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1110116

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Capital Investment
	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 Sugg on 2 April (HL14685), of the £48 billion committed to investment in the rail network during Control Period 6, how much is for new (1) infrastructure, and (2) rolling stock; and what is the planned investment in HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail during the same period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL15085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The £48bn Control Period 6 funding settlement for the railway that Government announced in 2017 makes provision for the operation, maintenance and renewal of rail infrastructure between 2019 and 2024. It includes a £10.4bn provision for infrastructure enhancement projects. This is on top of new rolling stock, which is procured via separate arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>High Speed 2 (HS2) has a long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn (2015 prices). It is this government’s largest capital programme and the benefits are largely for the North.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed £52m to continue to develop Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) this year. Decisions on future investment will be considered in the Spending Review. We are working with Transport for the North on their plans for NPR. The full benefits of NPR can only be achieved by integrating it with HS2 and given the status of the projects NPR needs HS2 to be built first.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/04/2019 14:21:45 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1110692

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Western Railway: Timetables
	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 Sugg on 27 March (HL14667), what assessment they have made of whether timetable bids for later trains within the Network Rail Framework could be considered if they are approached by the franchisee, South Western Rail.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL15156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>South Western Railway has applied to Network Rail to run later services to Yeovil for the timetable change on 15 December this year. The new timetable is currently being developed through the rail industry's timetabling process led by Network Rail.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/04/2019 13:49:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1110697

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take against train operating companies that have the lowest rates of passenger satisfaction in the most recent National Rail Passenger Survey by Transport Focus, published in January.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL15161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department continually monitors passenger satisfaction with rail operators and if performance declines, we take appropriate action under the terms of our contracts. Operators are required through their Franchise Agreements to achieve challenging satisfaction targets across a range of key measures and if these targets are missed, they must invest in improvements for passengers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/04/2019 13:44:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

753937

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the duration and cost of the Chilcot Inquiry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL1083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>A number of lessons about inquiry processes were learned from the Iraq Inquiry, and government has absorbed these so that future inquiries can benefit from the experience. Government has received the report of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Iraq Inquiry, and will be responding in due course, setting out the lessons learned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

753947

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HLWS37), what steps they have taken to seek explanations from Ministers and Agency Chief Executives in (1) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (2) the Department for Education, (3) the Home Office, (4) HM Revenue and Customs, and (5) Ofwat, in the light of the Minister's response that they have failed to answer one third of the correspondence within the target set for replies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL1094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government takes seriously its responsibilities for providing timely replies to correspondence from MPs and Peers. The Departments in question are committed to improving their performance on replying to correspondence from MPs and Peers and have plans in place to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

759027

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were for the offences of (1) gross indecency, (2) attempted gross indecency, (3) buggery, and (4) attempted buggery, in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of all gross indecency and buggery offences in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003 can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of selected sexual offences, England and Wales, 1987-2003<sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Buggery</p></td><td><p>Gross Indecency and Indecency between males</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>1,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Includes the following offences: Buggery includes Sexual Offences Act 1967 Section 1(4),3(1),12, Justice and Public Order 1994 sec 143, 144.Sexual offences Act 2000 sec1. Gross Indecency and Indecency between males includes Criminal Justice and Public 1994 Sec 144, Sexual Offences(Amendment) Act 2000 Sec 1, Indecency with Children Act 1960 Sec 1.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:15:41 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764321

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many drivers were prosecuted in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016, for failure to stop after a collision.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of drivers prosecuted for offences of failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident.</p><p>The offence of failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident is created by Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 which imposes obligations on drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles who are involved in road accidents.</p><p>Although it is not possible to identify the number of <em>people</em> charged with particular offences, records are held by the CPS showing the overall number of <em>offences</em> in which a prosecution conducted by them commenced in the magistrates’ courts. The table below therefore shows the number of <em>offences</em>, rather than <em>defendants</em>, charged by way of Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 170 }</p></td><td><p>9,825</p></td><td><p>9,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should further be noted that failures to stop at the scenes of traffic accidents are specified proceedings. These are offences which the police prosecute in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered. It may also be the case that the CPS will prosecute this offence when the defendant is charged with other more serious associated offences (for example, failing to stop and dangerous driving or driving under the influence of alcohol). The figures in the table above do not include those specified cases prosecuted by the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:55:40 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764322

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Driving Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were killed or injured as a result of driving offences in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; what was the victim’s road user mode in each case; and where those statistics are reported.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>A number of offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 involve causing death by driving, or may result in injury.</p><p>While the CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of people killed or injured as a result of driving offences, or the victim’s mode of transport at the time the offence or offences were committed, the table below shows the number of <em>offences</em>, (rather than defendants) charged under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1 } <em>Causing death by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1A } <em>Causing serious injury by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 2B } <em>Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving</em></p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3A } <em>Causing death by careless driving: drink or drugs</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZB } <em>Causing death by driving: unlicensed or uninsured drivers</em></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZC } <em>Causing death by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZD } <em>Causing serious injury by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Other road traffic offences can also involve death or injury which does not form part of the charge.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:50:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764341

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Secretary of State for Justice has had with the Prison Officers' Association regarding recruitment and retention in the Prison Service, and when he next plans to meet staff representatives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL1678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Much communication has taken place between the Secretary of State and the Prison Officers’ Association through written correspondence. The Secretary of State spoke with the POA on 21 June 2017 and met with them on 29 June 2017 to discuss several important subjects, including Prison Officer recruitment and retention.</p><p> </p><p>The Prisons Minister also plans to meet with the POA on 23 October 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/10/2017 10:25:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

764342

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Termination of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison officers have left the Prison Service in the past 12 months who had (1) over five years’ service, and (2) over 10 years’ service; and what were the reasons given for their departure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL1679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>The number of band 3-5 prison officers who left the service in the 12 months to 30 June 2017 is provided in the table below. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1: Band 3-5 prison officer leavers (headcount) by length of service and reason for leaving, 12 months to June 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 5 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5-9 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10 years or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissals</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resignations</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retirements</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Retirement</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Leavers</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>605</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>943</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,770</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>The ‘Other’ category largely consists of fixed-term appointments coming to the end of their contract.</li><li>~ Denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:52:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham