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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

61253

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 23:19:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:16:54
	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: Security
	house id	2
	identifier	HL213
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:07:15
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL213
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL213
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:</p><p>“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.</p><p>The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.</p><p>This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.</p><p>Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:15 answering member 2124
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

62802

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2014
	date	19/06/2014
	date tabled	19/06/2014
	ddp created	19/06/2014 18:57:29
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:23:02
	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	Spencer Perceval
	house id	2
	identifier	HL482
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 11:13:36
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether there are plans to mark the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812; if so, what those plans are; and if not, why not.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL482
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL482
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Lords has no such plans. A series of events was held in 2012 to mark the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. The House of Commons authorities plan to erect a plaque in St Stephen's Hall near the spot where Spencer Perceval was assassinated.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 11:13:36 answering member 2124
	creator	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

61512

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:37
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
	house id	2
	identifier	HL290
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 12:18:36
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what steps he will take to facilitate the passage of Private Members' Bills through the House of Lords.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL290
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL290
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Practice in recent years is well-established: Private Members' Bills introduced in the House of Lords are offered Second Reading slots in the order in which they receive their First Reading. Second Readings for Private Members' Bills introduced this session have been scheduled on Friday 27 June and Friday 18 July; further Second Readings will be arranged in due course. A ballot to determine the order in which Private Members' Bills receive their First Reading will be introduced from the start of the new Parliament (3rd Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2013-14).</p><p>For Bills that receive a Second Reading, formal consideration of their remaining stages will be arranged where no amendments are tabled and where the Member in charge so requests. Where Bills receive a Second Reading but require further substantive consideration of amendments, they will be competing for time with Private Members' Bills that are received from the House of Commons and Private Members' Bills introduced in this House that are still awaiting a Second Reading.</p><p>My noble friend the Government Chief Whip will endeavour to facilitate the progress of bills in each of those categories.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2014 12:18:36 answering member 4144
	creator	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

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

61507

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:31
	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	Prerogative of Mercy
	house id	2
	identifier	HL285
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 11:14:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office of the Attorney General has any records of royal pardons granted between 1987 and 1997.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL285
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL285
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Attorney General has no formal role in the issue of Royal Pardons and therefore there are no records of Royal Pardons held by the Attorney General's Office.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/06/2014 11:14:18 answering member 630
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

61501

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:23
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	identifier	HL279
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 15:14:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their commitment to making better apprenticeship data available will involve publishing the retention rate of apprentices as employees by company and by occupational sector.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL279
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL279
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish Retention Rate data for Apprenticeships by company name or occupational sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Evaluation: Learners research report provides high level information on Apprenticeship completers who remain in employment. I attach a copy of the report. A copy of the report is also available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, information on learning outcomes is published on the Further education (FE) choices website to help better inform learner choices, and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://fechoices.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://fechoices.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2014 15:14:09 answering member 4210
	creator	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

61271

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 23:19:34
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:17:19
	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	HL231
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 11:15:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances employers are legally allowed to pay workers less than the national minimum wage.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL231
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>There are no circumstances where if a worker is entitled to the National Minimum Wage that an employer can pay less than the National Minimum Wage. However, under the legislation certain types of workers are not entitled to the minimum wage. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/selfemployed" target="_blank">self-employed people</a> running their own business</li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-status/director" target="_blank">company directors</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses" target="_blank">volunteers</a> or voluntary workers</li><li>workers on a government employment programme, eg the Work Programme</li><li>family members of the employer living in the employer's home</li><li>non-family members living in the employer's home who share in the work and leisure activities, are treated as one of the family and aren't charged for meals or accommodation (eg au pairs)</li><li>workers younger than school leaving age (usually 16)</li><li>higher and further education students on a work placement up to 1 year</li><li>workers on government pre-apprenticeships schemes</li><li>people on the following European Union programmes: Leonardo da Vinci, Youth in Action, Erasmus, Comenius</li><li>people working on a Jobcentre Plus Work trial for 6 weeks</li><li>members of the armed forces</li><li>share fishermen</li><li>prisoners</li><li>people living and working in a religious community</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, people carrying out work experience and internships will not get the minimum wage if they are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a student doing work experience as part of a higher or further education course</li><li>of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school" target="_blank">compulsory school age</a></li><li>a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses" target="_blank">volunteer</a> or doing voluntary work</li><li>on a government or European programme</li><li>work shadowing</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employers and workers with queries about the application of the National Minimum Wage can access free and confidential advice through the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 24/06/2014 11:15:33 answering member 4169
	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

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

61475

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:36
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:17:48
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	identifier	HL253
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 16:22:41
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their stated intention of building more houses, what is their assessment of the availability of skilled personnel to carry out the building work necessary; and what measures they are taking to train sufficient numbers to ensure the success of the house building programme.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL253
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL253
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>There has been no specific assessment of the availability of skilled personnel for the home building sector. The Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB) latest Construction Skills Network Report forecasts an annual recruitment requirement for the construction sector, including home building, of 36,400 a year for the 2013 – 2018 period.</p><p> </p><p>Under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council, the house building industry is developing an action plan to address two immediate priorities: improving the image of house building and attracting back experienced workers who left during the recession, and other workers with relevant skills. More widely, the Government is making a number of reforms to the skills system to improve skills supply, putting employers in the driving seat and making providers more responsive to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently undertaking a triennial review of the way the CITB operates and challenging it on the service it delivers to the sector.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/06/2014 16:22:41 answering member 4169
	creator	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham