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845361

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 recent report by Refugee Rights Europe A Hostile Environment on the challenges facing asylum-seekers currently residing in asylum accommodation in the UK, particularly with regard to concerns about (1) safety, (2) welfare, and (3) sanitary conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation.</p><p>The contract requires Providers to visit and inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. During inspections they ensure that the accommodation is safe. There are trained staff on site in initial accommodation to protect the safety and welfare of all service users.</p><p>Communal area of initial accommodation sites are cleaned regularly by service provider staff. It is the responsibility of the service user to ensure that their bedrooms and kitchens are kept clean.</p><p>Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/02/2018 14:19:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845401

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
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 impact on personal budget holders as a consequence of the retrospective implementation of the change in guidance on the national minimum wage and national living wage for sleep-in shifts for care workers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
uin	HL5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Court and Employment Appeal Tribunal judgments have clarified, over time, what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the national minimum or living wage (NMW) is payable for sleep-in shifts. The Government recognises that cumulative financial liabilities relating to sleep-in shifts could pose challenges to some social care providers and individuals, including personal budget holders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently engaging with the social care sector to understand the impact of those liabilities and is exploring options to minimise the impact on the sector, including opening discussions with the European Commission to determine whether any support, if deemed necessary, would be subject to EU state aid rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November 2017. It aims to maintain care service provision, protect existing jobs and maximise the prospects of workers being paid arrears as soon as possible. The SCCS is open to all care sector employers, including personal budget holders and self-funders. It means that individuals affected can benefit from a certain period of time to review what is owed. In practice, where an individual is the subject of an NMW investigation, we expect local authorities to work closely with HMRC to ensure the right outcome in light of the individual’s needs where any liability is identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2018 14:18:16 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3831 label Biography information for Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

845433

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: Economic Analysis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 30 January (HC Deb, col 687) that civil service economic forecasts “are always wrong, and wrong for good reasons”, whether arrangements have been made for an alternative modelling and analysis of possible trade conditions after the UK’s departure from the EU; and if so, what changes in forecasting methods are to be made.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL5633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis and preparatory work that will contribute to our exit negotiations with the EU, to define our future partnership with the EU, and to inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.<br><br>As ministers clearly set out in the House, the analysis that appeared in the media contains provisional internal analysis and does not represent Government policy. It is part of a broad ongoing programme of analysis, and further work is in train. The Government has been clear that it will not provide a running commentary on any aspect of this ongoing work.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/02/2018 16:02:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

845461

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Intervention Stocks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the value of the UK's powdered milk stockpile; what other products they are stockpiling under the Common Agricultural Policy; and in what quantity and value; and what they expect to be the final destination and selling price of the stockpiled products.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) public intervention system allows operators to request that a Member State buys certain agricultural products such as Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) into public storage. Such stocks are subsequently resold when market prices recover. With the greater market orientation of the CAP, public intervention now operates as a safety net measure that is only relevant when prices are very low, as occurred during the “milk crisis” of 2015/16 when large quantities of SMP were bought into public intervention in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As at 22 February 2018, the UK held 7,731.85 tonnes of SMP in public intervention stores, equivalent to around 2% of total EU purchases. Based on the intervention price of €1,698.00 per tonne, the total cost of purchasing these stocks would have been €13,128,681.30 (£11,678,155.88 using the 2/1/2018 European Central Bank exchange rate).</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has arrangements in place to sell a certain quantity of the older stock of SMP back onto the domestic market by means of a tendering procedure. The ability to sell the stocks and the price realised depends on a number of factors including the market price, the competitiveness of the bids and the quantities bid for. Sales of EU SMP stocks in February achieved a minimum price of €1100 per tonne.</p><p> </p><p>There are no other products held in public storage in the UK under CAP measures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/02/2018 17:04:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

845462

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Fire and Rescue Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to consider the views of fire service and governance experts when reviewing the independent assessments relating to Police and Crime Commissioners taking over responsibility from fire and rescue authorities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL5662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>If a relevant local authority indicates that it does not support a PCC’s proposal to take on governance of local fire and rescue services, the Secretary of State must obtain an independent assessment of the proposal. The Home Secretary and Minister for Policing and Fire Service appointed the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy to carry out independent assessments of the proposals submitted by the PCCs for Hertfordshire, Staffordshire, Cambridgeshire, West Mercia and North Yorkshire.</p><p>CIPFA has substantial public finance expertise and works closely with police and fire and rescue services and is therefore well placed to provide an independent, professional view on proposals. Whilst the conduct of the assessment is for CIPFA to determine, they may contact other organisations if they are of the view that additional input or expertise is necessary to help them make a judgement on whether the proposal is in the interest of the statutory tests. CIPFA secured the views of the local police force, fire service and local authorities during the independent assessment process.</p><p>The Secretary of State must consider the PCC’s proposal, independent assessment, consultation outcomes, and any further representations along with the PCC’s response to them, when coming to a view on whether the proposal is in the interests of economy efficiency and effectiveness or public safety. No additional weight is given to one stakeholder’s views over another.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/02/2018 16:11:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

845463

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Fire and Rescue Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the principle that the governance of fire and rescue services should be determined by residents within the area served will continue in the light of proposals to make these services subject to governance by Police and Crime Commissioners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL5663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>PCCs have clear local accountability and a strong mandate to transform and improve emergency services for their communities. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables PCCs to make a case to take on responsibility for the governance of fire and rescue services in their area where it is in the interests of economy, efficiency and effectiveness or public safety. The decision on whether to develop a proposal to take on fire governance rests with the PCC.</p><p>Before submitting a proposal to take on governance of the fire service, the PCC must consult each relevant local authority, the public within the commissioner’s police area, and persons appearing to representing employees of the police and fire services. This ensures that the PCC is able to properly consider the views of the local community before deciding whether to submit a proposal to take on fire.</p><p>Where a PCC takes on responsibility for fire and rescue they will be known as the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and will be directly elected by the public with a clear mandate to oversee both policing and fire.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/02/2018 16:15:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

845466

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to ensure that no region of the UK will see economic growth reduce as a result of Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to getting the best possible deal for the United Kingdom - a deal that works for all parts of the UK.</p><p>We continue to engage with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy, and all regions and nations of the UK, in order to inform our negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/02/2018 16:02:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

845468

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: North East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings are planned to discuss the impact of Brexit on the north east of England between Ministers and representatives of (1) business, and (2) local government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Exiting the European Union have visited the North East of England on a number of occasions since the Referendum. On the 26 January, the Secretary of State visited Tees Valley Port, where he gave a speech setting out the UK’s vision for the Implementation Period and met local business leaders to discuss the opportunities for the Tees Valley from the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to positive and productive engagement with key business stakeholders and local government in the North East, as well as all of the UK, to understand the potential impact and opportunities presented by EU Exit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/02/2018 16:03:36 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

845485

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Imports: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what military and crowd control equipment they purchased from Israel in 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/02/2018 15:19:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

845501

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Universal Credit: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced fee for identification cards for EEA nationals in cases where a benefit claimant needs ID to apply for Universal credit but has no passport or driving license.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	128473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment is necessary. With the exception of people from the Common Travel Area, an EEA national would have a passport in order to gain entry to the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/02/2018 17:14:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel