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822919

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date	15/01/2018
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to increase the range of food available for both vegetarians and vegans in catering facilities in the House.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Catering services provide a wide choice of dishes to cater for vegans and vegetarians throughout the estate. Menus are changed on a regular basis to provide variety and to reflect seasonality. There has also been an increase in the number of choices for vegans and vegetarians across our venues in recent years.</p><p>We gather customer suggestions and feedback through regular surveys and through our customer feedback email address. This assists us with our menu planning and to improve our offers and dishes on our menus where possible.</p><p>There are no specific plans to increase the range of food available to vegans and vegetarians. In 2017, all cafeterias supported National Vegetarian Week (15 to 19 May) and World Vegan Month (in November) where we promote and further offer a selection of dishes to our customers. Catering services will continue to promote these in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/01/2018 11:25:38 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823163

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Ministerial Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>No ministerial directions were issued to my Department in those years.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/01/2018 12:51:51 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823169

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	European Rail Traffic Management System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is funding the installation in train cabs of in-cab signalling for the European Train Control system in trains operated by (1) passenger franchise operators, (2) open access passenger operators, and (3) freight operators.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Government is using part of the National Productivity Investment Fund assigned to Digital Signalling announced in the Autumn Statement 2016 to fund a number of in-cab signalling projects.</p><p> </p><p>1) Four Passenger First-in-Class design, fitment and testing projects.</p><p> </p><p>2) The fitment of nine Class 180 vehicles operated by an open access operator.</p><p> </p><p>3) Three Freight First-in-Class design, fitment and testing projects with a further three design projects.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/01/2018 14:18:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

823175

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Reorganisation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the change of name of the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Social Care, whether there have been any changes to the responsibilities of (1) that Department, and (2) any other department.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) held responsibility for social care policy before the name change and will continue to do so. DHSC has taken on additional responsibility for delivering the forthcoming Social Care green paper. The team who have been leading the work on the green paper have moved from the Cabinet Office to DHSC. Responsibility for Local Authority funded social care will remain with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. There has been no change in responsibilities to any other department.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/01/2018 11:30:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

823190

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Certificates of Tax Deposit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the Certificates of Tax Deposit Scheme with a comparable replacement; and what consultation they will undertake on this subject.
tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
uin	HL4681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to replace the Certificate of Tax Deposit Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Closure of the Certificate of Tax Deposit scheme will make the tax system simpler and fairer. New certificates are no longer available to buy but existing ones will continue to be honoured until 23rd November 2023, giving up to six years for existing users to adjust to the change. There are no plans for consultation on a replacement.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/01/2018 16:05:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

823198

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Waste Management
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data on the full costs and revenues of the various ways of recycling, or otherwise disposing of, the UK’s domestic waste stream they use to inform their policy in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL4689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We use the latest industry data on the cost of collection of waste and recycling, waste treatment and disposal. We work closely with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) which has strong industry links and is well placed for tracking and revisiting the latest evidence on costs and revenues.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of costs, one of the key sources of information is the so called gate fee price, i.e. the prices asked by different waste and recycling industry actors to process a certain type of material. Our latest Digest 2017, shows the latest trends in gates fees across facilities like materials recovery facilities, energy from waste plants, anaerobic digestion plants or landfill. There is more detail on the latest gate fee prices on WRAP’s website.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of revenues, a key public source for material recycling revenues can be accessed at letsrecycle.com.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to local authority costs and revenues of waste and recycling activities, a WRAP Consistency Framework summarises the core data in an evidence report (2016) which can be found on WRAP’S website. This is built on detailed assessments of local authority costs of collection and treatment, including elements like staff and non-staff costs as well as average revenues received for sold recyclates. Further information on this is provided in the WRAP Kerbside Analysis Tool available on Wrap’s website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/01/2018 17:35:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

823199

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nature Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce regular reviews of protected species designations; and if so, what timeframe they propose for such reviews.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL4690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, a review of the domestic animal and plant species listed for protection is conducted every five years. Implementing changes as a result of the review is a matter for the UK Government and devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>We believe a five-yearly review is proportionate as the status of species rarely alters at a greater rate. If necessary, interim amendments can be made in the event of a sudden change in the conservation status of an individual species.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/01/2018 15:55:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

823201

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Equal Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 9 January (HL Deb, cols 130–34) stating that “the Government absolutely support urgent action” on unfair pay at the BBC and that “the Government expect the BBC to act in accordance with what we have expected it to do as regards the gender pay gap”, what steps they are taking to encourage urgent action to address the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL4692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The government is clear the BBC must lead the way on equality in the workplace. We welcome the Director General's commitment to close the gender pay gap by 2020 and expect to see swift progress in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 25/01/2018 11:27:30 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

823202

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
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 different rates of compensation offered by UK banks to their customers where cyber fraud has occurred.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL4693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The government has not made an assessment of different rates of compensation offered by banks.</p><p>The Payment Services Regulations 2017 require banks to give a full refund to a customer who did not authorise a transaction on their account. However, if the unauthorised transaction arose from the use of a lost, stolen or misappropriated payment instrument, before the customer notified the bank of the loss, theft or misappropriation, the bank may require that the customer cover up to £35 of the liability.</p><p>In addition, customers may be liable for unauthorised transactions if they have themselves been involved in the fraudulent activity or have intentionally not complied with their obligations in relation to the payment instrument (or have been grossly negligent about those obligations), for example obligations to keep a payment instrument safe and to notify the issuer when becoming aware that a payment instrument has been lost or misappropriated.</p><p>The Payment Services Regulations do not require banks to compensate customers where a payment was validly authorised by the customer and correctly executed in accordance with the customer’s instructions. In some such cases banks may choose to compensate customers, and this can vary between institutions.</p><p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. This includes regular meetings with consumer organisations to discuss relevant regulatory issues, including compensation for victims of fraud.</p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4694 question first answered 25/01/2018 16:20:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

823203

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with consumer organisations about the different rates of compensation offered by UK banks to customers who have been affected by cyber fraud.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL4694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The government has not made an assessment of different rates of compensation offered by banks.</p><p>The Payment Services Regulations 2017 require banks to give a full refund to a customer who did not authorise a transaction on their account. However, if the unauthorised transaction arose from the use of a lost, stolen or misappropriated payment instrument, before the customer notified the bank of the loss, theft or misappropriation, the bank may require that the customer cover up to £35 of the liability.</p><p>In addition, customers may be liable for unauthorised transactions if they have themselves been involved in the fraudulent activity or have intentionally not complied with their obligations in relation to the payment instrument (or have been grossly negligent about those obligations), for example obligations to keep a payment instrument safe and to notify the issuer when becoming aware that a payment instrument has been lost or misappropriated.</p><p>The Payment Services Regulations do not require banks to compensate customers where a payment was validly authorised by the customer and correctly executed in accordance with the customer’s instructions. In some such cases banks may choose to compensate customers, and this can vary between institutions.</p><p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. This includes regular meetings with consumer organisations to discuss relevant regulatory issues, including compensation for victims of fraud.</p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4693 question first answered 25/01/2018 16:20:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin