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45980

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take into account the Global Principles on National Security and the Right to Information in reviewing legislation and practice concerning access to information, as recommended by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolution of 2 October 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government notes that the recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will be considered by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers in the near future. The UK Government is considering how to respond to the recommendation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

45981

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their reasons for reducing the access to books of prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>We have not made any policy changes specifically about the availability of books in prisons.</em></p><p> </p><p>We have always recognised the importance of reading and literature in the rehabilitative process, and the positive effects these have on prisoners' welfare. <em>Every prison has a library, to which every prisoner has access. Prisoners may hold up to 12 books in their cell at any one time, and additional books can be stored locally at the prison. </em>The National Offender Management Service also works closely with the Shannon Trust to support schemes such as 'Toe by Toe', which includes peer mentoring to improve reading levels.</p><p> </p><p>There have always been controls on the sending of parcels into prisons, and allowing parcels to be sent in unrestricted would be operationally unmanageable and would lead to a significant risk of drugs and other illicit items being smuggled into prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

45993

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for VAT carousel fraud have taken place in the United Kingdom over the last six years.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service do not identify the number of prosecutions for fraud cases known as VAT carousel fraud. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

46000

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 18 March (WA 24), whether they decided against appointing a representative of private tenants on the Private Rented Sector Taskforce; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL6478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>As I explained in my previous answer, the Taskforce is a technical advisory group to provide professional and expert knowledge on increasing institutional investment in the private rented sector and support new build schemes.</p><p>It does not have any remit on broader policy on the private rented sector. It does not seek to ‘represent' the views of any sector or group. The determination of government policy remains a matter for Ministers.</p><p>Notwithstanding, the Taskforce has engaged with organisations representing private tenants and the broader private rented sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

46001

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much income from capital receipts from sales under the Right to Buy scheme has been paid to HM Treasury by local authorities in each year since 2010–11.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL6479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below answers the noble Lady's question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Receipts arising in that year<sup>1</sup> from Right to Buy sales (or equivalents)<sup>2</sup> which are payable to HM Treasury (£ million)<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>114.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p><strong>138.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p><strong>123.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013-December 2014</p></td><td><p><strong>120.8<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Figures include the payable part of mortgage repayments and repayments of discounts paid in the current year in respect of Right to Buy sales made in previous years.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>For 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, figures include the payable part of receipts arising from all other disposals of dwellings. For 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, figures only include receipts arising from sales of dwellings to secure tenants which are below market value and some shared ownership sales.</p><p><sup>3</sup> All figures are provisional, though those for all years up to 2012-2013 have been audited which means that they are less likely to be amended.</p><p><sup>4</sup> Until the end of 2010-2011, receipts received by authorities which were debt-free on 31 March 2004 were payable not to HM Treasury but to the Department of Communities and Local Government and its predecessor departments.</p><p><sup>5</sup> The figure for 2013-2014 is only for the first three quarters of that year.</p><p>For 2009-2010, receipts arising from the sale of dwellings received by local authorities that were not debt-free that were paid to HM Treasury amounted to <strong>£132.7 million</strong>. For 2008-2009, the equivalent figure was <strong>£135.9 million</strong>.</p><p>The reinvigoration of Right to Buy since April 2012 has ensured, for the first time ever, that the receipts from the additional sales (those over what was forecast prior to the change) are reinvested to help fund new homes for affordable rent. So far, £300 million has been generated from additional sales and already over 2,000 homes have been started on site or acquired.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

46002

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 30 January (WA 253), whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the terms of reference of the review being carried out by Social Finance into innovative models of providing temporary accommodation for homeless families.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL6480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>I have placed a copy of the terms of reference contained within the Social Finance contract in the Library of the House. The final report will be published in due course, and I will write to the noble Baroness with a copy when it is available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name PQ 2403 -(HL6480) Terms of Reference of Social Finance Homelessness PRS Investment.doc title Social Finanae Review terms of reference
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

46004

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have increased the minimum payment required under their local Council Tax Reduction Schemes following the withdrawal of transition funding for 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL6482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect this information centrally. These are local schemes, and it is for local authorities to ensure that the effect on specific groups of council tax payers is proportionate and fair.</p><p>The £100 million transition grant was a voluntary grant for the first year only of the new system of local council tax support. We have been clear from the outset that it was intended to give councils time to transition to the new localised regime and realise greater efficiencies such as cutting fraud and error, which cost £230 million in 2012-13.</p><p>Spending on council tax benefit doubled under the last Government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year – equivalent to almost £180 a year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit left by the last Administration. Our reforms to localise council tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote local enterprise and get people into work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

45830

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether youth offending teams are given access to students' special needs statements as of right.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) can request access to special needs statements from the education services arm of local authorities who hold them, but they have no access to these as of right. Under the Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001, local authority education services are not permitted to share these statements, without the student's consent, with external parties including YOTs, except for prescribed reasons which include where the local authority in question judges it necessary to do so in the interests of the child, on the order of a court or for the purpose of any criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Children and Families Act 2014, YOTs and local authorities will be required to co-operate in the exercise of the authority's functions relating to children and young people with special educational needs, for example in the assessment for and preparation of Education and Health Care plans in relation to young people known to the YOT.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

45834

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with Mahmoud Abbas on continuing the negotiations with Israel for a two-state solution.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL6438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is having regular discussions about the current peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), most recently had a discussion on 3 April with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the peace process. The Foreign Secretary met with the Israeli Minister for Intelligence, International Relations and Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz on 8 April where they discussed the latest in the peace process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

45734

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ascertain the number of ex-service personnel receiving (1) custodial, and (2) non-custodial, sentences.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the current or previous occupations of those receiving custodial or non-custodial sentences; it is therefore not possible to identify ex-service personnel within centrally held data sources. However, in September 2010, the MOJ and Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) published an estimate of the number of regular ex-service personnel in prison in England and Wales and in March 2011, the MOJ and DASA published a further estimate of the number of regular ex-service personnel under probation supervision in England and Wales.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ex-armed-forces-prisoners-in-england-and-wales-statistics-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ex-armed-forces-prisoners-in-england-and-wales-statistics-2010</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterans-on-probation-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterans-on-probation-statistics</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham