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1347039

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date	14/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Audit Office: Email
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 Agnew of Oulton on 12 July (HL1536), what if any access the National Audit Office has to private emails which they regard as amounting to “substantive discussions or decision generated in the course of conducting government business” but which have not been copied to a government email address.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the answer to HL1536, material amounting to “substantive discussions or decision generated in the course of conducting government business“ should be transferred to the official record and, as such, will be accessible by the NAO in the usual way. In addition, and as set out in Managing Public Money, when the NAO investigates any public sector organisation, it should get full cooperation in provision of papers.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 28/07/2021 09:26:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1342056

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Audit Office: Email
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the National Audit Office have the power to access the private emails of either (1) civil servants, (2) special advisers, or (3) ministers, if these have been used for government business relating directly to their investigations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>Under the National Audit Act 1983, the Comptroller and Auditor General has a right of access to all documents in the custody or under the control of a department that he reasonably requires for carrying out National Audit Office value for money examinations. There is a similar provision in the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 in relation to examinations by the Comptroller and Auditor General of a documents relating to a department’s accounts.</p><p>The 2013 Cabinet Office <em>Guidance to departments on the use private email </em>is clear that the originator or recipient of a communication should consider whether the information contained in private emails amounts to substantive discussions or decisions generated in the course of conducting government business, and take steps to ensure the relevant information is accessible (e.g. by copying it to a government email address).</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/07/2021 15:28:42 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1199426

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prioritise companies which support UK environmental and climate targets for financial support administered as part of COVID-19 support programmes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL5014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced in decades. Alongside the focus on supporting the economy, the Government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s support for business includes paying workers’ wages through the furlough scheme, deferring tax payments, over [£27] billion of government-backed loans and [£18.9] billion of corporate financing through the Bank of England. We will assess the impacts of potential interventions against their contribution to our environmental goals, including our climate change and air quality targets.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/06/2020 10:51:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767914

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of those who will be working at HMRC's new building at 3 Arena Central in Birmingham will be able to store their bikes in the building; and whether there are any plans to increase the number of HMRC employees cycling to that workplace, in line with their active travel strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC is committed to supporting its staff to make sustainable and active travel choices. HMRC is developing a comprehensive Sustainable Travel Plan for each Regional Centre and published the first such plan, for Croydon Regional Centre, in July 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2017 11:36:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

670048

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
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 Neville-Rolfe on 3 January (HL4167), how many of the 687 employers named and shamed for non-compliance with the national minimum wage since October 2013 identified further arrears, not included in the sum of arrears for which they were named, under the self-correction mechanism introduced by HM Revenue and Customs in 2015; what is the combined total of those further, self-corrected arrears; and to how many workers those further, self-corrected arrears were owed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Self-correction was introduced in 2015 and additional arrears recorded in 2015-16 data. Employers are not named for additional self-corrected arrears. Due to the small number of cases involved in addition to those provided in response to Written Question 52385, publishing aggregate self-correction data could allow individual employers to be identified, and would amount to naming them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/01/2017 15:51:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

510226

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether waste operators can distribute Landfill Communities Fund monies directly to projects, or must do so through an environmental body.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL7432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Landfill operators can only distribute monies from the Landfilll Communities Fund to environmental bodies. In order to receive money directly from a landfill operator, a project would have to register as an environmental body with the scheme’s regulator, ENTRUST.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 25/04/2016 14:58:02 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

433646

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Viridor Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the grant from Viridor Credits to All Saints Church in Kingston was audited by ENTRUST, and what assessment they have made of environmental objectives that grant fulfils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Landfill Communities Fund is a tax credit scheme. It allows landfill operators to gain a tax credit against 90% of the voluntary donations they make to environmental bodies for spending on certain prescribed objectives.</p><br /><p>The prescribed objectives include:</p><ul><li>the restoration of a building of historic interest or place of religious worship; and</li><li>the maintenance or improvement of a public amenity;</li></ul><p>within the vicinity of a landfill site.</p><p><br> ENTRUST, the independent regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund assesses and approves applications for project funding to ensure they meet the objectives of the scheme. ENTRUST also carries out a programme of assurance under which a cross-section of projects are selected for audit to ensure they meet the prescribed objectives, and that funds are spent compliantly.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL4157 HL4158 question first answered 09/12/2015 17:28:21 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

433647

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Viridor Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the grant from Viridor Credits to Holy Trinity Church in Wallington was audited by ENTRUST and what assessment they have made of environmental objectives that grant fulfils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Landfill Communities Fund is a tax credit scheme. It allows landfill operators to gain a tax credit against 90% of the voluntary donations they make to environmental bodies for spending on certain prescribed objectives.</p><br /><p>The prescribed objectives include:</p><ul><li>the restoration of a building of historic interest or place of religious worship; and</li><li>the maintenance or improvement of a public amenity;</li></ul><p>within the vicinity of a landfill site.</p><p><br> ENTRUST, the independent regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund assesses and approves applications for project funding to ensure they meet the objectives of the scheme. ENTRUST also carries out a programme of assurance under which a cross-section of projects are selected for audit to ensure they meet the prescribed objectives, and that funds are spent compliantly.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL4156 HL4158 question first answered 09/12/2015 17:28:21 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

433648

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Viridor Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the grant from Viridor Credits to Twickenham Rowing Club was audited by ENTRUST, and what assessment they have made of the environmental objectives that grant fulfils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Landfill Communities Fund is a tax credit scheme. It allows landfill operators to gain a tax credit against 90% of the voluntary donations they make to environmental bodies for spending on certain prescribed objectives.</p><br /><p>The prescribed objectives include:</p><ul><li>the restoration of a building of historic interest or place of religious worship; and</li><li>the maintenance or improvement of a public amenity;</li></ul><p>within the vicinity of a landfill site.</p><p><br> ENTRUST, the independent regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund assesses and approves applications for project funding to ensure they meet the objectives of the scheme. ENTRUST also carries out a programme of assurance under which a cross-section of projects are selected for audit to ensure they meet the prescribed objectives, and that funds are spent compliantly.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL4156 HL4157 question first answered 09/12/2015 17:28:21 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

416983

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
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 charities that distribute Landfill Communities Fund money should be wholly independent of waste companies bidding for contracts with waste authorities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) allows landfill operators to claim a 90 per cent tax credit on voluntary contributions made to Environmental Bodies, for spending on certain prescribed objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Environmental Bodies do not need to be charities but they must be non-profit making, and not controlled by the landfill operator or a local authority. Environmental Bodies are also precluded from using funds for the benefit of the contributing landfill operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All LCF-funded projects undertaken by Environmental Bodies are approved by ENTRUST, the regulator of the LCF, to ensure they meet the requirements of the scheme. Details of all projects approved by ENTRUST are published on their website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:47 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb