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662658

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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	Employment Tribunals Service
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 24 October (HL2341), how many penalties have been issued in respect of the failure of employers to pay employment tribunal awards since the new penalty system was introduced in 2016; and with what results.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued 60 penalty notices as a result of 164 warning notices to employers for failure to comply with orders of employment tribunals to pay compensation to applicants.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Employment Tribunal Penalty regime the department has secured over £83,000 in previously unpaid awards for applicants.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2017 11:10:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

662660

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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	Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the written submissions received in response to the Waterson review into the consumer protection measures concerning online secondary ticketing facilities which was published on 26 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2017 answer text <p>This will be considered as part of the government’s response to Professor Waterson’s review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2017 11:09:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

662661

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the evidence collected by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to the secondary tickets platform compliance review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2017 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority is an independent enforcement body and draws on a range of sources when carrying out such investigations. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold this evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/01/2017 14:09:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

662024

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Low Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year are (1) men, and (2) women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4195 HL4196 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662025

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year belong to a public sector pension scheme provided by their public sector employer.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4194 HL4196 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662026

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public sector workers who earn less than £11,000 a year and belong to public sector pension schemes are in receipt of the equivalent contribution for basic rate tax relief.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined Benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides all employers with guidance on how different forms of administering pensions tax relief affect different employees. This guidance is available on its website and it applies to public sector employers in the same way as private sector employers. It is up to the individual schemes how they communicate this information to their employees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4194 HL4195 HL4197 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

662030

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: City of London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to offer early clarification to City institutions on how they will be able to operate within the European Union after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the Government will set out its position on withdrawing from the EU before Article 50 is invoked. This is consistent with providing clarity to all parties.</p><p>The Government maintains a close dialogue with market actors across the financial services industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:10:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

662041

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce a windfall tax to ensure that participants in Northern Ireland's Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme do not make super profits as a result of their tariff regime.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to introduce such a tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:13:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662089

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure value for money for the taxpayer as a result of the introduction in Northern Ireland of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Department of Finance provides the Treasury with monthly electronic returns recording the Northern Ireland Executive’s forecast spending against allocated budgets. It is the Executive’s responsibility to constrain spending within the resources available to it.</p><p> </p><p>Scrutiny arrangements in relation to devolved responsibilities, including value for money assessments of the Executive’s spending, are matters for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4258 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:08:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

662090

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what supervisory measures they employ to monitor the spending plans of the Northern Ireland Executive, and in view of recent financial mismanagement allegations; what additional measures they will employ; and what steps they are taking to ensure value for money in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Department of Finance provides the Treasury with monthly electronic returns recording the Northern Ireland Executive’s forecast spending against allocated budgets. It is the Executive’s responsibility to constrain spending within the resources available to it.</p><p> </p><p>Scrutiny arrangements in relation to devolved responsibilities, including value for money assessments of the Executive’s spending, are matters for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4257 question first answered 05/01/2017 14:08:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey