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1029630

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Trade Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what will be the timetable for consideration of the Trade Bill in this House.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
	uin	HL12516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The proposed dates for the Committee stage of the Trade Bill were advertised in <em>Forthcoming Business </em>on 3 January, and are as follows: Monday 21 January, Wednesday 23 January, Monday 28 January, and Wednesday 30 January. Dates for further stages will be advertised in <em>Forthcoming Business </em>in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 07/01/2019 16:47:34 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	573 label Biography information for Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

1029099

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of steps taken in other countries requiring home owners to offer only their primary residences as short-term holiday lets and to register with the local council and pay a fee before doing so.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	uin	HL12447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not intend to introduce new legislation to prohibit short term lets or require households to register these lets. Instead, the Government is encouraging the Short Term Accommodation Association to drive up standards and promote best practice in the industry, and to work with local authorities to support their enforcement and monitoring functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:01:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1029120

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
	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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 18 December (HL12036), why they have not commenced those parts of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 not yet in force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL12468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>In relation to the Planning provisions in Part 1 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, Section 7 (Engagement by examiners with qualified bodies, etc) has not been commenced as the Department wishes to first see how effective recently produced sector led guidance by the Neighbourhood Planning Independent Examiner Referral Service is. Guidance required under Section 8(2) (Content of development plan documents) will be published shortly. The provisions under Section 14 (Planning conditions) restricting the power to impose planning conditions have not commenced as they require affirmative regulations and further public consultation.</p><p>In relation to the Compulsory Purchase provisions in Part 2 of the Act, Sections 18-28 and 31 (Temporary possession of land) are yet to be commenced as they are subject to the making of other regulations and further public consultation. Sections 39 and 40 (Interest on late payments) cannot be commenced until other regulations relating to rates of interest are made. The Government continues to keep the commencement of these remaining provisions under active review alongside further planning reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:00:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1029121

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Owner Occupation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reform residential leasehold and commonhold law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL12469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure the leasehold system in England is fair and transparent to the consumer. Unfair practices in the leasehold market have no place in a modern housing market. Neither do excessive ground rents, which exploit consumers who get nothing in return. <br> <br> Our technical consultation on how to improve the leasehold market and make it fairer for consumers closed on 26 November. It sought views on:</p><ul><li>how to ban the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances;</li><li>how to restrict ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a nominal, peppercorn value; and</li><li>how to address loopholes in the law to improve transparency and fairness for leaseholders and freeholders.</li></ul><p>The Government is carefully analysing the responses and will introduce legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows</p><p><br>The Secretary of State has asked the Law Commission to take forward further work to reform residential and commonhold law. The Law Commission is currently consulting on how to make buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper, and how to reinvigorate commonhold to provide greater choice for consumers. The Law Commission is due to report to ministers on these issues in 2019. In addition, the Secretary of State has asked the Law Commission to look at improving the laws which allow leaseholders to manage their own buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:00:03 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1029631

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 5 and 19 December (HL11727 and HL12195), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what support they will give to Nissar Hussein and his family and others who have left the Islamic faith and are facing persecution in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL12517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Britain has a strong legal framework and police provisions in place to support its values of tolerance, freedom of worship, and the rule of law, and to protect individuals or groups who may be vulnerable. It is therefore only left for the Government to yet again reiterate that anyone facing crime, the threat of crime, or any sort of harassment, for any reason, should report to the police. The Government is committed to ensuring that victims of all crimes have access to the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. In 2017/18 roughly £200 million from multiple pots across government was used to fund a range of both local and national commissioning of support services for victims of crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:02:00 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1028696

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to payments under the specialist equipment allowance, what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average amount a student has had to contribute towards equipment.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	203907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Occasionally, students with particularly complex equipment needs may contribute to the cost of other specialist equipment if they exceed the maximum allowance amount, which in the 2018/19 academic year is £5,529 for the whole course for full-time students. Figures on the numbers of students who exceed the maximum allowance amount are not kept routinely.</p><p>Disabled students who are recommended a higher-powered computer to run assistive software as part of a Disabled Students’ Allowances needs assessment are required to contribute £200 towards the cost of their computer.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 17:24:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1028697

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding here Department has allocated to the Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group; and what proportion of that funding has been spent.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	203908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not allocate funding to the Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) Quality Assurance Group (DSA-QAG).</p><p>DSA-QAG is a charity, funded through an annual registration and audit fee collected from three groups of DSAs providers - Assessment Centres, Assistive Technology Service Providers and Non-Medical Helper organisations.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 17:26:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1028700

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of demand for children’s services provided by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	203969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Department data shows that since 2013, the number of children in need, children on child protection plans and looked after children, at 31 March 2018 have risen by 7.1%, 24.5% and 10.7% respectively.</p><p>The government is working, between now and the Spending Review 2019, to get a sharper picture of demand for children’s services.</p><p>The department is also working with MHCLG on the fair funding review of relative needs and resources, which is looking in more detail at levels of demand in local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 17:27:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1027692

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm and Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the levels of self-harm and suicide in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	203409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. They include:<ul><li>investing in over 4,300 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes;</li><li>improving staff knowledge and understanding of the factors known to increase risk of self-harm, to help them to identify and respond appropriately to prisoners at risk. Our revised introduction to suicide and self-harm prevention training has already reached over 24,000 staff;</li><li>improving the flow, quality and use of risk information about people coming into our prisons, to support effective decision-making about risk;</li><li>producing an early days toolkit to help staff enhance the support that they provide for prisoners during the first few days and weeks in custody;</li><li>renewing our partnership with Samaritans by confirming a further three years’ funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme, and working with them to share learning from the ‘Coping with Life in Prisons’ project, a successful pilot initiative in which Samaritans-trained ex-prisoners delivered emotional resilience training to groups of newly-arrived prisoners; and</li><li>improving the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those identified as at risk of self-harm or suicide.</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/01/2019 16:56:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1028639

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Questions 189756 and 189757 on Prison Sentences: Males, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to prison in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	203938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to Question 202809 given on 20 December.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/01/2019 16:15:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon