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1586009

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date	09/02/2023
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	Planning Permission: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that commuted funds in respect of planning obligations set aside under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are spent in (1) an appropriate, and (2) timely, manner and represent value for money.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Section 106 obligations are negotiated between developers and local planning authorities, and can include obligations requiring developers to pay financial contributions. Where they are used to support the grant of planning permission, section 106 obligations must comply with regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations 2010 (as amended), which states that the obligations must be necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms, must be directly related to the development, and must be fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development.</p><p>Section 106 agreements should normally include clauses stating how commuted funds will be used, and clauses that allow for their return, after an agreed period of time, where they are not used. Local authorities that receive contributions must publish Infrastructure Funding Statements annually, which set out what has been received and spent through developer contributions, providing transparency for communities.</p><p>Under the new infrastructure levy proposed in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, levels of negotiation in the system will be reduced, while retaining a constrained role for section 106 agreements. Local authorities will be required to produce infrastructure delivery strategies to illustrate how they intend to spend Levy proceeds in a timely and effective manner, such that new development is accompanied by the infrastructure that local communities need - like roads, schools, and GP surgeries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 23/02/2023 17:42:13 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1416136

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make it a criminal offence for foreign governments to channel funds in excess of a limit of £5,000 into the (1) personal, or (2) business, accounts of individual parliamentarians.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>There are rules in place to ensure that only those with a legitimate interest can make political donations. All MPs and members of political parties are regulated donees and can only accept donations of more than £500 made to them in connection with their political activities if it is from a permissible donor. Donations from individuals not on the UK electoral register, such as foreign donors, are not allowed.</p><p>In addition, Members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords must provide information on any financial or non-financial benefit which might reasonably be thought by others to influence their actions or words as Members of Parliament.</p><p>However, we know that in very rare instances, malign actors disguise their links to foreign Governments. It is, and always will be, an absolute priority to protect the UK against foreign interference. The Government has structures in place to identify foreign interference or any potential threats to democracy and, where necessary, take proportionate action to mitigate them.</p><p>As set out in the Queen’s Speech, the Government is bringing forward new Counter State Threats legislation to give the intelligence agencies and law enforcement the tools they need to tackle the diversifying and evolving threats we face.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 07/02/2022 17:32:37 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1203092

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have been released under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 12 June, 113 offenders have been released under this scheme.</p><p>Alongside the careful release of low-risk offenders, we are also implementing our compartmentalisation strategy to manage different cohorts of the prison population, working to expedite remand cases and temporarily expanding the estate through the installation of single occupancy units. This is to strike a balance between limiting the spread of COVID-19 in prisons while ensuring the public is protected. We are providing ongoing monitoring of the scheme to assess its effectiveness as one of a number of measures in place to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/06/2020 15:28:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

845401

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on personal budget holders as a consequence of the retrospective implementation of the change in guidance on the national minimum wage and national living wage for sleep-in shifts for care workers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Court and Employment Appeal Tribunal judgments have clarified, over time, what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the national minimum or living wage (NMW) is payable for sleep-in shifts. The Government recognises that cumulative financial liabilities relating to sleep-in shifts could pose challenges to some social care providers and individuals, including personal budget holders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently engaging with the social care sector to understand the impact of those liabilities and is exploring options to minimise the impact on the sector, including opening discussions with the European Commission to determine whether any support, if deemed necessary, would be subject to EU state aid rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November 2017. It aims to maintain care service provision, protect existing jobs and maximise the prospects of workers being paid arrears as soon as possible. The SCCS is open to all care sector employers, including personal budget holders and self-funders. It means that individuals affected can benefit from a certain period of time to review what is owed. In practice, where an individual is the subject of an NMW investigation, we expect local authorities to work closely with HMRC to ensure the right outcome in light of the individual’s needs where any liability is identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2018 14:18:16 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3831 label Biography information for Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

694327

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to make provision for the introduction of national or local standards to regulate the re-homing of dogs which could pose a risk to their new owners.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Many dog rehoming centres are members of the Association for Dogs &amp; Cats Homes (ADCH) which has minimum standards in regard to the responsible re-homing of dogs and cats. The Government has no proposals to introduce additional obligatory regulatory standards. I would encourage anyone thinking of acquiring a dog from a re-homing centre to approach a member of the ADCH first.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL5602 question first answered 09/03/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

448821

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the suitability of conditions at immigration detention units at airports in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The regulation of safety arrangements in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) is through the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the Operating Standards for IRCs, Detention Services Orders relating to security arrangements and the relevant sections of the contracts and service level agreements relating to security. Each IRC has a Home Office Immigration Enforcement Manager to monitor ongoing service provision.</p><p>Independent scrutiny is an important part of assurance that our removal centres are safe, secure and humane. Assessments of IRCs and holding rooms are published by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) and in the annual reports of Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB).</p><p>Home Office service improvement plans contribute to delivering continuing improvement of services in response to independent recommendations. Service improvement plans in response to HMCIP inspection reports have been publicly available on the HMCIP website for all reports published after 1 April 2015.</p><p>On 9 February 2015 my Right Honourable Friend, the Home Secretary, announced an independent review of the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons by Stephen Shaw, which included consideration of the conditions at IRCs and airport holding rooms. The Government’s position on the review was set out in the Written Ministerial Statement laid on 14 January 2016.</p><p>Current policy is clear that a number of groups of individuals, including pregnant women, the elderly, victims of torture and the mentally ill, should be detained only in very exceptional circumstances. The Government accepts Stephen Shaw’s recommendations that there should be a wider definition of those at risk, and will introduce a new “adult at risk” concept into decision-making on immigration detention, with a clear presumption that people who are at risk should not be detained, building on the existing legal framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5600 question first answered 08/02/2016 15:32:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

226479

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Robert Goodwill, on 5 March (HC225928), what evidence is currently being reviewed by the Civil Aviation Authority in respect of the possibility of genetic factors which might influence individual susceptibility to environmental toxins.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority are reviewing the issue of genetic susceptibility to toxins in the context of documents provided by Dorset Coroner’s office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 17/03/2015 12:52:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar