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847842

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Company Accounts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for what reason, and by whose advice, the overriding true and fair view requirement of sections 226(2) and 227(3) was taken out of the Companies Act 1985 on the implementation of International Accounting Standards; why this was then reinstated as section 393 of the Companies Act 2006, and by whose advice; when section 393 of the Companies Act 2006 come into effect; and for what years that requirement was absent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Companies Act 1985 (International Accounting Standards and Other Accounting Amendments) Regulations 2004 introduced the amendments to the Companies Act 1985 needed to provide for the application of the International Accounting Standards Regulation. The regulations commenced on 1 January 2005. The Companies Act 2006 introduced section 393, which commenced on 6 April 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The 2004 regulations gave effect to the EU’s International Accounting Standards Regulation, which introduced the requirement to prepare accounts using EU adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS). The EU Regulation did not include the requirement that IAS accounts should give a “true and fair” view. The Regulation instead relies upon the fact that the framework supporting the standards requires a “fair presentation” of the company’s finances; that it does not require strict conformity with every technical accounting requirement in the accounting Directives; and that the auditor’s report should state whether the accounts give a true and fair view.</p><p> </p><p>The Companies Act 2006 consolidated the requirements of the Companies Act 1985 and the amendments to it and restated and reformed the requirements on the preparation of accounts. In line with the recommendations of the company law review following public consultation, the Companies Act 2006 introduced the “true and fair” requirement for all accounts in section 393.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to provide further explanation of the Government’s justification in 2004 for not having also included an overarching requirement that IAS accounts must give a true and fair view. It is an established convention that Minsters of one administration cannot see the documents of a previous administration. I am therefore unable to provide the information requested by the noble Baroness.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:26:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

845497

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much foreign aid money was provided to the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Department for International Development in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
	uin	HL5697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received a total of £1.03 billion in bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Department for International Development (DFID).</p><p>The table below shows the amount of DFID bilateral ODA to the DRC broken down by year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount in Millions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£161.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£145.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£138.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£155.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£164.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£128.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,032.4</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Statistics on International Development 2017</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2018 13:45:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

845490

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to UK institutions and companies to minimise their being a victim of cyber-attacks in the event of cyber warfare.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL5690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The goal of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. To that end, the NCSC provides expert guidance for all organisations in the UK, large and small, including businesses and industry, government departments, the critical national infrastructure, universities and charities. Following this advice will enable these institutions and companies to put measures in place to help protect themselves from cyber attacks, and help to protect the UK’s economic prosperity and reputation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/03/2018 12:56:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

847868

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Paternity Leave
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the main elements of the campaign to encourage more fathers to take shared parental leave; and what is the take-up target.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Shared Parental Leave (SPL) campaign is jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Government Equalities Office.</p><p> </p><p>It involves advertising online, on posters in rail stations, bus shelters and on roadsides and in some print publications, driving to a website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/sharetheleave" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/sharetheleave</a> which contains more information and links to guidance on the policy. We are also working with key stakeholders and using PR to communicate our messages to both parents and their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of SPL and encourage more parents to discuss this with their partners and employers. We are not able to set a target for take up of shared parental leave as this data is not collected or reported on by employers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:06:13 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

845446

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	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 comprehensiveness of the data gathered by the police about online fraud and attempted online fraud.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL5646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>To fully understand the threat posed by fraud, this Government recognises the importance of having data which sets out the scale and nature of this type of criminality to then build an effective response. Action Fraud, which is overseen by City of London Police, is the national reporting centre for all frauds and cyber crimes, this is linked with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), also overseen by CoLP. (The NFIB analyses fraud data to identify links between seemingly unconnected crimes and assess information that may support investigation).</p><p>These capabilities enable policing to gather comprehensive data from the public, through crime and information reports, and wider industry partners, including the banking and retail sectors, to then build a national fraud intelligence picture. The NFIB also collects policing outcome data from all forces to understand impact. To improve data collection, City of London Police is implementing a new I.T system within Action Fraud and NFIB, due to go-live in Spring 2018, which will enhance reporting routes and analytical capability. This will further improve our collective understanding of the fraud threat.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/03/2018 12:45:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

846708

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Lebanon
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency funding cuts on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides essential services to over 5 million registered Palestinian refugees across the region. According to UNRWA, there are approximately 460,000 registered in Lebanon. Many displaced Palestinians from Syria living in Lebanon depend heavily on UNRWA assistance. We are keeping in close contact with regional representatives to understand risks to UNRWA’s sustainability and continue to work closely with UNRWA, the United States, and other European Union partners on how to maintain continuity of key services such as education and health for Palestinian refugees across the region, including in Lebanon. UNRWA has publically stated their determination to continue services in all their fields of operations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2018 12:51:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

846668

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	British Standards Institution
	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 effectiveness of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's Assisted International Travel Scheme Fund in supporting attendance at both British Standards Institution and International Organization for Standardization committees.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Assisted International Travel Scheme has an important role in facilitating UK business participation in international standard making bodies. The Government continues to keep its effectiveness under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:01:32 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

847840

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what enquiries they have made into reports that immigration detainees whose coach caught fire as it took them to a deportation flight were handcuffed by escort staff before they were permitted to disembark.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL5817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>An investigation is underway into the causes of the incident involving a Home Office vehicle transporting immigration detainees on 14<sup>th</sup> February. All the detainees on board were safely evacuated from the vehicle before being placed in handcuffs.</p><p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we will accept nothing but the highest standards from companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/03/2018 12:37:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

846827

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cost of student loans to students from EU 27 countries in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL5789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Information showing student loans paid to English higher education providers on behalf of EU domiciled students (UK/EU nationals, resident in the European Economic Area or Switzerland prior to studying) can be found in the Table 1, attached.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering English loans paid to students on higher education courses are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’:</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-support-for-higher-education-in-england.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-support-for-higher-education-in-england.aspx</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/03/2018 12:55:39 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL5789 - Table 1 Student loans paid to English higher education providers on behalf of EU domiciled students.docx title Student loans paid to HE providers, EU domiciled
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

845470

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the decrease in net EU migration to the UK as a result of Brexit, if any.
	tabling member printed	Lord Radice
	uin	HL5670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>As at 22 February 2018, net EU migration stood at 90,000 for the year ending September 2017. The comparable figure for the year ending June 2016 is 189,000.</p><p>Net migration statistics are published by the office for National Statistics and can be found at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/03/2018 12:38:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice