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	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether deferred Air Passenger Duty relief is congruent with state aid and competition rules.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced on 14 January, HM Treasury is undertaking a review of Air Passenger Duty to ensure regional connectivity is strengthened while meeting the UK’s climate change commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and uses a range of levers at its disposal, including spending, taxation and regulatory policy, to meet its climate and environmental objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The actions that the Government has taken are fully compliant with State Aid rules.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 28/01/2020 12:11:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1167879

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all tobacco product packaging, including cigarette filters, will be subject to their proposed tax on plastic packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>As announced at Budget 2018, from April 2022 the government will be introducing a new tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>In spring 2019, the government consulted on the high level design of the tax and a summary of responses was published in July. These responses are being used to inform the detailed design of the tax including the definition of packaging, which will be included in legislation that is due to be introduced next year. Where tobacco product packaging, cigarette filters, e-cigarettes and other vaping related products meet the definition of plastic packaging, and contain insufficient recycled plastic, they will be subject to the tax.</p><p> </p><p>The government has made no specific assessment of the impact of litter caused by vaping. Litter specifically associated with vaping has never appeared in the top 20 litter types, according to independent national surveys carried out by Keep Britain Tidy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 05/11/2019 16:28:50 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield

63798

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what system is in place between the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service to monitor progress in implementing improvements identified in reports of HM Inspector of Prisons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>HMP Winchester has improved its performance since the last inspection, but the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) accepts there is more to do. NOMS will use the recommendations from HM Inspectorate of Prisons' (HMIP) report published on 24 June to drive forward further improvements within the next 12 months. As with all inspection reports, NOMS will now produce an action plan in response to the recommendations made in the report.</p><p> </p><p>I will therefore write to the noble Lord with details of the response to HMIP's recommendations once the action plan has been sent to the Chief Inspector.</p><p>(<strong>HL581)</strong></p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) carefully considers the findings of all HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) reports. Action plans responding to the recommendations made in each report are provided to HMIP within six months of publication. NOMS Deputy Directors of Custody are then responsible for overseeing the progress of implementing accepted recommendations within the prisons in their region, with heads of policy monitoring the progress of nationally agreed actions.</p><p><strong> (HL582)</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:29:01 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham