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847844

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 20 February (HL5467), whether the Financial Reporting Council changed the wording after my question (HL4627) was tabled on 11 January; and why the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 1 February (HL5095) referred to a position with future effect, not the past and present position.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The fact sheet <ins class="ministerial">attached to the</ins> <del class="ministerial">placed into the Libraries of the House in</del> response <ins class="ministerial">given</ins> to question HL5095 used the word “requested” and is dated June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>My answer to question HL5095 stated the position as of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:27:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 15:35:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 44560 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

847753

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Living Wage: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127467 on living wage: mothers, whether any data is held on the earnings of women with dependent children.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	129429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2018 17:07:16 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2018 14:48:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ129429 .pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 43909 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ129429.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

847741

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals during 2015-2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	129417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to clear <del class="ministerial">a case</del><ins class="ministerial">an immigration appeal</ins> in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2016-2017 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">51</ins> weeks. The average time taken to clear a case in 2015-2016 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">35</ins> weeks.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The average clearance time, which is measured from receipt of an appeal to its conclusion, went up between 2015-16 and 2016-17 because of the Tribunal significantly reducing its outstanding caseload and clearing older cases during that period. Outstanding caseload has now reduced from 64,800 in June 2016 to 35,100 at the end of December 2017.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Immigration includes Managed Migration, Entry Clearance Officer, Human Rights, EEA Free Movement Family Visit Visa, Deportation and Deprivation of Citizenship Appeals.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Published average clearance times are not routinely broken down by appeal type and could not be provided in the time available</del>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 17:30:03 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 17:06:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 43923 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847740

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals in 2016-2017.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	129416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to clear <del class="ministerial">a case</del><ins class="ministerial">an immigration appeal</ins> in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2016-2017 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">51</ins> weeks. The average time taken to clear a case in 2015-2016 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">35</ins> weeks.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The average clearance time, which is measured from receipt of an appeal to its conclusion, went up between 2015-16 and 2016-17 because of the Tribunal significantly reducing its outstanding caseload and clearing older cases during that period. Outstanding caseload has now reduced from 64,800 in June 2016 to 35,100 at the end of December 2017.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Immigration includes Managed Migration, Entry Clearance Officer, Human Rights, EEA Free Movement Family Visit Visa, Deportation and Deprivation of Citizenship Appeals.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Published average clearance times are not routinely broken down by appeal type and could not be provided in the time available.</del></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 17:30:03 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 17:06:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 43913 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847842

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Company Accounts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for what reason, and by whose advice, the overriding true and fair view requirement of sections 226(2) and 227(3) was taken out of the Companies Act 1985 on the implementation of International Accounting Standards; why this was then reinstated as section 393 of the Companies Act 2006, and by whose advice; when section 393 of the Companies Act 2006 come into effect; and for what years that requirement was absent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Companies Act 1985 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Regulations 2004 introduced the amendments to the Companies Act 1985 needed to provide for the application of the International Accounting Standards Regulation. The regulations commenced on 1 January 2005. The Companies Act 2006 introduced section 393, which commenced on 6 April 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The 2004 regulations gave effect to the EU’s International Accounting Standards Regulation, which introduced the requirement to prepare accounts using EU adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS). The EU Regulation did not include the requirement that IAS accounts should give a “true and fair” view. The Regulation instead relies upon the fact that the framework supporting the standards requires a “fair presentation” of the company’s finances; that it does not require strict conformity with every technical accounting requirement in the accounting Directives; and that the auditor’s report should state whether the accounts give a true and fair view.</p><p> </p><p>The Companies Act 2006 consolidated the requirements of the Companies Act 1985 and the amendments to it and restated and reformed the requirements on the preparation of accounts. In line with the recommendations of the company law review following public consultation, the Companies Act 2006 introduced the “true and fair” requirement for all accounts in section 393.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to provide further explanation of the Government’s justification in 2004 for not having also included an overarching requirement that IAS accounts must give a true and fair view. It is an established convention that Minsters of one administration cannot see the documents of a previous administration. I am therefore unable to provide the information requested by the noble Baroness.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:26:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

847838

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Impact Assessments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) environmental impact assessments, (2) child rights impact assessments, (3) regulatory impact assessments, and (4) equality impact assessments, have been conducted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in each of the last two financial years; and of those, how many have resulted in published assessments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra Group FM Estates has made one environmental impact assessment in the last two years. The environmental impact assessment would have become public during the planning application process.</p><p> </p><p>To date, Defra has not carried out any Child’s Rights Impact Assessment in relation to any of its policies. Defra has not had any cases where the family test has identified impacts on the family in the last two years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of regulatory impact assessments conducted and published by calendar year is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of regulatory impact assessments conducted</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of regulatory impact assessments published</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Regulatory Impacts Assessments are required for all new primary legislation. In line with Government policy IAs for secondary legislation only need to be published where these impacts are above certain thresholds. In 2017, this threshold was increased from £1m to £5m annual net costs to business. Where a full IA is not published an explanatory memorandum explaining why impacts are expected to be below the threshold is published alongside the proposed legislation. Defra IAs are published at DefraLex - <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/defralex" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/defralex</a></p><p> </p><p>Equality impact assessments are included where relevant in the regulatory impact assessments. The number of equality impact assessments to which this applies is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/03/2018 17:10:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

847839

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Impact Assessments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) environmental impact assessments, (2) child rights impact assessments, (3) regulatory impact assessments, and (4) equality impact assessments, have been conducted by the Home Office in each of the last two financial years; and of those, how many have resulted in published assessments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/03/2018 14:53:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

847863

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered firearms owners there are in England and Wales, broken down by police force area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of Firearm certificate holders by police force area as part of the <em>‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2016/17’ </em>publication. These data can be found in the Table E1 below and at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624004/firearm-shotgun-certificates-england-wales-march-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624004/firearm-shotgun-certificates-england-wales-march-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table E1 Firearm certificate holders, shotgun certificate holders and firearm and/or shotgun certificate holders by police force area, 2016/17<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police force area</p></td><td><p>Firearm certificate holders</p></td><td><p>Shotgun certificate holders</p></td><td><p>Firearm and/or shotgun certificate holders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>2,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>2,593</p></td><td><p>5,772</p></td><td><p>6,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>3,697</p></td><td><p>8,936</p></td><td><p>9,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,407</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,428</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>2,815</p></td><td><p>11,424</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>3,284</p></td><td><p>8,631</p></td><td><p>9,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>2,203</p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td><td><p>8,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>3,076</p></td><td><p>12,045</p></td><td><p>12,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>3,512</p></td><td><p>3,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,403</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43,462</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45,341</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>3,163</p></td><td><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>10,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>6,733</p></td><td><p>18,164</p></td><td><p>18,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>2,123</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td><td><p>8,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,076</p></td><td><p>10,610</p></td><td><p>11,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,095</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47,320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49,119</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>3,421</p></td><td><p>12,275</p></td><td><p>12,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>11,433</p></td><td><p>11,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>4,076</p></td><td><p>14,215</p></td><td><p>14,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>2,623</p></td><td><p>9,973</p></td><td><p>10,208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>2,081</p></td><td><p>8,644</p></td><td><p>8,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,631</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58,092</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>3,095</p></td><td><p>13,093</p></td><td><p>13,558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>2,146</p></td><td><p>7,882</p></td><td><p>8,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>6,448</p></td><td><p>24,098</p></td><td><p>24,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,934</p></td><td><p>8,079</p></td><td><p>8,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53,152</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,078</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1,608</p></td><td><p>6,348</p></td><td><p>6,593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>3,010</p></td><td><p>12,263</p></td><td><p>12,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>4,899</p></td><td><p>18,604</p></td><td><p>19,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>2,407</p></td><td><p>10,382</p></td><td><p>10,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>5,258</p></td><td><p>21,389</p></td><td><p>21,862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>4,725</p></td><td><p>17,162</p></td><td><p>17,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,907</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86,148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88,656</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London, City of</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>4,481</p></td><td><p>25,989</p></td><td><p>27,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,484</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,087</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>5,413</p></td><td><p>21,858</p></td><td><p>22,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>20,552</p></td><td><p>21,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>3,107</p></td><td><p>12,864</p></td><td><p>13,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>6,934</p></td><td><p>21,344</p></td><td><p>22,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>6,240</p></td><td><p>26,265</p></td><td><p>27,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,184</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107,217</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>6,095</p></td><td><p>20,767</p></td><td><p>21,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>11,144</p></td><td><p>30,827</p></td><td><p>32,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>3,487</p></td><td><p>10,817</p></td><td><p>11,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>2,777</p></td><td><p>11,223</p></td><td><p>11,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>3,514</p></td><td><p>13,391</p></td><td><p>13,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87,025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90,400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ENGLAND</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>143,751</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>519,982</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>539,418</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>4,499</p></td><td><p>15,636</p></td><td><p>16,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>1,466</p></td><td><p>5,918</p></td><td><p>6,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>2,814</p></td><td><p>11,344</p></td><td><p>11,646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>2,237</p></td><td><p>6,969</p></td><td><p>7,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WALES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,867</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41,240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ENGLAND AND WALES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>154,767</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>559,849</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>580,658</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Experimental statistics published for the second time in 2016/17. These statistics should be treated with caution as they are still being developed and have not been subjected to the same levels of quality assurance as the other figures in this publication. As the Home Office continues to report on these new figures in future years, it will aim to develop its quality assurance procedures, with a view to increasing confidence in the quality of the data.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/03/2018 12:10:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ HL5840 V2.xls title Table E1
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

847862

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action have they taken to support credit unions in the last two years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting credit unions, which provide vital services to financially under-served communities and contribute to the diversity of the UK’s financial services sector. Over the last two financial years, the government has done this by:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Announcing at Autumn Budget 2017, that where a credit union’s membership conditions are based on locality, a credit union will be able to increase the number of potential members it can have to from 2 to 3 million. The legislation to make this change was laid in November 2017 and comes into force in April 2018.</p></li><li><p>Announcing at Autumn Statement 2016 that, from 2018, an existing scheme which incentivises credit union membership in communities at risk of being targeted by loan sharks, will be expanded. This uses funds recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act from convicted loan sharks.</p></li><li><p>Contributing £600,000 to an initiative developed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Young Enterprise, to start savings clubs in primary schools and educate young children in the benefits of saving. Lifesavers works with local credit unions to help run savings clubs with schoolchildren, and is currently being piloted in six primary schools.</p></li><li><p>Providing funding for the Credit Union Expansion Project, delivered by the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd, with an aim to modernise and grow the sector. Over the past year, credit unions with a total membership of 16,500 have begun using an online banking platform provided by this project.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/03/2018 13:05:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

847859

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to combat attacks on livestock.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL5836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that livestock worrying is distressing for farmers and animals and can have serious financial repercussions. It is already a criminal offence for a dog to worry livestock and owners can be fined up to £1000. Defra has been working with community organisations including Sheepwatch, and with police forces to highlight the support available, encourage farmers to report incidents to the authorities and for the police to take appropriate action. We have also issued clear guidance in our Dog Welfare code about the importance of dog owners keeping their dog on a lead near livestock and prevent it escaping from their property.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/03/2018 12:30:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley