions, length-of-stay and improve outcomes for users, families and carers. A revised service specification for Adult Eating Disorder inpatient provision has just been through public consultation, and following a review of the comments received will progress to publication in 2025.

In addition to these guidance, all Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have received support via fair shares funding since April 2021 to transform their adult community mental health services. This includes the transformation and expansion of eating disorder services.

The Department has worked with NHS England to produce various guidance for integrated care systems (ICSs) to plan and deliver eating disorder services, and to provide treatment for patients with longstanding eating disorders.

NHS England published guidance in 2019 for adult eating disorder services, to support delivery of community eating disorder services, reduce admissions, length-of-stay and improve outcomes for users, families and carers. A revised service specification for Adult Eating Disorder inpatient provision has just been through public consultation, and following a review of the comments received will progress to publication in 2025.

NHS England is currently producing new national guidance for eating disorders in children and young people, to update and replace the previous commissioning guidance for the Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder.

NHS England also worked with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to produce guidance on managing medical emergencies in eating disorders amongst young people and adults.

ICSs also have access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines which sets out best practice for commissioners and providers for identifying and treating eating disorders.

In addition to this guidance, all ICSs have received support via fair shares funding since April 2021 to transform their adult community mental health services. This includes the transformation and expansion of eating disorder services. For children and young people, additional long term plan funding was made available for systems, rising to £54 million from 2023/24 and with further funding in 2024/25 to support increasing capacity in community eating disorder services.

The Department has worked with NHS England to produce various guidance for integrated care systems (ICSs) to plan and deliver eating disorder services, and to provide treatment for patients with longstanding eating disorders.

NHS England published guidance in 2019 for adult eating disorder services, to support delivery of community eating disorder services, reduce admissions, length-of-stay and improve outcomes for users, families and carers. A revised service specification for Adult Eating Disorder inpatient provision has just been through public consultation, and following a review of the comments received will progress to publication in 2025.

NHS England is currently producing new national guidance for eating disorders in children and young people, to update and replace the previous commissioning guidance for the Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder.

NHS England also worked with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to produce guidance on managing medical emergencies in eating disorders amongst young people and adults.

ICSs also have access to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines which sets out best practice for commissioners and providers for identifying and treating eating disorders.

In addition to this guidance, all ICSs have received support via fair shares funding since April 2021 to transform their adult community mental health services. This includes the transformation and expansion of eating disorder services. For children and young people, additional long term plan funding was made available for systems, rising to £54 million from 2023/24 and with further funding in 2024/25 to support increasing capacity in community eating disorder services.

The following table shows the number of inpatient beds for eating disorder patients:

Source: NHS England

Notes: The data provided represents the total number of commissioned beds for CAMHS Eating Disorder and Adult Eating Disorder services. The figures are broken down by region and include any beds commissioned outside of England.

The information requested is held by NHS England, but it is management information and is not centrally validated.

Legislation requiring large businesses in England, namely those with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022. It aims to support consumers to make healthier choices for themselves and their families when eating out or getting a takeaway, with clear information about calorie content of potential purchases. It may also encourage businesses to reformulate and provide lower calorie options, helping to create a healthier food environment.

The published impact assessment, which included a summary of the evidence, estimated that by lowering calorie consumption amongst people living with overweight or obesity, the policy would produce savings to the National Health Service of £430 million and social care savings of £477 million over 25 years.

We continue to evaluate the impact of the Out of Home Calorie Labelling Regulations and have commissioned studies through the National Institute for Health and Care Research which includes an evaluation to understand the impact of the rules, including on people living with eating disorders.

We will publish a post-implementation review within five years of implementation which will consider the effectiveness of the policy and will include a review of relevant scientific studies.

Legislation requiring large businesses in England, namely those with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022. It aims to support consumers to make healthier choices for themselves and their families when eating out or getting a takeaway, with clear information about calorie content of potential purchases. It may also encourage businesses to reformulate and provide lower calorie options, helping to create a healthier food environment.

The published impact assessment, which included a summary of the evidence, estimated that by lowering calorie consumption amongst people living with overweight or obesity, the policy would produce savings to the National Health Service of £430 million and social care savings of £477 million over 25 years.

We continue to evaluate the impact of the Out of Home Calorie Labelling Regulations and have commissioned studies through the National Institute for Health and Care Research which includes an evaluation to understand the impact of the rules, including on people living with eating disorders.

We will publish a post-implementation review within five years of implementation which will consider the effectiveness of the policy and will include a review of relevant scientific studies.

My Lords, it is almost nine months

since biodiversity net gain became mandatory for most developments. We are pleased to see stakeholders embracing this opportunity to deliver much-needed development while improving the environment at the same time. Officials are monitoring implementation closely and engaging with sectors, including developers and local authorities. We have updated guidance to provide clarification on areas of concern and will continue to refine the policy to ensure that it achieves intended outcomes.

The Prime Minister and many Cabinet members are entitled to protection; this service is provided by the Metropolitan Police. One member has their own arrangement for transport with a private hire company. The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cars they are provided with.

The Government Car Service (GCS) provides a Departmental Pool Car service to Departments as a shared resource. The remaining members that attend Cabinet will have access to cars provided by GCS including battery electric and petrol electric hybrid models.

The following table shows the information requested on specialised inpatient beds for eating disorder patients:

Source: NHS England

Notes:

1. ‘Children and young people’ does not include admissions into wider children and young people’s mental health inpatient units as required and reflecting the needs of the young person.
2. The children and adolescent mental health services eating disorder figures are as of June 2023 and the adult eating disorder figures are as of March 2021.

Defra’s consultation on food and catering policy sought views on a number of proposals to update the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services. This included ways of meeting the Government’s manifesto commitment encouraging the public sector to procure British food to support the environment, animal welfare and our farmers. We will publish the consultation findings, alongside updated standards and guidance later this year. Whilst it is too soon to pre-empt any specific findings at this stage, the final policy will be compliant with the Government’s domestic and international obligations, including under the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Government Procurement.

The consultation on public sector food and catering policy attracted a wide range of responses, and we are considering the impact of this feedback on our initial proposals. We will publish the consultation findings, alongside updated standards and guidance later this year, to showcase sustainable, high welfare, quality produce consumed in the public sector.

Disposable vapes are considered to be electrical products and fall within scope of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations. Businesses placing more than 5 tonnes of disposable vapes onto the UK market have a financial obligation to fund the collection and recycling of waste disposable vapes. The regulations also set minimum recycling targets for waste electrical equipment. We will shortly be consulting on reviewing these regulations with a view to introducing measures aimed at driving up levels of collections of waste electricals, including vapes, to ensure more of these products are properly recycled.

The UK is committed to building consensus to ensure international shipping keeps pace with the Paris goal of 1.5°C degrees and is championing a 2050 target of zero emissions.

While we cannot provide specific comment on success criteria during ongoing negotiations, the UK is working to ensure the Marine Environment Protection Committee agrees a strengthened revision of the 2018 IMO greenhouse gas reduction strategy this July.

In 2021, the UK delayed the implementation of the UK MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Emissions) regime, to allow time to establish a new UK digital system for reporting maritime CO2 emissions data. Since January 2022, ship operators have been required to collect and verify their emissions data, to be reported once the new system is operational.

The reforms explored in the Nature Recovery Green Paper have fed into the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), our delivery plan for protecting nature. A summary of responses to the Green Paper will be published separately.

Any substantive changes to the legislative framework governing protected site designations, which includes both European sites and SSSIs, would require legislation and therefore follow normal parliamentary process and scrutiny.

My Lords, we are committed to ensuring that everyone with an eating disorder has access to timely treatment based on clinical need. Under the NHS long-term plan 2023-24, we will invest almost £1 billion extra in community mental health care for adults with severe mental illness, including eating disorders. Since 2016, investment in children’s and young people’s community eating disorder services has risen every year, with an extra £35 million per year from 2021-22.

The UK Government is committed to protecting 30% of land and sea in the UK by 2030 (30by30). We consulted on our approach to 30by30 in the Nature Recovery Green Paper and will respond in due course.

Defra is in the process of confirming the full list of retained EU law (REUL) held by the Department. Until this work is complete, it is not possible to provide precise figures on Defra’s REUL. Defra will continue to publish new REUL to the public dashboard which will be regularly updated.