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541727

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of (1) the report published by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations <i>Remaking the State, </i>and (2) the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation <i>The Cost of the Cuts</i>, what assessment they have made of the impact of the cuts to preventative services over the course of the last Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL1404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>Preventative services can cover a wide range of areas, including adult and children’s social care, public health, crime, and homelessness. The Government has continually given local authorities more powers and flexibility, so they can target local services more effectively, because local authorities are best placed to determine how to deliver services in the light of local circumstances and available resources. Indeed, expenditure on homelessness prevention has for example increased by 83% between 2010 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Over the current spending review period, local government income sources like council tax receipts and business rates are forecast to increase. Overall, local government spending spending is forecast to be broadly flat in cash terms. Within this:</p><ul><li><p>Homelessness prevention funding for local authorities through the local government finance settlement is protected totalling £315 million by 2019/20.</p></li><li><p>Funding for Disabled Facilities Grant has doubled to over £500 million by 2019-20, which would fund around 85,000 home adaptations that year. We expect this to prevent 8,500 people from needing to go into a care home in 2019-20.</p></li><li><p>New measures announced at the spending review will mean a further £3.5bn for social care by the end of the Parliament.</p></li><li><p>Total local government spending continues to include over £1bn each year for early intervention.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also continuing to invest in key initiatives for children, including the Healthy Child and Troubled Families programmes. The latter has so far helped turn around the lives of over 100,000 of the hardest to reach families and will work with up to 400,000 more during this Parliament.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:22:11 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

541738

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Europol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the UK contributes to Europol each year; what assessment they have made of whether the role of Europol will be affected by Brexit; and whether the statement by the Director of Europol, Mr Rob Wainwright, that he was "optimistic" that the re-unification of Ireland would not lead to terrorist activity reflects the policy of the Government and of Europol.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL1415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>Europol is funded from the general budget of the EU, to which the UK contributes, with UK funding of Europol amounting to £8.4 million per year.</p><p>The UK remains a member of the EU until the exit process is concluded. The UK’s future relationship with Europol will be one issue that will be considered as part of the Government’s overall planning for leaving the EU’.</p><p>The Europol Director, Rob Wainwright, is not a UK civil servant and does not speak on behalf of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:02:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

541740

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	ARM: SoftBank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have secured any commitments from SoftBank to avoid taking action through royalty payments or increased borrowing costs that would reduce or eliminate corporation tax payments made by ARM Holdings.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that corporation tax applies to profits generated from UK activities. It has taken a number of steps at both a domestic and international level to achieve this, including recently announced measures to protect the UK tax base from the payment of interest and royalties to overseas companies.</p><p>The government is not able to comment on how these steps will apply to individual taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:20:27 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

541765

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what avenue of complaint members of the public have if they believe that government information, such as that provided in the document <i>Tier 4 sponsors whose status appeared as revoked from 2010 to 2014</i>, is not adequately clear, precise, or accessible.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>Information about UK Visas and Immigration’s complaint process, including both electronic and postal contact routes and guidance is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:02:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

541192

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Religious Freedom
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 levels of discrimination experienced by Shia citizens in Saudi Arabia in the fields of public education, government employment and religious freedom.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL1356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>We frequently raise religious freedom as part of our dialogue with the Saudi authorities on a wide range of human rights issues, including freedom of thought, conscience and religion. We pursue this dialogue though a variety of means, including diplomatic channels and Ministerial visits. The Saudi Arabian authorities are encouraging reforms at a pace that is acceptable to Saudi society.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2016 13:59:55 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

541210

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Central Counterparties
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 proposed EU-wide recovery and resolution frameworks for failed central counterparties, and whether in their assessment there are any outstanding issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>The government welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to publish a legislative proposal on a recovery and resolution framework for central counterparties (CCPs) and will assess the proposals once published. Given the global nature of CCPs, the recovery and resolution framework will need to take into account ongoing work by the Financial Stability Board, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:19:49 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

541211

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	London Stock Exchange: Deutsche Borse
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 consequences for financial stability of combining four large central counterparties (CCPs), LCH.Clearnet Ltd, LCH.Clearnet SA, Eurex and CC&G, when the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse merge; whether adequate recovery and resolution frameworks will be in place for each of these CCPs; and whether those frameworks will be ring-fenced from each other.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>LCH.Clearnet Ltd, LCH.Clearnet SA, Eurex Clearing and CC&amp;G are separate CCPs regulated under European Regulation No 648/2012 (EMIR) by their respective regulators. The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Borse have publicly stated their intention that “[t]he existing regulatory framework of all regulated entities within the Combined Group would remain unchanged” following the merger. Once notified by the companies of their proposal to merge, the Bank of England will assess the proposal for a change in control of LCH.Clearnet Ltd in line with the criteria set out in EMIR.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:19:14 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

541217

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 June (HL Deb, col 1352), what assessment they have made of whether action to combat the threat of terrorism could be helped by a clearer use of language, for example by explaining the actual meaning of words such as "extremism", "radicalisation", and "fundamentalism".
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>The 2011 Prevent strategy and statutory guidance on the exercise of the Prevent duty both contain glossaries which explain the meaning of terms used.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:18:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

541219

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 June (HL Deb, col 1352), whether when they use the words "extremism", "radicalisation" and "fundamentalism" they are usually referring to extreme, radical or fundamental Islam; and if not, to what they are referring.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST), the Prevent strategy was revised in 2011 to address all forms of terrorism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:27:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

541223

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under their counter-terrorism policy, it is acceptable to debate the nature of, and to criticise, all religions, including Islam, even if those arguments or criticisms offend adherents to those religions; and if not, whether they plan to clarify any limits on freedom of speech that that policy might impose.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>As the Prevent Strategy explicitly states the Government is absolutely committed to protecting freedom of speech. Section 31 of the Counter-Terrorism &amp; Security Act 2015, for example includes specific protection for universities in this regard, and statutory guidance for schools makes the Prevent duty affirm our commitment that schools should be safe spaces in which children and young people can understand and discuss sensitive issues.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:27:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch