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62502

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:53
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Access
	house id	2
	identifier	HL431
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 12:50:20
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the arrangements for access to the House of Lords during weekends and other quiet periods; and whether there are any plans to change them.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL431
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL431
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Members have access to the House of Lords estate 24 hours a day, including during weekends. Outside regular hours (advertised in the <em>Handbook on facilities and services for Members and their staff</em>), Members may gain access to the estate by use of their electronic pass at Carriage Gates.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 12:50:20 answering member 2124
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

62486

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:08
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:29
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Expert Evidence
	house id	2
	identifier	HL415
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/07/2014 11:33:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the allegations made regarding expert witnesses in the BBC Panorama programme Justice for Sale, broadcast on 9 June, they intend to review independently the evidence given by Michael Ansell in the Asil Nadir trial.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL415
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL415
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>No. Michael Ansell was instructed by the defence in the trial of Asil Nadir and if the defence have concerns about the evidence given by one of their witnesses it is a matter for them to take forward.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/07/2014 11:33:24 answering member 630
	creator	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

62481

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:07
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:23
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Land Registry
	house id	2
	identifier	HL410
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/06/2014 11:59:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dwellings have had their prices or values recorded at the Land Registry since 1 April 2000; and what proportion of all dwellings now have a transaction price or value recorded with the Land Registry.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL410
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL410
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>Land Registry holds information on 23.9m title numbers. Title numbers are made up of residential properties, commercial properties and areas of land.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Price paid entries on the register were introduced on 1 April 1990 and since then 13.4m title numbers have at some point had a price paid entry on the register.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>From 1 January 1995 Land Registry also recorded information relating to11.8m residential properties sold for full market value. This equates to 49.8% of residential properties having a transaction price or value stated recorded.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 27/06/2014 11:59:22 answering member 4169
	creator	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62513

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:12
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:22:09
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Postal Services
	house id	2
	identifier	HL442
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/07/2014 14:54:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect the universal postal service in the light of declining use of the service.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL442
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL442
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The universal postal service is protected in primary legislation – the Postal Services Act 2011. Under the Act, Parliament has established the minimum requirements of the universal service – which include letter deliveries 6 days a week at a uniform and affordable rate throughout the UK. Only Parliament can change the minimum requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Government has ensured that ongoing protection of the universal service is at the heart of the regulatory regime by giving Ofcom the primary statutory duty to secure the provision of the universal service and to this end Ofcom must have regard for the financial sustainability of the universal service.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has put in place a comprehensive monitoring regime that tracks the financial sustainability of the universal service and Parliament has ensured that the regulator has the powers and tools it needs to intervene in the market if the provision of the universal service is ever at risk.</p><p> </p><p>The steps we have taken to reform the regulatory framework coupled with securing access to the much needed private capital for Royal Mail, as the designated Universal Service Provider, are the best way to safeguard the future of a sustainable universal postal service in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 02/07/2014 14:54:32 answering member 4169
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

62514

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:22:10
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Postal Services
	house id	2
	identifier	HL443
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/07/2014 14:56:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering a review of the direct delivery market in the light of postal service providers other than Royal Mail being able to serve selected areas only.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL443
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL443
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Under the Postal Services Act 2011, Parliament gave Ofcom, as an independent regulator for postal services, the primary statutory duty to secure the provision of the universal service.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, following a consultation, Ofcom, as the independent regulator for postal services, set out its guidance on its approach to intervening in response to a material threat to the provision of the universal service.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has made clear that if its ongoing monitoring regime, which keeps the situation under continual review and allows for any new evidence, does not prompt the need for any earlier assessment, it will as a matter of course carry out a full assessment of the impact of competition on the universal service towards the end of 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More information about Ofcom's regulatory regime can be found on its website (www.ofcom.org.uk).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 02/07/2014 14:56:36 answering member 4169
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

62469

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:07
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	2
	identifier	HL398
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 12:51:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest available figures on output (1) per worker, and (2) per hour worked, in the United Kingdom; and how those figures compare with the equivalents for Germany, France and the United States.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL398
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL398
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 12:51:36 answering member 1816
	creator	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62475

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:15
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL404
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:34:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL404
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL404
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.</p><p>The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:34:18 answering member 1816
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62477

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:18
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL406
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 12:37:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define affordable housing in terms of (1) maximum proportion of after-tax income of those on average earnings needed to pay rent, and (2) multiple of gross income needed to buy a house.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL406
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL406
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>We do not define affordable housing in those terms. The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (sections 68 – 70) defines social housing as low cost rental accommodation and low cost home ownership accommodation. In the Act, a low cost rent is simply defined as below the market rate. Low cost home ownership is defined by its availability for occupation on a shared ownership or equity percentage basis. This provides flexibility to support a range of people with different housing needs through our affordable housing programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For planning purposes, the definition set out in the National Planning Policy Framework is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“ Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.“</p><p> </p> question first answered 30/06/2014 12:37:21 answering member 4205
	creator	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:14
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL403
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:07:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL403
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL403
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible. <br><br>The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option. <br><br>The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible. <br><br>Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:07:52 answering member 3428
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62476

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:17:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:21:16
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL405
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:13:37
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL405
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL405
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.<br><br><br>Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf<br><br><br>The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:13:37 answering member 3428
	creator	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno