Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

416956

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will meet (1) each other and (2) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>(1) As set out in the Advisory Group’s terms of reference the Group will meet approximately six times a year at times agreed in advance by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s office[1].</p><p> </p><p>(2) These meetings will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf)</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:38:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416980

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Queen Elizabeth II
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to acknowledge and celebrate Her Majesty the Queen becoming the longest-serving monarch on 9 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
uin	HL1900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government congratulates Her Majesty the Queen on this historic milestone and wishes her many more happy years as Head of State. In line with Her Majesty the Queen’s wishes, there were no official events to mark the occasion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/09/2015 12:34:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield

417022

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Battle of Jutland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>A national commemorative event will be held on 31 May 2016 to mark the Battle of Jutland and the wider war at sea. Further details will be announced later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 12:47:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

417093

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has target times by which members of the public can reasonably expect to get through on the telephone and speak to an official; by what percentage extent there has been a change over the past three years in the number of telephone calls from the public seeking information or assistance from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and what training in communication skills is provided for the officials in that Department.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s target is for 93% of telephone enquiries to be answered within 45 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>Call volumes to the general enquiries telephone line for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills were as follows:</p><p>April 2012-March 2013: 41,562 calls</p><p>April 2013-March 2014: 31,426 calls (a 24% decrease from 2012-2013)</p><p>April 2014-March 2015: 30,533 calls (a 3% decrease from 2013-2014)</p><p> </p><p>Training provision on communication skills is dependent on the needs of officials and teams. An advanced level course on the professional handling of telephone calls was most recently delivered to frontline call handlers on Thursday 20 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/09/2015 13:14:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

417118

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Offices: Rents
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 costs of renting office space in cities, especially London, and of the effect on those costs as more previously disused office space is converted into new flats.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL2038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>BIS constantly review occupancy costs through effective data management utilising best in class market advisors to provide current market rental evidence. London particularly has seen an increase in office rental values driven in part by the demand for alternative residential use. BIS have adopted strategies to mitigate the costs resulting in a cost per person and space utilisation being lower in London than regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A BIS 2020 Estate strategy is currently being developed to maximise the efficient use of office space across the office portfolio. The new estates strategy will drive significant reductions in floor space and coupled with greater emphasis on online working will deliver substantial savings over the spending review period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/09/2015 13:16:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

392050

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
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	Property: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to require companies registered abroad that intend to hold a property title in the United Kingdom to deliver to the Land Registry the same details that companies registered in the United Kingdom are required to deliver to Companies House.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Land Registry records the legal owner of a property in England and Wales. Where the registered owner is a company, Land Registry records the Companies House registration number for UK companies, or the territory of incorporation for overseas companies. This information can be accessed by the public. <br> <br> From 2016 all UK companies will have to register their beneficial owners at Companies House. So where a property is owned by a UK company, information on that company’s beneficial ownership will be accessible, online and for free in the Register of People with Significant Control.<br> <br> The Prime Minister stated during a speech made in Singapore on 28 July, that he will consult on the best way forward to extending what we ask of UK companies to foreign companies.<br> <br> He has also asked Land Registry from this autumn to publish data on which foreign companies own which land and property titles in England and Wales. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/08/2015 15:49:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

392052

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
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	Property: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to require the Land Registry to record the purchase price of all properties, including those where the transaction is in a foreign currency or where the price is not precisely stated.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>Land Registry Rules state that a price paid or value declared must be entered where “practicable”. Transactions in a foreign currency are not exempt from these Rules. With all transactions there may be situations where the entry of the price paid or value stated information may be considered misleading or not reasonable for the customer to provide.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to change the current practice which is explained in full in Land Registry’s Practice Guide 7, available on the GOV.UK website. This guide also describes how Land Registry deals with transactions where the price is not exactly stated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/08/2015 16:21:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

391942

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Television: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 July (HL1072), in the light of imminent decisions regarding the BBC's Charter, why they have made no estimate of when television will be delivered predominantly across the internet.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s BBC Charter Review public consultation is open until 8 October and no decisions on the BBC’s Charter are imminent. <strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further to my answer of 20 July to Question HL1072, there is already a range of industry research on the future of television distribution and a wide variety of views about migration to internet protocol distribution of television services. This includes the 'Future of Innovation in Television Technology Report,' which DCMS officials contributed to, and which was published by the cross-television industry Digital Television Group in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2014, Ofcom's discussion document ‘The Future of Free to View TV’, also considered which trends that might make universal distribution of internet protocol television possible. In the statement on the future of 700Mhz spectrum, Ofcom concluded that: 'digital terrestrial television is likely to retain this central role over the next decade, with a full switch to alternative technologies such as IPTV not appearing until at least 2030'.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/07/2015 09:44:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

391949

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Living Wage
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 individuals' and businesses' understanding of wage rules of naming the new higher minimum wage, announced in the recent July budget, a National Living Wage when there is already a living wage rate established by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will take steps to ensure the wage rules for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are clear to employers and employees. The National Living Wage will be implemented through the National Minimum Wage Regulations, in the same manner as the National Minimum Wage uprating in October 2015. National Living Wage rates will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016. This will mean rules for all wage rates will be found within the National Minimum Wage Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports employers that choose to pay above the level of the National Living Wage. However, decisions on what wages to set are for employers and workers to agree as long as employers pay at least the statutory minimum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2015 16:06:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391955

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, and what proportion of, (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, (3) 18 year-olds, and (4) 19-24 year-olds, started on an apprenticeship in the areas of science, engineering, manufacturing and technology in (a) 2012–13, and (b) 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of young people starting apprenticeships in the ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communication Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not available as proportions of the population of each age group. <br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Apprenticeship starts by 16,17, 18 and 19-24 year-olds in the Engineering and Manufacturing Techologies, Information and Communication Technology and Science and Mathematics Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,980</p></td><td><p>6,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>8,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10,220</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>20,950</p></td><td><p>22,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>4,810</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12,800</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>25,900</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10, with the exception of totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of Apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/08/2015 15:25:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford