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1691879

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date	26/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to implementing a windfall tax on the excess profits of UK banks.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Banks already face an additional rate of tax on their profits in the form of the Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge – meaning they pay 3 percentage points more on their profits (28%) than most other businesses (25%). This is in addition to a charge on the largest banks’ balance sheets in the form of the Bank Levy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/03/2024 12:18:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1690977

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Fujitsu
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to investigate whether Fujitsu staff had unauthorised access to the Post Office’s Horizon software system; and, if so, whether there have been any alleged cases of fraud or theft of Post Office funds by Fujitsu staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The independent Post Office Horizon Inquiry was set up – and put on a statutory footing - to review all the evidence to establish a clear account of the implementation and failings of Horizon so that a scandal like this does not happen again.</p><p>Until Sir Wyn’s work is completed, and all the evidence is known, it would be premature for me to comment on every aspect of this scandal alongside this inquiry which is there to get to the bottom of the facts.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 06/03/2024 12:04:57 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688927

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the expected cost of HS2, and what assessment they have made of whether this represents good value for money.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The most recent cost assessment of the HS2 programme was published in November 2023 through the six-monthly update to Parliament. The Department will provide a Value for Money assessment via an update to the Phase One Business Case, due in the course of 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 20/02/2024 12:55:34 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688928

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Property Development: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the incentives required to encourage housing developers to join a voluntary energy-use monitoring scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.</p><p>We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.</p><p>We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2508 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:49:10 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688929

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce mandatory energy performance testing for new homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.</p><p>We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.</p><p>We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2507 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:49:10 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688772

registered interest
date	09/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to mitigate the rising cost of insurance for electric and hybrid vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance.</p><p>It is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene or seek to control the market.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department will continue to engage with motor insurance stakeholders to understand the challenges facing motor insurance providers and any potential solutions. The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly, and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority rules.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 20/02/2024 12:48:19 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1685368

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to stop managing agents charging leaseholders excessive commission charges for renewing buildings insurance.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill seeks to ban the placer of insurance on residential leasehold properties from receiving any form of commission that is passed on to leaseholders as a cost. Instead, costs relating to the placement and management of buildings insurance will be issued through a transparent handling fee, proportionate to the value of the work done. The detail will be set out in affirmative secondary legislation.</p><p>Transparency reforms within the Bill will require the placer of insurance to disclose information about their decision-making process when purchasing buildings insurance on behalf of leaseholders. These measures will support responsible, transparent, and accountable sourcing of buildings insurance for leaseholders of multi-occupancy buildings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/02/2024 14:10:23 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1685369

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in the light of current cost increases, they intend to review the business case for HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>Work has begun on an updated Business Case for the HS2 programme. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 09/02/2024 12:38:07 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681420

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will specify (1) the deferment rate, and (2) the rate for discounting future ground rent schemes, in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1486 HL1488 HL1489 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681421

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set the deferment rate in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill to 5 per cent or greater.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1486 HL1487 HL1489 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott