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381595

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date	16/06/2015
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	Loans: Advertising
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice with its review of the scheduling of televised advertisements for payday loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about consumer detriment in the payday loan market, and agrees it is important that consumers are protected from unfair costs. We therefore legislated to require the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) to introduce a cap on the cost of payday loans, which came into force on the 2nd January this year.</p><p>We believe BCAP's review of payday loan advertising provides a good evidence base to ensure that consumers are protected from harm in the payday lending market. We welcome the revised guidance to advertisers produced in response to this review, to help ensure that both adults and children are protected, together with BCAPs' public consultation on scheduling to be launched by the end of July. There are no plans to carry out a separate Government consultation on this matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL512 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:21:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

381596

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Loans: Advertising
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 finding by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice that payday loan advertisements are not aimed at encouraging children to ask their parents to take out a loan, and whether they plan to consult parents, psychologists and educationalists working with children about this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about consumer detriment in the payday loan market, and agrees it is important that consumers are protected from unfair costs. We therefore legislated to require the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) to introduce a cap on the cost of payday loans, which came into force on the 2nd January this year.</p><p>We believe BCAP's review of payday loan advertising provides a good evidence base to ensure that consumers are protected from harm in the payday lending market. We welcome the revised guidance to advertisers produced in response to this review, to help ensure that both adults and children are protected, together with BCAPs' public consultation on scheduling to be launched by the end of July. There are no plans to carry out a separate Government consultation on this matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL511 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:21:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

381601

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new inward investment projects were secured for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively in the last year for which figures are available; and what is their estimate of the number of new jobs associated with these projects in each of the four nations respectively.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>During 2014/15 UKTI recorded a total of 1,988 successful foreign direct investment projects successfully landing in the UK. The table shows the regional distribution of these projects, and the estimated number of new jobs created.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Inward Investment Projects 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Estimated new jobs associated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England (excluding London)</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>38,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>796</p></td><td><p>21,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>5,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>5,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4,007</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/06/2015 12:36:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381602

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	FIFA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place between ministers or officials of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and officials of the English Football Association regarding the continued full recognition of the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Football Associations within FIFA.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <blockquote><p>The Department has not engaged in any discussions with the English Football Association on this subject. Sport is not only a devolved matter, but it is also for the football associations in each of the home nations to maintain their own relationships with FIFA, and in particular with regard to their independent status in world football.</p></blockquote> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/06/2015 12:10:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381603

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	S4C
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the current level of direct funding of S4C by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will be retained in the new licence period irrespective of the outcome of discussions concerning the renewal of the BBC's Charter.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government are committed to Welsh language programming and to the future of S4C.</p><p> </p><p>The level of all exchequer funding for public bodies will be a matter for the Spending Review, which has yet to begin.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/06/2015 16:19:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381618

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Skills Funding Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the funding provided by the Skills Funding Agency is allocated to (1) learner support and (2) skills infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The amount of funding allocated to the Skills Funding Agency is set out in the Skills Funding letter attached here .The letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education (FE) and skills sector for the 2015 to 2016 financial year. The letter confirms that £172.8m has been allocated for Learning Support and £23.1m for Skills Infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/06/2015 16:20:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Letter to skills funding Agency.pdf title Letter to skills Funding Agency
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton