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date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pre-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will conduct a review of providers of pre-payment plans, and of the sales practices of such providers, with a view to appropriate regulation of this sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL10367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I have interpreted this question as relating to the pre-paid funeral plan market. The government launched a call for evidence into the regulation of the pre-paid funeral plan market in June 2018, having concluded that the current framework of self-regulation is not sufficient to ensure the fair treatment of consumers. We are currently reviewing the submissions and a response will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:34:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

980105

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: UN Population Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 18 September (HL10125), what discussions UK ministers attending the UN General Assembly in September 2018 had with representatives of the government of the United States of America regarding that government's decision to withdraw funding from the UN Population Fund; and what were the results of any such discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL10374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>There were no specific discussions with the US Government on this topic at the UN General Assembly. Discussions between UK and US officials will continue to take place regularly on a range of matters related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The UK remains the world’s largest donor to the UN Population Fund, enabling it to carry out its lifesaving work supporting some of the poorest and most marginalised people around the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/10/2018 15:21:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

980117

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the efficiency of the probate processing by HMRC.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL10386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for processing Inheritance Tax accounts, required before probate can be applied for. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has recently commissioned the Office of Tax Simplification to look at ways in which the overall process can be simplified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980118

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, from the date they are first received, what is the current average time taken by HMRC to agree the IHT400 return calculations for estates in the bands (1) up to £1 million, (2) from £1–5 million, and (3) from £5–10 million; and in each band, what is the average time taken to issue a clearance.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL10387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC cannot provide average times or break the data down into bands for the value of the estate as this information is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Since 6 April 2018 over 95% of IHT400 returns submitted to HMRC were processed within 15 working days of receipt.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980119

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken by the Valuation Office to provide advice to HMRC on estates valued in the bands (1) up to £1 million, (2) from £1–5 million, and (3) from £5–10 million.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL10388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017-18, the VOA cleared its initial appraisals of inheritance tax cases, referred to it by HMRC, within an average of five working days, meeting its target.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980120

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current average time taken to provide a full and final response to executors once the Valuation Office has provided its advice to HMRC.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL10389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold this information. Once Valuation Office Agency has provided advice, HMRC seek to write to the executor within 15 days of receiving that advice.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980130

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
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 funds obtained by authorised push payment fraud are traced and recovered.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL10399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes all fraud extremely seriously and recognises the harm that authorised push payment scams can cause. The Government has created the Joint Fraud Taskforce, which brings together government, the banks and law enforcement to develop a collective response to fraud. The objectives of the Taskforce are to protect the public and businesses from fraud, reduce the impact of fraud on victims, and increase the disruption and prosecution of fraudsters.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the government has established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users. The PSR has convened an Authorised Push Payment (APP) Scams Steering Group, made up of an equal number of both industry and consumer group representatives. On 28 September 2018 this steering group published a draft voluntary code which sets out the circumstances in which payment services providers (e.g. banks) would be responsible for reimbursing APP fraud victims who have acted appropriately. This draft voluntary code is an important step forwards towards better and more consistent protection for consumers and standards for industry.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:35:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

980166

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 September (HL10036), what was the break-down of spending by the Department for International Development directly targeting HIV and AIDS for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13041, and (2) 13042 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>A break-down of DFID spending directly targeting reproductive health under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 and (6) 13041, and (7) 13042 (related to HIV and AIDS) in the financial years (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17 is set out in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Relevant Sexual Reproductive Health &amp; Rights (SRHR) Input Sector Codes </strong> <strong>(£ millions)*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13010 Population Policy and Administrative Management</p></td><td><p>3.113</p></td><td><p>3.979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13021 Reproductive Health Care</p></td><td><p>46.290</p></td><td><p>51.472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13022 Maternal and Neonatal Health</p></td><td><p>124.746</p></td><td><p>122.480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13030 Family Planning</p></td><td><p>120.953</p></td><td><p>108.248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13041 HIV/AIDS including STD Prevention</p></td><td><p>21.492</p></td><td><p>22.705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13042 HIV/AIDS including STD Treatment and Care</p></td><td><p>5.667</p></td><td><p>4.438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13081 Personnel Development for Population and Reproductive Health</p></td><td><p>18.604</p></td><td><p>21.018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>340.864 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>334.340 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*To note: When reporting on Family Planning spend and Reproductive, Maternal New-born, Child Health spend (RMNCH) commitments, DFID uses internationally agreed methodology which allocates spend from related input sector codes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL10436 question first answered 11/10/2018 15:23:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

980167

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 September (HL10035), what was the break-down of spending by the Department for International Development directly targeting reproductive health under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 in the financial years (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>A break-down of DFID spending directly targeting reproductive health under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021, (3) 13022, (4) 13030, and (5) 13081 and (6) 13041, and (7) 13042 (related to HIV and AIDS) in the financial years (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17 is set out in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Relevant Sexual Reproductive Health &amp; Rights (SRHR) Input Sector Codes </strong> <strong>(£ millions)*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13010 Population Policy and Administrative Management</p></td><td><p>3.113</p></td><td><p>3.979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13021 Reproductive Health Care</p></td><td><p>46.290</p></td><td><p>51.472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13022 Maternal and Neonatal Health</p></td><td><p>124.746</p></td><td><p>122.480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13030 Family Planning</p></td><td><p>120.953</p></td><td><p>108.248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13041 HIV/AIDS including STD Prevention</p></td><td><p>21.492</p></td><td><p>22.705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13042 HIV/AIDS including STD Treatment and Care</p></td><td><p>5.667</p></td><td><p>4.438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13081 Personnel Development for Population and Reproductive Health</p></td><td><p>18.604</p></td><td><p>21.018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>340.864 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>334.340 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*To note: When reporting on Family Planning spend and Reproductive, Maternal New-born, Child Health spend (RMNCH) commitments, DFID uses internationally agreed methodology which allocates spend from related input sector codes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL10435 question first answered 11/10/2018 15:23:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

980171

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tanzania: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they provide to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights work in Tanzania.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012, the UK Government has provided £43 Million in financial support to family planning, sexual and reproductive health and rights through the bilateral programme. A further £50 Million has been committed to this work up to 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/10/2018 14:44:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge