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392011

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with (1) the City of London, (2) the Competition and Markets Authority, and (3) any other relevant authorities, about the enforcement of measures covering the resale of tickets set out in section 90 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government is liaising with: (1) the City of London police on measures being taken against fraudulent ticketing activity online (2) the Competition and Markets Authority about their strategy for monitoring compliance with the regulations and the undertakings from secondary platforms they received in March 2015; and (3) business and consumer advice bodies on how best to guide vendors and advise buyers on what the Act requires of sellers and the protections and recourse available to consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/08/2015 16:16:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

392013

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	FIFA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Serious Fraud Office is currently investigating allegations of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption in the case of FIFA officials; and whether, in this context, they are actively and fully co-operating with American and Swiss law officers.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has not opened a criminal investigation into allegations relating to FIFA.</p><p>The SFO is keeping the matter under review, but it can open an investigation only if there is reasonable suspicion of serious or complex fraud which can be prosecuted in this country.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO has been in contact with US and Swiss authorities. By international convention, we would not comment on what assistance, if any, is provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/07/2015 15:59:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

392014

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make Women’s Sport Week an annual event.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>Although Government cannot mandate that the sector runs a Women’s Sport Week every year, we are delighted that Women in Sport considered the inaugural week a success and are already making provisional plans for next year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/07/2015 10:27:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

385319

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Water Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what criteria water company retail arms can use regulated money to take over the customer base of water companies that have exited the market place.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to enabling exit for the non-household part of a statutory water and sewerage undertaker’s retail business. Since the Water Act received Royal Assent in May 2014, we have been working with the water industry to develop the secondary legislation necessary to enable companies to exit at the opening of the new retail market in April 2017. We consulted on the proposed policy approach in December 2014 and will be publishing a further public consultation on the draft retail exits regulations shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has always been clear that exit must be voluntary. Our approach will enable each water and sewerage undertaker to decide whether or not they wish to exit the market for non-household retail services. Undertakers will also have the choice to continue to provide retail services to non-household customers within their area of appointment, under the existing licence of appointment. However, an undertaker can only exit to a retailer that holds one of the new Water Supply and Sewerage licences (WSSL). An undertaker cannot exit to another undertaker because undertakers will not be eligible to hold one of the new retail licences. An undertaker could not, therefore, take a transfer of customers from outside of its area of appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The only exception to this rule would be in the case of a merger between undertakers. To cover this eventuality, there is a special merger regime that explicitly considers the impact of the merger on Ofwat’s ability to regulate effectively for customers and either prohibits mergers or seeks to extract remedies for customers from company shareholders to make up for any detriment. We assume that ‘regulated money’ refers to the revenue allowances that water undertakers are allowed to recover from customers under their price limits, most recently set by Ofwat in December. In this scenario it would not be possible for such ‘regulated money’ to be used to take over another water company except where that company had already outperformed the price settlement through efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The companies holding one of the new ‘retail’ WSSL licences are expected to include both new entrants to the market that have no association with any existing water company; and ‘associate licensees’ that form part of an undertaker’s wider group business but are nevertheless required to be established as a separate legal entity. These licenced retailers will operate in the competitive market and may therefore opt to use their own working capital to acquire customers through a transfer following an exit. In this scenario it would therefore similarly be impossible for ‘regulated money’ to be used to take over another water company’s retail arm because these companies are not subject to price limits set by Ofwat through the price review process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already requirements in the water and sewerage undertakers licence of appointment that ensure that all transactions with an associated licensee must be conducted on a fair and non-discriminatory basis and companies are subject to rigorous transfer pricing rules that ensure transactions are conducted on an arms’ length basis. Ofwat’s recently published consultation on the proposed form and content of the new retail licences for the expanded retail market proposes that similar requirements should also be placed on to holders of these new Water and Sewerage Supply Licences (the new retail licences). These checks and balances mean that it would not be possible for the retail arm of a water and sewerage undertaker to use regulated money to take over the customer base of water companies that have exited the market place.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2015 11:53:38 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

385320

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Ofwat
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the definition of a customer to be protected by the core duties of Ofwat.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The definition of a customer of a water or sewerage undertaker is: any person for or to whom that company provides any services in the course of carrying out the functions of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A customer of a licensed water supplier is defined as: any person to whom that company provides a supply of water in accordance with its retail authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2015 11:50:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

228716

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they have done to promote increased and sustained participation in exercise and more active lives within the adult population since the London 2012 Olympic Games.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL5898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>In February 2014, Government Ministers and the Mayor of London launched the ‘Moving more, Living more’ initiative to reduce physical inactivity as part of the legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Moving More, Living More recognises that government departments and the Mayor's teams need to work together to reduce physical inactivity, along with local authorities, the health sector, businesses and employers, and local community groups.</p><p>Sport is part of the answer to reducing physical inactivity. Between 2012 and 2017, Sport England is investing over £1 billion to get more people playing sport. Currently 15.6 million people play sport regularly in England, which is an increase of 1.6 million since London won the bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2005.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/03/2015 15:53:57 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

228717

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UK Sport: Sport England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the cost savings expected for 2015 resulting from the co-location of UK Sport and Sport England.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL5899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>C​ost savings from the co-location of UK Sport and Sport England are expected to be £1.55m i​n the financial year 2015/16. ​Savings are ​made across a number of back office costs including rent, rates, service charges and reception staffing costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/03/2015 13:48:15 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

228718

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) whether they will publish their analysis of the impact of the introduction of the Sport Premium on promotion of the provision of physical education in primary schools and the details of how they have held primary schools accountable for spending the Sport Premium; (2) how many primary schools have benefited from the Sport Premium; and (3) whether they will list those schools which have failed to meet their guidelines for funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL5900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Through the primary physical education (PE) and sport premium, the Department for Education is providing over £450 million of ring-fenced funding across three academic years, until academic year 2015/16, to improve PE and sport. The independent research company, NatCen, is evaluating the impact, and assessing schools’ use of the premium. A research brief was published in September 2014, reporting an improvement in PE teaching in over 90% of cases. The interim report is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-an-investigation-in-primary-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-an-investigation-in-primary-schools</a>, and the full report will be published in autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Schools are held accountable for the way in which they spend their funding through Ofsted whole-school inspections. They are required to publish online reports detailing their spending plans and the impact of the primary PE and sport premium. Ofsted has strengthened its coverage of PE and sport, to ensure that all primary school inspections report on the extent to which the school is effectively using the premium to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The premium has been allocated to approximately 18,000 schools in academic year 2014/15. Information on the extent to which individual schools meet the conditions of the premium will be made public through Ofsted’s reporting on schools following section five inspections.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/03/2015 16:48:41 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

228719

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Public Participation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list the participation levels in individual sports in the United Kingdom for each of the years 2005 to 2014 both in actual terms and as a percentage of the population.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL5901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Active People Survey is the main measure of the number of people aged 16 and above taking part in sport in England. This information can be found on Sport England's interactive website at: <a href="http://activepeople.sportengland.org/" target="_blank">http://activepeople.sportengland.org/</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/03/2015 14:11:53 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

228720

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Voluntary Work
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on which occasions the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteers have been contacted to encourage them to continue volunteering in sport, and how successful such initiatives were in 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL5902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>London 2012 Games Makers have been alerted to 22 different volunteering opportunities via the Be Inspired newsletter from January 2014 to February 2015 inclusive. Examples of opportunities include volunteering with British Athletics at the Sainsbury’s 2014 Summer Series, and a chance to volunteer with England Hockey at the EuroHockey Championships in August 2015, which was promoted in the November 2014 newsletter.</p><p>Join In was established in 2012,supported by government funding, to harness the goodwill generated around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote sport volunteering. It works in close collaboration with Sport England, including as the provider of content around volunteering opportunities for the Sport England-owned ‘Be Inspired’ database, which includes the London 2012 volunteers and covers the opportunities to volunteer listed above.</p><p>In addition to this collaboration, Join In has been successful in attracting London 2012 volunteers into its own campaigns and wider event volunteering, including directing over 2,000 Games Makers through to information on volunteering for the Tour de France Grand Depart in July 2014 and sourcing nearly 250 Games Makers to volunteer at the Richmond Running Festival (September 14).</p><p>At grassroots level, Join In recruited and retained 100,000 volunteers a year in community sport for local sports clubs and other projects in 2013 and 2014. Their 2014 volunteer survey showed that a high proportion of the sample of these volunteers surveyed had previously volunteered at London 2012 (74%).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, around 80% of Join In Local Leaders volunteered at London 2012, citing the opportunity to be part of the legacy as a key motivating factor in their application. Over 250 of Local Leaders have been recruited by Join In to drive volunteering in local areas. Join In also administers the largest online community of London 2012 volunteers – a Facebook page with 50k subscribers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/03/2015 13:49:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan