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date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people have been injured by electric bikes being used or left on the pavement, in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 21/05/2024 15:33:32 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1552761

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas and Roads: Snow and Ice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they provide to local authorities to ensure that they have the resources to grit roads and pavements adequately during icy weather; and whether there has been any change in the level of the resources provided in the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Section 41(1A) of the Highways Act 1980 places a duty on local authorities to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway, including pavements, is not endangered by snow or ice. <br> <br> The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available an additional £5 billion to councils in England, an increase of 9% in cash terms compared to 2022/23. Taking 2022/23 and 2023/24 together, we have increased the funding available to local government in England in real terms. <br> <br> The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities, including the gritting of roads and pavements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 22/12/2022 12:44:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1382028

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to ensure that pensioners' homes will not be sold to fund social care costs.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The new £86,000 cap, in combination with the new higher capital limits, will mean that more people will be able to preserve more of their assets if they need care. The value of a person’s home is taken into consideration when determining how much they should pay for social care when they enter residential care and where a spouse or other eligible adult is no longer living in their home.</p><p>No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for their care in their lifetime. Where people do need to access housing wealth to pay for care, individuals are able to take out a deferred agreement so that payments can be deducted from their estate after their care journey has ended.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 13/12/2021 13:35:42 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1195807

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the investigation into Vote Leave and BeLeave as to whether those organisations broke spending rules during the EU referendum being dropped by the Metropolitan Police, what plans they have to review the work of the Electoral Commission; and what plans, if any, they have to abolish that organisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government notes the recent conclusion of the Metropolitan Police to end its investigation into BeLeave and Vote Leave. Organisations on both sides of the 2016 referendum were investigated. A line should now be drawn under these cases.</p><p>The Government’s clear view is that democratic decisions and referendum results should be respected. The UK has left the European Union and is regaining its independence.</p><p>The Government is committed to strengthening electoral integrity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 28/05/2020 13:12:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810037

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Councillors: Council Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consequences a local authority monitoring officer would face, under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 or other relevant laws, if he or she allowed an elected member who had not paid their council tax to vote on the council budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 makes it an offence for a councillor in council tax arrears (with at least two months unpaid bills) to vote at a meeting of the council where financial matters relating to council tax are being considered.</p><p>Monitoring Officers have a specific duty to report on any matters they believe are, or may be illegal. A failure to report any illegal activity would be a disciplinary matter for the relevant local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/01/2018 16:05:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

670021

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 3 January (HL4167), whether all of the penalties and sums required to remedy underpayments have been paid; whether, and if so how many of, the employers subject to penalties or a requirement to remedy underpayments failed to do so; and what criteria are applied in determining whether or not to prosecute defaulting employers.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs maintains data on arrears recovered in all cases – and actively pursues recovery through the civil courts where this is not paid. Due to the way this data is maintained, the requested figures could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for prosecuting National Minimum Wage offences are outlined in the Government’s minimum wage enforcement policy document, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539577/bis-16-373-enforcement-policy-document-national-minimum-wage.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539577/bis-16-373-enforcement-policy-document-national-minimum-wage.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 15:39:28 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL4383.pdf title Enforcement policy, National Minimum Wage
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

436087

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide statistics detailing civil legal aid claims and grants by sector broken down by protected characteristics since January 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Legal aid is a vital part of our justice system, but we cannot escape the continuing need to reduce the deficit. The Coalition Government reformed legal aid to reduce its cost and ensure the system commands the confidence of the public. As part of our public sector equality duty, the Legal Aid Agency has made it a contractual requirement that providers have an Equality and Diversity policy in place.</p><p>The number of civil claims by sector broken down for protected characteristics are shown in the tables below for the period 2010-11 to 2014-15. Figures for grants or applications at this level of detail are not held for the Legal Help and Controlled Legal Representation categories of civil legal aid and so figures for grants have not been provided.</p><p>The not for profit sector providers are shown based on the administrative system classification and all other providers are classified as solicitor firms. Where values for the protected characteristics are not held, unknown or the claimant has preferred not to state their answer, they are included within the unknown category.</p><p>The MoJ routinely publishes statistics on client characteristics for each area of legal aid on an annual basis on the government website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 17:00:24 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name Civil legal aid claims.doc title Civil legal aid claims by protected characteristic
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton