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registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 June (WA 63), 14 May (WA 512), 6 May (WA 359), 7 April (WA 234) and 20 March (WA 52), on what each former Prime Minister, in each year that the Public Duty Costs Allowance was awarded to them, spent their allowances, in terms of comprehensive, unambiguous and catalogued expenses.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Public Duty Costs Allowance is to reimburse former Prime Ministers of necessary office and secretariat costs.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, further details are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2014 16:54:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62447

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any cost-benefit analysis of the reduction of carbon monoxide emissions as a result of the planned HS2 high-speed rail link.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made any cost-benefit analysis of the impact of HS2 on carbon monoxide emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The HS2 Economic Case quantifies the impact of HS2 on non-traded direct Greenhouse Gas emissions (which include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) resulting from changes in petrol/diesel use from road and rail passenger transport as a result of HS2. This analysis estimates that the full HS2 Y-Network generates benefits of £101 million (2011 prices, NPV) from reduced non-traded Greenhouse Gas emissions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 24/06/2014 11:12:27 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62448

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend summer school initiatives to help disadvantaged children improve their levels of attainment after the summer of 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>A decision on whether to extend the Department for Education's summer schools programme in 2015 will be made towards the end of 2014, in light of information gathered on this year's summer school programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/06/2014 16:13:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62449

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to allow colleges to provide free meals transactions on individual student smart cards.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We published guidance for further education funded institutions, including colleges, on 16 April setting out full details of the requirement on institutions to provide free meals to their disadvantaged 16- to 18-year-old students from September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Exactly how those requirements are met is for individual institutions to determine, and will depend on current practices and systems already in place. Institutions have the flexibility to be able to provide either a meal or a voucher or credit for the student to exchange for a meal. Smart cards would be an ideal way to make such provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:10:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62450

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools will not have the facilities to provide hot meals in September.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is providing funding, expert advice and support to assist schools in offering hot meals to all infant pupils from September.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a range of ways that hot meals are provided in schools, with some being fully prepared on site and others transported in. The vast majority of schools are on track to offer free school meals to all their infant pupils in September, and we have made it clear that we expect them either to offer hot options immediately, or to work towards doing so as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:13:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62451

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Food Technology: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that cookery is included in the curriculum as part of design and technology lessons.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>All pupils should be taught to cook and to apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Design and Technology (D&amp;T) is compulsory for all maintained schools from key stages 1 to 3 and the new D&amp;T curriculum, which will be in force from September 2014, strengthens the requirements on schools to teach about food at primary and secondary. At primary, the curriculum will ensure pupils are taught about healthy eating, where food comes from and to prepare and cook a range of dishes. At secondary, for the first time, cooking will be compulsory at key stage 3: teachers will be also required to cover nutrition, diet and where food comes from.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:58:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62452

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to encourage increased up-take of free school meals among eligible pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We have developed the Online Free School Meal Eligibility Checking Service (ECS), which is a system that allows local authority users to undertake record checks from one central point. The ECS allows local authorities to check data held by the Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in order to establish eligibility for free school meals (FSM). The ECS has been extended to allow parents to check their own eligibility, and to apply online, for FSM. The new system reduces the time, stigma and bureaucracy previously associated with applications for FSM, therefore encouraging more parents to register their children for a free school lunch.</p><p> </p><p>Resources are also available from the Children's Food Trust at <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/</a> to help schools increase take-up of free school meals.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2014, all children in reception, year 1 and year 2 attending state-funded schools will be eligible for a free school lunch, regardless of parental circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:10:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

58556

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 14 May (WA512), where all past public duty cost allowance audit reports compiled by the National Audit Office, including all (1) submitted receipts, and (2) supporting documentation provided in support of former Prime Ministers' claims, may be accessed; and whether they will place copies of all such audit reports, regarding each former Prime Minister's spending in the last 20 years, in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL81
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Public Duty Cost Allowance (PDCA) is subject to audit, both by Internal Audit and the National Audit Office. Relevant supporting documentation is provided in support of claims. The Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons is published as part of the Cabinet Office Annual Report. Copies of the Annual Report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 17:23:06 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

50271

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 7 April (WA 238–9), which specific amounts of Public Duty Cost Allowance funding each former Prime Minister was allocated by way of reimbursement of (1) necessary office costs, (2) "secretarial costs", and (3) all other costs, in each year that the reimbursement was awarded to them; what systems are or were in place to assess and audit such expenses claims; and, if there are no such systems in place, whether they will introduce them.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>There is no allocation within the public duties allowance for different categories of spend. It is for the former Prime Minister to submit receipts for payment within the annual allowance. The allowance is subject to audit, both by Internal Audit and the National Audit Office. Relevant supporting documentation is provided in support of claims.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

47857

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
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 assessment they have made of Action for Children's proposed Cinderella neglect law.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government believes protecting children from harm is fundamental and that child cruelty is an abhorrent crime which should be punished. All children should be able to grow up in a safe, happy environment.</p><p>Officials at the Ministry of Justice have been exploring the views of relevant experts in England and Wales to ascertain whether there are any gaps in the criminal law on child cruelty.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the outcome of this work with a view to determining next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey