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862937

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are employed by the Crown Prosecution Service; and how many (a) men, and (b) women, hold senior posts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL6385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2018 the Crown Prosecution Service employed (1) 2,083 men and (2) 3,987 women. In senior posts (graded at Senior Civil Service or equivalent) the Crown Prosecution Service employed (a) 34 men and (b) 40 women, with women making up 54% of the workforce in these grades.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/03/2018 11:12:01 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

862915

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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	Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much liquefied natural gas has been imported into the UK since 1 January; and from which countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Energy Trends Table 4.4 includes an extensive monthly breakdown of all gas imports, including liquefied natural gas, by country of origin. Due to the large amount of data in Table 4.4, I have included a copy of it as an attachment:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682882/ET_4.4.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682882/ET_4.4.xls</a></p><p>The latest data in Energy Trends is for two months prior to the publication month, and the publication on 29th March will include new data for January 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 15:40:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Copy of ET_4.4.xls title Supplementary info on origin of UK gas imports
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

864522

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Sharing Economy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to improve workers’ rights for the self-employed and workers in the gig economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices we committed to firm action and future legislation to enhance employment rights for those working in the gig economy, agency workers and those who work atypically. We are currently consulting on how best to achieve this change.</p><p>The Government Response also sets out a package of measures to better support the self-employed, including improved support on embarking on a self-employed career, encouraging pension savings and supporting people to pay the right tax.</p><p>Alongside this, from 6 April 2016, we have given self-employed people the ability to build their entitlement to the new State Pension at the same rate as employed people.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 16:41:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

868218

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	EU Emissions Trading Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is a loophole for electricity generating units of 3MWTh (MW thermal) under the EU Emissions Trading System.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL6490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The government does not believe the 3MW (thermal) threshold constitutes a loophole. The current inclusion criteria of the EU ETS offer a good balance between environmental integrity of the System and avoiding disproportionate administrative burden for operators and administrators.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 15:14:37 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

868219

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Electricity: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision to replace net demand with gross demand in calculating Capacity Market charges for suppliers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL6491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The decision to change the basis for calculating the Capacity Market Supplier Charge from being based on net demand to being based on gross demand was published on 22 March 2017 in the Government’s response following its consultation on various proposed amendments to Rules and Regulations that govern the Capacity Market. An assessment of the impact of the change from net to gross was contained in an Analytical Annex to the Government Response.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-proposals-to-simplify-and-improve-accessibility-in-future-capacity-auctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-proposals-to-simplify-and-improve-accessibility-in-future-capacity-auctions</a></p> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Government_Response.pdf title Capacity Market Consultation response 2 file name Analytical_Annex.pdf title Capacity Market Analytical annex question first answered 28/03/2018 15:14:10 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

868220

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Electricity: Storage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to classify grid-scale storage as electricity generation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL6492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published last July, the Government committed to define electricity storage as a distinct subset of generation in primary legislation, when parliamentary time allows. This will improve regulatory clarity for electricity storage – in particular, its treatment for licensing and planning purposes.</p><p>The regulator is also taking steps in line with this commitment. In October last year, Ofgem launched a consultation on proposals to modify the generation licence to include electricity storage. A response to this consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 14:50:18 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

868221

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Electricity: Storage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the electricity market of system operators and network owners owning and operating electricity storage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL6493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published last July, the Government and Ofgem said that measures should be taken to limit the ownership and operation of electricity storage by distribution network operators. This is to prevent competitive activities being carried out by monopoly network operators, which would inhibit fair competition in the market. Ofgem subsequently consulted on limiting the ownership and operation of storage by distribution network operators in October last year, and we expect Ofgem to finalise their position in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 14:24:33 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

868222

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Regional Electricity Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to set a deadline for distribution network operators to transition to distribution system operators.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL6494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published with Ofgem last July, we set out our expectation that distribution network operators (DNOs) would transition to being distribution system operators (DSOs). This involves more active management of networks, ensuring they compete network requirements (so flexible technologies like storage are deployed where they are more cost effective than network reinforcement), and greater coordination between the transmission and distribution system operators to improve efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Networks Association published a report in December 2017 outlining progress to date and a roadmap for future work. The Government welcomes in particular the commitment from the network companies to open up network requirements to competition, and notes that some DNOs are already doing this. As different parts of the network face different levels of congestion, other DNOs are expected to follow suit as and when they need to overcome network constraints.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/03/2018 14:49:40 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

862931

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of domiciled students in England in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17, aged (a) 18 to 24, and (b) 25 and over, who were taking (i) full-time foundation degrees, (ii) part-time foundation degrees, (iii) full-time Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) courses, and (iv) part-time HNC and HND courses; and of those, how many were studying at further education colleges.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL6379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has prepared information on students domiciled in England enrolled on foundation degrees, higher national diplomas, or higher national certificates. The figures cover HEFCE-funded higher education institutions and further education colleges in England, as well as enrolments at alternative providers in England. Figures for the academic years 2015/16 and 2016/17 have been provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2016/17 are provisional, and all figures are valid as of 16 March 2018.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/03/2018 16:40:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL6379 Attachment.xlsx title Students_domiciled_in_England_enrolled_FD/HNC/HND
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

862939

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is provided to Multi-Academy Trusts on the appointment of members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL6387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The department does not provide specific guidance on the recruitment of members, but as members are responsible for the appointment of trustees, it is important that they understand the skills, behaviours and knowledge that trustees need to deliver effective governance.</p><p>Guidance sets out that members may be appointed by special resolution by existing members or the foundation or sponsor of the multi-academy trust (MAT).</p><p>The guidance is attached and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-handbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-handbook</a>.</p><p>The articles of association of each individual trust set out the specific arrangements for the appointment of members to each trust.</p><p>Companies House specify their own requirements for MATs, as companies limited by guarantee, with regard to appointments and resignations. It is for individual MATs to ensure they follow these requirements.</p><p>There is no requirement for MATs to publish the minutes of meetings of members and trustees. However, the department’s Model Articles of Association state that the trust board must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, make available for inspection by any interested person, copies of the agenda, signed minutes of every such meeting and any report or other paper considered at such meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL6388 HL6389 question first answered 28/03/2018 14:00:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Governance_Handbook_-_January_2017.pdf title Governance Handbook
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey