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169098

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 1 December (HL2989), why the Office for National Statistics makes no breakdown of Gross Domestic Product contributions by nationality based on the information available.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/12/2014 17:01:07 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL3588 ONS 460.pdf title ONS Letter to PEER - Gross Domestic Product
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

168121

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Horse Racing: Betting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current status of their consultation on the reform of the Horserace Betting Levy in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement announcement of the introduction of a racing right.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL3463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As a result of our analysis of the responses to the two consultations it is clear that more detail is required as to how a replacement for the Levy would work. In order to enable a fair comparison between reform and replacement we will work up the “racing right” proposal and engage constructively with stakeholders so that a fully informed decision can be made. We will consult early in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/12/2014 16:22:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

168126

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure people are not trapped in unfair mobile phone contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom, the UK Regulator for Telecoms, oversees the General Conditions of Entitlement (GCEs), the rules under which Telecoms companies must operate in the UK. GC 9.6 provides consumer protection in the event of mid-contract variations. Under GC 9.6, providers must give customers notice of contract modifications (e.g. price rises) likely to cause ‘material detriment’ to them and the right to exit the contract without penalty in response. Ofcom published guidance at the start of this year clarifying these rules and further enabling competition in the market to deliver a choice of competitive tariffs for the consumer in the UK.<br>Major telecoms companies have also agreed to work with the Government and Ofcom on ways to improve transparency in contracts in line with the principles underpinning the Ofcom guidance. The Government and the Regulator will continue to work with the industry to promote further ways of ensuring that consumers have the best possible information to help them make informed choices about the communications services they purchase.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/12/2014 16:23:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

167901

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Ministers last met representatives of the private security industry; and what issues were discussed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/12/2014 14:41:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

167252

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average annual cost of incarcerating a prisoner in each year between 2011 and 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The average cost per prisoner has been reducing year-on-year since 2009-10. Between 2009-10 and 2013-14 there has been a real terms reduction of 17% in the overall average cost per prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place, based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. This includes a breakdown of these costs by prison category and individual prison within each category.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published information for the average cost of a prison place and average cost of a prisoner for financial year 2013-14, together with other information on the calculation of prison unit costs is published alongside the Management Information Addendum to the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Annual Report &amp; Accounts. This can be accessed using the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p><p>A copy of this and similar information for previous financial years can also be found in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department and we are committed to delivering prison changes designed to modernise the prison estate and further reduce prison costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/12/2014 17:29:53 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167268

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to provide additional resources to the local authorities in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, Derby and any other local authority that has experienced child sexual exploitation cases and requires funding for victim support and child protection.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is determined that appalling cases of child abuse should be exposed so that perpetrators face justice and the vulnerable are protected. The Government is clear that there is more to be done for victims and to minimise the risk of such terrible events occurring in Rotherham or anywhere else in the future.<br> <br> The Home Secretary has been chairing a series of Secretaries of State meetings alongside colleagues from the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health, and the Attorney General and Solicitor General to analyse the failures identified in the Jay report and consider how all parties, including the criminal justice system, local government, the health service and the voluntary sector, can work together more effectively to support and protect victims of child sexual exploitation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2014 17:23:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

166614

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Castes: Discrimination
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 May (HL6447) stating that the consultation on the implementation of the amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 amending section 9(5) in the Equality Act 2010 adding caste to the list of protected characteristics, agreed by Parliament in April 2013, would begin in the autumn, whether they will now issue the consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL3205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 11/12/2014 16:21:38 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

166621

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magna Carta
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they are making available to organisations marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta; and how those funds will be used.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL3212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In March this year the Chancellor of the Exchequer provided a direct grant of £1 million to the Magna Carta Trust to support the celebration of the 800<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. Applications for funding were invited by the Trust and a list of projects that were successful is available at: <a href="http://magnacarta800th.com/projects/" target="_blank">http://magnacarta800th.com/projects/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the direct grant of £1 million, Magna Carta projects have benefited from awards totalling £21.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Successful projects range from £502,900 awarded to Salisbury Cathedral’s ‘Engaging with Magna Carta’ programme to £7,400 for the Walkern History Society’s self guided history trail.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has also provided four members of staff to support the development of the Global Law Summit, to be held in February next year, a world-class legal conference which will address the continuing relevance of Magna Carta to modern-world legal and business issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/12/2014 17:02:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

166635

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Roma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the inclusion of Roma children in United Kingdom schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has moved away from bespoke top-down programmes and initiatives aimed at ensuring the inclusion of individual ethnic groups of pupils. Our approach is to set a clear expectation that all schools ensure that all their pupils, regardless of their ethnicity, are welcomed and fully integrated into school, and prepared for life in modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education continues to engage with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) education stakeholder group, chaired by Baroness Whitaker, to disseminate good practice and encourage local action, particularly around how to improve GRT pupils’ attendance and attainment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 11/12/2014 16:26:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

166639

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out any forecasts of the level of child poverty between now and 2020; and if so, whether they will be made public.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not produce forecasts of the number of children living in income poverty as the number of children in poverty is dependent on factors which cannot be reliably predicted, such as the median income.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does measure annual child poverty statistics through the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income in the UK have consistently been reported since 1998/99; these are available for each financial year up to 2012/13, the latest period for which estimates are available.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no assessment of the impact on child poverty of the combined tax and benefit changes announced since May 2010. Available survey data does not allow the Government to robustly assess the combined effects of tax and benefit policy on households with children.</p><p> </p><p>However, this Government has taken unprecedented steps to assess the effects of its policy decisions across the distribution of household income, by publishing analysis of the cumulative effects of the tax and welfare measures announced at each fiscal event since the June Budget 2010. The latest analysis can be found in Chapter 2 of the attached report.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL3231 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:55:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans