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166647

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the devolution of corporation tax is proposed for (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, and (3) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL3238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Smith Commission reported on 27 November and the Government has announced it will now prepare draft legislative clauses to implement the Heads of Agreement by the end of January. The Smith Commission did not agree that corporation tax would be devolved to Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Wales Bill, currently in Parliament, provides the legislative framework to support the implementation of the recommendations made in the first report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission). The Wales Bill does not feature any devolution of corporation tax powers to Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2014, the Government announced that the devolution of a corporation tax rate-setting power to Northern Ireland could be implemented provided that the Northern Ireland Executive is able to manage the financial implications. The parties in the Northern Ireland Executive are continuing talks aimed at resolving a number of issues including agreeing budgets for 2015-16 and putting the Executive’s finances on a sustainable footing for the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland faces unique cross-border challenges from the very low corporation tax rate in the Republic, significant over-reliance on public sector employment and the challenging legacy of the Troubles. The devolution of corporation tax to Northern Ireland recognises those factors and is consistent with the UK’s asymmetrical approach to devolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any devolution of tax powers, such as corporation tax rate-setting powers, would require a corresponding reduction in the block grant to reflect the tax revenues that the UK Government would forego.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3239 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:29:28 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

166648

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the devolution of corporation tax to Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland would cause a reduction in the block grant under the Barnett Formula to any of those devolved administrations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL3239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Smith Commission reported on 27 November and the Government has announced it will now prepare draft legislative clauses to implement the Heads of Agreement by the end of January. The Smith Commission did not agree that corporation tax would be devolved to Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Wales Bill, currently in Parliament, provides the legislative framework to support the implementation of the recommendations made in the first report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission). The Wales Bill does not feature any devolution of corporation tax powers to Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2014, the Government announced that the devolution of a corporation tax rate-setting power to Northern Ireland could be implemented provided that the Northern Ireland Executive is able to manage the financial implications. The parties in the Northern Ireland Executive are continuing talks aimed at resolving a number of issues including agreeing budgets for 2015-16 and putting the Executive’s finances on a sustainable footing for the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland faces unique cross-border challenges from the very low corporation tax rate in the Republic, significant over-reliance on public sector employment and the challenging legacy of the Troubles. The devolution of corporation tax to Northern Ireland recognises those factors and is consistent with the UK’s asymmetrical approach to devolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any devolution of tax powers, such as corporation tax rate-setting powers, would require a corresponding reduction in the block grant to reflect the tax revenues that the UK Government would forego.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3238 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:29:28 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

166882

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	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 Bates on 20 November (HL2506), in respect of persons with a conviction for sex offences, violent conduct, and manslaughter or murder who have been permitted entry to the United Kingdom, (1) what public protection arrangements are instigated and whether they are a mandatory condition of entry, and (2) in respect of sex offences, what additional protection is in place for monitoring, sex-offender registering and prohibition from working with children and vulnerable adults, in line with arrangements for United Kingdom citizens convicted of the same offences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL3300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Foreign nationals who are convicted of such offences in the United Kingdom will be subject to the same monitoring and public protection arrangements as British nationals. Those sent to prison will also be considered for deportation. Furthermore, where a foreign national is in the United Kingdom and has been identified as having been convicted of a serious sexual or violent offence abroad, for example after a police check on foreign convictions following an arrest, the case will be referred to the Home Office to consider if deportation is appropriate.</p><p>Where previous foreign convictions for sexual offences are known, the police can apply to a magistrates’ court for a notification order which makes the individual subject to the same notification requirements as if they had been convicted in the UK (i.e. they are put on the “sex offenders’ register”). Similarly, where there exists a foreign conviction for specified violent offences, including murder and manslaughter, and where the individual poses a risk of serious violent harm to the public the police may apply for a violent offender order under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, as amended by section 119 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime &amp; Policing Act 2014.Serious sexual and violent offences committed overseas which are known to our authorities may be included on Disclosure and Barring Service disclosures. They may also be taken into account in deciding whether to bar an individual from working with children or vulnerable adults.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/12/2014 15:24:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

167203

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many court cases have been brought by parochial church councils to recover chancel repair liability since the Aston Cantlow judgment by the House of Lords in 2003.
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	uin	HL3304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The decision of the House of Lords in the case of <em>Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Aston Cantlow and Wilmcote with Billesley, Warwickshire v. Wallbank and another </em>[2003] UKHL 37 confirmed that chancel repair liability was a valid and enforceable property right. Before 13 October 2013 the liability did not have to be entered on the land register to bind buyers of registered land. Now buyers can be certain whether a property may be subject to the liability before they buy, helping them to make informed decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Information as to the number of cases parochial church councils have brought since June 2003 to recover chancel repair liability is not available and could only be obtained from court records at disproportionate expense. The Government is however aware that not all parochial church councils decided to register their entitlement to the benefit of the liability.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/12/2014 17:09:44 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

167209

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money they have redirected from acute services to community services in England, for example through community provision for people with severe learning difficulties; and how much money is flowing in the opposite direction.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL3310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Local National Health Service clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for funding the majority of acute and community services. NHS England sets CCG funding allocations but does not direct CCGs in how those funds should be applied between different services. The in-year reporting of CCG expenditure does not provide the fine detail on movements in expenditure between acute services and community services. However, the NHS does produce programme budgeting data on historical expenditure which provides information on expenditure by major health condition as well as, for last three years, a breakdown by care-setting. The data on expenditure by care-settings is relatively new and is not yet considered robust enough to make comparisons of expenditure by care-setting. The 2013-14 data will be available in 2015, under a revised format.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 16:28:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

167222

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Thailand
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether British Embassy officials are attending the trials in Thailand of British citizen Andy Hall.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
	uin	HL3323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Bangkok attended three days of Mr Hall's recent criminal defamation trial, including the opening and closing day, in order to observe proceedings. We also encouraged officials from other EU Member States to attend. We are pleased to note that one case of criminal defamation against Mr Hall has been dismissed.</p><p>Officials, both in Bangkok and London, are in regular contact with Mr Hall, and will continue to monitor Mr Hall’s case closely, ensuring that his case is raised with the Thai authorities where appropriate and reminding the authorities of their obligations to ensure international human rights standards are upheld.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/12/2014 14:09:29 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

167223

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any decline in stamp duty receipts on higher priced properties since public talk of a "mansion" tax began.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
	uin	HL3324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts by consideration band can be found in Table 3.1 of the ‘UK Stamp Tax Statistics 2013-14’ publication. The following table provides data, from that publication, for the estimated yield attributable to residential property within the £1 million to £2 million and above £2 million consideration bands for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>£1,000,001-£2,000,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Above £2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-corporate bodies</p></td><td><p>Corporate bodies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Amounts: £ million. Figures may not sum due to rounding conventions</em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 16/12/2014 16:51:52 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

167227

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress by the National Health Service and other local agencies in implementing the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The national Crisis Care Concordat was published in February to improve service responses to people in mental health crisis. There is a specific emphasis on delivering improved outcomes for people in crisis at a local level. Partner organisations are expected to demonstrate their commitments by signing up to a local declaration and agreeing a joint action plan to bring about the improvements needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are asking every area to develop a shared action plan and commit to review, monitor and track improvements. In particular, we have asked for a commitment from all areas to reduce the use of police stations as places of safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The particular focus on Local Crisis Declarations is designed to enable each partnership to understand the issues in their area and develop solutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All localities are working to have their declarations agreed by all the relevant local agencies by the end of the year. We are working closely with the mental health charity Mind to support the work in localities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Declarations have already been made by London, Portsmouth, Wiltshire, Kent, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Durham and Darlington, Bedfordshire &amp; Luton, North Yorkshire &amp; York, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Doncaster, Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon &amp; Cornwall and Nottinghamshire. Plans are in place for all other local areas to agree their local declarations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signed local declarations and the agreed action plans have been made available on a national website to demonstrate coverage across England. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Concordat does not specify which organisation should lead this work locally. As part of Operational Resilience and Capacity Planning for 2014-15 NHS England is asking for evidence of sign up to local mental health crisis care concordat arrangements as part of local plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health and wellbeing boards have a pivotal role in delivery by bringing together health and social care commissioners, the local community and wider partners. Through the board, these partners work together to identify the health and wellbeing needs of their local population. Some areas have managed, and are managing, the agreement of their local crisis declaration through their Health and Wellbeing Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an evaluation of the impact of the national Concordat.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 17:57:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

167228

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local health and care areas have implemented the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The national Crisis Care Concordat was published in February to improve service responses to people in mental health crisis. There is a specific emphasis on delivering improved outcomes for people in crisis at a local level. Partner organisations are expected to demonstrate their commitments by signing up to a local declaration and agreeing a joint action plan to bring about the improvements needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are asking every area to develop a shared action plan and commit to review, monitor and track improvements. In particular, we have asked for a commitment from all areas to reduce the use of police stations as places of safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The particular focus on Local Crisis Declarations is designed to enable each partnership to understand the issues in their area and develop solutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All localities are working to have their declarations agreed by all the relevant local agencies by the end of the year. We are working closely with the mental health charity Mind to support the work in localities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Declarations have already been made by London, Portsmouth, Wiltshire, Kent, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Durham and Darlington, Bedfordshire &amp; Luton, North Yorkshire &amp; York, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Doncaster, Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon &amp; Cornwall and Nottinghamshire. Plans are in place for all other local areas to agree their local declarations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signed local declarations and the agreed action plans have been made available on a national website to demonstrate coverage across England. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Concordat does not specify which organisation should lead this work locally. As part of Operational Resilience and Capacity Planning for 2014-15 NHS England is asking for evidence of sign up to local mental health crisis care concordat arrangements as part of local plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health and wellbeing boards have a pivotal role in delivery by bringing together health and social care commissioners, the local community and wider partners. Through the board, these partners work together to identify the health and wellbeing needs of their local population. Some areas have managed, and are managing, the agreement of their local crisis declaration through their Health and Wellbeing Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an evaluation of the impact of the national Concordat.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 17:57:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

167229

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role Health and Well-Being Boards will have in overseeing progress on implementing the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The national Crisis Care Concordat was published in February to improve service responses to people in mental health crisis. There is a specific emphasis on delivering improved outcomes for people in crisis at a local level. Partner organisations are expected to demonstrate their commitments by signing up to a local declaration and agreeing a joint action plan to bring about the improvements needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are asking every area to develop a shared action plan and commit to review, monitor and track improvements. In particular, we have asked for a commitment from all areas to reduce the use of police stations as places of safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The particular focus on Local Crisis Declarations is designed to enable each partnership to understand the issues in their area and develop solutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All localities are working to have their declarations agreed by all the relevant local agencies by the end of the year. We are working closely with the mental health charity Mind to support the work in localities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Declarations have already been made by London, Portsmouth, Wiltshire, Kent, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Durham and Darlington, Bedfordshire &amp; Luton, North Yorkshire &amp; York, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Doncaster, Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon &amp; Cornwall and Nottinghamshire. Plans are in place for all other local areas to agree their local declarations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signed local declarations and the agreed action plans have been made available on a national website to demonstrate coverage across England. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Concordat does not specify which organisation should lead this work locally. As part of Operational Resilience and Capacity Planning for 2014-15 NHS England is asking for evidence of sign up to local mental health crisis care concordat arrangements as part of local plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health and wellbeing boards have a pivotal role in delivery by bringing together health and social care commissioners, the local community and wider partners. Through the board, these partners work together to identify the health and wellbeing needs of their local population. Some areas have managed, and are managing, the agreement of their local crisis declaration through their Health and Wellbeing Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an evaluation of the impact of the national Concordat.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 17:56:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath