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715497

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	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	Agriculture: Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 7 March (HL Deb, col 1246), whether the trebling of agricultural apprenticeships from 6,000 to 18,000 is a target for (1) the whole period to 2020, or (2) each year until and including 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment is to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech. This means increasing the number of annual starts to 18,000 by 2020. The number of starts in the most recent full year for which statistics are available (2015 -2016) was 7,160.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/04/2017 13:00:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

717811

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	Urban Areas: Pests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last reviewed (1) the proliferation of pests in urban areas, and (2) the ability of local authorities to deal with those pests.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The proliferation of pests in urban areas has not been reviewed by central Government, however there is a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in controlling urban pests.</p><p>Pest control is the responsibility of the owner or occupier of the property where the problem occurs. Where this is the local authority, they have the same powers to control pests as any other owner or occupier.</p><p>There is a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in managing rodent infestation and statutory nuisances, such as litter and refuse, where these are attracting pests.</p><p>The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 obliges local authorities to ensure that their districts are kept, as far as is practicable, free of rats and mice.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/04/2017 13:11:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

717809

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	Agriculture and Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 4 January, what progress they have made on finalising the two green papers on (1) the future of food and farming, and (2) the environment; and when they plan to publish them.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL6618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to publish both a 25 year environment plan and food and farming plan to support our twin ambitions of being the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than that in which we found it, and to become a world leading food, farming and fishing nation: to grow more, sell more and export more British food.</p><p>We are stepping up our engagement with a wide range of stakeholders to inform development of the full plans, which we are committed to publishing during this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/04/2017 13:10:43 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

714961

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	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 Young of Cookham on 28 March (HL6075), when Baroness Mobarik expects to follow up her commitment made in her answer on 24 January (HL Deb, col 551) to provide written information on the percentage of companies in the UK that the Department for International Trade has been dealing with which are owned outside the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL6447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade supports companies exporting products from the UK. The ownership structure of those companies is not recorded.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 12/04/2017 14:27:12 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

717782

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Road Traffic Offences
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 24 March (HL6007), how many penalties for breaches of the EU drivers' hours regulations involving lorry drivers sleeping in their cabs during breaks they estimate will be (1) issued, and (2) paid annually; and where the call for stakeholder views is published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to accurately estimate the number of penalties that would be issued if the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) started issuing penalties to drivers unlawfully taking their regular 45 hour weekly rest in their vehicle. However, the vast majority of penalties issued by the DVSA are paid (98.7% for April 2016 to March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>The issue was raised at the Road Haulage Forum (comprising of members representing both trade associations and trade unions in the road freight industry). Following that meeting on 21<sup>st</sup> February the members were asked to provide their views in writing. These responses are being considered and will inform the government's policy on how to enforce in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2017 13:02:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

717263

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	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	Agriculture
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to consult the public on future policy and support for farming once the UK leaves the EU, in advance of any decisions being taken or legislation being tabled; and if so, how views will be sought.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
	uin	HL6564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State set out five priority themes for engagement in her speech to the 2017 NFU Conference on 21 February: global demand, productivity, sustainability, resilience and consumer trust.</p><p>We will be working closely with the industry and the public on what is needed to drive agricultural and environmental policies forward once we leave the EU. Over the next few months we will be engaging with stakeholders so that Ministers and officials will be able to hear industry and the public’s views first hand.</p><p>We have a once in a generation opportunity to transform our food and farming policies and improve our environment and it is vital we are all part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL6565 question first answered 12/04/2017 13:09:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

714924

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to share the view of the then Secretary of State, as cited in the House of Commons Justice Committee report, <i>Prisons: planning and policies, </i>9th report of 2014–15 (HC309), that overcrowding leading to prisoners sharing cells is not a major problem; and if not, by what date they anticipate that prisoners will not be required to share cells.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL6412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>We will build up to 10,000 modern prison places which will replace places in ageing and ineffective prisons reducing the current levels of crowding as we will be providing buildings fit for today’s demands and able to support effective rehabilitation. This new accommodation is designed to have predominantly single cells.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2017 13:04:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

714923

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to hold the view, as expressed to the House of Commons Justice Committee inquiry, <i>Prisons: planning and policies</i>, 9th report of 2014–15 (HC309), by the then Minister for Prisons, that a higher degree of capital investment is possible in the private sector than in the public sector; and if so, what the basis is for this assertion.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL6411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>Since the publication of the “Prisons: planning and policies” report, the government has announced that we will invest £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 modern prison places.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot expect to make any significant impact in safety and reform without upfront investment. We have a robust mechanism for making capital expenditure decisions which monitors investment against outcomes and benefits - our work in digitising prisons is subject to this process alongside all of our other work in the Prison Safety and Reform programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2017 13:05:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

717804

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that appropriate enforcement mechanisms will be in position post-Brexit in place of those currently exercised by the European Commission and European Court of Justice, in relation to the environment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL6613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to being the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has always had a strong legal framework for environmental protections which predates our membership of the EU and oversight by its institutions. Our legislative framework already includes provisions for regulators to enforce existing environmental laws.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament is responsible for holding the Government to account, and Parliament is ultimately accountable to the electorate. This will not change with our departure from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>If there is an allegation that the Government has acted unlawfully, or has not complied with due process, interested parties may also bring legal action against the Government, in form of a claim for judicial review through the courts.</p><p>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/04/2017 13:10:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

714970

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	National Insurance Credits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the number of mothers claiming their full entitlement to NI credits towards their state pension.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Drake
	uin	HL6454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>Parents who are not working can safeguard their State Pension by claiming Child Benefit. National insurance credits are automatically awarded to people claiming Child Benefit for a child under age 12.</p><p>Since 2013, new parents and carers with household income above £50,000 are liable to pay a High Income Child Benefit Charge. Individuals can choose to receive Child Benefit and pay the charge or not receive Child Benefit and not pay the charge, and will receive credits under either option.</p><p>Information on what parents should do to protect their State Pension is included in the Bounty packs available to new parents and on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/04/2017 13:07:06 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4155 label Biography information for Baroness Drake