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451095

	published
	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on income tax assignment to local government in England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
	uin	903520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to giving local areas more control over their own resources. By 2020, local government will retain 100 per cent of business rates revenue, up from 50 per cent now.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/02/2016 17:37:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

451096

	published
	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support smaller building firms in building high-quality new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	903523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>We have put in place a number of initiatives to help smaller builders to build more homes and grow their businesses including the Housing Growth Fund and Builders’ Finance Fund. A new £1 billion short-term housing development fund, announced at Autumn Statement, will be launched in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/02/2016 17:38:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

451097

	published
	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to tackle homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	903519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is clear one person without a home is one too many. Despite the need to take tough financial decisions we have increased central funding for homelessness programmes to £139 million over the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/02/2016 17:36:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

451108

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an EEA national residing in the UK who wished to bring a non-EU spouse into the country would, under the draft Decision by the European Council published on 2 February, have to meet the requirements for salary, and the spouse the conditions for language, as are required of a British citizen and set out under part 8 of the UK Immigration Rules.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>This is still a matter for negotiation. The European Commission has proposed bringing forward a legislative proposal to reverse the Metock judgment and prevent non-EU nationals from acquiring free movement rights simply by marrying an EU national. Instead, they will be subject to the domestic immigration controls of the first Member State they enter. In the UK, this means that they will need to meet language and income requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2016 09:55:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451109

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether, were the UK to leave the EU, they would be obliged to consider the case of an applicant for asylum who was known to have arrived directly from a safe country; and if so, as a result of which treaty or instrument.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong>EU negotiations are ongoing and the UK is engaging with European partners to reach a positive outcome.</p><p>The Government firmly supports the well-established principle that those seeking international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, a principle reflected within the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>We are cooperating fully with the EU Commission’s review of the Dublin Regulation and will continue to make the case that its long – established principles should continue to be the basis for any future regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/02/2016 15:44:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451110

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the intention of NHS Improvement to commission management consultancies to work with turnaround trusts is consistent with their aim to limit the use of such consultancies by NHS organisations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The guidance for use of management consultancies is set out as part of the spending approvals process. Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts “Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts” with the Trust Development Authority (TDA) publishing similar for NHS trusts “Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts”. Copies of the guidance are attached.</p><p>The guidance is clear that expenditure on management consultancy must demonstrate that the skills and expertise of advisors cannot be delivered through use of existing resources. It is also a requirement that value for money must be demonstrated. This approach is the same for NHS providers, NHS Improvement or any NHS organisation. Therefore we are content NHS Improvement’s approach to managing turnaround programmes is consistent with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement ensures that lessons learned from all financial turnaround programmes are taken into account when considering how to handle any financially challenged providers requiring turnaround actions in the future. This includes the use of the best available, most appropriate consultancies with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver the turnaround programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 2 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance grouped question UIN HL5978 question first answered 22/02/2016 17:07:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451111

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to cap the rates paid by NHS bodies to management consultancies, similar to their policy with regard to staff agencies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office have published guidance on the use of management consultants <em>Cabinet Office controls guidance: version 4.0 </em>which government departments and their arms length bodies are required to follow. A copy of the guidance is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>National Health Service providers follow a similar consultancy spending approvals process as defined by Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA). Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts <em>Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts</em>, with TDA publishing similar for NHS trusts <em>Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts</em>. Copies of the guidance are attached. <br></p><p>At this time, these do not include any directive to set caps on rates paid to management consultancies.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Cabinet Office consultancy guidance.pdf title Cabinet Office guidance 2 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 3 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance question first answered 22/02/2016 17:25:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451112

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Management Consultants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS Improvement, in commissioning management consultancies to work with turnaround trusts, will exclude those consultancies which were engaged in any failed initiatives from the previous round of consultancy-driven financial recovery initiatives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The guidance for use of management consultancies is set out as part of the spending approvals process. Monitor has published the following guidance for foundation trusts “Consultancy spending approval process: Initial guidance to NHS foundation trusts” with the Trust Development Authority (TDA) publishing similar for NHS trusts “Consultancy spending controls: Initial Guidance to NHS Trusts”. Copies of the guidance are attached.</p><p>The guidance is clear that expenditure on management consultancy must demonstrate that the skills and expertise of advisors cannot be delivered through use of existing resources. It is also a requirement that value for money must be demonstrated. This approach is the same for NHS providers, NHS Improvement or any NHS organisation. Therefore we are content NHS Improvement’s approach to managing turnaround programmes is consistent with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement ensures that lessons learned from all financial turnaround programmes are taken into account when considering how to handle any financially challenged providers requiring turnaround actions in the future. This includes the use of the best available, most appropriate consultancies with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver the turnaround programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Monitor consultancy guidance.pdf title Monitor guidance 2 file name TDA consultancy guidance.pdf title TDA guidance grouped question UIN HL5976 question first answered 22/02/2016 17:07:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451113

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money is being spent by NHS Improvement on a re-design of that organisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The forecast spend for the design of NHS Improvement is £800,000. This includes the development of a single organisational structure and new operating model to better support the National Health Service to drive improvements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:00:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451114

	published
	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	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 Care Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why beauty clinics undertaking nail care are not required to use autoclaves to sterilise their equipment to prevent fungal infections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 require businesses offering beauty treatments to ensure that any risks to their client’s health from exposure to hazardous substances including micro-organisms, are prevented or effectively controlled. The duty extends to preventing or controlling client’s exposure to the risk of contracting fungal infections. The regulations do not prescribe what specific control measures are necessary. These will be based on the type of treatment carried out and the risks of cross-infection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where sterilisation is required, autoclaves are the most effective and efficient means to do so, and should be used especially for packaged items and items which have hollow parts or cavities. However alternative methods such as steam sterilisers and disinfectants can be used for simple items such as tweezers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 22/02/2016 14:56:36 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath