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592869

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Local Housing Allowance
	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 number of supported housing properties likely to be affected by the proposed reduction in housing benefit, and what is their estimate of the range of weekly costs to tenants of such properties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL1995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Supported accommodation plays a vital role in the lives of many vulnerable people. That is why on 15 September 2016 we announced, via a Written Ministerial Statement, that we would be deferring the application of Local Housing Allowance Rates in the social sector for supported housing until 2019/20, at which point we will bring in a new funding model which will ensure that the sector continues to be funded at current levels, taking into account the effect of Government policy on social sector rents.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 11:14:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

592893

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guarantees they plan to give to people with a learning disability that they will continue to have their right to independent living respected following the introduction of the new funding system for supported housing.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL2019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Supported accommodation plays a vital role in the lives of many vulnerable people. A safe and stable and supportive place to live can be the key to unlocking better outcomes for people and for many it is a stepping stone to independent living in the longer term. The Government values the role supported housing plays and is committed to encouraging further development to meet future demand.</p><p>The Secretary of State confirmed in his written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 15<sup>th</sup> September that the Government will shortly be publishing a consultation document on supported housing.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 12:38:05 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

592894

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Housing Benefit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many respondents to the first consultation on reforming housing benefit for supported housing in 2011 considered the idea of a localised pot to support the right of disabled people to live independently.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL2020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The consultation in 2011 sought views on a wide variety of options, and received a range of viewpoints, reflecting the diversity of the sector. It did not consider whether localised funding would support the right of disabled people to live independently.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 12:34:31 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

592895

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the introduction of the new funding system for supported housing, what guarantees they plan to give that guidelines for local authorities will be sufficiently robust to ensure that there are no trade-offs between different groups in need of supported housing.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL2021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 September 2016 that a formal consultation document will be published shortly. This consultation will consult on appropriate safeguards to ensure that funding continues to support vulnerable groups and promotes the supply of supported housing.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 12:35:18 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

592897

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for monitoring the impact of the new funding system for supported housing on people with a learning disability after 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL2023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State confirmed in his written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 15<sup>th</sup> September that the Government will shortly be publishing a consultation document on supported housing.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 12:31:28 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

592916

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the findings of the recent report <i>Realising Aspirations for All</i> by the charity Sense.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL2042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We welcome the Sense report, Realising Aspirations for All and its findings. We want all disabled and people with a long term health condition to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations.</p><p>We will soon publish a Green Paper on work and health and conduct a consultation to understand how every individual can have the opportunity to work and share in the economic and health benefits that work brings, regardless of their health condition or disability. We will engage with Sense and other key stakeholders as part of the Green Paper consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 16:56:57 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

592935

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Working Mothers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support structure they have put in place for women who are returning to the workforce after they have had children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are helping women to return to the workforce after they have had children through the support provided by Jobcentre Plus. Work Coaches provide personalised support, tailored to meet the needs and requirements of parents, helping them to find work that fits with their individual circumstances. The Flexible Support Fund allows Work Coaches to address barriers to employment and support parents into work. This can be used in a variety of ways including paying for travel and childcare to allow parents to undertake training, attend interviews or start work.</p><p> </p><p>We are also putting in place a new package of government support that will make childcare more affordable and more accessible. This will build on the support already offered and will mean more parents have choice, security and peace of mind when it comes to being in work and supporting their family.</p><p> </p><p>Parents on Universal Credit have been offered more generous support from 11 April 2016, where they are able to claim up to 85% of childcare costs, compared to 70% previously. This is up to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children, up to the age of 16.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently offers 15 hours of free childcare for all three and four year olds and some of the most disadvantaged two year olds in England. From September 2017, this free childcare offer will be doubled for working parents of three and four year olds in England from 15 to 30 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare, which will be available to around two million households to help pay for childcare costs from early 2017. For every £8 parents pay into an online account, the Government will pay £2 – up to a maximum contribution of £2,000 per child each year, for children aged up to 12. Parents of disabled children will receive extra support worth up to £4,000 per year per child, until their child is 17.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 17/10/2016 16:58:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

592883

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the current duty structure for cider in the light of their statement that alcohol duties should be directly proportional to alcohol content.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL2009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Current rules require that cider duty is structured in bands according to the strength of the product.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to keep all taxes under review, and in that context is considering the views of stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2016 15:50:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

592909

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Monetary Policy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the impact of quantitative easing on investment and on savings to determine whether it is of greater benefit to one or the other.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL2035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is responsible for setting monetary policy to deliver its primary objective of maintaining price stability. As the MPC remit makes clear, ensuring price stability is an essential pre-requisite for economic prosperity. The MPC is accountable to both Parliament and the public, through regular reports and evidence given to the Treasury Committee. The Bank of England has previously produced analysis of the distributional effects of asset purchases on different groups in society. At the August Inflation Report hearing on 7 September the Bank committed to updating this analysis.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2016 14:27:01 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

592910

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Marketing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to restrict the advertising and promotion of primary option trading and investment to retail investors in the UK by firms based in Cyprus and Malta.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL2036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The government takes this issue very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The government will introduce measures to strengthen investor protection when it transposes the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).</p><p> </p><p>This will include powers for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to prohibit or restrict the marketing, distribution or sale of financial instruments, including relevant binary options where there are significant investor protection concerns.</p><p> </p><p>These powers will apply from 3 January 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2016 12:36:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners