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933728

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date	02/07/2018
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	Housing: Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish proposals for a specialist housing court.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government plans to launch a call for evidence in the Autumn to gather views from the judiciary, landlords and tenants to better understand and improve the experience of people using courts and tribunal services in property cases, including considering the case for a specialist Housing Court.</p><p>We will gather evidence of the costs and speed of accessing justice and the types of cases to be considered. The Government will review responses to this call for evidence before making any policy decisions.</p><p>All property agents in England are required to belong to a Government approved redress scheme, allowing their landlords and tenants to access free and impartial dispute resolution. The Government has committed to requiring private landlords to belong to a redress scheme and is considering how to implement this following the consultation, <em>Strengthening consumer redress in the housing sector</em>, which closed in April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9117 HL9118 question first answered 11/07/2018 11:12:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933729

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Housing: Civil Proceedings
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 cost and speed of accessing justice in disputes between tenants and landlords.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government plans to launch a call for evidence in the Autumn to gather views from the judiciary, landlords and tenants to better understand and improve the experience of people using courts and tribunal services in property cases, including considering the case for a specialist Housing Court.</p><p>We will gather evidence of the costs and speed of accessing justice and the types of cases to be considered. The Government will review responses to this call for evidence before making any policy decisions.</p><p>All property agents in England are required to belong to a Government approved redress scheme, allowing their landlords and tenants to access free and impartial dispute resolution. The Government has committed to requiring private landlords to belong to a redress scheme and is considering how to implement this following the consultation, <em>Strengthening consumer redress in the housing sector</em>, which closed in April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9116 HL9118 question first answered 11/07/2018 11:12:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933731

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Housing: Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that social housing providers are covered in any plans for a housing court.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government plans to launch a call for evidence in the Autumn to gather views from the judiciary, landlords and tenants to better understand and improve the experience of people using courts and tribunal services in property cases, including considering the case for a specialist Housing Court.</p><p>We will gather evidence of the costs and speed of accessing justice and the types of cases to be considered. The Government will review responses to this call for evidence before making any policy decisions.</p><p>All property agents in England are required to belong to a Government approved redress scheme, allowing their landlords and tenants to access free and impartial dispute resolution. The Government has committed to requiring private landlords to belong to a redress scheme and is considering how to implement this following the consultation, <em>Strengthening consumer redress in the housing sector</em>, which closed in April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9116 HL9117 question first answered 11/07/2018 11:12:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933732

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure radiotherapy treatment for NHS patients is not interrupted if there is no withdrawal deal agreed with the European Union before March 2019
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is confident of securing a withdrawal deal with the European Union before we leave in March 2019. However, we are preparing for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which a mutually satisfactory agreement cannot be reached.</p><p>The Department is currently undertaking a risk assessment of the supply chain for all medicines and treatments, including radiotherapy, used on the National Health Service. This will ensure that any potential impact on the availability of medicines and medical isotopes for the NHS arising from the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU are identified and managed.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 16/07/2018 12:10:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933733

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to ensure that UK car manufacturers can maintain their integrated supply chains after March 2019 if there is no withdrawal deal agreed with the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is the second largest market for cars in the EU, with manufacturing supply chains highly integrated across Europe. The Government recognises the importance these integrated supply chains play in maintaining the competitiveness of the UK automotive industry. There has been extensive cross-government engagement with key stakeholders across the automotive sector since the referendum, which has informed and continues to inform our thinking.</p><p> </p><p>We are acting to strengthen the domestic supply chain. As part of the Automotive Sector Deal, Government is investing in a new industry-led programme to raise the competitiveness of UK industry suppliers to match the best in Europe. This will support the industry’s ambition to increase the level of content by value in domestically-built vehicles to 50 per cent by 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/07/2018 15:27:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933734

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	European Economic Area
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Norway and the governments of other EEA and EFTA states about the UK remaining a member of the EEA after March 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL9121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has made clear both in public and during discussions with the EEA EFTA states that we will be leaving the European Economic Area (EEA). Continued participation in the EEA Agreement beyond the implementation period would not pass the tests that the Prime Minister set out for our future economic partnership with the EU in that it would not deliver control of our borders or our laws.</p><p>In the absence of any further action, the EEA Agreement will no longer operate in respect of the UK when we leave the EU in March 2019.</p><p>However, at the March European Council we agreed with the EU that the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements for the duration of the implementation period; this includes the EEA Agreement.</p><p>Once the implementation period ends, the EEA Agreement will no longer apply to the UK. We will seek to put in place new arrangements with these countries for the end of the implementation period.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/07/2018 12:07:12 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933735

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full time teachers left the profession last year; and how many teachers were in service in each of the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Between November 2016 and November 2017, 34,340 full-time qualified teachers left service from state funded schools in England. Over the same period, there were 38,310 qualified entrants to teaching in state funded schools.</p><p>The attached table shows the number of full-time equivalent number of teachers and teaching assistants in service in state funded schools in England, 2007 to 2017. Please note that the data source changed in 2010 with the introduction of the School Workforce Census. Information for the years prior to this relate to the situation as at January each year, information for years 2010 onwards relate to November each year. For 2010, both data sources have been included. Figures are in thousands.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/07/2018 13:55:47 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL9122_Full_time_equivalent_teachers_teaching_assistants_stat_funded_schools_in_England_2007_2017.pdf title HL9122_Full_time_equivalent_teachers_teaching_assi
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

933737

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many families who have been affected by the two-child benefit policy are using, or have used, food banks; and what estimate they have made of the saving to the Exchequer from that policy since its introduction.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the use of food banks by families affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the savings from the policy were published at the Spring Budget 2017 in table 2.2 (measures announced at Autumn Statement 2016 or earlier that take effect from April 2017 or later). The table shows annual savings of just under £2 billion by 2021-22.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/07/2018 12:10:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

933738

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the High Court ruling that Universal Credit unlawfully discriminates against claimants transferring from legacy benefits resulting in the loss of Disability and Severe Disability Premium, they intend to change that guidance so that transfer to Universal Credit will not be effected until transitional protection is given.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL9125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The court found in the Department’s favour on three of the four points raised by the claimant. We will be applying to appeal on the one point that the court found against the Department.</p><p> </p><p>On 7th June, prior to the judgment, we announced changes that would help people who receive the Severe Disability Premium. These changes will form part of the Universal Credit Managed Migration and Transitional Protection Regulations which we intend to bring forward in the Autumn. The intention is that once legislation has passed, people on legacy benefits who get the Severe Disability Premium will stay on their legacy benefits until they can be managed migrated to Universal Credit, at which point transitional protection will be in pace. We will also consider retrospective protection for people previously in receipt of Severe Disability Premium who have already moved onto UC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 16/07/2018 13:55:15 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

933739

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 to which underspending on free school meals occasioned by absence or other reason is being retained as profit by the supplier; and whether they have any plans to tackle any such practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL9126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment. Schools have a duty to provide free school meals to all pupils who are eligible for them and to pay for free school meals from the funding provided by the government, which includes additional funding for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. While the costs of providing meals each day may vary with factors such as absence, the vast majority of costs will be based on the number of pupils eligible.</p><p>We trust schools to manage their own budgets and it is for them to decide how to use their funding to provide free school meals, including whether to use a supplier.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/07/2018 16:51:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham