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642264

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Libya: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has sought recent legal advice in relation to the espousal of compensation claims by the UK victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	54395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>​The UK Government position remains that it is not able to negotiate with the Libyan Government on individual compensation claims, as these are not government-to-government claims. These are private matters best pursued directly with the Libyan authorities. The FCO does provide facilitation support to campaign groups, where it has been requested and is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/11/2016 15:45:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

642265

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Libya: Freezing of Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations within the UN to amend the UN Resolution governing the freezing of Libyan assets in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	54396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to amend the UN Resolution governing the freezing of Libyan assets in the UK. The UN Security Council affirmed by their resolution 1973 (2011) its determination to ensure that assets frozen pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (2011) shall, at a later stage, as soon as possible be made available to and for the benefit of the people of Libya. UN Security Council resolution 2278(2016) reaffirmed the Security Council's intention in this respect and affirmed the Security Council's readiness to consider changes, when appropriate, to the asset freeze at the request of the Government of National Accord.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/11/2016 15:47:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

640777

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many regional Counter Terrorism Units have been involved in monitoring anti-fracking protests, and how many arrests for a serious crime have been made by each unit as a result of such monitoring activity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3371 HL3372 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640778

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to the police about the use of covert infiltration of anti-fracking groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3372 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640779

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Prevent training includes reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3371 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640780

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to the police about the exchange of information between the police and representatives of the coal and gas industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3371 HL3372 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640789

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what measures are available to ensure that access to the House of Lords is maintained when road works or other obstructions occur.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL3382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>There is frequent and direct contact between Black Rod’s department and the Police, and with the local authorities and Transport for London, for appropriate arrangements to avoid or mitigate any predicted or potential disruption of Members’ access to the House.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 24/11/2016 12:38:47 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

641162

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials were (a) effective, (b) cracked, (c) ineffective and (d) vacated in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	53913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The data for each year from 2010 is included in Table C2 of the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly publication, covering annual data from 2010 to 2015 and quarterly data up to Q2 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2016</a></p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/11/2016 10:11:43 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

641167

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed changes to work allowance on the incomes of working households in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	54008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The work allowance changes announced in the 2015 Summer Budget were implemented as of April 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/11/2016 13:11:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

641172

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mortgages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to assist those mortgage holders who are seeking to switch to mortgage providers which offer better repayment terms.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	53916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to increasing competition in banking and creating an environment in which firms compete to offer a range of products that suit the varying needs of their customers. Both existing and prospective mortgage borrowers may benefit from shopping around to find the best deal available to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has not discussed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) what effect its regulations on mortgage affordability assessments have had on the ability of borrowers to switch providers. Similarly the government has not undertaken a formal analysis of these effects.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, specific rules are a matter for the FCA whose day-to-day operations are independent from government control and influence.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2016 the FCA published a review which assessed the impact of recent changes to the regulation of mortgage lending. Where lending is affordable, the FCA did not see evidence that the responsible lending rules have prevented creditworthy consumers obtaining loans.</p><p> </p><p>The full review can be found here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/thematic-reviews/tr16-04.pdf</p><p> </p><p>According to data from the Bank of England, in September 2016 the average interest rate on outstanding mortgages fell to a historic low of 2.74%.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 53917 53918 question first answered 24/11/2016 15:41:26 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell