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90903

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General was consulted about the European Arrest Warrant issued for the parents of Ashya King.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both the police and CPS are independent of Government and save in cases which require his consent to prosecute the Attorney General has no role to play in the decision to apply to a court for a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The alleged offence in this case did not require Attorney General’s consent and he was not, therefore, consulted prior to the application for a warrant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>After the EAW had been obtained, as superintending Minister for the CPS, the Attorney General did discuss the case with the CPS; but the decision to apply to withdraw the warrant remained entirely that of the CPS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 22/09/2014 11:11:31 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

90895

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether companies providing sound effects, graphics and language translation services for use in the creation of gambling products require a licence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission’s advice note “What is gambling software?” explains that, “Where the third party is only providing part of a game, such as artwork, under the control and design specifications of Company Y, then this indicates Company Y is in control and is the entity to hold a gambling software licence whereas the third party does not” (para 4.13). This equally applies to those that provide other aspects of the overall game for example sound effects and language translation services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:30:01 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90896

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why intellectual property relating to gambling software, often owned by separate companies which in turn license that software, rather than by the direct software developers or gambling operators, remains a determinant of a gambling licence requirement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Intellectual property relating to gambling software is only one of the factors that is relevant to understanding where control of the product sits. There are also other factors that are relevant when considering who needs a gambling software licence for example who is responsible for the design and functionality of the software and what the contract says in terms of responsibilities and liabilities. One relevant activity caught by Section 41 of the Gambling Act 2005 is adaptation, and so the person who actually undertakes that adaptation will need to be licensed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby grouped question UIN HL1823 question first answered 22/09/2014 13:55:31 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90897

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why, in the light of the Gambling Commission’s guidance, a software developer owning intellectual property in gambling software requires a licence if it amends the software, whereas a gambling operator owning the intellectual property in gambling software which sub-contracts the amendment of that software to another company does not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Intellectual property relating to gambling software is only one of the factors that is relevant to understanding where control of the product sits. There are also other factors that are relevant when considering who needs a gambling software licence for example who is responsible for the design and functionality of the software and what the contract says in terms of responsibilities and liabilities. One relevant activity caught by Section 41 of the Gambling Act 2005 is adaptation, and so the person who actually undertakes that adaptation will need to be licensed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby grouped question UIN HL1822 question first answered 22/09/2014 13:55:30 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90898

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Licensing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the Gambling Commission’s guidance on licensing; and in particular whether they consider that it is clear in respect of who will need a licence and which activities will need to be licensed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission is the expert body on gambling licensing and it is for the Commission to determine the best way to achieve the desired policy outcomes and what advice and guidance it is appropriate to offer the regulated industry.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:53:29 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90899

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which provisions of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 enable the sharing of information received by the Gambling Commission with overseas regulators, where such information is not required for an overseas criminal investigation or overseas criminal proceedings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 does not affect existing position in respect of the Gambling Commission’s ability to share information with overseas regulators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:52:34 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90900

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what type of information the Gambling Commission intends to share with overseas regulators.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL1826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The type of information that the Gambling Commission may share with overseas regulators in the course of carrying out its licensing and regulatory functions will depend on the circumstances. Of course, all information is shared subject to generally applicable legal requirements such as those arising under data protection law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:51:30 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90922

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Equal Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that public authorities in England and Scotland have equivalent duties in respect of gender pay differences to those required by the Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties) (Wales) Regulations 2011.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL1848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The public sector Equality Duty (PSED), at section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), consists of a general duty which requires public bodies to consider the key aims of eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations when designing policies and delivering services. It commenced in April 2011 and applies equally across Great Britain.</p><p>The PSED is underpinned by specific duties which are set out in secondary legislation to provide a framework to help public bodies meet the general duty. England, Scotland and Wales have taken different approaches towards the specific duties. The Scottish and Welsh specific duties, which are determined by the Scottish and Welsh Governments respectively in accordance with section 153(2) and (3) of the Act, adopt a prescriptive approach that places particular requirements on public bodies in respect of equal pay. The English specific duties, which aim to increase transparency and accountability, enable more flexibility for public bodies depending on their size and functions. However, guidance issued by the Government on the English specific duties makes it clear that public bodies should consider any equal pay issues affecting their workforce when reporting on their compliance.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to change the specific duties. The Government appointed an independent Steering Group in 2012 to review how the PSED was operating. The Steering Group reported in September 2013 and concluded that it was too early to make a judgment on the overall impact of the PSED and the effectiveness of the specific duties. The Government accepted its recommendation that a further evaluation should be carried out in 2016 as more time is needed to let the legislation bed down.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:47:27 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

90905

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in free schools is spent on non-teaching staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL1831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1832 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

90906

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in academies is spent on non-teaching staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL1832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1831 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott