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647939

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who was responsible for the processing error that resulted in families whose children qualified for Disability Living Allowance not receiving additional tax credits during 2011–14; what was the average total loss per family affected; and why restitution has not been backdated to cover the full period affected.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Claimants were able to claim the higher rate of Child Tax Credits (CTC) by informing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of eligibility at the time an initial claim for or renewal of CTC was made. Accompanying guidance provided details of the eligibility requirements for this. In addition, claimants could call the relevant HMRC helpline at any time. Between April 2011 and April 2014, the number of working families claiming the disabled child element increased from 145,000 to 152,000, and has since risen to 169,000.</p><p> </p><p>It is the claimants’ responsibility to inform HMRC of their eligibility to the higher element of CTC. To help claimants claim the right amount, HMRC’s backup practice is to take information from Department for Work and Pensions to automatically update tax credit awards. However, for the period in question, this information sharing process proved unreliable. Although legally HMRC are only required to backdate claims for 31 days on receipt of a notification or claim, at the Autumn Statement, the Government announced that HMRC would make corrections for this year for the customers it has identified who have not claimed. Customers will receive a lump sum payment to reflect entitlement since 6 April 2016, and an on-going higher award.</p><p> </p><p>A higher level of CTC is awarded to parents of disabled children. The disabled child part of CTC is worth up to £3,140 per year on top of the standard child element, and the severely disabled element is an additional £1,275. The maximum amount a family receives is dependent on their personal circumstances and household income.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3637 question first answered 13/12/2016 14:30:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647940

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Disability
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 impact on the families affected by the underpayment of tax credits to families whose children qualified for Disability Living Allowance during 2011–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Claimants were able to claim the higher rate of Child Tax Credits (CTC) by informing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of eligibility at the time an initial claim for or renewal of CTC was made. Accompanying guidance provided details of the eligibility requirements for this. In addition, claimants could call the relevant HMRC helpline at any time. Between April 2011 and April 2014, the number of working families claiming the disabled child element increased from 145,000 to 152,000, and has since risen to 169,000.</p><p> </p><p>It is the claimants’ responsibility to inform HMRC of their eligibility to the higher element of CTC. To help claimants claim the right amount, HMRC’s backup practice is to take information from Department for Work and Pensions to automatically update tax credit awards. However, for the period in question, this information sharing process proved unreliable. Although legally HMRC are only required to backdate claims for 31 days on receipt of a notification or claim, at the Autumn Statement, the Government announced that HMRC would make corrections for this year for the customers it has identified who have not claimed. Customers will receive a lump sum payment to reflect entitlement since 6 April 2016, and an on-going higher award.</p><p> </p><p>A higher level of CTC is awarded to parents of disabled children. The disabled child part of CTC is worth up to £3,140 per year on top of the standard child element, and the severely disabled element is an additional £1,275. The maximum amount a family receives is dependent on their personal circumstances and household income.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3636 question first answered 13/12/2016 14:30:01 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647941

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 December 2014 (HL2977), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority collects information about drugs administered to women or any interventions in the laboratory other than in vitro fertilisation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and preimplantation genetic screening; and whether assisted hatching was used.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>As stated in the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 December 2014 (HL2977), the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) does not regulate the administration of drugs and, therefore, does not collect such data. However, the HFEA does collect information on whether stimulation was used in in-vitro fertilisation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and donor insemination treatment cycles. The HFEA currently collects information on whether assisted hatching was used.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has advised that as it does not regulate the administration of drugs, surgical procedures or laboratory equipment, it does not collect data on the interventions listed in the noble Lord’s question.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it has sufficient powers to collect the data necessary to perform its regulatory functions, as set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA’s Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee regularly reviews the evidence of effectiveness and safety of a number of interventions, commonly described as treatment add-ons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL3639 question first answered 13/12/2016 16:49:30 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647942

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 December 2014 (HL2977), (1) what records are maintained by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regarding (a) any drugs given during the follicular and implantation phases or early pregnancy, (b) the use of EmbryoScope or other forms of time-lapse video microscopy, (c) the use of EmbryoGlue, (d) the use of calcium activation, and (e) the use of intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection; (2) whether additional powers are required to enable the HFEA to collect the data necessary to protect patients and embryos and, if so, what steps they plan to take to remedy this; and (3) how the HFEA ensures that additional interventions do not lead to epigenetic errors and future health risks.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>As stated in the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 December 2014 (HL2977), the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) does not regulate the administration of drugs and, therefore, does not collect such data. However, the HFEA does collect information on whether stimulation was used in in-vitro fertilisation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and donor insemination treatment cycles. The HFEA currently collects information on whether assisted hatching was used.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has advised that as it does not regulate the administration of drugs, surgical procedures or laboratory equipment, it does not collect data on the interventions listed in the noble Lord’s question.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it has sufficient powers to collect the data necessary to perform its regulatory functions, as set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.</p><p> </p><p>The HFEA’s Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee regularly reviews the evidence of effectiveness and safety of a number of interventions, commonly described as treatment add-ons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL3638 question first answered 13/12/2016 16:49:30 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647943

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Burma: Rohingya
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 Anelay of St Johns on 14 November (HL2815) and following her meeting with Burma’s Minister of Defence, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, how the government of Burma has responded to their call to show restraint and to restore humanitarian aid and other access to Burma’s Rohingya people.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The government of Burma has committed to conducting an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations in Rakhine State by the security forces in response to an attack by armed Rohingya on 9 October. We understand the Burmese Government is now in the process of setting this up, and we will continue to monitor progress closely. The government of Burma has also committed to restoring humanitarian access. While we have seen a limited resumption of aid in some areas, in practice worrying restrictions on humanitarian access remain. We will continue to press the case for unfettered humanitarian access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3641 question first answered 12/12/2016 16:15:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647944

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Burma: Rohingya
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 Anelay of St Johns on 14 November (HL2815) and following her meeting with government of Burma, whether they have made any progress in pressing the government of Burma for a full and transparent international inquiry into the plight of Burma’s Rohingya people.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The government of Burma has committed to conducting an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations in Rakhine State by the security forces in response to an attack by armed Rohingya on 9 October. We understand the Burmese Government is now in the process of setting this up, and we will continue to monitor progress closely. The government of Burma has also committed to restoring humanitarian access. While we have seen a limited resumption of aid in some areas, in practice worrying restrictions on humanitarian access remain. We will continue to press the case for unfettered humanitarian access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3640 question first answered 12/12/2016 16:15:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

647945

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish a further update to their Community Energy Strategy; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is engaging with stakeholders to explore next steps for community and local energy in the context of the forthcoming Emissions Reduction Plan.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to publish further updates to the Community Energy Strategy, originally published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/12/2016 12:51:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

647946

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Community Energy Contact Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many meetings of the Community Energy Contact Group there have been this year; and whether the minutes of those meetings have been published online.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Community Energy Contact Group met with officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in May and July 2016.</p><p>The record of the meetings will shortly be published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/community-energy-contact-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/community-energy-contact-group</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/12/2016 12:51:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

647947

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Solar Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many community energy photovoltaic (PV) installations have been installed each year since 2012; what capacity has been produced by those installations in each of those years; and how much community energy solar PV installations are projected to produce in 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department provides quarterly updates on the number of and capacity of installations within the Feed-in Tariff scheme registered as communities and schools. These reports are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-and-school-feed-in-tariff-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-and-school-feed-in-tariff-statistics</a></p><p>It should be noted that these statistics may be incomplete because it is not a requirement for a community group or school to identify itself, unless it applies for a specific benefit available to community groups or schools registered as such. We do not hold information on community solar PV installations developed outside of the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/12/2016 12:55:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Quarterly_FITs_Community_and_School_Statistics_Sep_2016.xlsx title Community & School FiT statistics
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

647948

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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	Energy
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 impacts on the growth of community energy projects of changes to the Feed-in Tariff scheme and the removal of tax relief for such projects.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department provides quarterly updates on the number of and capacity of installations within the Feed-in Tariff scheme registered as community groups and schools. These are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-and-school-feed-in-tariff-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-and-school-feed-in-tariff-statistics</a></p><p>It should be noted that these statistics may be incomplete because it is not a requirement for a community group or school to identify itself, unless it applies for a specific benefit available to community groups or schools.</p><p>The subsidised generation of renewable energy by community organisations ceased to be a qualifying activity for the Government’s tax-advantaged venture capital schemes from November 30 2015. The Government published a Tax Information and Impact Note, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-exclusion-of-energy-generation-from-venture-capital-schemes/income-tax-exclusion-of-energy-generation-from-venture-capital-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-exclusion-of-energy-generation-from-venture-capital-schemes/income-tax-exclusion-of-energy-generation-from-venture-capital-schemes</a>.</p><p>The Government has made no further assessment of the impact of this measure on the growth of community energy projects.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Quarterly_FITs_Community_and_School_Statistics_Sep_2016.xlsx title Community & School FiT statistics 2 file name Income Tax_ exclusion of energy generation from venture capital schemes - GOV.pdf title Exclusion of energy generation impact note question first answered 12/12/2016 12:56:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb