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date	25/05/2016
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	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to publish a strategic plan and five-year road map for the implementation of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering the recommendation in the House of Lords Select Committee Report on Sexual Violence that it develops a strategic plan and roadmap. The Government will respond in full to the Select Committee Report on 13 June. The Government will continue to update Parliament on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual Human Rights Report. The Government also plans to provide regular briefings and updates to the recently formed All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual Violence in Conflict. In addition, the Government keeps all those interested in this important work up-to-date on progress via social and other forms of media.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2016 13:17:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

516392

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Embassies: Home Country Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they ascertain the number of local staff at a foreign embassy who are liable to pay tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL8030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Letters are issued annually on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Diplomatic Missions in the UK (Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates) requesting staff lists providing details of all locally engaged staff and private servants.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a specialist team (the Embassy team) in place to deal with enquiries from locally engaged staff employed at Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the UK as detailed in ‘The London Diplomatic List’. In December 2015 HMRC wrote to all these bodies to ensure they held full and up-to-date contact information for the team.</p><p> </p><p>Locally engaged employees and private servants are expected to contact the Embassy team to notify their employment as soon as they are engaged.</p><p> </p><p>The Embassy team determines the employee’s liability to Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. The team also carries out risk assessment activity and where it identifies individuals who have not notified their employment to HMRC, it takes action to ensure they pay the tax that is due.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL8031 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:24:09 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

516393

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Embassies: Home Country Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, other than voluntarily registering for self-assessment, what tools are available to ensure that tax is paid by locally employed staff working in foreign embassies.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL8031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Letters are issued annually on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Diplomatic Missions in the UK (Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates) requesting staff lists providing details of all locally engaged staff and private servants.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a specialist team (the Embassy team) in place to deal with enquiries from locally engaged staff employed at Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the UK as detailed in ‘The London Diplomatic List’. In December 2015 HMRC wrote to all these bodies to ensure they held full and up-to-date contact information for the team.</p><p> </p><p>Locally engaged employees and private servants are expected to contact the Embassy team to notify their employment as soon as they are engaged.</p><p> </p><p>The Embassy team determines the employee’s liability to Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. The team also carries out risk assessment activity and where it identifies individuals who have not notified their employment to HMRC, it takes action to ensure they pay the tax that is due.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL8030 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:24:09 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

516394

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Former Prime Ministers: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the levels of public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers are determined.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL8032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) was introduced to assist former Prime Ministers, still active in public life, with the costs of continuing to fulfil public duties. The PDCA is set in line with the annual Parliamentary Staffing Allowance allocated to Members of Parliament as determined by IPSA. In addition, former Prime Ministers are entitled to claim a pension allowance to contribute towards the pension costs of their staff. This is limited to a maximum of 10% of their staff salary costs.</p><p>The Government is currently considering the decision of the First-Tier Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL8033 question first answered 09/05/2016 13:39:59 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

516395

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the decision by the First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) in<i> Gabriel Webber v the Information Commissioner</i> (EA/2015/0194) on 22 March, whether they will now release claims made, with supporting receipts, of public duty costs allowances paid to former Prime Ministers, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL8033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) was introduced to assist former Prime Ministers, still active in public life, with the costs of continuing to fulfil public duties. The PDCA is set in line with the annual Parliamentary Staffing Allowance allocated to Members of Parliament as determined by IPSA. In addition, former Prime Ministers are entitled to claim a pension allowance to contribute towards the pension costs of their staff. This is limited to a maximum of 10% of their staff salary costs.</p><p>The Government is currently considering the decision of the First-Tier Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL8032 question first answered 09/05/2016 13:39:59 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

515919

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what have been the on-costs on teachers’ salaries for the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL7985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The on-costs on teachers’ salaries consist of employer pension contributions and employer National Insurance (NI) contributions. In 2015/16, the total on-costs for a teacher with an average salary are approximately 25.4% of their gross salary.</p><p> </p><p>Employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme are the same rate for all teachers regardless of salary and in 2015/16 they increased from 14.1% of teachers’ gross salary to 16.5%.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the on-costs on teachers’ salaries for the last three years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Employer contributions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teachers' Pension</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td><td><p>16.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Insurance</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total On-Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.4%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/05/2016 15:57:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey