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100008

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:22
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:19
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2223
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 12:15:07
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the azure payment card for asylum seekers as a result of the new report by the British Red Cross on the humanitarian cost of the card.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2223
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2223
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers who require support because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom and can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review and the views of reputable partners such as the Red Cross are carefully considered but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring the individuals are able to meet their essential living needs and not left destitute.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 12:15:07
	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

100009

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:20
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployed People: Travel
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2224
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/10/2014 15:06:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial assistance is given to help young people on benefits with the travel costs associated with attending job interviews.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2224
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2224
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>All Jobcentre Plus District Managers have access to the Flexible Support Fund, that they can use to supplement mainstream services and to tailor support to the needs of individuals and the local area. A proportion of this fund will be spent by their Work Services Teams on discretionary awards to individual claimants, which could include helping with travel costs to attend job interviews.</p> question first answered 23/10/2014 15:06:09
	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

100012

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:24
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2227
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 12:40:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum claimants are left without any state support, on reaching the age of 18.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2227
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2227
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There is no reason why any asylum seekers should be left without support on reaching the age of 18. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are looked after by local authorities and most will continue to be supported in this way after the age of 18 under leaving care legislation while they remain in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Any asylum seeker that does not have an entitlement to leaving care support would be eligible to support from the Home Office under the provisions of section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if they were destitute.</p><p> </p> question first answered 27/10/2014 12:40:35
	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

100036

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:34
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:54
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2242
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 12:41:26
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the impact since 2009 of the closure of accident and emergency departments on neighbouring hospitals.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2242
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2242
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The reconfiguration of local health services is a matter for the local National Health Service. All service changes should be led by clinicians and be in the best interests of patients, not driven from the top down.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for NHS commissioners and providers to work together, with local authorities, patients and the public, in bringing forward proposals that will improve the quality, safety and sustainability of healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any changes must be supported by the Government’s four tests for service change, namely:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- support from general practitioner commissioners;</p><p> </p><p>- clarity on the clinical evidence base;</p><p> </p><p>- robust patient and public engagement; and</p><p> </p><p>- support for patient choice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Once a decision on a local case for change has been made, it is up to the NHS to ensure its local services meet the needs of its population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, we would expect any local plans for changes to acute services to take full account of the impact on neighbouring hospitals.</p><p> </p> question first answered 27/10/2014 12:41:26
	creator	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100048

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:37
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:18
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2254
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 15:25:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact they consider that the long-term access rights for Grand Central on the East Coast Main Line will have on the premium payments generated by the Intercity East Coast franchise.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2254
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2254
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Transport has forecast premiums for the purposes of the competition for the InterCity East Coast franchise. These forecasts take into account Grand Central’s access rights at their current levels. The Invitation to Tender for the InterCity East Coast franchise competition includes a Risk Assumption relating to the impact of an expansion of Open Access operations.</p> question first answered 28/10/2014 15:25:22
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

100049

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:38
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:19
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2255
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 15:24:42
	question first ministerially corrected	12/01/2015 16:11:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the long-term access rights for Grand Central on the East Coast Main Line require them to pay the same access charge as Intercity East Coast; and, if not, why not.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2255
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2255
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Grand Central will not pay the same access charges as Intercity East Coast as Open Access Operators do not pay Fixed Track Access Charges (FTAC). However, both Franchised and Open Access Operators pay Variable Track Access Charges (VTAC) since these are set to reflect the direct ‘wear and tear’ costs that train services impose on the network when they are run.</p><p> </p><p>For Control Period 5 (CP5) the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has held <ins class="ministerial">the Capacity Charge element of VTAC at CP4 levels for services currently run by existing passenger Open Access Operators, however they will pay CP5 rates for any additional or new services whilst any new entrant Open Access Operator will pay CP4 rates on services below a set threshold and CP5 rates on services above that threshold. </ins><del class="ministerial">Open Access (both passenger and freight) VTAC at CP4 levels, whilst</del> Franchised Operators pay the new, higher CP5 rates<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">for both existing and new services.　 However, this is the only element of VTAC that is calculated on a different basis.</ins></p><p> </p> question first answered 28/10/2014 15:24:42
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

100056

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:31
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Obesity: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2262
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 12:35:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to provide further advice to schools on how to tackle childhood obesity.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2262
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2262
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This Government recognises that through physical education, competitive school sport and encouraging healthy eating, schools can help address the problem of childhood obesity. The PE and sports premium is part of a package of measures to tackle obesity in primary schools. Our research found 96% of schools said that their pupils are now living healthier lives as a result of the funding. In addition, the introduction of universal infant free school meals will ensure that all infants receive a nutritious school lunch.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/10/2014 12:35:00
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

100058

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:40
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:33
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2264
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:32:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, which suggests child poverty reduction targets will not be met, what steps they will take to ensure that those targets are met.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2264
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2264
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We remain committed to our goal of ending child poverty by 2020.</p><p>The ‘2014-17 Child Poverty Strategy’, published in June this year, outlines our plans to tackle the root causes of poverty, by:</p><ol><li>Raising the incomes of poor children’s families by helping them get into work and making work pay.</li><li>Supporting the living standards of low-income families.</li><li>Raising educational outcomes of poor children.</li></ol><p>Work remains the best route out of poverty. That is why the Government is introducing Universal Credit which will lift around 300,000 children out of poverty due to increased entitlements. This Government is also focused on breaking the cycle of poor children going on to become poor adults. That is why the Government has introduced policies - such as the pupil premium, worth £2.5 billion in 2014-15, to support poor children to reach their full potential and close the attainment gap between them and their more advantaged peers.</p><p>The Government will publish a response to the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission Report in due course.</p> question first answered 27/10/2014 17:32:36
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

100076

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:44
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:15:16
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2282
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 15:18:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the free movement of people between the United Kingdom and Ireland, however defined, plays in the Anglo-Irish agreement and in the documents which underpin it.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2282
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2282
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Free movement of people between the United Kingdom and Ireland within the Common Travel Area has existed since 1923 and therefore predates both the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the subsequent British-Irish Agreement. The free movement of people between the two jurisdictions is not provided for by either Agreement.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/10/2014 15:18:32
	creator	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

100080

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:32
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:57:20
	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	Judicial Review
	house id	1
	identifier	211271
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/10/2014 15:10:43
	question first ministerially corrected	05/01/2015 17:35:17
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office in each of the last four years; and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each such year.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211271
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211271
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department holds records relating only to those cases in which it has acted. The Treasury Solicitor represents most, but not all, government departments in litigation. For example, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its own litigation. According to records held by the Treasury Solicitor, the number of judicial reviews involving government departments in which it has acted in each of the last four years is as follows:</p><p>2010 – 8,566</p><p>2011 – 9,603</p><p>2012 – 10,274</p><p>2013 – 16,449</p><p>Information relating to how many of those reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each year is not held centrally and could not be created without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p><del class="ministerial">The Administrative Court Office does not collate the information requested centrally and determining the number of reviews and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part would incur a disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested in respect of the Administrative Court Office is published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls</a> . The 2013 data is not currently available.</ins></p> question first answered 28/10/2014 15:10:43
	creator	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter