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1129489

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	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 changes to the criteria for free school meals eligibility in 2018; and how many students now receive free school meals compared to the number who received them before these changes took place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL15974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answers I gave on 6 February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-01-24/HL13093/" target="_blank">HL13093</a> and Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-01-24/HL13094/" target="_blank">HL13094</a>. I will also refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 20 February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-02-06/HL13492/" target="_blank">HL13492</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new eligibility criteria that we introduced in April 2018, we estimate that more pupils will benefit from free school meals (FSM) by 2022, compared with the previous criteria. In addition, generous transitional protections were put in place to ensure no child will lose their eligibility for FSM during the change to the new criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Under the benefits-based criteria, to be eligible to receive FSM, a pupil or their parent must be in receipt of any one of the qualifying benefits and must make a claim to the school for FSM. The qualifying criteria includes benefits for both out of work and low-earning families. The full eligibility criteria is attached and also available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 11/06/2019 13:21:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15974_webpage.pdf title HL15974_FSM_eligibility
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1129497

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the target for energy suppliers to have taken all reasonable steps to install smart meters in all homes and small businesses in the UK will be met by 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL15982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The smart meter rollout in Great Britain is making good progress, with over 14.3 million smart and advanced meters operating as of the end of March 2019. The Programme remains on track to offer every home and small business smart meters by the end of 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/06/2019 15:11:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1129499

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Electricity Interconnectors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK's electricity is currently imported from other EU countries via interconnectors; and what percentage is forecast for 2030.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL15984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is publicly available in:</p><p> </p><p>- Table 5.1: ‘Fuel used in Electricity Generation and Electricity Supplied’, of the 2019 ‘Energy Trends: Electricity’, published by BEIS; and</p><p> </p><p>- Figure 5.1: ‘Electricity Generation by Fuel Source’, of the 2018 ‘Energy and Emissions Projections’, published by BEIS (see table below):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><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>TWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>Renewables</p></td><td><p>Imports</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2026</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2028</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2029</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2031</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2033</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name EEP 5.1.pdf title Figure 5.1: Electricity generation by fuel source 2 file name Energy Trends 5.1.pdf title Table 5.1. Fuel in elec generated & elec supplied question first answered 12/06/2019 16:27:05 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1129514

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Cabinet Office has made of the potential benefits of the application of ISO 44001 to their procurement policy, and the procurement policy of all Departments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
	uin	HL15999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long-established approach to identifying, developing and managing collaborative business relationships. For example, the Government recognises the importance of managing its relationships with strategic suppliers, on a cross-government basis, by observing their performance in the delivery of public services and monitoring financial health.</p><p>This year, the Government introduced a new approach to the monitoring and management of strategic suppliers through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and each of our strategic suppliers. The approach of using an MOU reflects the Government’s now well-developed relationships with, and understanding of, its strategic suppliers. Under this new approach, strategic suppliers will agree to provide the government with the information it needs to monitor and manage risks across its strategic supplier base, with the full cooperation of industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/06/2019 17:01:16 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

1129543

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Renata Dwan, Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, warned on 21 May that the risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, and that the world should take this threat more seriously.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL16028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Today's security climate is challenging, with the threats faced by the United Kingdom increasing in scale, diversity and complexity. However, Her Majesty's Government does not believe that the risk of nuclear war is greater today than it was during the Cold War.</p><p>While the operation of an independent, minimum, credible nuclear deterrent continues to be necessary to protect the United Kingdom from the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, the UK has taken a number of unilateral actions that build confidence and reduce international tensions. Our negative security assurances, as set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, are designed to give Non-Nuclear Weapons States in compliance with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty confidence that nuclear weapons will not be used against them. Further, since 1994, UK Trident missiles have not been targeted at any State; our Vanguard class submarines are at several days' notice to fire; only the Prime Minister has the authority to launch nuclear weapons maintaining political control at all times; and the UK has been transparent about its nuclear capability, including missile and warhead numbers.</p><p>The Government is committed to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons and continues to work internationally, within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, towards achieving the conditions in which all nuclear weapons possessor states are willing to relinquish their nuclear weapons.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/06/2019 15:17:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1129545

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the cost per flight hour of the F35-B aircraft; and what is their expected in service flight hours.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL16030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not yet have its own figure for the hourly flying cost for an F-35B Lightning as the aircraft has not been in service long enough to generate the required data. However, information would in any case be withheld as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice commercial interests.</p><p>The expected service life of an F-35B Lightning is 8,000 or more flying hours.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/06/2019 15:13:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1129547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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 Steel: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether civil servants expressed any concerns about the loan made to British Steel to enable it to meet its emissions trading compliance costs; and whether this loan is subject to enforceable security.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL16032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 4<sup>th</sup> June 2019 to Question HL15896, and to letters from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and the Comptroller &amp; Auditor General, placed in the Libraries of both Houses, outlining the terms of the Deed of Forfeiture bridge facility agreed between Government and British Steel.</p><p> </p><p>The Deed of Forfeiture provides legal protections to give Government control of 2019 EU ETS allowances, even under the scenario of insolvency.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/06/2019 15:12:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1129561

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech on 6 May, whether they will conduct a review of defence spending; and whether they will commit to spending more than the minimum NATO endorsed proportion of GDP on defence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
	uin	HL16046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to meet the NATO pledge to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence every year of this Parliament.</p><p>Future defence spending will be agreed at the Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/06/2019 13:29:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4317 label Biography information for Lord Richards of Herstmonceux

1129574

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Manufacturing Industries
	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 economic impact that a no-deal Brexit could have on the UK manufacturing sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL16059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>On 28th November 2018 the Government laid before Parliament the document entitled, “EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis”. The purpose of this analysis was to illustrate high level impacts on the UK from different EU Exit scenarios. It included associated costs for five broad sector groups across the economy, which together cover the majority of the UK economy and all traded goods and services:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Manufactured Goods;</li><li>Agri-food;</li><li>Services (Non-Financial and Non-Networks);</li><li>Financial Services;</li><li>Networks</li></ul><p> </p><p>While economic modelling is an inherently uncertain exercise, the Government’s analysis indicates that the economy could be worse-off in the long run in a no deal scenario.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/06/2019 15:13:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1128132

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Access
	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 omission from the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 of provision on open access to inland water.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL15946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of legislating for open access to inland water.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 14:26:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington