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984243

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date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trans-European Networks
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 effect the European Commission’s draft proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (1.8.2018 COM(2018) 568 final 2018/0299 (COD)), amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, with regard to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU will have on the UK economy after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the effect of this proposal, which is the result of the European Union’s own preparations for a “no deal” scenario. It is a change to the definition of the corridor which will enable the Republic of Ireland to maintain direct links to the mainland of Europe. The government is making similar plans for the unlikely event of a “no deal” scenario, but is confident of achieving a deal, which is in the interests of all parties.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/10/2018 16:16:08 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

984250

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	Company Accounts: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Framework for the UK–EU partnership: Company law (accounting and audit) presentation, published on 13 June, what is their intended process for endorsing the International Accounting Standards for use in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL10458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is working to develop a UK framework for endorsement and adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) following the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The new framework will be brought into effect by secondary legislation made under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The Act places limitations on government powers with regard to transferring functions that are currently undertaken by EU agencies to UK authorities. As a result, any UK specific process will replicate the existing EU process for endorsement and adoption of IFRS to the extent it is possible to do so within the context of the existing UK companies’ reporting and regulatory framework.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is working with stakeholders to ensure that decisions about the process are informed by the views of stakeholders that represent users and preparers of accounts as well as their regulators.</p><p> </p><p>We will lay the Statutory Instrument in Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/10/2018 11:23:26 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

984255

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to maintain the Carbon Price Support rates, set in the 2016 Budget, for the period through to 2020–21; and how their policy in the area relates to the Total Carbon Price, established in the Autumn Budget 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brown of Cambridge
uin	HL10463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The government announced at Spring Budget 2016 that the Carbon Price Support rates would remain at £18/tCO<sub>2</sub> in 2019-20 and then be uprated by RPI in 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the government stated that the Total Carbon Price - currently made up of the Carbon Price Support Rate and the EU Emissions Trading System - was set at the right level and that the government would continue to target a similar price.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review and any changes to the Carbon Price Support rates, and therefore the Total Carbon Price, will be made at fiscal events in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2018 10:55:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4565 label Biography information for Baroness Brown of Cambridge

984267

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Government controlled data sets are cited as capital assets on the National Balance Sheet; and if so, which ones.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL10475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Freyberg, dated 15 October 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Freyberg,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking if any Government controlled datasets are cited as capital assets on the National Balance Sheet; and if so, which ones <strong>(HL10475)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>No datasets are individually cited within the National balance sheet. Using data sourced from the capital stocks perpetual inventory model (PIM), a depreciated estimate for the total value of computer software and databases for Central Government is produced and published within the National balance sheet[1]. This estimate would include all purchased software, such as spreadsheet or e-mail systems, as well as databases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/bulletins/nationalbalancesheet/2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/bulletins/nationalbalancesheet/2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2018 12:41:49 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

984269

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK’s intangible assets are accounted for using an internationally recognised methodology.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL10477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK follows standards as set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which is an internationally recognised standard setter. The UK Government applies International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adapted and interpreted for the public sector. The relevant financial standard for intangible assets is IAS 38. The Government Financial Reporting Manual 2018-19 sets out these interpretations and adaptations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2018 10:57:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

984270

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Intellectual Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether for accounting purposes they treat intellectual property generated by public bodies in the same way as other EU Member States.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL10478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK follows standards as set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The UK Government applies International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adapted and interpreted for the public sector. EU Member States may also apply IFRS, International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) or prepare their accounts on a cash basis. There are no material differences in the standards issued by IASB (IAS 38) and IPSASB (IPSAS 31) on the accounting treatment of intellectual property.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2018 10:57:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

984280

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Greece
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the UK contribution to EU funds, and (2) British seconded personnel to EU agencies to improving conditions for refugees and migrants who have entered Greece; and to what extent such work has reduced overcrowding and improved sanitation in camps on Aegean islands, particularly the Moria camp.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget, through which funding has been made available for Greece. The Greek Government is responsible for the humanitarian response in Greece and makes use of EU funding for this purpose.</p><p>In support of the EU-Turkey Statement the UK continues to second experts to the EU Commission to support its efforts in working with Greece to improve living and security conditions for migrants in the camps on the island hotspots. The UK also continues to provide experts (flow managers, vulnerability experts, and caseworkers) to support the work of the European Asylum Support Office in Greece in line with the needs identified. UK experts pay attention to protecting vulnerable migrants, including unaccompanied children, from smuggling, trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>The UK separately provides interpreters to support the work of the Greek Reception and Identification Service in the island camps. Our interpreters support the processing of arriving migrants, including through facilitating vulnerability and medical assessments to ensure those most in need of help can access it from the Greek authorities.</p><p>Our experts and interpreters receive consistent positive feedback from the EU Commission and the Greek authorities for the valuable work they continue to carry out on the islands.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/10/2018 16:15:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

984300

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 extent of the current delays in the production of written reports by the Building Research Establishment following BS8414 tests on the performance of external fire cladding systems; and what are the implications of these delays for fire safety in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL10508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is not aware of any delays in the production of written reports by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) or any other commercial laboratories. Officials from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with building owners and the wider construction industry to identify anything that might prevent remediation of buildings with potentially unsafe ACM cladding systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/10/2018 16:29:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

984303

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates
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 of the business rates pub relief scheme on the viability of community pubs in England; and what has been the cost of the scheme to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rebuck
uin	HL10511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not made an assessment of the impact of the business rates pub relief scheme on the viability of community pubs in England. The Ministry will publish data on the amount of relief granted under the pubs relief scheme for 2017/18 as part of its scheduled Nation Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) statistical release due in November.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/10/2018 16:32:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4332 label Biography information for Baroness Rebuck

980101

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
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	Crimes against Humanity
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 difference between genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; and to what extent they consider the risk of the annihilation of a group of people a distinguishing factor between each of those.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>It is the policy of the British Government, that any judgment as to whether war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide have occurred is a matter for judicial decision after consideration of all the available evidence, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. This approach provides a clear, impartial, and independent measure of whether genocide has occurred.</p><p>As the majority of mass atrocities occur in and around conflict, the Government believes a focus on conflict prevention is the best means to prevent most mass atrocities. The Government adopts a whole-of-government effort, using our diplomatic, development, defence and law enforcement capabilities, to help find pathways to peace and stability.</p><p>As a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the UK is fully committed to the prevention and punishment of genocide as appropriate under the Convention. This is reflected in the Government's support for the remit of the International Criminal Court under the Rome Statute. The Government has also supported the establishment of evidence gathering mechanisms and fact finding missions such as the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, the Burma collect and preserve mechanism, and the Daesh Investigative Team.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/10/2018 14:45:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool