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62822

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how long records are retained from the electronic scanning of passports of persons (1) arriving in, and (2) departing from, the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is longstanding policy not to disclose details of records which may be held in relation to arrivals in and departures from the United Kingdom, as to do so would not be in the interests of border and national security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 12:04:56 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62478

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Category A prisoners have escaped in each of the last 10 years; and how long after the escape each was recaptured or how long each such uncaptured prisoner has been at large.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Category A escapes remain extremely rare occurrences. The table below provides details of the two Category A escapes that have occurred in the last 10 years; both have been recaptured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Category A Escape occurring between April 2002 and March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Category A escapers</p></td><td><p>Days spent unlawfully at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>418<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0<sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Neither prisoner escaped from a prison establishment.</p><p><sup>(1) </sup>This prisoner escaped from prison contractor transport, through force of arms.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>This prisoner escaped from the witness box during a court hearing and was recaptured in less than 1 hour.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL409 question first answered 02/07/2014 16:44:19 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62481

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Land Registry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dwellings have had their prices or values recorded at the Land Registry since 1 April 2000; and what proportion of all dwellings now have a transaction price or value recorded with the Land Registry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>Land Registry holds information on 23.9m title numbers. Title numbers are made up of residential properties, commercial properties and areas of land.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Price paid entries on the register were introduced on 1 April 1990 and since then 13.4m title numbers have at some point had a price paid entry on the register.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>From 1 January 1995 Land Registry also recorded information relating to11.8m residential properties sold for full market value. This equates to 49.8% of residential properties having a transaction price or value stated recorded.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/06/2014 11:59:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62480

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have absconded or escaped from each of Her Majesty's prisons or other custodial establishments in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Category A escapes remain extremely rare occurrences. The table below provides details of the two Category A escapes that have occurred in the last 10 years; both have been recaptured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Category A Escape occurring between April 2002 and March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Category A escapers</p></td><td><p>Days spent unlawfully at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>418<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0<sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Neither prisoner escaped from a prison establishment.</p><p><sup>(1) </sup>This prisoner escaped from prison contractor transport, through force of arms.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>This prisoner escaped from the witness box during a court hearing and was recaptured in less than 1 hour.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of improved risk assessment procedures the number of prisoners absconding from open prisons has reduced significantly over the last 10 years. There were 225 absconds in 2013-14 compared to 1,301 in 2003-04.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225234/prison-performance-digest-12-13.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL407 question first answered 02/07/2014 16:44:20 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62477

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define affordable housing in terms of (1) maximum proportion of after-tax income of those on average earnings needed to pay rent, and (2) multiple of gross income needed to buy a house.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not define affordable housing in those terms. The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (sections 68 – 70) defines social housing as low cost rental accommodation and low cost home ownership accommodation. In the Act, a low cost rent is simply defined as below the market rate. Low cost home ownership is defined by its availability for occupation on a shared ownership or equity percentage basis. This provides flexibility to support a range of people with different housing needs through our affordable housing programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For planning purposes, the definition set out in the National Planning Policy Framework is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“ Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.“</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 30/06/2014 12:37:21 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

77304

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Journalism: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances freelance journalists are required by virtue of their occupation to register with the Information Commissioner.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL1038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 1998 requires data controllers to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), unless they are exempt. A data controller is the person who determines why and how personal data will be processed and is normally an organisation but can be an individual, for example a sole trader or freelance journalist. The ICO’s website contains further guidance on who is required to register and the exemptions that apply. <a href="http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/registration" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/registration</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/07/2014 13:21:39 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

65833

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the introduction of the e-borders system in the United Kingdom; and when they expect the system to be fully operational.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is currently unable to confirm the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the e-borders system, but we will be able to do this once the binding arbitration following the termination of the contract with Raytheon Systems Limited is complete.<br><br>The work of e-borders has been absorbed into the Border Systems Programme. By the end of this Parliament, Border Systems will:<br><br>• Develop replacement primary border security systems <br>• Deliver exit checks<br>• Improve resilience of all current business critical systems<br>• Increase Advance Passenger Information coverage<br>• Complete implementation of second generation e-Gates</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 15/07/2014 13:42:53 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

44244

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected timetable from now until completion of the nuclear power stations which they have authorised at (1) Hinkley Point, and (2) Sizewell.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL6193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>EDF's current aim is for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to begin generating electricity in 2023. The UK Government and EDF Group reached commercial agreement on the key terms of a proposed investment contract for the Hinkley Point C, details of which were published on 21 October 2013. Furthermore, the publication of the Opening Decision on the Hinkley Point C State aid case by the European Commission is another important step forward in the consideration of the case and an investigation is a standard part of the State aid process for cases like Hinkley. The Commission have opened a public consultation on 7<sup>th</sup> March 2014 on their Opening Decision and Government welcome all to participate in this.</p><p> </p><p>No date has been set for Sizewell C to begin generating electricity. But EDF completed last year the first stage of the local consultation which is necessary before an application for development consent can be made.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62821

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of passengers (1) departing from, and (2) arriving in the United Kingdom by (a) air, (b) rail, and (c) sea, have their passports scanned electronically.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force officers at the Primary Checkpoint (immigration control) scan passports electronically and complete other checks on all arriving passengers seeking admission or leave to enter the UK in accordance with the Border Force Operating Mandate. Border Force officers perform in-person exit controls on passengers departing the UK on an intelligence-led basis in accordance with the Border Force Operating Mandate. Where Border Force officers carry out in-person exit controls they may check and scan a passenger's passport electronically as well as completing other checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 12:04:34 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

65831

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Andrew Mitchell
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Metropolitan Police Service expect to complete their investigation into the incident at the Downing Street gates on 19 September 2012 involving the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell and a police officer; and whether the misconduct proceedings in relation to the incident have been completed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the investigation and the misconduct proceedings are complete.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 09/07/2014 12:46:05 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford