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510209

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date	11/04/2016
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Delegated Legislation: Government Defeats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many government defeats there have been on delegated legislation in the House of Lords, (1) in total, and (2) in each Session, since 1950.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL7415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 1950, there have been 35 Government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation in the House of Lords. There have been five such defeats in this session to date - a fifth of the total over the last 65 years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation since 1950, broken down by session, is detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1950</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1972-73</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1950-51</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1973-74</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1951-52</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1974</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1952-53</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1974-75</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1953-54</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1975-76</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1954-55</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1976-77</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1955-56</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1977-78</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1956-57</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1978-79</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1957-58</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1979-80</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1958-59</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1980-81</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1959-60</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1981-82</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1960-61</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1982-83</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1961-62</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1983-84</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1962-63</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1984-85</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1963-64</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1985-86</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1964-65</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1986-87</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1965-66</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1987-88</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2010-12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1966-67</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1988-89</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1967-68</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1989-90</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1968-69</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1990-91</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1969-70</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1991-92</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2015-6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1970-71</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1992-93</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1971-72</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1993-94</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 16:11:36 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

510210

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Government Defeats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 16 November 2015 (HL3174), what percentage of House of Lords divisions resulted in Government defeats in (1) the 1997–2001 Parliament, and (2) the current Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL7416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The rate of defeats in the present Parliament is more than twice that of the 1997-2001 Parliament: the Government were defeated in 22% of divisions in that Parliament, compared to 49% in the present one (up to Thursday 21 April). These figures are based on statistics compiled by the Journal Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 15:51:23 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

510254

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will encourage Government ministers to provide full answers to Written Questions from members of the House rather than providing references to third-party sources.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I am responsible for encouraging departments to give timely answers to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), a duty I take very seriously.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The House has set out clearly (most recently in agreeing the Procedure Committee’s 5th Report on the 2014-5 Session) that all answers to QWAs should be complete and comprehensible, and as such should not rely on references to external documents or webpages. I will continue to make this guidance clear to Ministers. Whilst it is for individual Ministers to account to the House for the content of the answers they provide - with Ministers providing personally signed answers to members as part of this direct accountability - any member is welcome to inform me of any particular concerns about a response they have received.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 15:54:28 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

510277

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 March (HL6982), how much extra money has been added to the budgets of (1) the First Sea Lord, (2) the Chief of the General Staff, and (3) the Chief of the Air Staff, in (a) 2016–17 and (b) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 23 March 2016 to Question HL6982.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/04/2016 16:12:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 20160323_HL6982_Armed_Forces_Finance[2].docx title QnA extract on Armed Forces Finances
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

510278

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 March (HL7168), whether they will now state whether there will be more or fewer Royal Navy ships in commission by 2025 than the 57 currently.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>On current planning assumptions there will be at least the same number of warships in service with the Royal Navy in 2025 as at present. However, the aggregate tonnage of the Royal Navy will have increased greatly due to the introduction of the aircraft carriers HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES. Due to the withdrawal from service of HMS GLEANER, an unarmed inshore survey vessel, the Royal Navy will have one fewer non-combat vessel that it does today.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/04/2016 16:47:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

510290

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many training providers in receipt of Skills Funding Agency (SFA) funding ceased trading in (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14; how much funding those providers had received from the SFA in the three years prior to their ceasing to trade; and how many of them were further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL7496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Skills Funding Agency does not hold not information on providers which have ceased trading.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/04/2016 16:35:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

510291

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many training providers were investigated for fraud or misappropriation of Skills Funding Agency funding during (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14; in how many cases there was a case to answer; and in those cases where findings of fraud or misappropriation were confirmed, which training providers were concerned.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL7497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Investigations will result either in no funding issues being identified or the identification of funds for recovery. Funds identified for recovery may have been mis-claimed in error or may be the result of potential fraudulent actions. The Skills Funding Agency is not a prosecuting authority so where an investigation indicates potential fraud the case is referred to the police. Fraud is not confirmed unless there is a successful criminal prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of cases investigated, the number of cases where funds were identified for recovery (whether as a result of error or potential fraud), the number of cases referred to the police, the number of cases resulting in charges being brought and the outcome of prosecutions in each of the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. Note that where a case is referred to the police it may take a significant period (up to several years) for charges to be brought.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of live investigations during the year</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of cases where funds were identified for recovery</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of cases referred to the police</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of cases where charges brought</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome of prosecutions</p></td><td><p>1 successful 2 unsuccessful 1 ongoing</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The successful prosecution as a result of an investigation in 2011-12 was of David Peters who worked as an assessor for Safetycor Ltd, a subcontractor to Exeter College and Wolverhampton College.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/04/2016 16:32:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

510308

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions the Social Justice Cabinet Committee is taking to monitor and support the implementation of the Family Test across government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Social Justice Cabinet Committee is playing a crucial role by supporting cross government Family Policy priorities, and ensuring that the Family Test is applied consistently and appropriately on new policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/04/2016 16:17:44 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

510309

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to the recommendations in <i>Implementing the Family Test, a review of progress one year on</i> by Relate, the Relationships Foundation and the Family and Childcare Trust.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>DWP welcome the Family Test, a review of progress one year on by Relate, the Relationships Foundation and the Family and Childcare Trust. We will consider the findings of the report in the next phase of our Government wide strategy to improve the embedding and implementation of the family test.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/04/2016 16:30:57 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

510310

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether final clearance for any Government policy has been denied due to a failure to complete a Family Test assessment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>DWP takes the process of monitoring the application of the Family Test very seriously and we have and will challenge the clearance of policies that haven’t considered the Family Test.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 25/04/2016 16:05:19 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett