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800653

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Local Growth Deals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of funding-per-capita of each city deal in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	117274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Across Government we are making huge strides towards rebalancing the economy and empowering local government. We have agreed devolution deals with nine areas across England, with a directly elected mayor in place in six of those already. We have also agreed City Region deals with Cardiff and Swansea regions in Wales. These deals are about much more than just funding. They are about strengthening local leadership and giving local communities greater control over the decisions that affect them. However we have invested to support these deals. In English devolution deals we have given areas control over new long term investment funds. In Welsh City Deals we have invested in proposals to support key sectors and drive growth in the local economy.</p><p>As I’m sure the Hon Member knows, the Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that Government will begin formal negotiations towards a North Wales growth deal.</p><p>Devolution deal announcements can be found in the following links:</p><p>West Midlands: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-midlands-devolution-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-midlands-devolution-deal</a></p><p>Greater Manchester: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/devolution-to-the-greater-manchester-combined-authority-and-transition-to-a-directly-elected-mayor" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/devolution-to-the-greater-manchester-combined-authority-and-transition-to-a-directly-elected-mayor</a></p><p>Liverpool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liverpool-devolution-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liverpool-devolution-deal</a></p><p>Sheffield City Region: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/466616/Sheffield_devolution_deal_October_2015_with_signatures.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/466616/Sheffield_devolution_deal_October_2015_with_signatures.pdf</a></p><p>Tees Valley: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tees-valley-devolution-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tees-valley-devolution-deal</a></p><p>West of England: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-of-england-devolution-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-of-england-devolution-deal</a></p><p>Peterborough and Cambridgeshire: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-devolution-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-devolution-deal</a></p><p>Cardiff Capital Region: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/city-deal-cardiff-capital-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/city-deal-cardiff-capital-region</a></p><p>Swansea Bay Region: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611685/Swansea_City_Deal_-_English.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611685/Swansea_City_Deal_-_English.pdf</a></p><p>I refer the Hon Member to the ONS link below for further information on population figures:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 18/12/2017 17:30:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

802499

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
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 on the NHS of their decision to freeze duties on alcohol other than white cider.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL3961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The costing of Budget measures includes only the direct consequences of those measures.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not attempt to quantify the indirect effects of Budget measures, such as the impact on the NHS, as those are dependent on many dynamic factors that are not feasible to accurately model.</p><p> </p><p>This is accordance with the methodology endorsed by the Office of Budget Responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does consult with the Department of Health, the NHS and other public health bodies on alcohol duties, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2017 12:50:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

802500

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the cost to (1) local authorities, and (2) the Electoral Commission, of preparation for, and administration of, the scheme of individual electoral registration, since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has provided funding to Local Authorities to reflect the increase in costs of registration under individual electoral registration compared to the previous household system. This means that the cost of individual electoral registration has been borne directly by central Government. The amount of funding provided to local authorities in 2013-15 was some £49 million. This was shared between all Electoral Registration Officers in Great Britain. This sum includes £10 million allocated to boost voter registration during the transition. The Cabinet Office continues to provide funding to assist Electoral Registration Officers with the management of electoral registration.</p><p>The Electoral Commission was a major supporter of the introduction of individual electoral registration and played an essential role in its successful implementation. Her Majesty’s Government is not in a position, however, to report on costs incurred by the Electoral Commission which is an independent body.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2017 13:48:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

802501

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they were represented at the 6th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, held in Geneva in November; and if so, by whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government was represented at the 6th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on 27-29 November by officials from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:36:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

802502

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Juries
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 jury service on the availability of GPs; and whether the Department of Health has any plans to request that the Ministry of Justice exempt GPs from jury service from where there is a shortage of NHS provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>As independent contractors, it is for individual general practitioner (GP) practices to ensure their registered patients continue to have access to primary medical services where a GP is absent on jury service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to request an exemption from jury service for GPs.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/12/2017 15:28:26 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

802505

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Solar Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to, and what discussions they propose to hold with, the authors of the study Riding Sunbeams: Powering our railways with solar PV, published on 6 December.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is keen to support research into alternative and low emission power sources for the UK railway and welcomes this report. In 2012, the Government asked the Rail Technical Leadership Group (TLG) to develop and deliver a 30 year technical strategy for the railway. One of TLG’s objectives is to reduce carbon emissions, and the Government expects it to take account of this new research as part of its ongoing work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2017 12:04:30 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

802506

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of seasonal workers who were employed in (1) the horticultural sector, and (2) other forms of agriculture, in (a) 2017 to date, and (b) each of the preceding five years; and how many of those workers were migrants from EU countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra, as part of its June Survey of Horticulture and Agriculture, collects information on the number of workers on agricultural holdings, including the number of seasonal/ casual workers. The survey captures the number of people employed on commercial agricultural holdings on June 1st of that year.</p><p> </p><p>Until 2015 the number of seasonal workers was reported for the whole of the UK. From 2016, the published seasonal numbers are for England only.</p><p> </p><p>A significant number of these work in horticulture due to its high reliance on seasonal labour, however other agriculture sub-sectors also contribute to these figures. Defra does not collect data on the nationality of these workers.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/12/2017 13:32:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

802507

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of any shortfall in seasonal workers in (1) the horticultural sector, and (2) other forms of agriculture, in each month of this year between April and October; and what steps they are taking to prevent a shortfall in future years.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>It is a key priority of this Government to enable an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain, and we understand the sector’s concerns about securing the workforce it needs for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not collect data on any shortfall in the recruitment of seasonal workers, either in the horticulture sector or for the agriculture sector as a whole. However, we have continued to work closely with the industry to understand their labour demand and supply this year.</p><p> </p><p>Defra Ministers have ongoing discussions with a range of Government departments, including the Home Office, about securing the workforce that the farming industry needs for the future. The Home Office has also commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this year to assess the role EU nationals play in the UK economy, including farming.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/12/2017 14:02:45 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

802508

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to change the operation of (1) the environmental stewardship schemes, and (2) other aspects of the farm payment regime, in England in (a) 2018, and (b) subsequent years.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We are making four new simple Countryside Stewardship packages available in 2018 for agreements starting in 2019. Farmers applying for one of these packages will only need to select a small number of core options (a minimum of 2 or 3) from between 7 and 14 options, depending on the offer. Every farmer who applies for one of these packages and who meets the basic criteria will receive an agreement. We have significantly simplified the application form for these packages. The paper forms for the new offers are half the size of the current form. Arable farmers will be able to apply for the Arable package online. We have also increased the maximum grant available for Hedgerows and Boundaries from £5,000 to £10,000. We will continue to look for further simplification of the schemes for 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU will allow us to take back control of our policies on agriculture and the environment. The Government has pledged to work with farmers, food producers and environmental experts to devise a new environmental land management system to be introduced in the following Parliament. This will include working together to inform scheme design and to test and pilot new scheme elements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/12/2017 16:35:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

802509

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
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 number of additional construction workers required to build 300,000 homes a year; and where any additional workers required will be sourced from.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>Annual housing supply in England amounted to 217,350 net additional dwellings in 2016-17, the highest number since 2007-08. The Government’s ambition is to increase this to 300,000 net additional dwellings by the mid-2020s.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, around 2.2m workers are engaged in the construction sector. The construction workforce is flexible, with a high degree of movement between different subsectors, including into and out of house building. The recently announced Construction Sector Deal aims to deliver a step change in productivity by increasing the use of digital and offsite manufacturing technologies, including in house building. These variables – flows of workers and productivity – mean it is not possible to accurately assess the additional workforce that may be necessary to meet Government house building ambitions several years hence.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with industry and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to keep construction skills needs under review and ensure these are met. In addition, a £34m fund for construction skills was announced in the Budget, as part of the National Retraining Scheme. The fund will help to build construction training facilities attached to housing developments, and will support adult students to retrain as construction workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 15/12/2017 14:49:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham