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61279

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government from which companies and organisations, other than those involved in the tobacco industry, they have received representations since October 2013 regarding their plans to consider introducing standardised tobacco packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 13:26:29 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

61532

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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 how many companies currently providing contracted services to government departments and agencies use zero hours contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 24/06/2014 11:15:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

62508

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools in England have (1) a science subject leader, and (2) a science subject leader who has a science degree.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:46:46 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62432

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent in each of the last five years to adapt National Health Service hospitals for obese people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Decisions on spending are a matter for local National Health Service organisations.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 12:42:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

61271

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances employers are legally allowed to pay workers less than the national minimum wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no circumstances where if a worker is entitled to the National Minimum Wage that an employer can pay less than the National Minimum Wage. However, under the legislation certain types of workers are not entitled to the minimum wage. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/selfemployed" target="_blank">self-employed people</a> running their own business</li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/director" target="_blank">company directors</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses" target="_blank">volunteers</a> or voluntary workers</li><li>workers on a government employment programme, eg the Work Programme</li><li>family members of the employer living in the employer's home</li><li>non-family members living in the employer's home who share in the work and leisure activities, are treated as one of the family and aren't charged for meals or accommodation (eg au pairs)</li><li>workers younger than school leaving age (usually 16)</li><li>higher and further education students on a work placement up to 1 year</li><li>workers on government pre-apprenticeships schemes</li><li>people on the following European Union programmes: Leonardo da Vinci, Youth in Action, Erasmus, Comenius</li><li>people working on a Jobcentre Plus Work trial for 6 weeks</li><li>members of the armed forces</li><li>share fishermen</li><li>prisoners</li><li>people living and working in a religious community</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, people carrying out work experience and internships will not get the minimum wage if they are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a student doing work experience as part of a higher or further education course</li><li>of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school" target="_blank">compulsory school age</a></li><li>a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses" target="_blank">volunteer</a> or doing voluntary work</li><li>on a government or European programme</li><li>work shadowing</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employers and workers with queries about the application of the National Minimum Wage can access free and confidential advice through the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/06/2014 11:15:33 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

61561

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Hearing Impairment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking with regard to those Clinical Commissioning Groups that have not funded Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services for deaf people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme is now the responsibility of individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs); however over £400 million is being invested over the spending review period to make a choice of psychological therapies available for those who need them in all parts of England.</p><p> </p><p>Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 requires service providers and CCGs to make ‘reasonable adjustments' so that disabled people are not placed at a ‘substantial disadvantage' compared to non-disabled people, which would include in the provision of psychological therapies to deaf people.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 12:17:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61932

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice has been issued to local authorities to make the required changes to their information technology services to remain connected to the gov.uk secure network.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Public Services Network (PSN) is a new and trusted single network for government. Ninety-eight per cent of local authorities have already transitioned to PSN, with the remainder due to transfer before the end of summer.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting local authorities as they transition to PSN by providing guidance, project managers and information assurance specialists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL349 HL351 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:33:23 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

61281

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Marketing
	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 Chantler Review's suggestion that there is a spillover effect, whereby the branding of consumer goods intended for adult consumption may also appeal to young people; and what assessment they have made of the implications for consumer goods other than tobacco that might be deemed to put children at risk.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Tobacco is treated uniquely in regulatory terms, because it is a uniquely harmful consumer good. All smoking is addictive and harmful to health. Around half of all regular smokers are eventually killed by a smoking-related illness, and on average, smokers who die from a smoking-related illness lose around 16 years of life. Smoking is the primary cause of preventable morbidity and premature death, accounting for almost 80,000 deaths in England each year, some 18% of all deaths of adults aged 35 and over.</p><p> </p><p>Regulatory controls on tobacco are commensurate with the potential harm to the health of smokers and others that it can cause. Over the past decade in particular, tobacco has become increasingly regulated and controlled as further evidence about the harm to health from smoking has emerged. Tobacco, therefore, is subject to greater levels of regulation than other consumer products.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 16:34:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

57564

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Football Banning Orders
	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 adequacy and effectiveness of sentencing in cases where football fans have been found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated public order offences; and whether they will consider providing advice to the magistracy in response to any evidence revealing that magistrates are reluctant to issue football banning orders in such cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL37
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Racially and religiously aggravated offences have no place in our society. Parliament has provided the courts with the necessary powers to deal effectively with those who are convicted of these serious offences. The court must make a football banning order where an offender has been convicted of a relevant offence and it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help prevent violence or disorder at, or in connection with, any regulated football matches. If the court is not so satisfied, it must state that fact and give reasons in open court. The prosecution has a right of appeal against a failure by the court to make a banning order.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant offences for these purposes include chanting of an indecent or racialist nature at a designated football match, and specified offences under the Public Order Act 1986 committed during a period relevant to a football match, which covers the period beginning two hours before the match and ending one hour after the match, at any premises while the offender was at, or entering or leaving or trying to enter or leave, the premises.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any evidence to suggest that the magistracy are reluctant to make football banning orders, and decisions of the magistrates are made with the assistance of legal advisers who refer to current sentencing guidelines.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2014 13:28:13 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

58554

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	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 changes in the eligibility of legal aid on the number of litigants in person and the consequential impact on the administration of justice.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL79
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are closely monitoring the impact of the legal aid changes. The number of family cases showing self representing parties are published in Courts Statistics Quarterly (www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly). We are working towards publishing data on self representation in civil cases more widely and will include this in future publications.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Litigants in person are not a new phenomenon in our courts. Judges are used to helping persons with no legal representation, including explaining procedures and what is expected of them. We have taken steps to help people who either want or have to represent themselves in court, including publishing a revised guide for separating parents and increased training for judges. The link to the guide is:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/GetLeaflet.do?court_leaflets_id=2756" target="_blank">http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/GetLeaflet.do?court_leaflets_id=2756</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2014 13:24:06 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham