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886934

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date	18/04/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulation: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which regulators in (1) the UK, and (2) England, are fully funded by the industries or sectors that they regulate and receive no grant in aid from their sponsoring departments for those regulatory activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL7088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The following list includes bodies with non-devolved regulatory functions which received no Grant in Aid in 2016-17. It is based on information available to the Cabinet Office, and may not be comprehensive. In particular it does not include bodies whose regulatory activities are fully funded by the sectors they regulate, but which receive grants for non-regulatory activities.</p><ul><li><p>Animals in Science Regulation Unit;</p></li><li><p>Architects’ Registration Board;</p></li><li><p>Assay Offices;</p></li><li><p>British Hallmarking Council;</p></li><li><p>Claims Management Regulation Unit;</p></li><li><p>Commissioners of Irish Lights;</p></li><li><p>Companies’ House;</p></li><li><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency;</p></li><li><p>Financial Conduct Authority;</p></li><li><p>Financial Reporting Council;</p></li><li><p>Gambling Commission;</p></li><li><p>Groceries Code Adjudicator;</p></li><li><p>Intellectual Property Office;</p></li><li><p>Land Registry;</p></li><li><p>Legal Services Board;</p></li><li><p>Northern Lighthouse Board;</p></li><li><p>Office for Nuclear Regulation;</p></li><li><p>Office of Rail and Road;</p></li><li><p>Office of the Public Guardian;</p></li><li><p>OFWAT;</p></li><li><p>Oil and Gas Authority;</p></li><li><p>Prudential Regulation Authority;</p></li><li><p>Security Industry Authority;</p></li><li><p>Trinity House;</p></li><li><p>Vehicle Certification Agency.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/05/2018 16:39:19 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

886935

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Waste Management
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Environment Agency can use income from its permitting activities in the waste sector to pursue and bring to prosecution illegal waste operators.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL7089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) currently spends around £15 million a year on waste enforcement and tackling waste crime. This is funded through Grant in Aid and the Landfill Communities Fund. An independent review of waste crime in 2014, commissioned by the Environment Services Association Education Trust, found that for every £1 they spend on waste crime, £5 is generated for the economy from their enforcement effort, including for HM Treasury in tax revenue.</p><p> </p><p>Under rules for managing public money, the EA cannot use income generated from charges, including that from waste permits, on enforcement or waste crime activities. However, the EA is currently developing proposals for a further review of its charges which will explore options for changes to charging rules, which could allow for the use of permit income to tackle waste crime in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/05/2018 14:25:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

886936

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Waste Management
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 legitimate businesses in the waste sector are not undermined by illegal operators with a lower cost base.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL7090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2014 we have given the Environment Agency an additional £60 million for waste crime enforcement work up to 2022, including £30 million in last year’s November budget. We have also given new powers to the Environment Agency to help them take stronger action more quickly against problem sites, including the ability to lock up sites and force rogue operators to clean up all waste.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on tightening up the waste permitting and exemptions regime to curb the rise of waste sites that cause problems for local communities, and operate outside the law. The consultation closed on 26 March and we are considering the responses. We will set out our strategic approach to waste crime, including next steps, in our Resources and Waste Strategy later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/05/2018 14:26:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

886937

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Fly-tipping: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many waste businesses or sole traders were prosecuted for illegal waste tipping offences in England in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL7091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) prosecuted (1) 47 waste businesses or sole traders in 2016 and (2) 39 waste businesses or sole traders in 2017. Successful prosecutions resulted in sentences including, for example, a 122 month total combined jail sentence, a 90 month sentence, and a £1 million fine.</p><p> </p><p>The EA leads on large scale waste crime. Local authorities lead on smaller incidents and may have taken additional prosecution action against illegal operators.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/05/2018 11:51:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

886938

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Waste Management
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total Environment Agency expenditure on pursuing and bringing to prosecution illegal waste operators in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL7092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) collates expenditure data by financial year rather than calendar year. For both 2015-16 and 2016-17 spend on waste crime enforcement was estimated at £14.8 million per year. Data is not yet available for 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>This funding comes through Grant in Aid and the Landfill Communities Fund. The EA’s success in tackling waste crime led to an additional £30 million of funding over the next four years, announced in the Autumn 2017 budget. This will increase funding allocated to waste crime enforcement by approximately £5 million per year in 2018-19 and 2019-20, and by approximately £10 million per year in 2020-21 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/05/2018 14:24:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

855464

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement in the letter of 28 February from Lord Henley to Lord Carlile of Berriew, that "As part of these discussions, both sides have agreed that the UK will have sole responsibility for its international safeguards obligations from the date of withdrawal", whether the Office for Nuclear Regulation will be the UK's safeguarding authority from the date of the UK leaving Euratom rather than at the end of a transition period.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL6070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the European Commission to ensure a smooth implementation period for setting up an effective civil nuclear safeguards regime in the UK ready for withdrawal from Euratom. The precise nature of this implementation period, including the role of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (the ONR) in relation to nuclear safeguards during this period, is subject to negotiations with the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p>Although the outcome of these negotiations is not yet known, the Government’s strategy is to seek to include Euratom in any implementation period, in line with the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement of 11 January 2018. Furthermore, the European Commission recently published its draft text for an implementation period which proposed that the period will cease at the end of December 2020 and will cover all parts of the Euratom <em>acquis</em>. We would expect this to include the Euratom safeguards regime.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever the outcome of the negotiations on an implementation period for Euratom, the Government is confident that the ONR will be in a position to deliver civil nuclear safeguards to international standards on the UK’s withdrawal from Euratom.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 15/03/2018 15:15:13 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

855465

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations, individuals, and other stakeholders have been consulted in relation to the comprehensive series of engagement activities undertaken by the Department for International Trade surrounding its approach to its future trade policy, including future trade agreements; what were the names of those consulted; and by what means they were consulted.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL6071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has consulted widely since the EU referendum with a broad range of stakeholders, including businesses, trade associations, devolved administrations, civil society and consumers across the UK. Means of engagement have included townhall meetings, roundtable discussions, webinars, written consultations and bilateral meetings. The Government will continue to engage widely with stakeholders and welcomes continued input as it develops a future trade policy which supports the Government's industrial strategy and businesses and consumers across the whole nation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 19/03/2018 15:35:48 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

846842

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what new or modified information technology systems are required for the UK nuclear safeguarding authority to be approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency; and what are the estimated costs of developing those systems.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL5804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>To deliver a domestic safeguards regime, generally referred to as a State System of Accountancy for and Control of Nuclear Materials (SSAC), the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) plans to put in place a Safeguards Information Management and Reporting System (SIMRS). The SIMRS will enable the ONR to obtain and process the information necessary to ensure timely submission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the reports required by any future safeguards agreements with the IAEA. The SIMRS will also enable submission of any specific reports required by supplier states as part of Nuclear Cooperation Agreements (NCAs).</p><p>ONR has estimated that it will cost £10 million to establish a UK SSAC and SIMRS is included as a part of this overall estimate. An initial tender opportunity in relation to the SIMRS is currently being advertised on the Government Digital Marketplace and responses to that tender will provide more certainty on estimated costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:32:52 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

837313

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what agreements they have entered into with United States counterparts over the past six months regarding the availability of public information about the details or progress of trade negotiations between the UK and the US.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL5389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper - ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’ - the UK is committed to a transparent approach to international trade. We have invited views on the UK’s approach to future trade agreements, and engagement with stakeholders is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> November 2017 the UK and US exchanged letters on mutually agreed protocols for the treatment of information exchanged in the course of the Trade and Investment Working Group. It does not pre-judge the UK’s approach to transparency regarding the details or progress of negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arrangement-for-exchanging-information-during-the-uk-us-trade-and-investment-working-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arrangement-for-exchanging-information-during-the-uk-us-trade-and-investment-working-group</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead attachment 1 file name UK_Govt._letter_to_USTR_Information_Handling (1).pdf title Letter - UK/US T&I Working Group 2 file name US.Ltr.reUS-UK.TIWG.Conf.Arrangement._signed_.9Nov17.pdf title Letter - UK/US T&I Working Group question first answered 20/02/2018 17:23:07 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

837314

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
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 need for transparency around trade negotiations; and at what stage in the negotiation of new trade agreements they will release information to Parliament and the public on (1) the subjects under discussion, and (2) potential changes in UK laws and policies being contemplated as part of future trade agreements.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL5390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper - ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’ – the UK remains committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade and has invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy including future trade agreements. The Department has undertaken a comprehensive series of engagement activities to ensure a wide range of stakeholder views are gathered. These views will inform our trade policy and legislative framework for future agreements and will help to develop the appropriate processes for public and parliamentary scrutiny. No decisions have yet been taken as stakeholder consultations are ongoing.</p><p>We will continue to respect the role of Parliament when agreeing the terms of future trade agreements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 20/02/2018 14:05:42 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson