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541726

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date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Parliamentary Estate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they give to drivers of ministerial cars waiting for passengers on the Parliamentary Estate regarding idling engines, in the light of Rule 123 of the Highway Code.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>Guidance is given to Government Car Service drivers that they are governed by the same laws as all other road users and that they must have read and understood all sections of the Highway Code applicable to them. Specific reminders are sent out regularly about parking and waiting on the Parliamentary Estate and not to leave the engine idling.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/07/2016 14:49:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

541727

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of (1) the report published by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations <i>Remaking the State, </i>and (2) the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation <i>The Cost of the Cuts</i>, what assessment they have made of the impact of the cuts to preventative services over the course of the last Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL1404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>Preventative services can cover a wide range of areas, including adult and children’s social care, public health, crime, and homelessness. The Government has continually given local authorities more powers and flexibility, so they can target local services more effectively, because local authorities are best placed to determine how to deliver services in the light of local circumstances and available resources. Indeed, expenditure on homelessness prevention has for example increased by 83% between 2010 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Over the current spending review period, local government income sources like council tax receipts and business rates are forecast to increase. Overall, local government spending spending is forecast to be broadly flat in cash terms. Within this:</p><ul><li><p>Homelessness prevention funding for local authorities through the local government finance settlement is protected totalling £315 million by 2019/20.</p></li><li><p>Funding for Disabled Facilities Grant has doubled to over £500 million by 2019-20, which would fund around 85,000 home adaptations that year. We expect this to prevent 8,500 people from needing to go into a care home in 2019-20.</p></li><li><p>New measures announced at the spending review will mean a further £3.5bn for social care by the end of the Parliament.</p></li><li><p>Total local government spending continues to include over £1bn each year for early intervention.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also continuing to invest in key initiatives for children, including the Healthy Child and Troubled Families programmes. The latter has so far helped turn around the lives of over 100,000 of the hardest to reach families and will work with up to 400,000 more during this Parliament.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:22:11 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

541732

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the implementation of the concept of the Big Society is still part of their programme, and if so, which initiatives remain and where departmental and ministerial responsibility now lies.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2016 answer text <p>The Big Society programme remains a key manifesto commitment of the government and is a responsibility of all departments.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s vision is to have a more engaged nation where we take greater responsibility for ourselves and for our neighbours.</p><p> </p><p>Programmes such as the National Citizen Service are helping to build a more responsible and more engaged society along with programmes such as Community Organisers, which is bringing local people together to take action on issues they care about. These are two examples of the current initiatives that are taking place.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 01/08/2016 14:16:13 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

541735

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	UK Consumer Product Recall Review
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 Neville-Rolfe on 4 July (HL751), whether they plan to publish (1) the terms of reference, and (2) the minutes, of the steering group set up as a result of their response to the independent review by Lynn Faulds Wood.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2016 answer text <p>The Recall Review Steering Group is led by Industry and its work is supported by officials from my department. It is for the Group to consider whether they wish to publish material relating to its meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/08/2016 10:17:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

541737

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Libya: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK troops are now present in Misrata, Libya.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL1414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>Part of our support to the political process in Libya includes providing military and diplomatic advisers. We cannot go into detail about these engagements for security reasons.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/07/2016 13:14:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

541738

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Europol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the UK contributes to Europol each year; what assessment they have made of whether the role of Europol will be affected by Brexit; and whether the statement by the Director of Europol, Mr Rob Wainwright, that he was "optimistic" that the re-unification of Ireland would not lead to terrorist activity reflects the policy of the Government and of Europol.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL1415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>Europol is funded from the general budget of the EU, to which the UK contributes, with UK funding of Europol amounting to £8.4 million per year.</p><p>The UK remains a member of the EU until the exit process is concluded. The UK’s future relationship with Europol will be one issue that will be considered as part of the Government’s overall planning for leaving the EU’.</p><p>The Europol Director, Rob Wainwright, is not a UK civil servant and does not speak on behalf of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2016 12:02:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

541740

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	ARM: SoftBank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have secured any commitments from SoftBank to avoid taking action through royalty payments or increased borrowing costs that would reduce or eliminate corporation tax payments made by ARM Holdings.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that corporation tax applies to profits generated from UK activities. It has taken a number of steps at both a domestic and international level to achieve this, including recently announced measures to protect the UK tax base from the payment of interest and royalties to overseas companies.</p><p>The government is not able to comment on how these steps will apply to individual taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 29/07/2016 12:20:27 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

541743

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation: Private Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage profit-making companies to run Secure Children's Homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL1420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2016 answer text <p>The Government has worked closely with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Local Government Association, the Youth Justice Board and the Secure Accommodation Network to consider how the operation of the secure children’s homes system could be better planned and co-ordinated to meet children’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the commissioning arrangements for all children’s homes as part of our response to recommendations made in Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of residential care. We also await the outcome of Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system in England and Wales. Work will continue through to the end of this year to identify the best long-term commissioning arrangements for secure children’s homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/08/2016 11:45:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

541744

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the rail sector will be compliant with the Consumer Rights Act 2015 by the earliest possible date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>It is for the rail industry to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Consumer Rights Act when the services provisions of the Act come into force. Train companies, working with the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), are currently reviewing their working practices to ensure that this is the case. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a statutory enforcement body for the Consumer Rights Act for this sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport, ATOC and the ORR are working together to co-ordinate industry wide improvements in the way that rail passenger compensation schemes are publicised and administered.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for seeking the temporary 12 month exemption were published on 7 July 2016 in the Government’s response to the consultation on applying the Consumer Rights Act to the transport sector, which is attached for ease of reference.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/07/2016 14:47:33 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attachment 1 file name rail-aviation-maritime-consumer-rights-act.pdf title Consumer Rights
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

541745

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the earliest date by which they expect the rail sector to be compliant with the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>It is for the rail industry to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Consumer Rights Act when the services provisions of the Act come into force. Train companies, working with the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), are currently reviewing their working practices to ensure that this is the case. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a statutory enforcement body for the Consumer Rights Act for this sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport, ATOC and the ORR are working together to co-ordinate industry wide improvements in the way that rail passenger compensation schemes are publicised and administered.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for seeking the temporary 12 month exemption were published on 7 July 2016 in the Government’s response to the consultation on applying the Consumer Rights Act to the transport sector, which is attached for ease of reference.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1423 question first answered 27/07/2016 14:56:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attachment 1 file name rail-aviation-maritime-consumer-rights-act.pdf title Consumer Rights
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson