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714286

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on the running of the Social Mobility Commission since it was first established as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Commission’s first full year of operation was 2013-14 and they have spent a total amount of £2,029,695 to date. This figure includes spend on commissioned research. To note that this is based on spend up until 29 March 2017 and does not cover full spend for 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:54:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714287

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on research commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission since it was first established as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Commission’s first full year of operation was 2013-14 and they have spent a total of £337,913 on commissioned research to date. To note that this is based on spend up until 29 March 2017 and does not cover full spend for 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:54:43 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714288

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent by the Social Mobility Commission on preparing and publishing its report <i>Helping Parents to Parent</i>, published in February 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the Commission’s ‘Helping parents to parent’ report, published in February. The report was commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission to bring together evidence on parenting behaviours and the extent to which public policy can support parents. It examined 28 interventions and programmes in the United Kingdom and internationally.</p><p>The research was tendered in an open competition process and the successful bid was put forward by the market and social research agency, Family Kids and Youth, which carried out the research. The amount for this research contract is £10,350 (exclusive of VAT) and this is in line with the total project spend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:55:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

713685

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was budgeted for the Marriage Allowance in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17; and what are future expenditure projections for Marriage Allowance to 2019–20.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6283 HL6284 HL6285 HL6286 HL6304 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

713686

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on Marriage Allowance in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6284 HL6285 HL6286 HL6304 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

713687

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) individuals, and (2) couples, currently in receipt of Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6285 HL6286 HL6304 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

713688

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
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 income profile of Marriage Allowance claimants.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6284 HL6286 HL6304 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

713689

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in the lowest two income deciles claim Marriage Allowance.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6284 HL6285 HL6304 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

709519

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost of the care system for looked-after children in England and Wales for each year from 2006 to 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL5926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2010, local authorities in England have reported spending on children looked after through an annual return to the department (Section 251 returns; available on GOV.UK).</p><p><strong>Local authority net current expenditure on children looked after in England: 2005-2006 to 2015-2016 (£, billions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2005-2006</p></td><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Section 251 returns <br> Note: 2011-12 and 2012-13 figures are not directly comparable due to changes in the categories included between the two years.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, spending on social work directly involved with the care of children and with the commissioning of services for children is captured separately within the Section 251 collection. It is not possible to separate out expenditure for social work related to children looked after only.</p><p>The department does not hold this information for Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/03/2017 16:43:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

709520

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sexually Transmitted Infections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost of treating sexually transmitted diseases in England for each year from 2006 to 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL5927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Data prior to 2013 is not held in the format requested. The following table shows actual local authority public health budget spend on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment from 2013/14 to 2014/15. Data on spend from 2015/16 onwards will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Public health service: Sexual health services - STI testing and treatment (prescribed function)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final Revenue Outturn 2013/14</p></td><td><p>382,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final Revenue Outturn 2014/15</p></td><td><p>379,245</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the costs of treating sexually transmitted diseases are not collected by age group.</p><p> </p><p>There is additional National Health Service expenditure on sexual health through primary and secondary care services, however these figures cannot be provided on a comparable basis with the data on public health expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5928 question first answered 22/03/2017 12:21:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer