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57529

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:13:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:11:57
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 14:55:44
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what value of trade will be covered by the European Union agreement of 23 April to reduce trade barriers with Ukraine.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The European Commission estimates the annual value of the Autonomous Support Measures to be nearly €500 million (£413.15 million) in tariff reductions of which almost €400 million (£330.52 million) accrue to the agricultural sector.</p> question first answered 17/06/2014 14:55:44 answering member 3839
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

57531

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:13:34
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:11:59
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Institutions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 11:50:19
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost to the European Union institutions of (1) translating documents, speeches and other texts, and (2) simultaneous interpretation in all member languages; and what is their estimate of the saving if that service were limited to the six most used languages.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL4
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Each European Union Institution is responsible for its own translation and interpretation systems and costs. The Annual Budget 2014 has €388 million payments allocated to “language services” for the European Commission.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 11:50:19 answering member 3839
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

57532

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:13:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:01
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 13:53:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce the National Minimum Wage, and in particular to protect the employees of agencies and those on zero-hours contracts from exploitation.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL5
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage for all workers. This includes agency workers and those on zero hour contracts. HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline. In addition, HMRC conducts risk-based enforcement in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Government is taking a tougher approach on employers that break National Minimum Wage law and has already made it simpler to name and shame employers that break NMW law. The Government has also increased the financial penalty percentage that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 13:53:18 answering member 4169
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

57546

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:54
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:20
	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	Lobbying
	house id	2
	identifier	HL19
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:08:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their total expenditure on financial support for organisations which lobby them on government policy.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL19
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL19
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Government Departments fund and contract with various organisations. It would be a matter for the relevant Department to determine whether any of these organisations lobby the government inappropriately.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:08:10 answering member 1816
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57547

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:56
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	2
	identifier	HL20
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 18:37:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1984 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL20
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL20
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder. Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others, the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice. As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 18:37:22 answering member 4183
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57553

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:15:36
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:30
	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	Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	identifier	HL26
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 16:54:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proportion of ethnic minorities in the senior civil service.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Blackburn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL26
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL26
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>To win the global race we need the best civil servants regardless of their background so we must recruit, retain and promote on the basis of merit. We want to see more talented people, whatever their background, reach the very top roles.</p><p>As at 1 October 2013, the proportion of senior civil servants who declared that they are from an ethnic minority background is 3.8%.</p><p>We believe that for too long talent management in the Civil Service has been weak and the Government plans to address this as part of its ongoing programme of Civil Service reform.</p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 16:54:45 answering member 1816
	creator	2526 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Blackburn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2526 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Blackburn

57559

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:38
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Homelessness
	house id	2
	identifier	HL32
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 11:59:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the pilot schemes on discharge from hospital of the homeless.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL32
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL32
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have commissioned Homeless Link to undertake an evaluation of the Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund and expect to receive a full report in September.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 11:59:56 answering member 2000
	creator	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

57562

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:33
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:42
	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	Charities
	house id	2
	identifier	HL35
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 18:00:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 March (WS 50–52), how many trustees have been removed by the Charity Commission since 2007; how many trustees have been suspended by the Commission since 2007; and what discussions they have had with the Commission about its using its powers to investigate a breach of charitable law.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL35
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL35
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of trustees of charities suspended or removed by the Charity Commission in each year since 2007 can be seen in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of trustees suspended</p></td><td><p>Number of trustees removed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A number of meetings have been held with the Charity Commission to discuss its use of regulatory powers. The draft Protection of Charities Bill, announced as part of the Queen's Speech, would strengthen the powers of the Charity Commission to tackle abuse in charities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 18:00:15 answering member 1816
	creator	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

57564

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:49
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Football Banning Orders
	house id	2
	identifier	HL37
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 13:28:13
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy and effectiveness of sentencing in cases where football fans have been found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated public order offences; and whether they will consider providing advice to the magistracy in response to any evidence revealing that magistrates are reluctant to issue football banning orders in such cases.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL37
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL37
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Racially and religiously aggravated offences have no place in our society. Parliament has provided the courts with the necessary powers to deal effectively with those who are convicted of these serious offences. The court must make a football banning order where an offender has been convicted of a relevant offence and it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help prevent violence or disorder at, or in connection with, any regulated football matches. If the court is not so satisfied, it must state that fact and give reasons in open court. The prosecution has a right of appeal against a failure by the court to make a banning order.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant offences for these purposes include chanting of an indecent or racialist nature at a designated football match, and specified offences under the Public Order Act 1986 committed during a period relevant to a football match, which covers the period beginning two hours before the match and ending one hour after the match, at any premises while the offender was at, or entering or leaving or trying to enter or leave, the premises.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any evidence to suggest that the magistracy are reluctant to make football banning orders, and decisions of the magistrates are made with the assistance of legal advisers who refer to current sentencing guidelines.</p> question first answered 24/06/2014 13:28:13 answering member 4183
	creator	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

57566

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:59
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:47
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Euthanasia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL39
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:09:31
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying for people with a terminal illness.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL39
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL39
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not itself made any assessment of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:09:31 answering member 4183
	creator	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher