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222709

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions in relation to the possible reinstatement of the railway line between Colne and Skipton they have (1) held in the past six months, and (2) arranged to hold in the next three months, with (a) Network Rail, (b) Northern Rail, (c) bidders for the Northern Rail franchise, (d) Lancashire County Council, (e) North Yorkshire County Council, (f) local authorities in West Yorkshire, (g) Pendle Borough Council, (h) Craven District council, (i) local campaign groups, and (j) any other relevant bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL5050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has advised SELRAP, Network Rail, Local Enterprise Partners and the Local Authority on how to proceed with reopening the railway line between Colne and Skipton and they will need to fund the feasibility study. We will be meeting them soon to discuss the conditional outputs and the wider issues surrounding this scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/02/2015 15:07:03 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

222781

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	A55
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many driving offences broken down by nationality and vehicle type were committed on the A55 during (1) 2007, (2) 2011, and (3) 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data centrally on driving offences on specific roads by the nationality and vehicle type of the driver. Data are available on dangerous driving offences only, split by police force area and community safety partnership.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/02/2015 17:38:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

179711

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Motor Vehicles: Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the voting protocol for their proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles; and what is the proposed timetable for the group to report its findings to ministers and for the ensuing public consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles will not need to establish a voting protocol as it will deliver a report stating, if necessary, where there are differences of opinion, or where there is no consensus. It will then be for Ministers to decide what proposals in the report to take forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will set a target timeframe of 18 months for the group to report to Ministers and a public consultation will follow afterwards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 23/02/2015 17:20:42 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179712

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue is raised through the O licences of goods vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The revenue that has been raised by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is £8.2m for the 10 months ending 31 January 2015 (£9.9m for the full year in 2014) from Operator Licences of Goods Vehicles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 24/02/2015 15:45:19 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179713

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the revenue raised through the O licences of good vehicles is spent by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on enforcement activity.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>None of the revenue raised through the Operator licences of goods vehicles is spent on enforcement activity by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 24/02/2015 15:46:59 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179717

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many multi-agency vehicle enforcement checks were mounted in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. This is an operational matter for the police and other partner agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2015 15:07:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179718

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many police officers are dedicated to traffic policing; and how has this changed in the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2015 answer text <p>The table provided shows the total number and proportion of full-time equivalent police officers within the traffic function in England and Wales, as at 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>7,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,356</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Proportion of total police officers (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</p><p>2. Traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motor-cycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. This includes officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination,radar duties and those working with hazardous chemicals.</p><p>3. Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. This may explain some variability between years.</p><p>4. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/02/2015 15:52:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name HL4998 - Table.xlsx title Table - HL4998
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179724

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 February on the National Crime Agency, when they expect that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them.</p><p>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases.</p><p>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice.</p><p>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2015 15:04:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

179726

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been apprehended when illegally entering the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland at the border with the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer of 26th January 2015, to Question 221443 given by my hon. Friend the Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/02/2015 15:50:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

179729

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Bank Services
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 ease of opening bank accounts for small businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the ease of opening bank accounts for small businesses. However, more information than ever is available for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).</p><p> </p><p>The British Bankers' Association has a 'Business Account Finder' that provides information on a range of financial services available to businesses, including current accounts. This presents a list of the most competitive current accounts available with separate sections for sole traders, limited companies, charities and other types of business.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Business Banking Insight survey (BBI) provides detailed information on what UK SMEs think about every aspect of their bank and includes a ranking of banks against key indicators. It is a powerful tool for SMEs, helping them understand their options, making decisions about who to bank with and planning how they will grow.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 25/02/2015 17:43:19 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont