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662024

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Low Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year are (1) men, and (2) women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4195 HL4196 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662025

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year belong to a public sector pension scheme provided by their public sector employer.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4194 HL4196 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662026

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year and belong to public sector pension schemes are in receipt of the equivalent contribution for basic rate tax relief.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4194 HL4195 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662027

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they provide to public sector employers on the steps they should take to ensure their low-paid workers do not lose basic rate tax relief on their pension contributions, even if they are non-taxpayers; and what steps they take to inform low-paid workers about their pension contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4194 HL4195 HL4196 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662030

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: City of London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to offer early clarification to City institutions on how they will be able to operate within the European Union after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL4200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the Government will set out its position on withdrawing from the EU before Article 50 is invoked. This is consistent with providing clarity to all parties.</p><p>The Government maintains a close dialogue with market actors across the financial services industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:10:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

662041

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce a windfall tax to ensure that participants in Northern Ireland's Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme do not make super profits as a result of their tariff regime.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to introduce such a tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:13:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662089

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure value for money for the taxpayer as a result of the introduction in Northern Ireland of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Department of Finance provides the Treasury with monthly electronic returns recording the Northern Ireland Executive’s forecast spending against allocated budgets. It is the Executive’s responsibility to constrain spending within the resources available to it.</p><p> </p><p>Scrutiny arrangements in relation to devolved responsibilities, including value for money assessments of the Executive’s spending, are matters for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4258 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:08:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662090

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what supervisory measures they employ to monitor the spending plans of the Northern Ireland Executive, and in view of recent financial mismanagement allegations; what additional measures they will employ; and what steps they are taking to ensure value for money in the future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Department of Finance provides the Treasury with monthly electronic returns recording the Northern Ireland Executive’s forecast spending against allocated budgets. It is the Executive’s responsibility to constrain spending within the resources available to it.</p><p> </p><p>Scrutiny arrangements in relation to devolved responsibilities, including value for money assessments of the Executive’s spending, are matters for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4257 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:08:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662091

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have been approached by the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss ways in which the anticipated overspend of £400 million on the Executive's Renewable Heat Inventive Scheme can be alleviated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have had no such discussions with Northern Ireland Executive Ministers. It is for the Northern Ireland Executive to deal with budgetary pressures within the overall resources available to it, and to manage policy development and implementation of matters within its devolved remit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:02:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662657

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 October (HL2092), how many cases relating to failure to pay the minimum wage have been considered for criminal investigation; and how many have led to prosecutions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL4264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who believes they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) helpline on 0300 123 1100. HMRC reviews all complaints referred.</p><p> </p><p>There have been 13 successful prosecutions for NMW offences since 2007, with 4 of these in the 2016 calendar year. However, prosecutions are not necessarily the best approach in most cases. Criminal sanctions against companies mean that workers – the ultimate beneficiaries of enforcing the NMW and NLW – end up waiting longer for their lost earnings to be paid back.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:55:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham