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747344

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1670139

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 March 2022 where she stated that they reserve the right to introduce legislation for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting "at a future point, if and when the reporting tools are sufficiently developed, effective in driving positive change and accessible to more businesses" (HL Deb col 722), whether they still remain open to doing so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government published guidance in April which sets out how employers can measure, report on, and address any unfair ethnicity pay gaps within their workforce. This was an action from our ambitious Inclusive Britain strategy, published in March 2022.</p><p>We have no plans to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting. Instead, we want to encourage and support employers who want to use ethnicity pay reporting to improve transparency and build trust among their employees. We are engaging with employers and representative bodies to promote the new guidance. We will also seek case studies from those that are already reporting on their ethnicity pay data, so that others can benefit from their experience.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gascoigne question first answered 29/11/2023 16:45:13 answering member 4986 label Biography information for Lord Gascoigne
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

1315033

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve technical visa access for fintech services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>At the 2021 budget and in Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth the government announced a set of targeted high skilled visa reforms to build on the new points-based immigration system to create an internationally competitive visa system for high skilled, globally mobile talent from around the world.</p><p>This included creating a new fast-track visa process for UK scale-ups, including fintech services, to recruit high-skilled migrants. Those with a job offer at the required skills level from a recognised UK scale-up will be able to qualify for a fast-track visa. The government is continuing to work closely with industry representatives and businesses to build this new route. We will provide further details on the scale-up visa by July and the route will launch by March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to our plans for high-skilled visas the government will continue to implement reforms to streamline and simplify the sponsorship system. The government has already taken significant steps to reform the system and we will publish a delivery roadmap in the summer setting out our plans for further reforms. These changes will benefit business across the UK and in all sectors.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/05/2021 14:55:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

348842

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Scottish Government, Northern Ireland Executive or Welsh Government can pass an annual budget that includes spending limits higher than the anticipated income to those devolved administrations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The processes around setting annual budgets to fund public services within the devolved competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly reflect the specific arrangements set out in both legislation passed by Parliament, and by each of the devolved legislatures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury sets annual control totals for each of the devolved administrations which inform the level of funding Parliament is asked to make available to each of the Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Consolidated Funds. The Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Offices can only release cash into the devolved Consolidated Funds up to the level approved by Parliament in the relevant Supply Estimate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/06/2015 16:35:35 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

61552

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with their European partners with regard to listing Israeli settler groups such as Hilltop Youth as terrorist groups, following the United States State Department's description of recent settler acts of violence as terrorist incidents.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.<br><br>A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000, and it must be proportionate. <br><br>The list of proscribed terrorist organisations can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 23/06/2014 12:58:55 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

521464

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Occupational Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were employed in the NHS in England last year; how many (1) left, and (2) joined, the NHS in that period, and of those who (1) left, and (2) joined, how many were not UK citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Radice
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Annual data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) shows that in September 2015, there were 1,151,138 people employed in the National Health Service in England. In the period between September 2014 and September 2015 there were 136,168 leavers and 155,326 joiners.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many leavers and joiners were not United Kingdom citizens is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 07/06/2016 11:28:09 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice

1463846

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Agricultural Products
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when negotiations will resume with the European Commission regarding Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Veterinary Arrangements and the Customs Code as part of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Foreign Secretary, as UK Co-chair of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee, and her predecessor Lord Frost met their EU counterpart, Vice President Maroš Šefčovič on 26 occasions since September 2021 to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol. This also includes one meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on 21 February 2022. These discussions were supported by approximately 300 hours of negotiations over 6 months by UK and EU officials, covering sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS), customs, VAT and excise, goods, subsidy control, medicines, and governance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have engaged in negotiations with the European Union in good faith. After almost two years of negotiations, we are asking the Commission to go back to Member States for a new mandate, that would provide the flexibility to fix the current issues facing the people of Northern Ireland.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our preference is for a negotiated outcome - but we cannot wait to fix the issues facing the people of Northern Ireland. We will take steps to stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland and bring parity to everyone living in the UK, but we remain open to further talks if we can fix the issues with the Protocol through a negotiated settlement. Meanwhile, the legislation we will bring forward will fix the domestic impact of the Protocol, stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland and form an executive - protecting the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement - without undermining the integrity of either the EU or the UK's single market.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/06/2022 14:56:18 question first ministerially corrected 07/06/2022 16:04:33 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 4818 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1170174

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Tree Planting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many trees have been planted in (1) England, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales, in each of the last three years; and what were the respective acreages of (a) replanting of existing woodlands, and (b) new afforestation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics on woodland planting and restocking by area, but not by tree numbers, in the UK. These are Official Statistics produced to meet the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Woodland area statistics can be found on the Forest Research website together with background information at: <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/</a></p><p> </p><p>The area of new planting (woodland creation) and publicly funded restocking for each country in each of the last three years, taken from the published statistics, which report in hectares, is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Woodland Area (thousands of hectares)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (ending 31/3)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New planting</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Restocking</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.15</p></td><td><p>3.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.50</p></td><td><p>2.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.42</p></td><td><p>1.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0.40</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>0.24</p></td><td><p>1.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>0.52</p></td><td><p>1.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>4.76</p></td><td><p>11.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>7.14</p></td><td><p>9.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>11.21</p></td><td><p>11.19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Publicly funded restocking is defined in the statistics as restocking of Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales Forest Service Woodlands and grant aided restocking of private sector woodland. This means that the level of restocking is under-reported in these statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 21/01/2020 13:09:39 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1151684

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Joint Understanding between the Department for Education and the Independent Schools Council is supporting the raising of educational standards in state schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The government’s joint understanding with the Independent Schools Council (ISC) encourages more independent schools to work in partnership with state-funded schools across the 4 key areas of: governance, teaching, curriculum and targeted school improvement. These 4 areas have been identified as key to raising standards across the education system. The department is supporting the growth of partnerships across these 4 areas through a dedicated unit.</p><p>The 2019 ISC census shows that there are 1,142 ISC schools in the UK involved in partnerships with state schools - equating to 84% of ISC schools. Those schools reported 11,466 separate partnerships, compared with 10,553 before the joint understanding was agreed in 2018.</p><p>The department welcomes a reported shift in the census towards higher impact activities, such as staff secondments, mixed lessons, and other academically-significant endeavours, as well as an increase in members of independent school staff serving as governors of state schools. These trends are to be welcomed for their ability to raise educational standards across the system.</p><p>Consistent with the joint understanding, the department is now calling for bids for its cross-sector partnerships grant. The grant aims to raise the ambition for what schools can achieve together, and to remove a key financial barrier to new high-impact, sustainable, and mutually beneficial partnerships forming. It is designed to attract bids from both new partnerships that may benefit from seed funding, as well as existing partnerships looking to deepen and expand their collaborations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2019 17:54:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey