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747330

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, have given to multi-academy trusts on the remuneration of their chief executives.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Academy trusts are responsible for setting their own remuneration for staff, and best placed to consider the factors relevant to their decisions on this. It is essential that we have the best people to lead our schools if we are to raise standards.</p><p>We hold an analysis of multi-academy trusts that pay staff more than £150,000, but do not have a list of those between £140,000 and £150,000. The analysis does not identify the names of the individuals nor whether they are the chief executive. The latest available data, for the year ended 31 August 2015, is in the table below, which identifies 71 trusts (3%) paying over £150,000. We expect data for the year ended 31 August 2016 to be available by the end of July 2017.</p><p>Information about remuneration is available in trusts’ financial statements published online by Companies House (available by searching “Companies House service”).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company No.</p></td><td><p>Multi-academy trusts paying remuneration of more than £150,000 to an employee: year ended 31 August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6625091</p></td><td><p>ACADEMIES ENTERPRISE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7846852</p></td><td><p>ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7977940</p></td><td><p>AMBITIONS ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5112090</p></td><td><p>ARK SCHOOLS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7867577</p></td><td><p>ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4389132</p></td><td><p>BARNET CITY ACADEMY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7768726</p></td><td><p>BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7540236</p></td><td><p>BRAMPTON MANOR TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7695771</p></td><td><p>BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7808732</p></td><td><p>CARMEL EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7827368</p></td><td><p>CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8179498</p></td><td><p>CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4504128</p></td><td><p>CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7617529</p></td><td><p>CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2303464</p></td><td><p>DIXONS ACADEMIES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6526376</p></td><td><p>E-ACT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5853746</p></td><td><p>GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7551959</p></td><td><p>GLF SCHOOLS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7687897</p></td><td><p>GRAVENEY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6864339</p></td><td><p>GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7416734</p></td><td><p>GURU NANAK SIKH ACADEMY LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2535091</p></td><td><p>HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6228587</p></td><td><p>HARRIS FEDERATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7949111</p></td><td><p>HATTON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8269066</p></td><td><p>HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8179349</p></td><td><p>INSPIRATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8657945</p></td><td><p>INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7398467</p></td><td><p>IVYBRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8296921</p></td><td><p>L.E.A.D. MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2387916</p></td><td><p>LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7361021</p></td><td><p>LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8066610</p></td><td><p>LEGRA ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8743560</p></td><td><p>LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7548754</p></td><td><p>MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7348167</p></td><td><p>NINESTILES ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5067702</p></td><td><p>NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5398529</p></td><td><p>OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6982127</p></td><td><p>ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6995649</p></td><td><p>OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8469218</p></td><td><p>PARADIGM TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8339345</p></td><td><p>PARTNERSHIP LEARNING</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7749786</p></td><td><p>PERRY BEECHES THE ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7493622</p></td><td><p>QED ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7386086</p></td><td><p>SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP TRUST ACADEMIES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7344732</p></td><td><p>SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7730920</p></td><td><p>THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8158309</p></td><td><p>THE BOSTON WITHAM ACADEMIES FEDERATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2400784</p></td><td><p>THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8148675</p></td><td><p>THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6182612</p></td><td><p>THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8027943</p></td><td><p>THE DEAN TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8039629</p></td><td><p>THE DOVER FEDERATION FOR THE ARTS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7848783</p></td><td><p>THE EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7827747</p></td><td><p>THE EVOLVE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7465701</p></td><td><p>THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7614421</p></td><td><p>THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7597068</p></td><td><p>THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5735093</p></td><td><p>THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5358533</p></td><td><p>THE LANGLEY ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6462935</p></td><td><p>THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7990619</p></td><td><p>THE RODILLIAN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8107310</p></td><td><p>THE SILVER BIRCH ACADEMY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7359755</p></td><td><p>THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7569727</p></td><td><p>THE WILLIAMSON TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8085503</p></td><td><p>TOLLBAR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7635510</p></td><td><p>TORCH ACADEMY GATEWAY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7559256</p></td><td><p>VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7462885</p></td><td><p>WAKEFIELD CITY ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8531479</p></td><td><p>WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8833508</p></td><td><p>WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6415729</p></td><td><p>WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL314 question first answered 12/07/2017 11:53:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747332

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which multi-academy trusts have a chief executive who is paid more than £140,000; and what are the names of those chief executives.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Academy trusts are responsible for setting their own remuneration for staff, and best placed to consider the factors relevant to their decisions on this. It is essential that we have the best people to lead our schools if we are to raise standards.</p><p>We hold an analysis of multi-academy trusts that pay staff more than £150,000, but do not have a list of those between £140,000 and £150,000. The analysis does not identify the names of the individuals nor whether they are the chief executive. The latest available data, for the year ended 31 August 2015, is in the table below, which identifies 71 trusts (3%) paying over £150,000. We expect data for the year ended 31 August 2016 to be available by the end of July 2017.</p><p>Information about remuneration is available in trusts’ financial statements published online by Companies House (available by searching “Companies House service”).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company No.</p></td><td><p>Multi-academy trusts paying remuneration of more than £150,000 to an employee: year ended 31 August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6625091</p></td><td><p>ACADEMIES ENTERPRISE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7846852</p></td><td><p>ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7977940</p></td><td><p>AMBITIONS ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5112090</p></td><td><p>ARK SCHOOLS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7867577</p></td><td><p>ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4389132</p></td><td><p>BARNET CITY ACADEMY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7768726</p></td><td><p>BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7540236</p></td><td><p>BRAMPTON MANOR TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7695771</p></td><td><p>BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7808732</p></td><td><p>CARMEL EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7827368</p></td><td><p>CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8179498</p></td><td><p>CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4504128</p></td><td><p>CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7617529</p></td><td><p>CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2303464</p></td><td><p>DIXONS ACADEMIES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6526376</p></td><td><p>E-ACT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5853746</p></td><td><p>GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7551959</p></td><td><p>GLF SCHOOLS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7687897</p></td><td><p>GRAVENEY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6864339</p></td><td><p>GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7416734</p></td><td><p>GURU NANAK SIKH ACADEMY LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2535091</p></td><td><p>HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6228587</p></td><td><p>HARRIS FEDERATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7949111</p></td><td><p>HATTON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8269066</p></td><td><p>HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8179349</p></td><td><p>INSPIRATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8657945</p></td><td><p>INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7398467</p></td><td><p>IVYBRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8296921</p></td><td><p>L.E.A.D. MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2387916</p></td><td><p>LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7361021</p></td><td><p>LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8066610</p></td><td><p>LEGRA ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8743560</p></td><td><p>LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7548754</p></td><td><p>MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7348167</p></td><td><p>NINESTILES ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5067702</p></td><td><p>NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5398529</p></td><td><p>OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6982127</p></td><td><p>ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6995649</p></td><td><p>OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8469218</p></td><td><p>PARADIGM TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8339345</p></td><td><p>PARTNERSHIP LEARNING</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7749786</p></td><td><p>PERRY BEECHES THE ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7493622</p></td><td><p>QED ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7386086</p></td><td><p>SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP TRUST ACADEMIES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7344732</p></td><td><p>SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7730920</p></td><td><p>THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8158309</p></td><td><p>THE BOSTON WITHAM ACADEMIES FEDERATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2400784</p></td><td><p>THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8148675</p></td><td><p>THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6182612</p></td><td><p>THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8027943</p></td><td><p>THE DEAN TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8039629</p></td><td><p>THE DOVER FEDERATION FOR THE ARTS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7848783</p></td><td><p>THE EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7827747</p></td><td><p>THE EVOLVE TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7465701</p></td><td><p>THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7614421</p></td><td><p>THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7597068</p></td><td><p>THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5735093</p></td><td><p>THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5358533</p></td><td><p>THE LANGLEY ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6462935</p></td><td><p>THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7990619</p></td><td><p>THE RODILLIAN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8107310</p></td><td><p>THE SILVER BIRCH ACADEMY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7359755</p></td><td><p>THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7569727</p></td><td><p>THE WILLIAMSON TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8085503</p></td><td><p>TOLLBAR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7635510</p></td><td><p>TORCH ACADEMY GATEWAY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7559256</p></td><td><p>VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7462885</p></td><td><p>WAKEFIELD CITY ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8531479</p></td><td><p>WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8833508</p></td><td><p>WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6415729</p></td><td><p>WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL313 question first answered 12/07/2017 11:53:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747337

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether an acid attack would be classified as a terrorist attack.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has a longstanding and comprehensive strategic approach to tackling all forms of terrorism. It is for the police to decide whether an incident is terrorist in nature and ultimately for the independent Crown Prosecution Service to decide what charges are appropriate based on the facts of the case. Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 contains the definition of terrorism against which these decisions are made.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/07/2017 16:03:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

747343

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the number of workers earning below the personal tax threshold who have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme that operates on a Net Pay basis; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL321 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747344

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747346

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of low paid workers' claims against their employers for the money they are due in tax relief if it is denied to them by their employer's choice of pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747348

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether low paid workers who earn less than the personal tax threshold may claim against the Pensions Regulator for failing to ensure that employers use a suitable auto-enrolment scheme that does not force them to pay more than they should for their pensions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL322 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747350

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost saving, in long-term expenditure on State Pensions, from changing the current triple lock into a double lock using the best of earnings or CPI inflation, from 2020 onwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><br>The Government is committed to ensuring economic security for people at every stage of their life, including when they reach retirement. The Government is also clear that fairness between the generations must be maintained. We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament. Economic forecasts suggest that State Pensions will go up by at least 2.5% each year for the length of this Parliament and so maintaining the Triple Lock for this Parliament will cost no extra money.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that uprating the State Pension by a double lock (highest of earnings or inflation) from April 2020 would reduce State Pension expenditure by the following compared to the Triple Lock:</p><p>(1) 0.03% of GDP in 2029/30;</p><p>(2) 0.08% of GDP in 2039/40;</p><p>(3) 0.13% of GDP in 2049/50;</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that in 2066/67, uprating by a double lock would reduce State Pension expenditure by around 0.2% of GDP compared to uprating by the Triple Lock.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL325 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:41:13 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747351

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost saving over (1) 10 years, (2) 20 years, and (3) 30 years, of changing the current triple lock on State Pensions into a double lock consisting of the best of earnings or CPI inflation, from 2020 onwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><br>The Government is committed to ensuring economic security for people at every stage of their life, including when they reach retirement. The Government is also clear that fairness between the generations must be maintained. We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament. Economic forecasts suggest that State Pensions will go up by at least 2.5% each year for the length of this Parliament and so maintaining the Triple Lock for this Parliament will cost no extra money.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that uprating the State Pension by a double lock (highest of earnings or inflation) from April 2020 would reduce State Pension expenditure by the following compared to the Triple Lock:</p><p>(1) 0.03% of GDP in 2029/30;</p><p>(2) 0.08% of GDP in 2039/40;</p><p>(3) 0.13% of GDP in 2049/50;</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that in 2066/67, uprating by a double lock would reduce State Pension expenditure by around 0.2% of GDP compared to uprating by the Triple Lock.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL324 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:41:13 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747363

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to authorise a moratorium on fracking in England until all available evidence relating to its environmental, economic and social impacts has been independently reviewed and assessed.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>A moratorium on hydraulic fracturing was previously imposed in the UK after the detection of two small tremors related to shale gas development in Lancashire in 2011. The Government asked the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering to conduct an independent review of the scientific and engineering evidence on the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, which concluded that “The health, safety and environmental risks associated with hydraulic fracturing as a means to extract shale gas can be managed effectively in the UK as long as operational best practices are implemented and enforced through regulation”. The Government lifted the moratorium in December 2012 and supports the safe and environmentally sound exploration of shale gas to determine the potential of the UK’s resources.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:47:51 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird