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731062

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date	21/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to simplify the benefits regime to reduce the extent of the form filling and assessment burdens on benefits recipients.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL70
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The DWP is currently implementing Universal Credit. This flagship welfare reform policy simplifies the benefits regime for working-age people. It replaces 6 former benefits administered by DWP, HMRC and Local Authorities, with 1 single application process to DWP. Universal Credit also makes extensive use of digital services to reduce the extent of form filling for benefit recipients, who can interact with the Department using an online account.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of the New State Pension on 6 April 2016 also provided a simpler and more straightforward benefit for pension-age customers. This is less open to misunderstanding and dispute. State Pension claims are supported by an, increasingly popular, online claims service alongside a well established telephony channel. These two channels account for the vast majority of claims and have significantly reduced form filling. DWP is currently testing a new claims portal for State Pension to further improve the citizen experience.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 03/07/2017 14:48:27 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

731085

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Funerals: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to initiate a cross-departmental review of funeral poverty to make recommendations for reform.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
uin	HL93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Bereavement is a very distressing and difficult time. The Government is committed to working with local authorities, funeral directors and groups helping bereaved people to ensure that funeral services meet the needs of vulnerable people. It will continue to consider this issue in the context of discussions with these organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher

731090

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Funeral Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to match the ten-day target for the administration of Social Fund Funeral Payments pledged by the Scottish Government; and, if not, what plans they have to enable bereaved families to bury their relatives in the absence of any estate from which to draw funds to cover funeral costs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
uin	HL98
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change its clearance standard of 15 working days for Funeral Expenses Payments. The Department provides Funeral Expenses Payments to people who are arranging a funeral and who are in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit. They make a significant contribution towards the cost of arranging a funeral, and are paid as swiftly as possible when all the necessary evidence has been provided. In most cases, payments are made directly to the funeral director who arranged the funeral.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/06/2017 11:11:11 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher

711990

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, how many confiscation orders were (1) authorised by the courts, and (2) put into effect; and how much money was recovered.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL6128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The volumes and values of confiscation orders granted and the total value of confiscation orders collected in the last three years is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Volume of orders granted</p></td><td><p>Value of orders granted</p></td><td><p>Total value of confiscation orders collected (all agencies)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,023</p></td><td><p>£215,839,389</p></td><td><p>£137,249,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5,907</p></td><td><p>£244,785,936</p></td><td><p>£154,139,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,937</p></td><td><p>£451,977,460</p></td><td><p>£175,240,424</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/03/2017 15:43:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

710391

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Retirement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL5995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to raise the mandatory retirement age of 70, which aims to strike a balance between allowing judges time to develop and progress and ensuring that career opportunities are also available for more recent appointments.</p><p> </p><p>There is no general consensus, including amongst the judiciary, about whether the retirement age should be changed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/03/2017 15:21:47 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

709811

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Legal Representation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet published the report on issues faced by the courts and practitioners as a result of the number of cases in which defendants are unrepresented in the Crown Courts; and when they intend to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>This research was designed and delivered as an internal report to give the Government a better understanding of the practical issues associated with unrepresented defendants. We have no plans to publish the report.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/03/2017 13:22:30 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

694331

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1856), what steps they are taking to enable more private, local authority and charity investment in social enterprises which support or employ ex-prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL5605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Charities and social enterprises play an important role in the government’s mission of building an economy that works for everyone. The government is building on its role as a world leader in soc`ial enterprise by championing procurement for social value, supporting social enterprise awareness campaigns, building the social investment market, using social enterprises to address issues at scale and expanding the social investment tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 16:00:56 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

693660

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Dormant Assets Commission will publish its report.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The attached Dormant Assets Commission Report was published on Friday 3 March.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:04:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name Tackling_dormant_assets_-_recommendations_to_benefit_investors_and_society__1_.pdf title Dormant Assets Commission Report 3rd March 2017
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

693662

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Dormant Assets Commission last met; when it is due to meet again; which stakeholders the Commission has consulted; and what is the scale and scope of the Commission’s investigation.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Dormant Assets’ final meeting was held on 1st December 2016. The Commission published its report on 3 March 2017 and is not scheduled to meet again.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission met a wide range of stakeholders, convened industry working groups and ran a call for evidence sent to around 200 organisations.</p><p>The Commission worked to Government-agreed Terms of Reference, to provide expert, independent and impartial advice and evidence on:</p><ul><li>which dormant assets can be brought into an expanded dormant asset scheme, and how they can be identified by industry;</li><li>the projected size of the funding pot this could produce for good causes;</li><li>whether, with the potential increase of dormant assets being released by industry, the current system is able to manage the burden; and</li><li>whether any new legislation should include a requirement for improved transparency from industry on disclosing the level of assets within their sector</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:19:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

693663

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial resources, including salaries, have been made available to establish and run the Dormant Assets Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Membership of the Dormant Assets Commission was an unpaid appointment with the Chair and the nine Commissioners not receiving salaries for their roles. Incidental travelling expenses were reimbursed to the Chair and the Commissioners if requested.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:18:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett