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167913

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions for phone scamming offences there were in each year from 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions it conducts for fraud and/or forgery offences; however, it is not possible to identify which of these offences were conducted, in whole or in part, through the telephone. To obtain this information would require a manual file examination which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 16/12/2014 14:45:52 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

167912

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Postgraduate Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the repayment terms for the proposed postgraduate student loan system will be.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Repayment terms for taught postgraduate loans announced at Autumn Statement have not been finalised. The Government will launch a consultation early in the New Year to inform the design and terms of the loan before final decisions are taken.</p><p> </p><p>Postgraduate taught loans will be designed so that most individuals will repay in full, in recognition of the high private return to individuals, but they will beat commercial rates. One way of doing this is to charge an interest rate of RPI+3%, with repayments of 9% of income above a threshold of £21,000, frozen for 5 years, repaid concurrently with undergraduate loans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:10:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

167917

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of Disabled Students' Allowance is provided for (1) computers and assistive technology, and (2) training to use that technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure is not available at the level requested.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure by allowance type was presented in<em> ‘Disabled Students’ Allowance: Equality Analysis’, </em>which was published in October 2014.” The publication can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:24:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

167918

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the Disabled Students' Allowance is provided as one-to-one support for students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure is not available at the level requested.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure by allowance type was presented in<em> ‘Disabled Students’ Allowance: Equality Analysis’, </em>which was published in October 2014.” The publication can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:20:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

167943

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Private Rented 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, how many of the properties built under the Build to Rent scheme to date are (a) affordable, (b) social and (c) market rents.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	217182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As has been explained to the hon. Member in the answer to her identical question of 8 January 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 257W, the Build to Rent fund is providing development finance to help support new homes in the private rented sector at market rent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/12/2014 17:20:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

168019

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish draft legislation following the Government's response to the consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	uin	217254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State expects to lay draft regulations for the early closure of the Renewables Obligation to large solar PV before Parliament early in the new year. An illustrative draft was published alongside the Government Response and is available on the government website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a></p><p>The amendments to the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) were laid in October and are due to come into effect by 1st January 2015. The Government has finished consulting on a further question arising from that consultation (defining what is meant by “other-than-standalone”) and the Secretary of State expects to lay a further amendment to the FITS Order and necessary modifications to the licence conditions early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 16/12/2014 15:32:10 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

168020

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the public expenditure which has been incurred by (a) the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, (b) local authorities, (c) local enterprise companies and (d) charities to support the development and consenting of offshore wind projects which will not now be supported under the contracts for difference regime.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	217228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>National Grid, as the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body, are currently running the first Contract for Difference allocation round. Under the strictures of the process my Department does not know, at this point of time, information about individual applications, numbers of applications or numbers that have qualified. As a result the Department is unaware of any offshore wind projects that will not be supported by contracts for difference under our Electricity Market Reform project. In addition, any unsuccessful applicant, should there be any, would have the opportunity to apply for support in future rounds.</p><p>Furthermore, the Department has not made an estimate of the public expenditure which has been incurred by (a) the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, (b) local authorities, (c) local enterprise companies and (d) charities to support the development and consenting of offshore wind projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 16:50:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

167906

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the latest year for which figures are available, how many registered United Kingdom state pensioners for whom the United Kingdom is responsible for health costs were living in each of the other European Economic Area countries, and vice versa; and how much was paid and received by and from each country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL3430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information about how many registered United Kingdom state pensioners for whom the UK is responsible for health costs were living in each of the other European Economic Area countries, and vice versa; and how much was paid and received by and from each country is provided in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>Live 5 December 2014, <br> UK responsible for</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Live 5 December 2014,</p><p>Foreign authorities (FA) responsible for</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Registration UK</p></td><td><p>S1 &amp; E121</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Registration FA</p></td><td><p>S1 &amp; E121</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>France</p></td><td><p>43,421</p></td><td> </td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>2,987</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2,428</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>37,442*</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,323*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2,905</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2,646</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>3,668</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>73,028</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td> </td><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The Rep of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>12,236</p></td><td> </td><td><p>The Rep of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p>184,638</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,475</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> MedBens system</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>*Based on the formula calculation for 2013</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>European Economic Area (EEA) Medical Costs</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Claims by EEA Member States Against UK (by Article)</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Resource Outturn Totals: 2013-14 Pensioner Activity</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>£ Paid by UK</p></td><td><p>£ Paid to UK</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1,814,008</p></td><td><p>180,715</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2,179,591</p></td><td><p>478,212</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>37,499</p></td><td><p>14,207</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>10,890,351</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>116,251</p></td><td><p>10,513</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark (Waiver)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia (Waiver)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>112,221,440</p></td><td><p>340,119</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,182,712</p></td><td><p>1,196,524</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>6,181,850</p></td><td><p>13,639</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>223,761,423</p></td><td><p>6,707,569</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>3,889,593</p></td><td><p>24,755</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>18,256</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>10,341</p></td><td><p>10,868</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>320,396</p></td><td><p>12,730</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1,142,037</p></td><td><p>2,533,415</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway (Waiver)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>358,835</p></td><td><p>190,376</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>3,912,765</p></td><td><p>14,491</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>9,212</p></td><td><p>3,321</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>57,255</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>208,654,883</p></td><td><p>72,172</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>422,315</p></td><td><p>321,365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>1,308,223</p></td><td><p>65,812</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>580,491,287</p></td><td><p>12,190,802</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Resource Accounting and Budgeting exercise. Totals are based on estimates of the costs of EEA healthcare claims made annually for the purposes of provisions made in the Department accounts in accordance with Treasury resource accounting rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Denmark – Full Waiver</li><li>Estonia and Norway – Waiver, excepting former Article 22.1c (patient referral) and Article 55.1c (industrial injury) claims.</li><li>Finland, Hungary and Malta – Waiver, excepting former Article 22.1c (patient referral) claims.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the noble Lord to HL3094 and the extract from the letter of 11 July 2011 included in that reply. In that extract, it sets out that for the period of the current arrangement, 2010-2013, UK liability would fall by 1.13% a year, starting at 40% and resulting in a UK liability of 35.48% in 2013. The 1.13% reduction was agreed after both parties agreed this figure as the average downward trend in UK liability for pensioners since the start of the bilateral agreement in 1971.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Discussions on new arrangements to determine respective pensioner numbers for 2015-16 onwards are continuing. Subject to formal confirmation we expect that the previously agreed 1.13% reduction will continue to apply for 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s pensioner payments to Ireland for 2013 were €211 million. This represents a payment on account, which is 80% of the estimated total payment due and settled that will be finalised following publication of Ireland’s average costs for that year. The pensioner payments from Ireland to the UK for 2013 were £5.9 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3431 question first answered 16/12/2014 14:38:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

167907

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the annual reduction in the United Kingdom payments to the Republic of Ireland of 1.13 per cent for pensioner healthcare costs will continue beyond 2013–14; if not, what new arrangements are being made; what were the most recent annual payments made and received from that state; and whether they will place the relevant correspondence on the current reduction process in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL3431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information about how many registered United Kingdom state pensioners for whom the UK is responsible for health costs were living in each of the other European Economic Area countries, and vice versa; and how much was paid and received by and from each country is provided in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>Live 5 December 2014, <br> UK responsible for</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Live 5 December 2014,</p><p>Foreign authorities (FA) responsible for</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Registration UK</p></td><td><p>S1 &amp; E121</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Registration FA</p></td><td><p>S1 &amp; E121</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>France</p></td><td><p>43,421</p></td><td> </td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>2,987</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2,428</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>37,442*</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,323*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2,905</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2,646</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>3,668</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>73,028</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td> </td><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The Rep of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>12,236</p></td><td> </td><td><p>The Rep of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p>184,638</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,475</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> MedBens system</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>*Based on the formula calculation for 2013</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>European Economic Area (EEA) Medical Costs</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Claims by EEA Member States Against UK (by Article)</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Resource Outturn Totals: 2013-14 Pensioner Activity</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>£ Paid by UK</p></td><td><p>£ Paid to UK</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1,814,008</p></td><td><p>180,715</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2,179,591</p></td><td><p>478,212</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>37,499</p></td><td><p>14,207</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>10,890,351</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>116,251</p></td><td><p>10,513</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark (Waiver)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia (Waiver)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>112,221,440</p></td><td><p>340,119</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,182,712</p></td><td><p>1,196,524</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>6,181,850</p></td><td><p>13,639</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>223,761,423</p></td><td><p>6,707,569</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>3,889,593</p></td><td><p>24,755</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>18,256</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>10,341</p></td><td><p>10,868</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>320,396</p></td><td><p>12,730</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta (Waiver)<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1,142,037</p></td><td><p>2,533,415</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway (Waiver)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>358,835</p></td><td><p>190,376</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>3,912,765</p></td><td><p>14,491</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>9,212</p></td><td><p>3,321</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>57,255</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>208,654,883</p></td><td><p>72,172</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>422,315</p></td><td><p>321,365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>1,308,223</p></td><td><p>65,812</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>580,491,287</p></td><td><p>12,190,802</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Resource Accounting and Budgeting exercise. Totals are based on estimates of the costs of EEA healthcare claims made annually for the purposes of provisions made in the Department accounts in accordance with Treasury resource accounting rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Denmark – Full Waiver</li><li>Estonia and Norway – Waiver, excepting former Article 22.1c (patient referral) and Article 55.1c (industrial injury) claims.</li><li>Finland, Hungary and Malta – Waiver, excepting former Article 22.1c (patient referral) claims.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the noble Lord to HL3094 and the extract from the letter of 11 July 2011 included in that reply. In that extract, it sets out that for the period of the current arrangement, 2010-2013, UK liability would fall by 1.13% a year, starting at 40% and resulting in a UK liability of 35.48% in 2013. The 1.13% reduction was agreed after both parties agreed this figure as the average downward trend in UK liability for pensioners since the start of the bilateral agreement in 1971.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Discussions on new arrangements to determine respective pensioner numbers for 2015-16 onwards are continuing. Subject to formal confirmation we expect that the previously agreed 1.13% reduction will continue to apply for 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s pensioner payments to Ireland for 2013 were €211 million. This represents a payment on account, which is 80% of the estimated total payment due and settled that will be finalised following publication of Ireland’s average costs for that year. The pensioner payments from Ireland to the UK for 2013 were £5.9 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3430 question first answered 16/12/2014 14:38:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

167920

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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 when they will publish the results of the consultation on the standardised packaging of tobacco products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>A consultation on the <em>introduction of regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products</em> closed on 7 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A summary report of this consultation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 15:04:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer