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	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in enabling the National Fund charity to make appropriate donations; and whether they intend to apply to the courts for a scheme allowing the Fund to be used for its original purpose.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL4465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Fund was created in 1928 with an initial anonymous donation of £500,000 with the aim of eventually extinguishing the national debt. It has accumulated significant funds through further donations and income over the years, as set out in the <strong><ins class="ministerial">attached </ins></strong>chart <del class="ministerial">below</del>. It is currently estimated to be worth over £460 million.</p><p>The terms of the deed of Trust for the National Fund are such that the Trustees are required to accumulate the net income and profits of the trust fund until the value of the fund along with its accumulated income, when added to the value of any other funds applicable for the same purpose, is sufficient to discharge the entirety of the National Debt. Given the terms of the trust, the money is currently ‘locked’ in the fund.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office is working with the Charity Commission and the Fund’s trustees to help resolve this legally complicated matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/01/2018 14:42:46 question first ministerially corrected 16/05/2018 10:48:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Chart 2.pdf title Chart previous answer version 35717 answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

838334

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Financial Reporting Council
	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 Henley on 1 February (HL5095), for which periods, from 2004, the word “required” was used in the factsheet accompanying notices requesting payment by the Financial Reporting Council; and when, and for what reason, the wording was changed to “requests”.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Fact sheets for the preparers levy were used from 2009/10 when the preparers levy was extended to cover large private companies and public sector organisations. The fact sheets used the word “required” in explaining the rates applied to different categories of preparers. They also included similar wording to that included in the 2018/19 fact sheet which was <del class="ministerial">placed in the Library of the House in</del> <ins class="ministerial">attached to the</ins> response <ins class="ministerial">given</ins> to question HL5095. This makes clear that the Financial Reporting Council collects the levy from all preparers on a voluntary basis. The word “required” was replaced with the word “requested” to improve clarity in 2018/19.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2018 16:58:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2018 12:34:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 41938 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

829996

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	124720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial Yr</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Hospitality</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Catering</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">H&amp;C</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">201718 YTD</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23,017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 23,400</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 46,417 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,130</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 42,068</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 52,199 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-3,415</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 13,059</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 9,644 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35,860</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 54,432</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 117,145 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,816</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 14,920</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 18,735 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,980</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 37,475</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 55,455 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39,788</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 31,527</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 71,315 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010/11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 1,371</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 41,943 </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167,749</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 218,251 </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> 386,000</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Financial Yr</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Hospitality</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Catering</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">H&amp;C</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">201718 YTD</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23017</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23400</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 46,417 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016/17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10130</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42068</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 52,198 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-3415</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13059</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 9,644 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014/15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">62712</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54432</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 117,144 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013/14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3816</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14920</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 18,736 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012/13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17980</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">37475</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 55,455 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011/12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39788</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31527</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 71,315 </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010/11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40572</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1371</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 41,943</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 194,600 </strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 218,252 </strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong> 412,852 </strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/02/2018 11:52:15 question first ministerially corrected 06/04/2018 09:33:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 38964 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

818734

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many presenting officers have been recruited to represent his Department at tribunal appeals against the refusal of disability benefit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	121498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>While the Department has had presenting officers in the past, 2017 was the first time that individuals were recruited specifically into that role. Therefore there are no other specific recruitment to the presenting officer role in the years prior to 2017<del class="ministerial"> for ESA and PIP</del>.<ins class="ministerial">In 2017 DWP recruited 211 presenting officers.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/01/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 17/04/2018 10:36:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 34632 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

816738

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all women born in the 1950s affected by the change in state pension age have now been informed by letter of such changes.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	121165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government sent letters to women affected by the 1995 Act changes between April 2009 and March 2011 using the address details held by HMRC at that time.</p><p>The timetable for equalising State Pension age for women and men to 65 and the subsequent increase to 66 was accelerated by the Pensions Act 2011 following sharp increases in life expectancy projections. A concession was made prior to the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the maximum delay that anyone would experience in claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months compared to the original proposal. Following the Pensions Act 2011 the Government wrote to all those directly affected to inform them of the changes to their State Pension age between January 2012 and November 2013.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Background to direct mail outs: </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Apr 09 – Mar11:</strong> All those affected by the 1995 Act changes alone (those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953) were sent letters informing them of the change to their State Pension age. Letters went to approximately 1.2 million women between 2009 and 2011.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Jan 12 – Nov 13: </strong>All those affected by the 2011 Act changes (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April 1960) were sent letters informing them of the change to their State Pension age. This involved mailing more than 5 million letters <del class="ministerial">with an accompanying leaflet</del> to those affected, between January 2012 and November 2013.</li><li><ins class="ministerial">Both lots of letters had appropriate supporting information.</ins></li></ul> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/01/2018 10:42:39 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2018 17:16:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 33458 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan