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61256

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 13 May (WA 467), whether the annual gross income of charities included contributions from central government; and, if so, what was their total contribution.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Central government does contribute to the total income of registered charities, but the Charity Commission does not keep figures on this. According to the 2014 UK Voluntary Sector Almanac, published by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, in 2011/12 voluntary sector organisations received over £5.9 billion of central government and NHS funding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:33:16 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

61257

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring their proposals to give HM Revenue and Customs power to remove money from bank accounts without prior judicial process for consideration or agreement by the House of Lords; and, if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on the Direct Recovery of Debts until 29th July. This policy will modernise and strengthen HMRC's ability to recover tax and tax credit debts from those who are refusing to pay what they owe but have sufficient funds in their accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to publish a response document and draft legislation later this year. This draft legislation will be consulted on before it is included in next year's Finance Bill, where it will be subject to the usual Parliamentary scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 23/06/2014 16:29:56 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

61258

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cooperative Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any department, executive agency or non-departmental public body has a banking arrangement with the Co-operative Bank.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Treasury policy is to hold Exchequer funds safe and secure at the Bank of England and to minimise balances held with commercial banks. The Treasury has been working with departments in recent years to minimise balances held in commercial accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Government Departments and most public bodies bank with the Government Banking Service, which is a directorate within HM Revenue and Customs. GBS is a shared service which manages contracts and supports banking services to Government departments using cost-efficient and modern commercial banking platforms. The balances held by the Government Banking Service are utilised to reduce the Government's daily borrowing requirement and in turn its financing costs.</p><p> </p><p>In the rare circumstance where banking is required outside of the contract then the Department concerned must seek Treasury approval to open separate commercial accounts. This will normally be when third party-funds are being managed or the banking service requirement is complex. The Treasury provides an annual update to the Public Accounts Committee on monies held outside the Exchequer / Government Banking Service. The most recent update was published on 13th January 2014 and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270747/36048_Cm_8774.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270747/36048_Cm_8774.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the information provided by departments we can confirm that the Forestry Commission and National Forest Company have a banking relationship with the Co-operative Bank.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 23/06/2014 16:35:25 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

61259

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to move responsibility for planning policy to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 17/06/2014 13:15:11 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

61260

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to deregulate the planning system.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WS40, which outlines the planning reforms that we have undertaken to date on housing, and the further reforms we are proposing.</p><p>In this session, we will also be implementing recommendations from the Red Tape Challenge and consult on some further technical changes on planning administration.</p><p>I also refer him to my Written Ministerial Statement of 16 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WS79, on our proposals on brownfield land.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 17/06/2014 15:44:11 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

61261

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have on the impact on the housing supply of taking planning decisions at the most local level.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WS40, which comprehensively explains how our planning reforms, including the abolition of the last Administration's top-down Regional Strategies, have increased housing starts to their highest level since 2007 and resulted in 216,000 homes being given planning permission in England in 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 17/06/2014 15:46:44 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

61262

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Kenya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to public funds of the evacuation of tourists from Mombasa in May.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The British Government did not evacuate British nationals from Mombasa in May and there was no cost to public funds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 15:45:01 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

61263

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Kenya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current travel advice for visits to Kenya.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>We keep our travel advice under constant review. As of 12 June, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office advised against all but essential travel to:</p><p>- areas within 60km of the Kenya-Somali border</p><p>- Kiwayu and coastal areas north of Pate Island</p><p>- Garissa District</p><p>- the Eastleigh area of Nairobi</p><p>- low income areas of Nairobi, including all township or slum areas</p><p>- Mombasa island and within 5km of the coast from Mtwapa creek in the north down to and including Tiwi in the south (this area does not include Diani or Moi international airport).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 15:44:45 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

61264

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Succession to the Crown Act 2013
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Tankerness on 26 February (HL Deb, col 921), whether they are now in a position to implement the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>All Realms have concluded the necessary processes before implementation apart from Australia. The Council of Australian Governments agreed that States would legislate first, before legislation was brought forward by the Canberra Government.</p><p>Four states have now enacted legislation; the remaining two have introduced legislation which is due to be enacted shortly. All State Premiers have expressed support for the proposed changes and the Government understands that the Australian Government stands ready to legislate when all the State legislation has been enacted</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:13 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

61265

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so how much, money they have withheld from the Northern Ireland Executive because of its failure to implement welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury notified the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance and Personnel on 31 March that the Northern Ireland Executive's funding allocations would be reduced by £13m, £87 m and £114 m in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/06/2014 15:14:55 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey