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44591

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:32
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6248
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK Border Agency staff are permanently deployed in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6248
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6248
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no Border Force Officers deployed to Jersey, Guernsey or Sark.</p><p>Jersey has its own Customs and Immigration Service. Guernsey has an Immigration, Nationality and Passport Department. Both islands have their own immigration rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 28/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

44578

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:55
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6235
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been paid in legal aid fees over the last five years to law firms Public Interest Lawyers and Leigh Day to conduct cases alleging abuse by British soldiers.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6235
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6235
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases for those Iraqis alleging abuse by British Soldiers without disproportionate costs. Legal aid cases are not systematically recorded against nationality or cause of action.</p><p> </p><p>Leigh Day have not acted under legal aid in these types of cases. Public Interest Lawyers have acted for Iraqi clients under legal aid in cases seeking investigations into deaths and mistreatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past five years were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>£628,527.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£267,433.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£439,268.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£331,238.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£54,387.48</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.</p> question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

44598

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:59
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:37
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6255
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the recovery of benefits through the Mesothelioma Support Scheme will yield; and what assurances they can give that some of this money will be spent on research for a cure for mesothelioma.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6255
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6255
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Benefit and lump sum payments that were made in respect of mesothelioma will be recovered from the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) payment in the same way as they would be recovered from other compensation payments. The latest Impact Assessment for the DMPS dated 10 March 2014 estimates that the recovery of benefits in the first 10 years of the Scheme, to 31 March 2024, will be £72m.</p><p> </p><p>The issue of research is not directly a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions; however we have worked closely with the Department of Health to make progress in this area. This work has included setting up a partnership to identify mesothelioma research priorities which will lead to the National Institute for Health Research turning priorities into fundable research questions and to encourage applications from the research community. In addition the National Cancer Research Institute has a workshop planned on 02 May 2014 to discuss and develop new proposals for mesothelioma studies. The Government has established robust systems to ensure that funding is provided to the highest quality research bids. The work that the Department of Health is taking forward will support researchers in producing these bids and ensure that funding is allocated in a way that best supports sufferers of this terrible condition.</p> question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

44592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:33
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6249
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what UK Border Agency controls are in place for entry into the UK from Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6249
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6249
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no physical border controls in place for those entering the UK from Jersey, Guernsey or Sark. Jersey, Guernsey and Sark are part of the Channel Islands. The UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland collectively form a common travel area (CTA). Under Paragraph 15 of the UK Immigration Rules a person who has been examined for the purpose of immigration control in one part of the CTA does not normally require to be examined on arrival into any other part of the CTA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 28/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

44590

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:31
	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
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6247
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made about the number of off-plan and readily available houses that are purchased by foreign investors.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6247
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6247
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of foreign buyers of new build properties.</p><p>However, publicly available research has looked at the influence ‘international buyers' have in the new build market in London. Savills suggest of an estimated 97,000 Greater London sales in 2012 (which includes existing property), only 750 were “prime new build sales to international second home buyers”. An estimated 3,000 were for investment in lettings, and therefore available to UK residents as tenants.</p><p>(<a href="http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/residential---other/spot-worldlondon-lr.pdf" target="_blank">http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/residential---other/spot-worldlondon-lr.pdf</a>)</p><p>Knight Frank (October 2013) found that between 85 and 90 per cent of new build purchases in Greater London over the last two years went to UK residents. They note that “Our research points to the fact that the majority of demand for new-build property in London from overseas remains focussed on the relatively small and concentrated market made up of the central London postcodes.”</p><p>(<a href="http://resources.knightfrank.com/GetResearchResource.ashx?versionid=2017&amp;type=1" target="_blank">http://resources.knightfrank.com/GetResearchResource.ashx?versionid=2017&amp;type=1</a>)</p><p>I would also refer the noble Lord to my reply to him of 1 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns WA179-180.</p> question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

44558

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:51
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:05
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6215
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Department for Transport and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6215
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6215
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested regarding the conduct of customer, user and satisfaction surveys across the Department for Transport and its agencies in the last 12 months is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Survey</strong></td><td>Comissioned by Board</td><td>Reported to Board</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>DVLA</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Customer Satisfaction Survey 2012-13</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>VOSA</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>ATF Satisfaction Survey</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>PSV operators survey</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>MOT modernisation user survey</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>User evaluation of communications - operators</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>User evaluation of communications - MOT</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong> MCA</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>UK Ship Register</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Survey and Inspection Regime</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Seafarer Certifcate of Competency</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Seafarer Certificate of Equivalent Comeptency</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>HA</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>National Road User Survey</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Area Road User Survey x7</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>DSA</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Car driving test candidates x2</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Motorcycle driving test candidates x2</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>LGC/PCV driving test candidates</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Approved driving instructors x2</td><td> </td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Approved motorcycle training bodies</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Potential driving instructors</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Trainers on the ORDIT register</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Trainers on the voluntary LGV/PCV register</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Glossary</p><table><tbody><tr><td>ATF</td><td>Authorised Testing Facility</td></tr><tr><td>DSA</td><td>Driver Standards Agency</td></tr><tr><td>DVLA</td><td>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</td></tr><tr><td>HA</td><td>Highways Agency</td></tr><tr><td>MCA</td><td>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</td></tr><tr><td>PSV</td><td>Public service vehicle</td></tr><tr><td>VCA</td><td>Vehicle Certification Agency</td></tr><tr><td>VOSA</td><td>Vehicle and Operator Services Agency</td></tr><tr><td>LGV</td><td>Large goods vehicle</td></tr><tr><td>PCV</td><td>Passenger carrying vehicle</td></tr><tr><td>ORDIT</td><td>Online register of driving instructors</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

44561

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:52
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:09
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6218
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	31/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Department for Work and Pensions and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6218
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6218
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions conducts an annual Claimant Service and Experience Survey which measures customer satisfaction. The survey includes customers of Jobcentre Plus and the former agency Pensions, Disability and Carers Service. Fieldwork for the 2013 survey was completed in September. The survey is approved by the Operations Executive Team and key findings have been reported to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Maintenance Group conducts customer satisfaction surveys to cover all its statutory schemes. Quarterly surveys are run for the 1993/2003 and 2012 schemes and a monthly survey for the Options Gateway to tell how customers think suppliers are delivering service. All of these surveys are commissioned and reviewed for internal use by the CMG Executive Team.</p><p> </p> question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

44560

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:52
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:08
	answering body	Wales Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6217
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	31/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Wales Office and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6217
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6217
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Wales Office has not conducted any customer or user surveys in the last 12 months.</p><p>However, the Wales Office conducts a staff engagement survey annually, and the results are reported to the Department's management board.</p><p> </p> question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

44612

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:38:01
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:46
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6269
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	31/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is being done to reduce the number of cyclist deaths on United Kingdom roads.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6269
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6269
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 24 Feb 2014, <em>Official Report, column WA170</em> (HL5360). Since my answer we have launched the THINK! campaign on 24 March 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

44562

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/04/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	24/03/2014 22:37:53
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:00:10
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6219
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Attorney General's Office to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6219
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6219
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Attorney General's Office (AGO) does not have a cost overrun established by the management board above which it merits a budget being tabled at departmental Executive Board. No overruns have been reported to the AGO Executive Board in the last 12 months.</p> question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn