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967564

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Merchant Navy Day: Flags
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 April 2016 (HL7727), whether there have been any further discussions with the Lord Chamberlain’s office regarding the addition of flying the Red Ensign on Merchant Navy Day to the list of officially recognised flag days.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL10045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 21 designated days for flying the Union Flag on Government Buildings. These days have been set to mark special occasions by command of Her Majesty the Queen and on the advice of Government. As you suggest, any changes or additions are discussed with the Lord Chamberlain's Office.</p><p> </p><p>All other flag flying is deregulated and any organisation may fly any flag at any time, so long as they have the necessary planning permission. Therefore, organisations and individuals may fly the Red Ensign on Merchant Navy day if they wish.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 14/09/2018 11:30:59 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

967561

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Charitable Donations: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost to the Exchequer of the tax foregone due to tax relief on charitable donations (1) in the last year, and (2) over the last five years.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
	uin	HL10042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Tax relief is available on donations to charity by individuals and organisations, and to charities for their activities, including investment income.</p><p>Information about tax relief on charities’ investment income, and on charitable donations by organisations is not readily available.</p><p>Estimates for tax reliefs on charitable donations by individuals are published in “UK charity tax relief statistics”. The table below is an extract from the latest edition.</p><p>Extract from Table 2<strong>:</strong> Estimates for UK charities tax reliefs. Updated June 2018. Restricted to those reliefs for which accurate figures can be estimated</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reliefs paid to charities</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Reliefs paid to individuals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Gift Aid</p></td><td><p>Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme</p></td><td><p>Inheritance Tax</p></td><td><p>Payroll Giving</p></td><td><p>Gifts of shares and property</p></td><td><p>Higher Rate Relief on Gift Aid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1060</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1210</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1280</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1270</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL10043 question first answered 14/09/2018 11:56:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

967560

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reform the leasehold system to introduce the principle of fairness in the application of service charges and ground rent, and to tackle other related issues, in the light of the Law Commission's summary of proposed solutions for leaseholders of houses, published on 18 July.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring there is transparency and fairness in the leasehold market. In particular we announced measures on 21 December 2017 to limit ground rents in newly created leases to a peppercorn and require new build houses to be sold on a freehold basis. We will be consulting shortly on how we intend to implement these commitments. The Government will also be setting up a working group to consider, amongst other things, service charges to make sure they are fair and transparent. In addition we have asked the Law Commission to consider a range of options for reforming the law on enfranchisement to make it easier, quicker and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease. The Law Commission intends to consult on the details of its proposals over the autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/09/2018 15:07:03 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

967559

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reform Stamp Duty Land Tax.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government reformed Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential properties at Autumn Statement 2014, cutting the tax for 98% of people who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to support first-time buyers. At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government removed Stamp Duty Land Tax for all first-time buyers purchasing properties up to £300,000 with the relief also extending to purchases worth up to £500,000. Since introduction, these changes have benefitted 121,500 households with one million households expected to benefit over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the Budget process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/09/2018 11:49:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

967558

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they provided to the Global Fund partnership in (1) core, and (2) non-core funding in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The table (below) shows DFID’s financial contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the timeframe specified. All of DFID’s contributions are provided as core funding.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/09/2018 16:23:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

967556

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UNAIDS: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they provided to UNAIDS in (1) core, and (2) non-core funding in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All funding to UNAIDS in the periods requested have been core-funding as follows:</p><ul><li>2015/16: £15 million in core funding</li><li>2016/17: £15 million in core funding</li><li>2017/18: £15 million in core funding</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

967555

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of DfID’s total overseas development aid was spent on sexual and reproductive health and rights in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Based on internationally agreed methodology, DFID spent 10.7% in 2015-16 and 9.49% in 2016-17 of its overseas development aid on sexual reproductive health and rights.</p><p>Figures for 2017-18 are not yet available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

967554

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much DfID spent directly targeting HIV and AIDS under the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13041, and (2) 13042 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>DFID spent the following directly targeting HIV and AIDS under the two OECD Development codes 13041 and 13042:</p><p>2015/16 = £27.159M</p><p>2016/17 = £27.143M</p><p>This data does not capture spend on related programming that complements our wider work on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights including research and health systems strengthening.</p><p>Data for all sector codes and spend are available on the Statistics for International Development website. Figures for the 2017/18 will be released early in 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

967553

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much DfID spent directly targeting reproductive health under the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>DFID spent the following directly targeting reproductive health under the OECD Development codes 13010; 13021; 13022; 13030 and 13081:</p><p>2015/16: £313.705M</p><p>2016/17: £307.197M</p><p>This data does not capture spend on our substantial multilateral contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, UNFPA, WHO, Unitaid and UNAIDS.</p><p>Data for all sector codes and spend are available on the Statistics for International Development website. Figures for the 2017/18 will be released early in 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/09/2018 16:21:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

967547

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises that have set up an auto-enrolment pension scheme have done so correctly, and (2) safeguard workers against pension contribution errors made by their employers.
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL10030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success, with over 9.8 million employees enrolled and more than 1.3 million employers having met their duties to date.</p><p>The Department and The Pensions Regulator remain committed to enabling small and micro employers to comply with automatic enrolment by making the experience as straightforward as possible for this group.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, the Regulator launched an interactive step-by-step guide. This simplified guide to meeting automatic enrolment duties is designed to meet the specific needs of employers who may not have pensions experience, including those with just one or two staff. The guide includes an online tool so that employers can easily find out what they will need to do to comply and when. Using the online tool also means employers will receive tailored communications relevant to their circumstances. The step-by-step guide to automatic enrolment can be found on their website.</p><p> </p><p>Government has put in place a robust, proportionate compliance framework. This is administered by The Pensions Regulator, and includes detailed regulatory guidance about how to comply with the law. An employer is required to select a qualifying pension scheme; enrol qualifying staff into that scheme, and deduct any contributions payable under automatic enrolment.</p><p>Employers are also required to pay those contributions across to their chosen pension provider by a set deadline. Although the deadlines for contribution payments vary, depending on the type of scheme being used, there is an overall legal deadline of the twenty-second day of the following month; which aligns with the HMRC deadline for paying tax and National Insurance.</p><p>Qualifying pension schemes for automatic enrolment are subject to the same regulatory framework as all trust-based workplace pension schemes, also overseen by The Pensions Regulator. The Regulator has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions; provide information to help members check their contributions; and report material payment failures to the Regulator.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 11/09/2018 15:44:53 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick