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432433

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date	25/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the proportion of the concession on tax credits announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 which is offset by the migration to Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a different benefit to Tax Credits. It brings six benefits together as one and therefore comparisons between the two are extremely difficult to make.</p><br /><p>Summer Budget 2015 and the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 provide the fiscal impacts of changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/12/2015 16:51:31 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

432434

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to announce the detail of their proposals for £12 billion in savings on the welfare budget; and what benefits are under consideration for further reduction.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out at the Summer Budget and the recent Autumn Statement. Details of these measures can be found at pages 72-73 of the Summer Budget Report (July 2015) and page 113 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. These are published on gov.uk.</p><br /><p>Any future changes to benefits following the Spending Review announcement will follow the usual policy development process and be announced at a future fiscal event.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/12/2015 12:26:47 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

425840

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
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 Williams of Trafford on 28 October (HL2728), whether they will set out the broad circumstances in which a housing association or Community Land Trust could exercise discretion in deciding whether to sell a property to a tenant.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently engaging with the National Housing Federation and the housing association sector on implementing the Right to Buy Agreement. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2015 15:41:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

425841

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis the accumulation of evidence obtained during the polygraph test of a given sex offender meets the threshold test of the repeat of criminal actions warranting the furtherance of a custodial sentence.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The purpose of the polygraph is to check the compliance of high risk sexual offenders with their licence conditions and to monitor the risk they present to the public. It is also used to improve the way in which the offender is managed during release on licence.</p><p>An offender may be recalled if they fail to comply with the polygraph examination, attempt to ‘trick’ the test or if they disclose that they have failed to comply with their licence conditions.</p><p>The legislation for imposing the polygraph test on sexual offenders is enshrined in the Offender Management Act 2007. Section 30 of the Act specifically prohibits evidence of any matter mentioned in the polygraph being used in any proceedings against a released person for an offence in a criminal court.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/11/2015 12:51:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours