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226282

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on bovine TB.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	227118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>I have frequent meetings with the Devolved Administrations (DA) on a wide range of matters. Defra officials have monthly meetings on bovine TB involving all the DAs which are normally attended by Chief Veterinary Officers as well as policy and veterinary staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/03/2015 12:30:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

226418

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on claimants of widowed parent's allowance of the replacement of that allowance by bereavement support payments from April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	227081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Bereavement support payments will be introduced from April 2017 for new claimants only. Existing claimants of widowed parent's allowance will remain on that benefit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/03/2015 12:25:05 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226450

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: East Lothian
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of annual housing benefit payments per applicant was in East Lothian constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
	uin	227023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Average annual amount of Housing Benefit in East Lothian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>£3,310</p></td><td><p>£3,360</p></td><td><p>£3,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>£3,490</p></td><td><p>£3,490</p></td><td><p>£3,480</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Housing Benefit data by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011.</p><p>2. Annual figures are derived using monthly statistics on the caseload and average weekly award. They represent the average amount that would be received by someone claiming for the full year.</p><p>3. Figures in 2014/15 prices are deflated using the GDP deflator series published following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/03/2015 14:14:34 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

226457

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Air Traffic Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to place a contract to implement Project Marshall.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL5579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The contract to implement Project Marshall was placed on 28 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 12/03/2015 17:05:30 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

226458

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have published, or intend to publish, the Statement of Intent regarding Enhanced Co-operation on Carrier Operations and Maritime Power Projection which was signed by the Secretary of State for Defence and the United States Secretary of Defense in January 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL5580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The document referred to was placed in the Library of the House on 2 February 2012 in response to an answer given in the House of Commons by the then Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (Peter Luff) on 1 February 2012 (Official Report, column 649W) to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 12/03/2015 17:05:07 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

225739

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	DNA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider to be the evidential consequences of the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that DNA samples can only be retained for up to a maximum of two years under certain circumstances; and whether DNA profiles provide a sufficient basis to initiate a prosecution in the absence of an actual sample.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL5509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Under the new regime relating to DNA samples introduced by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, DNA samples must normally be destroyed once a DNA profile has been derived from them, or six months after they have been taken, whichever period is shorter. Profiles are compared with existing subject and crime scene profiles held on the DNA database. If there is a match between profiles, this could form part of the prosecution evidence in a case; however, an individual cannot be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence alone. Therefore the destruction of samples will not normally affect the initiation of a prosecution. If a person is charged with an offence and disputes that a profile used in evidence was derived from a sample taken from them, and the sample has been destroyed, the police have the power to take another sample.</p><p>In the exceptional circumstance that a sample is required for disclosure as evidence under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, it is not required to be destroyed until after any proceedings have been completed.</p><p>The Government will consider carefully any court rulings which may have an implication for the policy outlined above.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/03/2015 15:50:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

225769

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	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 Northover on 4 August 2014 (HL1061), when they received the report of the feasibility study commissioned by the Government Equalities Office; and why the report has not yet been published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	uin	HL5534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We received a final copy of the report in January 2015, and its findings are currently under consideration. We will publish it as soon as we are in a position to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 12/03/2015 15:48:41 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

225778

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Service Broadcasting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish a consultation concerning broadcast retransmission fees in relation to public sector broadcasters.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL5542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department intends to consult in the near future although no date has been formally set as yet.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/03/2015 12:30:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

225780

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many personal independence payments have been claimed since introduction; how many of those claims have been processed; and, of those, how many are being paid to recipients of the disability living allowance which preceded personal independence payments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
	uin	HL5544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The requested information is in the table below. These statistics are available from the Personal Independence Payment statistics home page and will next be updated on 18 March 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Personal </strong><strong>Independence</strong><strong> Payment (PIP) claims registered, cleared and awards in payment – at </strong><strong>31 October 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP claims registered, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>669,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New claims</p></td><td><p>592,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reassessment Claims</p></td><td><p>76,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP claims cleared, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>382,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>New claims</p></td><td><p>352,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Reassessment claims</p></td><td><p>29,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All PIP awards in payment, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>New Claims</p></td><td><p>184,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong>Reassessment claims</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>Source, DWP statistical release, published 17 December 2014 and Stat-Xplore.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>Figures are for claims from people under the normal rules and special rules for those who are terminally ill.</p><p>“Reassessment claims” are claims to PIP from those who were entitled to Disability Living Allowance.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 11/03/2015 15:17:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

225859

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions rights have been registered on the Land Register through adverse possession in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	226640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Land Registry does not hold the information on the number of occasions where applications for adverse possession have been registered in the last 3 years. ‘Adverse Possessions’ fall within the general category ‘First Registrations’ which, as the name suggests, are applications for title to unregistered land.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/03/2015 16:40:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering