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78966

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:04
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:34
	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	Written Questions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1283
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/08/2014 11:24:36
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 July (WA 144–5), whether she will discourage ministers and spokespersons from answering Written Questions by reference to websites.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1283
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1283
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave to Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 29 July (WA 304).</p><p> </p> question first answered 04/08/2014 11:24:36 answering member 4205
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	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78967

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:04
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:35
	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	Written Questions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1284
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 11:55:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Questions for Written Answer have been answered by reference to websites (1) by department, and (2) in each Parliamentary session, since the 2010 General Election.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1284
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1284
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 29/07/2014 11:55:55 answering member 1816
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78965

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:04
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:32
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1282
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/08/2014 12:22:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 July (WA 144–5), whether the Minister will now provide a substantive answer to the question.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1282
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1282
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State met with Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco on 7 October 2013 to discuss voluntary arrangements to help their customers’ adopt a healthier diet, including action to reduce their sugar intake. Other major retailers were unable to attend.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) visited a Tesco store on 13 March 2014, with regard in particular to diabetes.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/08/2014 12:22:50 answering member 2000
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78970

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:49
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nutrition
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1287
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 11:53:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 July (WA 145), which supermarkets have signed up to the calorie reduction pledge; what action each has taken to demonstrate its commitment to the pledge; who is responsible for monitoring the behaviour of supermarkets with reference to the pledge; and whether any sanction exists for failure to adhere to the pledge.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1287
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1287
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Eight supermarket chains have committed to take voluntary action to support and enable their customers to eat and drink fewer calories. A table giving each supermarket chain’s calorie reduction pledge annual returns for 2013 and 2014 has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>Annual returns provided by companies are published on the Responsibility Deal website each summer. An independent evaluation of the whole Responsibility Deal is under way. The Department does not monitor the returns against delivery plans. If a company fails to provide an annual return it may be removed as a signatory to that pledge.</p> question first answered 29/07/2014 11:53:59 answering member 2000
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78968

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:37
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1285
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 13:17:23
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Randerson on 16 July (HL Deb, col 588), under what circumstances the Sewel Convention would be set aside in order for the national interest to prevail.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1285
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1285
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text Under the Sewel Convention, Parliament would not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature. This is an important element of the understandings by which devolution operates across the UK, and we would be reluctant to depart from it in anything other than exceptional circumstances. question first answered 29/07/2014 13:17:23 answering member 4230
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78969

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/08/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 19:26:05
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:45:38
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1286
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 11:51:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Randerson on 16 July (HL Deb, col 588–9), what are the specific ways in which the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is "fully engaged" in speeding up the National Crime Agency's full introduction.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1286
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1286
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Northern Ireland Office remain actively involved in seeking to ensure the full extension of the NCA’s remit in Northern Ireland. In recent weeks the Secretary of State has discussed the issue with the Home Secretary, Justice Minister Ford, Chief Constable Hamilton and the SDLP. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has raised the issue with Justice Minister Ford and Chief Constable Hamilton. The previous Minister of State also raised the issue during recent meetings he had with the SDLP, Justice Minister Ford and Chief Constable Hamilton. Officials remain closely involved in ongoing discussions with the Department of Justice and Home Office on securing further progress.</p><p> </p> question first answered 29/07/2014 11:51:08 answering member 4230
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79189

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:47:28
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1350
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/07/2014 13:21:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Randerson on 17 July (HL Deb, col 738), when they expect to have in place properly designed systems to ensure that Northern Ireland Office policy has proper lines of responsibility, accountability and safeguards against error.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1350
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1350
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text Northern Ireland Office policy continues to be decided by Ministers. The NIO’s Senior Management Board monitors the delivery of all NIO policy, ensures lines of responsibility and accountability are clear, and checks that safeguards against error are sufficiently robust. As a result of significant changes in responsibilities and priorities, the Northern Ireland Office is a very different department from that which existed prior to devolution. The Department will be reflecting carefully on the conclusions and recommendations of the Hallett report, and considering whether there are further steps that need to be taken within the NIO to strengthen existing processes and ensure that appropriate lessons are learned. This work will be led by the Permanent Secretary and the Senior Management Board. question first answered 29/07/2014 13:21:03 answering member 4230
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79187

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:49
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:47:25
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1348
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/08/2014 13:56:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), what specific legislative change was undertaken specifically to deal with the absence of custodial sentences for illegal production or smuggling of diesel in Northern Ireland; and on what date those legislative changes became effective.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1348
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1348
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:40 answering member 4262
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79188

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:47:27
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1349
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/08/2014 13:56:41
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), for each of the 22 convictions referred to, what was the (1) date of conviction, (2) the charge on which the perpetrator was found guilty, (3) the other charges, if any, dealt with in the same trial, on which the convicted person was found not guilty, (4) the sentence passed, and (5) the court in which the hearing took place.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1349
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1349
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:41 answering member 4262
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79190

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 23:12:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:47:29
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1351
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/08/2014 13:56:41
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), what is their estimate of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland, is illegally produced or smuggled into the province.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1351
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1351
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:41 answering member 4262
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney