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638273

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Bank of England
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Bank of England should be independent of the Government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>A comprehensive Review of the Monetary Policy Framework was published in 2013, considering the benefits and costs of a number of different monetary policy frameworks. The review concluded that operational independence has helped improve credibility and accountability of monetary policy, leading to stable inflation and inflation expectations, and in turn macroeconomic stability.</p><p> </p><p>The current remit for the Monetary Policy Committee reflects the assessment set out in the 2013 Review, which reaffirms the Bank of England’s operation independence and a flexible inflation targeting framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/11/2016 17:30:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

603970

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Inflation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will explain the basis on which the inflation target for the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is set; and the circumstances in which that figure would be raised above two per cent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL2366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>A comprehensive Review of the Monetary Policy Framework was published in 2013. The current remit for the Monetary Policy Committee reflects the assessment set out in the 2013 Review, which includes retaining a flexible inflation targeting framework, with a 2 per cent symmetric inflation target. The remit also states that the MPC may allow inflation to deviate from this target temporarily in order not to cause undesirable volatility in output due to the short-term trade-offs involved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 31/10/2016 15:30:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

757330

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making it possible for citizens to make freedom of information requests to UK-based registered charities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL1315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>A small number of public authorities subject to the FOI Act are also registered as charities. Other charitable bodies do not meet the conditions for inclusion within Schedule 1 of the FOI Act. However, the Government keeps the scope of the Act under constant review.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:50:34 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

637298

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association’s submission to the Autumn Statement 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Ahead of the Autumn Statement, HM Treasury received submissions from a range of stakeholders. While it would not be appropriate to respond in detail to each individual proposals, the government did carefully consider all submissions.</p><p> </p><p>In particular the Treasury responded to calls for more to be done on housing. The Chancellor announced at the Autumn Statement that government would invest an additional £5.3bn in housing. This includes a £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund to deliver infrastructure to unlock 100,000 homes and £1.4bn to deliver 40,000 new affordable homes. Government also announced that it would relax restrictions on existing affordable housing funding to deliver a wider variety of affordable housing tenures to help people at different stages in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>Further reforms to increase housing supply will be brought forward through the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Housing White Paper, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:48:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

671907

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have advised UK political parties of the potential threat of cyber-attacks of the kind allegedly made recently by foreign security services in countries such as the USA, Sweden and Germany.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL4576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>All UK organisations are responsible for protecting their information and preventing hostile actors from acquiring that data. Political parties can, and should, take steps to ensure their systems are suitably protected. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers UK organisations access to the best cyber security advice and support. This advice, if correctly implemented, goes a long way to reducing the prospect of compromise or data loss.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/01/2017 16:17:08 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

714770

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government departments are responsible for their own procurement.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>All central government departments are responsible for their own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) provides a range of commercial services to the public sector to enable departments to achieve best value for money from their procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

605493

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Exchange Rates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the fall in the value of sterling on the UK’s indebtedness.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL2413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>All public debt issued by the UK government is denominated in pounds sterling. Therefore, any changes in the value of the currency do not affect the UK government’s indebtedness.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2016 13:14:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

637323

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 14 November (HL2994), whether they will set out in the body of their response the values in sterling asked for in the original question.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL3248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Analysis of spending in the UK shows that we expect 7% of receipts to cover rural development and the environment, 44% to cover agriculture and fisheries and 27% to cover research and development under the 2014-20 Multiannual Financial Framework. The sterling value of those receipts will depend on a number of factors, including the timing of payments and the exchange rate prevailing at that time. Over 2010-14 the average annual value of UK receipts from the EU budget was £5.6bn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:47:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

622442

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 October (HL2200), whether they will consider using a more flexible and variable approach to setting VAT and Excise duties for different goods and services to improve the nation's health and wellbeing, after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>As I stated in my answer of 25 October (HL2200), until the UK has left the EU, we will remain a member of the EU with all the rights and obligations that membership entails.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will work hard to get the best deal for Britain, including for VAT and excise, and is determined to make the most of the opportunities that are presented.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 10/11/2016 12:46:48 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

598092

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the annual tax revenues derived from business activities dependent upon membership of the European Single Market; and what is the UK's annual net contribution to the EU budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
	uin	HL2121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>As noted in the previous written answer in question (HL131), there have been no new estimates made for the impact on tax revenue since the EU referendum.</p><p> </p><p>Details of UK net contributions to the EU Budget over the period 2011-12 to 2015-16 can be found in Table C1, page 194, of the 2016 Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (Cm 9322) which was published in July. This is available in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>This table also includes the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March forecast of UK net contributions to the EU Budget for the period 2016-17 to 2019-20.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/10/2016 13:19:15 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood