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1064172

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the recommendations made in the report by the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Audit, Health and Social Care, and Transport Committees Improving air quality, published on 7 March 2018, to ensure that they align (1) climate change schemes, (2) urban planning, (3) public transport, and (4) fiscal incentives for zero emission vehicles, with air quality goals to prevent their policies from working at cross-purposes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded in full to the recommendations on 22 May 2018. The Government’s focus in the immediate term is bringing forward compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations, and stakeholders from seven departments take part in the governance of the NO<sub>2 </sub>Plan with a view to ensuring policies are aligned.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its new Clean Air Strategy on 14 January 2019, setting out a world leading plan to tackle air pollution that is aimed at all sectors of work and society.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/02/2019 14:17:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064173

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to freeze the company car tax benefit in kind rates at the 2020/21 level after 2021.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on future company car tax rates are made by the Chancellor balancing the need to ensure revenues remain sustainable with incentivising the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The government aims to announce rates at least two years ahead of implementation to provide certainty for employers, employees and fleet operators.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2019 14:51:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064174

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure the pensions industry routinely checks for auto-enrolment contribution data errors; and what reporting they require from (1) pension providers, (2) employers, and (3) payroll operators to verify the accuracy of contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to my answers of 7 January 2019 and 18 December 2018. The regulatory regime is designed so that errors can be identified and material failures can be reported. The Pensions Regulator can then require restitution; and, where necessary, make use of its enforcement powers.</p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of automatic enrolment under regular review but has no plans to make changes to the compliance framework at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/02/2019 16:11:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064175

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) employers, and (2) individuals have received demands for repayment of double tax relief resulting from errors in administration of pension contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Errors made by employers and pension providers have resulted in some individuals receiving either no tax relief on their pension contributions, or receiving tax relief twice. The HMRC investigation into this issue with a number of pension providers is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2019 14:53:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064176

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children were receiving Bereavement Benefit or Bereavement Support Payments in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, and (3) 2017–18; and how many such families are estimated to receive payments in (a) 2018–19, and (b) 2019–20.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest available information is given below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance recipients with dependants by Quarter, Feb 15 to Aug 18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>WPA with dependants</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-15</strong></p></td><td><p>44,949</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-15</strong></p></td><td><p>45,589</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,667</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,206</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,350</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-16</strong></p></td><td><p>45,411</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,767</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p>42,554</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td><p>43,884</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>44,138</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>39,164</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>38,751</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>38,158</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,254</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.</li><li><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance</strong>: Weekly benefit payable to widowed parents. A widow/widower may be entitled to this if his/her late spouse/civil partner had paid enough NIC and the widow/widower is receiving Child Benefit or can be treated as entitled to Child Benefit,or the late spouse/civil partner was receiving child benefit, or expecting her husband's/civil partner's baby (pregnant from fertility treatment).</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment claims in payment by rate of BSP and month, April 2017 to September 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Rate of BSP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td><td><p>4,210</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td><td><p>6,470</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-17</strong></p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>11,120</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td><p>16,270</p></td><td><p>13,430</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-17</strong></p></td><td><p>19,270</p></td><td><p>15,940</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>22,250</p></td><td><p>18,450</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td><p>25,440</p></td><td><p>21,160</p></td><td><p>4,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-18</strong></p></td><td><p>28,870</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>4,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>31,860</p></td><td><p>26,520</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,970</p></td><td><p>29,120</p></td><td><p>5,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p>37,940</p></td><td><p>31,650</p></td><td><p>6,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p>40,960</p></td><td><p>34,030</p></td><td><p>6,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p>43,860</p></td><td><p>36,410</p></td><td><p>7,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p>46,870</p></td><td><p>38,900</p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>49,870</p></td><td><p>41,390</p></td><td><p>8,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p>52,730</p></td><td><p>43,740</p></td><td><p>8,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Clerical administrative data</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li><strong>Rate of BSP:</strong> There are two rates at which BSP can be paid: higher or standard. Claimants who are entitled to Child Benefit or who were pregnant when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. All other claimants will get the standard rate.</li><li><strong>Month:</strong> These figures represent the situation at a specific point in time, which is on the last day of the reporting month. Monthly claims in payment figures include backdated payments.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Forecasted figures broken down to the level requested are not readily available, and to provide them would incur disproportionate costs. However, the figures available at a broader level are presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Caseload information by Bereavement benefits</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement related benefits caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Allowance (previously widow's Pension)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which higher rate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which lower rate</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement benefits &amp; Widow's benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Caseload figures represent an average over the full financial year; caseloads for benefits which commenced or ended during a financial year still reflect an average over the full year.</li><li>Numbers for the years 2018/19 and 2019/20 are forecasts, and as such are liable to change.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</li><li>‘-‘ Denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>‘.’ Denotes not available.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/02/2019 15:32:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064177

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers of GPs who have left the NHS pension scheme aged between (1) 50 and 55, and (2) 55 and 59, years old in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, and (d) 2018.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost. The NHS Pension Scheme is administered by the NHS Business Services Authority, who do not collect data on the number of retirements in the specific age groups requested.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) may leave the scheme for various reasons, such as claiming a pension on normal age grounds at or beyond normal pension age, claiming a pension early on ill-health grounds, claiming a pension on voluntary early retirement grounds, or opting out of the scheme. Information is not currently available on the number of GPs who have opted out of the scheme disaggregated from broader scheme membership.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/03/2019 14:38:21 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064178

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Asia Bibi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last made representations to the government of Pakistan to secure the safe passage of Asia Bibi from that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL13825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has made clear in Parliament, the British Government's primary concern is for the safety and well-being of Asia Bibi and her family. We regularly raise our concerns about human rights with the Government of Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan has confirmed that Asia Bibi is free to make her own decisions and to leave Pakistan should she wish to. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi has also affirmed that the Pakistan authorities will continue to do everything necessary to ensure her safety. I raised human rights issues, including freedom of religion and belief, during my visit to Pakistan on 18 and 19 February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 15:59:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1064179

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Sudan: Press Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan about (1) the harassment of the British citizen, Yousra Elbagir, after reporting for Channel Four News about protests in Sudan, and (2) the jailing of Sudanese journalists.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL13826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We have not been made aware of Yousra Elbagir's case. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office stand ready to offer consular assistance to British Citizens in Sudan. Through regular official engagement in Khartoum, and as previously made clear in our Troika statement of 8 January, we continue to support the Sudanese people's right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and call for the immediate release of political activists, human rights defenders, journalists and others detained without charge.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 16:07:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1064180

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Sudan: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Ambassador of Sudan about the reports of human rights violations, including killings, torture, rape and imprisonment of women and children involved in countrywide protests against the government of Sudan in that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL13827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the departure of the Sudanese Ambassador to London in January his replacement presented credentials on 11 February. We will continue to raise our deep concerns with the Government of Sudan about their response to and treatment of peaceful protestors.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 16:07:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1064181

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have asked the United Nations–African Union Mission to halt its withdrawal of peacekeepers from Sudan and the handing over of its camps to the government of Sudan until the current situation in Sudan has been reassessed; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL13828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK supports peace and stability in Darfur and a gradual, conditions based flexible withdrawal of UNAMID, driven by the situation and needs on the ground. In December 2018 the UN Security Council adopted Presidential Statement (S/PRST/2018/19) that set out key areas, against which progress is required to ensure a successful transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding. This includes ensuring that physical property and United Nations team sites are handed over in line with general UN practices, as well as financial rules and regulations. The UK will continue to work with the United Nations and in the United Nations Security Council on this matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 16:08:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool