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518717

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women in safe houses and refuges who need to keep their address anonymous are not prevented from voting.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Electors who need to keep their name and address anonymous are able to submit an application for anonymous registration. As part of their application, electors must satisfy the Electoral Registration Officer that their safety, or that of people they live with, would be at risk if the register contained their name and address. For this purpose electors must provide either a court order or an attestation by a “qualifying officer”, which includes senior police officers and chief social workers. The evidential threshold for applications for anonymous electoral registration is to ensure that it is available only to those whose personal safety would genuinely be at risk if their details appeared on the electoral register, rather than for the purpose of gaining additional privacy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 31/05/2016 13:37:54 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

518718

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the relationship between the inability to pay high rents and the risk of homelessness, what they are doing to ensure access to social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL12
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The statutory requirement to consider ‘reasonable preference’ prioritises social housing for those who need it the most. The provisions in the Housing and Planning Act that ensure new tenancies are regularly reviewed will enable councils to get the best use out of their social housing.</p><p>To enable local authorities to help claimants affected by changes to Housing Benefit who need extra support, we have also increased the level of funding for Discretionary Housing Payment to £870 million in total across this Parliament – a notional 55 per cent increase compared to the previous Parliament.</p><p>Whilst households who face homelessness need suitable, settled accommodation it does not always need to be social housing. That is why we changed the law to allow authorities to make offers of good quality private rented sector accommodation. Since 2010 our homelessness prevention funding has helped local authorities and homelessness charities prevent almost a million households from becoming homeless. We want this work to continue and that is why we have maintained and protected homelessness prevention funding though the local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20.</p><p>The government is also committed to delivering affordable housing. Twice as much council housing has been built since 2010 than in the previous 13 years. The Spending Review in 2016 allocated £8 billion to deliver 400,000 affordable homes this parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2016 16:03:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

518719

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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
hansard heading	NHS: Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any assessment of the Housing First policy implemented in Utah as a means to tackle homelessness.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL13
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many which is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million.</p><p>Homelessness is rarely the result of a personal housing crisis alone and we know that many rough sleepers and homeless people have complex needs, such as mental health difficulties or substance misuse, which result in poor life chances.</p><p>That is why we announced at Budget 2016 that we are developing a new £10 million national Social Impact Bond programme, to help homeless people with complex needs off the streets. We want to drive innovative ways to support those with the most complex needs, including ‘Housing First’. In doing so, we will look to learn from how other countries have delivered, including the United States and elsewhere.</p><p>This work forms part of our wider approach to preventing and reducing homelessness, which also includes a new £10 million rough sleeping programme and an additional £100 million of funding for move-on accommodation for those leaving hostels and refuges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/05/2016 16:43:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

458813

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the UK Chief Medical Officers' alcohol guidelines review, what steps they are taking to educate young people about the dangers of drinking.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL6847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England’s Rise Above social marketing programme aims to reduce the uptake of risky behaviours, including alcohol consumption, by young people aged 11-16. It teaches them the skills required to make better decisions in ‘risky’ situations to delay and prevent them from engaging in exploratory behaviours.</p><p>Talk to FRANK is a web-based information service that explains the effects and risks of excessive alcohol consumption. It also provides a help service via phone, text, live chat and email for people who are concerned about their own or others’ alcohol consumption. Talk to FRANK is an independent Government funded programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government also commissions the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service to enable schools to understand and implement evidence-based approaches to preventing harmful alcohol use by children and young people.<strong> </strong></p><p>In the new science curriculum, there are opportunities for young people to be taught about the dangers of drinking: for example, at key stage 2, pupils should be taught to “recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function”, or in biology at key stage 3, where pupils will learn about “the effects of recreational drugs (including substance misuse) on behaviour, health and life processes”.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/03/2016 16:27:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

458814

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to educate women on alcohol avoidance whilst pregnant.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL6848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>On 8 January 2016, the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers published a new guideline on pregnancy and drinking – that if a woman is pregnant or planning a pregnancy, the safest approach is not to drink alcohol at all, to keep risks to the baby to a minimum. A copy of the guideline is attached. The Department will be working with the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to ensure that their members are fully informed about the content of the guidelines and are able to explain them to the women they care for and help them make informed decisions. Public Health England (PHE) is also working with professional organisations to enhance the awareness and confidence of midwives and health visitors to educate and inform women about avoiding alcohol while pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>PHE's Start4Life social marketing programme delivers advice and practical guidance to parents and parents to be to help them adopt healthy behaviours and build parenting skills to give their child the best possible start. This includes looking after their own health, and addresses the implications of drinking during pregnancy. Start4Life uses a range of products to inform and influence its audience's behaviour around alcohol consumption including the Information Service for Parents, Start4Life website, and leaflets and posters.</p><p> </p><p>Through voluntary actions by alcohol producers, independent research showed that in 2014 90.7% of bottles and cans carried warning labels about drinking in pregnancy, compared to just 17.6% of products six years before.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/03/2016 14:24:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name UK CMO alcohol guidelines review - Sumamry of proposed new guidelines - January 2016.pdf title UK CMO alcohol guidance
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

458815

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to educate the 2.5 million people who consume more than the new weekly recommended limit for alcohol in a single day, in the light of the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL6849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England's 'One You' adult health campaign (launched this month) aims to help adults understand their alcohol consumption and take appropriate action. It also focuses on quitting smoking, healthier diets and exercise. The campaign provides information online, including tailored advice and, for example, a Drinks Tracker app.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/03/2016 12:24:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

447470

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Employment: Electronic Surveillance
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 of the European Court of Human Rights ruling on 12 January in <i>Barbulescu v Romania</i> on an employer's right to access an employee's private emails in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL5372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the judgment The case raises the important question of whether the Applicant had a reasonable expectation that his communications would not be monitored; and could reasonably expect privacy when communicating from the Yahoo Messenger account that he had registered at his employer's request, and where there was a strict company policy prohibiting use of work systems for personal purposes. The Applicant alleged interference with his article 8 rights and that the interference was not foreseeable or proportionate. But the Court held that there was nothing to indicate that the domestic authorities failed to strike a fair balance between the applicant’s right to respect for his private life under Article 8 and his employer’s interests, and that there had been no violation of Article 8 of the Convention.</p><p> </p><p>The attached ICO's employment practices code sets out guidance in relation to workplace monitoring. The code is already clear that employers should have policies in place explaining how they expect their IT systems to be used, including setting out the extent to which, if any, the IT system can be used for personal use. Even where no such policy is in place, it is reasonable in certain circumstances for employers to monitor an employee’s use of the IT systems to ensure compliance with any policy or to ensure that employees are not abusing the use of the system. Such monitoring may include accessing non-work communications but this should only be done in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/02/2016 14:25:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name the_employment_practices_code.pdf title ICO Employment Code
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

445322

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in tackling problem gambling.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL5086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government wants to ensure that people are protected from being harmed or exploited by gambling. We welcome the ongoing work of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), the Gambling Commission and the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) to identify the causes of problem gambling and to implement effective deterrents and treatments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/01/2016 13:43:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

445323

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Betting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice exempts sports betting around televised sporting events from the 9pm television watershed.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL5087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Televised gambling advertising in the UK is governed by the Advertising Codes which are maintained by the Broadcast Committee for Advertising Practice. This is supplemented by a self-regulatory industry code, the Industry Code for Socially Responsible Gambling. An enhanced version of the industry code will come into effect in February 2016. New measures include a commitment that gambling operators will no longer advertise sign-up offers on television before 9pm.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/02/2016 12:28:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

445324

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gaming: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce regulation for the social gaming industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Social gaming is already covered by existing consumer protection legislation and other regulatory bodies. The Gambling Commission published the attached report on social gaming in January 2015. The Commission concluded that there was no compelling reason to impose additional regulation on the social gaming sector given that it is already subject to extensive consumer protection legislation.</p><p>The Government will continue to keep this issue under review to ensure that appropriate protections remain in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/01/2016 13:53:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Gambling Commission Social-gaming---January-2015.pdf title Gambling Commission Social Gaming January 2015
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington