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1047823

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the percentage turnout of voters in each of the whole House hereditary peer by-elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL13101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the system of hereditary peer by-elections began there have been eight such by-elections where all members of the House have been eligible to vote. The percentage turnout of voters in each by-election was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of election </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Departed Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elected Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of electorate who voted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-03</p></td><td><p>Oxfuird, V.</p></td><td><p>Ullswater, V.</p></td><td><p>63.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-05</p></td><td><p>Aberdare, L.</p></td><td><p>Eccles, V.</p></td><td><p>50.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-11</p></td><td><p>Strabolgi, L.</p></td><td><p>Hanworth, V.</p></td><td><p>53.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-Jul-11</p></td><td><p>Ampthill, L.</p></td><td><p>Colville of Culross, V.</p></td><td><p>40.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul-13</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>Borwick, L.</p></td><td><p>44.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-Oct-14</p></td><td><p>Methuen, L.</p></td><td><p>Oxford and Asquith, E.</p></td><td><p>36.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-17</p></td><td><p>Lyell, L.</p></td><td><p>Colgrain, L.</p></td><td><p>43.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Jan-19</p></td><td><p>Skelmersdale, L.</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>32.99%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/01/2019 12:10:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1047830

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they paid in housing benefit to private sector landlords in each year from 2010 to the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL13108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The available information is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit paid for private rented sector accommodation, split by payment destination (£millions, real terms, 2018/19 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Housing Benefit paid for private tenants</p></td><td><p>Of which paid to the landlord</p></td><td><p>Of which paid to the claimant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£9,880</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£10,370</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£10,220</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£10,040</p></td><td><p>£3,100</p></td><td><p>£6,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£9,730</p></td><td><p>£3,020</p></td><td><p>£6,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£9,310</p></td><td><p>£2,870</p></td><td><p>£6,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£8,600</p></td><td><p>£2,630</p></td><td><p>£5,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7,850</p></td><td><p>£2,400</p></td><td><p>£5,450</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Stat-x-plore and Benefit Expenditure tables</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Payment destination was unknown in around 1% of cases. This expenditure was assumed to be split between landlords and their tenants in the same proportion as the rest.</li><li>Payment destination statistics for financial years before 2013/2014 are not available.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10m and may not sum to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover only Housing Benefit and do not include housing support paid through Universal Credit.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/01/2019 16:30:19 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1047833

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Poverty: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of children living in poverty in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL13111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 2.2 million children in absolute low income on a before housing costs basis – 300,000 lower than 2010 and a record low. National statistics on the number of children in relative and absolute low incomes, before and after housing costs, are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/01/2019 16:12:24 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1047554

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce transitional state pension arrangements for women born in the 1950s who are adversely affected by the change of the state pension age introduced in (1) the Pensions Act 1995, and (2) the Pensions Act 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government will not be making changes to its policy on State Pension age for women born in the 1950s.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already introduced transitional arrangements, costing £1.1 billion. This concession reduced the proposed increase in State Pension age for over 450,000 men and women, and means that no woman will see her pension age change by more than 18 months, relative to the original 1995 Act timetable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not be making any further concessions in addition to those arrangements already made for women affected by the acceleration of increases in State Pension age.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:04:13 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047555

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women born in the 1950s and who retired between the age of 60 and the revised state pension age are in receipt of Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The available information is shown below and shows the number of women aged 60 and above who are on Universal Credit by employment status as of December 2018.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of Women on Universal Credit by age group and employment status, December 2018, Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employment Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not in employment</strong></p></td><td><p>25,800</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>26,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In employment</strong></p></td><td><p>10,181</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>10,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>35,978</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>36,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not centrally collate information on a person’s retirement status except when State Pension is being claimed. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:47:38 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047556

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Department for Work and Pensions' Independent Case Examiner’s Office has closed its review of complaints regarding the changes in women's state pension age.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>When a department and independent bodies face a legal case, they have to review whether they continue to assess claims or await determination of the legal case. This has been the policy under all governments, Labour, Coalition, and Conservative, for decades.</p><p>The Independent Case Examiner (ICE) closed all live cases which concerned complaints about the state pension age for women (WASPI) when they became subject to legal proceedings, as is required under its governance contract. In the event the legal proceedings fall away or there is no determination on the matters which form the basis of the WASPI complaints, the ICE could consider reopening the cases at the request of the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 29/01/2019 13:52:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1047577

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Peers: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often the current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met those members of the House of Lords who are based in Northern Ireland as a group; and if she has not met them, whether there is a reason for this.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL13070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland meets regularly with parliamentarians from across both Houses to discuss matters relating to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 29/01/2019 12:40:32 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1047580

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent drones from interfering with equestrian events, including national hunt racing and flat racing.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL13073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>There are already existing laws which provide safety, security and data protection assurance which are relevant here.</p><p> </p><p>The Air Navigation Order 2016 restricts small unmanned aircraft (a drone of between 0-20kg) with a camera from being flown over or within 150m of congested areas, over or within 150m of an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 people or within 50m of any vessels, vehicle or structure or people not under the control of the remote pilot.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, small drone users that collect personal data must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018, unless a relevant exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p>All drone users should also be aware that the Countryside and Rights of Way Act can apply and restricts people from undertaking any commercial activity, such as filming or photographing, on open-access land without the permission of the landowner. The CAA also require that commercial drone operators obtain a Permission for Commercial Operation (PfCO).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 29/01/2019 15:29:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1046293

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many joint trade reviews conducted with other countries in the last 12 months have resulted in the UK reaching agreement on free trade arrangements to come into force after the UK leaves the EU; and with which countries those free trade agreements have been concluded.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL13004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK cannot negotiate and conclude trade agreements while we are still a member of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Joint Trade Reviews are a collaborative in-depth analysis into the mutual trading relationship between the UK and our partners to look for areas we can improve our bilateral trading relationships.   We will aim through these discussions to put in place various mechanisms to improve trading relations, remove barriers affecting UK businesses and bring benefits to UK consumers after we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 29/01/2019 15:59:13 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1046306

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce staff turnover in Government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL13015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Activity to address high staff turnover, which runs the risk of losing corporate memory, includes: using career pathways and frameworks to support the development of expertise for roles and professions; pay related solutions for both the Senior Civil Service and delegated grades, including enabling departments to give capability based pay rewards at the delegated grades; and, encouraging the use of Pivotal Role Allowances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/01/2019 14:48:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt