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387695

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date	06/07/2015
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 what estimate they have made of when television will be delivered predominantly across the internet.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL1072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made no estimate of when this will happen.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/07/2015 10:49:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

387703

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what alternatives are currently available to international students who are ineligible for undergraduate student finance.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Advice on alternative sources of funding for international students not eligible for UK Government support is provided on the Education UK website. The website lists a range of scholarships and funding schemes that are administered by the British Council as well as support available from individual UK HE institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 12:11:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

387705

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 that overseas students continue to consider studying in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The UK welcomes genuine international students and there is no cap on the number that can </ins>study here. The Government promotes study in the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign and through the British Council, which promotes UK education in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also has major education agreements with overseas partners. Key programmes include the UK-China Partners in Education Programme, the UK-India Education Research Initiative and engagement in Brazil’s ‘Science without Borders’ scholarship scheme. It has also tripled funding (to £48m) in 2014/15 for Chevening scholarships for international students with leadership potential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government also supports student exchange, such as through the Erasmus Scheme, which enables international students to take short placements in the UK and British students to gain valuable overseas experience.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/07/2015 13:03:31 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2015 10:31:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 15383 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

387728

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	BBC Monitoring: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to protect the funding presently available for the BBC Monitoring Service in the light of the reduction in the BBC's overall funding.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has published a BBC Charter Review consultation paper, seeking views on all aspects of the BBC, including its funding. A copy of this document has been deposited in the libraries of both Houses, and it is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/bbc-charter-review-public-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/bbc-charter-review-public-consultation</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/07/2015 13:33:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name DCMS BBC Charter Review_AW (1) (1).pdf title BBC Charter Review: Public consultation 2015
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

387736

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Copyright
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 6 July (HL934) concerning the proposal by the European Parliament for restrictions on photographs or video footage of public buildings, whether they have the power of veto over such draft legislation; and if so, whether they plan to use their veto in this instance.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL1113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>On the 9<sup>th</sup> July, the EU Parliament considered a non-legislative own initiative report from the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) on EU copyright reform, and voted against proposals to restrict individuals’ freedom to photograph or film buildings or statues located in public places.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/07/2015 12:23:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

387204

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which third parties are contracted to verify regulatory savings, and in each case, which savings they verified.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act), the Government must appoint an independent body to verify assessments economic impact on business activities within 12 months of the start of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The independent verification body has not yet been formally appointed, but its appointment will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/07/2015 15:28:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

387205

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the last Parliament, which regulations were introduced and which were removed, listed by the clusters of which two were removed for each regulation introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The calculation of One-in, Two-out was based on finding £2 of deregulatory savings for every £1 of new regulatory costs, rather than by counting the number of regulations introduced or removed. The details of the costs and savings found are set out in the Ninth Statement of New Regulation, which is available from the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/07/2015 13:01:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386904

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Business: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the announced savings of £10 billion for businesses over the last four years as a result of cutting red tape.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ninth Statement of New Regulation, published December 2014, lists all regulation and deregulation in scope of One-in, One-out and One-in, Two-out. These are the measures used in the analysis of net savings for business. They add up to £2.2bn annual ongoing savings, or £10bn when measured cumulatively over the Parliament.</p><p><br>The calculations for the value of each individual measure is set out in the published Impact Assessment associated with that measure, and validated by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 16:58:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386905

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what savings have been made by efforts to reduce the cost of regulation over the last Parliament, broken down by each specific regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ninth Statement of New Regulation, published December 2014, lists all regulation and deregulation in scope of One-in, One-out and One-in, Two-out. These are the measures used in the analysis of net savings for business. They add up to £2.2bn annual ongoing savings, or £10bn when measured cumulatively over the Parliament.</p><p><br>.</p><p> </p><p>The calculations for the value of each individual measure is set out in the published Impact Assessment associated with that measure, and validated by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 16:58:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386906

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Small Businesses: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the savings made from enabling small businesses to decide whether their accounts need to be audited.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on company size and audit fees was sourced from the “FAME” database, Bureau van Dijk. The data was used for both of the final impact assessments approved by the Regulatory Policy Committee in the last Parliament on changes to the law to enable more companies to decide whether or not their accounts need to be audited.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on the audit changes (including for small businesses) in the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit Exemptions and Change of Accounting Framework) Regulations 2012 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on all the changes in the Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name ukia_20140286_en.pdf title Audit Changes 2 file name ukia_20140424_en.pdf title Changes in the Companies. Partnerships and groups question first answered 14/07/2015 11:25:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn