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89915

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to encouraging energy companies to use income-differentiated tariffs as a means of addressing fuel poverty.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL1757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Energy suppliers provide direct bill support for low income households through the Government’s Warm Home Discount scheme. <del class="ministerial">As the original impact assessment for the scheme made clear, the scheme grew in part out of a concern about affordability of energy bills and accessibility of appropriate tariffs for those on low incomes. The scheme is now hugely successful.</del> <del class="ministerial">This year the</del> <ins class="ministerial">The </ins>Warm Home<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> Discount will<ins class="ministerial"> increase to</ins> give eligible low-income bill payers £140 money off their energy bills, helping over 2 million people including 1.4 million of Britain’s most vulnerable pensioners.</p><p>There has been consideration of the role of differentiated tariffs as part of the Hills Review of Fuel Poverty, and in the development of Fuel Poverty: Framework for future action and Cutting the cost of keeping warm, the consultation to prepare for a new fuel poverty strategy.</p><p>We continue to monitor the impacts of the Ofgem’s Retail Market Review and wider Government action to ensure consumers are treated fairly in the energy market and are better able to the choose a deal that suits them. We expect to keep the case for further action under review as part of this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 08/09/2014 08:09:35 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2014 12:14:23 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma previous answer version 18278 answering member printed Baroness Verma answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

90125

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been received in the 2014-15 financial year by GPs for the delivery of vaccines through each routine immunisation programme, broken down by (a) item-of-service payment, (b) administration fee, (c) reimbursement cost, (d) Quality and Outcomes Framework reward and (e) Directed Enhanced Service payment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	207552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Data for the current financial year <ins class="ministerial">are </ins><del class="ministerial"> is</del> not yet available. Financial data on overall spend of vaccination and immunisation programmes <ins class="ministerial">in general practice are </ins><del class="ministerial">is</del> published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) <del class="ministerial">once it has undergone routine checks and audits as set by the National Audit Office</del>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HSCIC <del class="ministerial">will</del> publish<ins class="ministerial">ed</ins> the data for 2013-14 on <ins class="ministerial">19 </ins><del class="ministerial">22</del> September 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 14:40:24 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 11:10:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 18802 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

89893

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Diesel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what incentives they have put in place over the past 20 years to encourage motorists to switch from petrol to diesel fuel.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL1735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from transport as part of targets set in the carbon budget.　 Successive governments have been hugely successful in this aim and consumers have benefited from more fuel efficient vehicles, including those with petrol engines.</p><p> </p><p>At various points in time successive governments have put in place different treatments of petrol and diesel vehicles under transport related taxes such as Vehicle Excise Duty and Fuel Duty. 　Over this Parliament neither Vehicle Excise Duty nor Fuel Duty has distinguished between petrol and diesel vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Diesel cars and vans have become increasingly popular, reflecting good fuel efficiency and the improvements in engine technology. Diesel engines can produce more air pollution than petrol engines. Successively tighter European emission standards for new diesel vehicles has reduced particulate matter pollution and will address emissions of oxides of nitrogen.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 09:54:19 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

89937

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the terms of the recently awarded contract to supply optometry services to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for a three-year period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Elton
	uin	HL1779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency published an advertisement relating to this contract in the Official Journal of the European Union. This document outlined to prospective bidders the duration of the contract and the categories required for service delivery. Due to the detail and length, I have placed copies of this advertisement as well as copies of the Contract Award Notice, the terms and conditions of the contract and the specifications of the contract in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 11:30:29 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2812 label Biography information for Lord Elton

89952

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current estimate of cost overrun on future rail electrification.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The detailed cost estimates for future rail electrification are still being developed by Network Rail and will be evaluated using the Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism set out in the Office Rail Regulation’s Final Determination for Control Period 5. This process is not expected to conclude until early 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 11:41:07 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

89953

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Department for Transport and Office of Rail Regulation staff are investigating Network Rail's costs of electrification; and whether the Department for Transport is planning to take over the responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation for monitoring Network Rail's costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The detailed cost estimates for future rail electrification are still being developed by Network Rail and will be evaluated using the Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism set out in the Office of Rail Regulation’s Final Determination for Control Period 5. This process is not expected to conclude until early 2016. There are no plans for changes to the responsibilities of the three organisations in relation to monitoring costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 11:39:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

89954

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Bridges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who funded the footbridge at Stodham, near Petersfield, which was recently opened to provide an alternative to a level crossing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail is now an arm’s-length public sector body and the funding of the footbridge at Stodham is an operational matter for the company.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail advises that it funded the footbridge at a cost of £350,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 11:33:42 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

89957

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A417: A436
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for the major improvement of the A417/A436 junction at the Air Balloon roundabout in Gloucestershire; and what immediate steps are planned to alleviate the traffic congestion in that area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
	uin	HL1799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Highways Agency is preparing a Route Strategy for the Midlands to Wales and Gloucestershire. This includes the A417/A436 junction at the Air Balloon roundabout, which itself is part of the section of the A417 known as the ‘Missing Link’ and identified as a key issue on this route. The next stage will be to assess options, including major improvements, and to produce indicative business cases as the basis upon which to prioritise investment from 2015. Outcomes from the Route Strategies are expected to be announced in spring 2015. There are no other immediate plans to undertake any works on this route before the Route Strategy is concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/09/2014 11:32:39 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

89950

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Max Clifford
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Max Clifford was handcuffed to a prison officer when he attended his brother’s funeral; and whether he remained so restrained throughout the service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>NOMS does not comment publicly on matters concerning a named individual’s imprisonment.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/09/2014 10:10:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

89951

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Andy Coulson
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Andy Coulson is being held in a top security prison.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>Mr Coulson was initially located in the prison that served the court his case was being heard in. Belmarsh is a multi-functional prison; one of its roles is to hold all prisoners remanded or convicted from a number of courts.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are assigned a security category once they have been sentenced. A prisoner cannot be allocated to a prison of the appropriate category until their risks and sentence management targets have been assessed. Once this assessment was completed Mr Coulson was allocated to a Category D prison. He was transferred to the Category D establishment on 2 September 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/09/2014 10:14:37 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne