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79528

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Home Office have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has laid 51 statutory instruments so far this calendar year. Five of these (10%) corrected errors in a previous instrument. Not all &quot;errors&quot; in a statutory instrument are drafting errors. Some instruments are withdrawn due to factual errors or changes in policy.The Home Office Legal Adviser's Branch has in place a &quot;three pairs of eyes&quot; check on all statutory instruments made by the Department. The policy instructions must be cleared by a Senior Civil Service official in the instructing unit. Instruments are then drafted by the responsible lawyer and are checked and cleared by the Senior Civil Service team leader. Instruments are then finally cleared by one of two senior lawyers with specialist drafting skills before they are laid. These processes were enhanced and improved in April this year. The quality of statutory instrument drafting is also being discussed within the wider Treasury Solicitor’s Department with a view to identifying ways of improving quality through, for example, more rigorous monitoring, better training and more flexible use of experienced and skilled drafters.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/07/2014 11:18:51 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79529

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Ministry of Justice have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice laid 80 statutory instruments between the start of the calendar year and 25 July 2014. The Ministry of Justice does not keep records of which statutory instruments corrected errors in previous instruments. However, it estimates that 3 instruments (less than 4% of the total) were expressed to be correcting errors made in, in consequence of a defect in, or in substitution of, a previous instrument and were as a result issued free of charge to known recipients of the original instrument.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is strongly committed to improving the quality of statutory instrument drafting. In addition to providing training to relevant staff and adopting rigorous checking process (including a requirement that all instruments are subject to a second and third pair of eyes check by a lawyer who has not drafted the instrument), a new post of Statutory Instrument Co-ordinator has been established within the Legal Directorate to co-ordinate the sharing of best practice. The Ministry of Justice will also be participating in work being led by the Treasury Solicitor and First Parliamentary Counsel to enhance further the quality, consistency and effectiveness of statutory instruments across Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/08/2014 10:51:24 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79530

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department for Transport have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has laid 58 statutory instruments before Parliament this calendar year. Of these four, or about 6.9%, corrected errors in a previous instrument (including one that supersedes an instrument laid in draft).</p><p> </p><p>In addition one instrument was laid that replaced an instrument that had been previously laid but which did not correspond precisely with the instrument as made.</p><p> </p><p>Correcting instruments are something that all legal teams try to avoid. The Department for Transport devotes significant resources to checking draft statutory instruments and to the continuing education of drafters, both informally, for example by using more experienced drafters to mentor less experienced drafters, and through more formal training at departmental level and under the aegis of the Government Legal Service. The Department is also represented on a cross-Whitehall group of drafting specialists which exists to act as a point of contact and facilitate the sharing of best practice and it is participating in a review of statutory instrument drafting arrangements in an enlarged shared legal service led by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/07/2014 11:01:07 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79531

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
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	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department for Work and Pensions have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has made 70 Statutory Instruments (SI) in 2014. Of these, 14 affirmative SIs had been laid in draft over the same period and one draft was withdrawn and replaced with two SIs: one under the affirmative procedure (SI 1954) and another using the negative procedure (SI 1711). In this period there was also one negative SI made (SI 1621) to clarify a regulation included in an earlier SI made (SI 1386) but not yet in force.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, with its Legal Service teams in the Treasury Solicitors Office (TSOL), is taking steps to mitigate the need for correcting instruments through training and support to build capability, sharing best practice and learning from internal review and reports from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Further, TSOL is undertaking a strategic project to improving the quality of SI drafting as part of its “legal quality” agenda.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 30/07/2014 13:03:01 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79203

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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	Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of international harmonisation of the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum on domestic small and medium-sized enterprises operating within (a) the programme making and special events sector and (b) the creative industries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	206818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom published a consultation on the future use of the 700 MHz band on 28 May 2014. This consultation assesses the impact any loss of access to the 700 MHz band would have on the PMSE community. Ofcom will ensure the views and spectrum requirements of the PMSE community are taken into account when making any final decisions on the use of the band. The consultation document and responses can be found on Ofcom’s website:</p><p><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/700MHz/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/700MHz/</a></p><p>Ofcom is working with the PMSE community of users and manufacturers to mitigate the impact of any change of use of the 700 MHz band; and discussing with the regulatory authorities in other countries their approach to this issue. A key focus of their work in this area is seeking to identify and make available alternative spectrum for the PMSE community.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 206821 206823 206936 206943 206944 206947 question first answered 01/09/2014 10:45:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

79214

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government departments do not pay all employees the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and how much less than the living wage those departments pay.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	206840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>For staff outside the Senior Civil Service, individual Departments have delegated authority to set their own pay levels, based on their own recruitment and retention needs.</p><p><strong><em><br> </em></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/09/2014 11:21:16 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

79220

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) taking the Highways Agency out of public ownership and (b) rebranding the Highways Agency, including (i) the replacement of uniforms and equipment of the staff of the Highways Agency and (ii) the replacement of liveries on the vehicles operated by the Highways Agency.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	206862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to take the Highways Agency out of public ownership. The Infrastructure Bill seeks to establish the Highways Agency as a Government-Owned Company. An Impact Assessment has been completed on these proposals. This estimates the transitional costs of reform at between £11 million to £15 million. These costs would be one off costs and would be outweighed by savings of at least £2.6Bn over 10 years. No specific assessment has been made of the costs of rebranding or replacement of uniforms and liveries.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 01/09/2014 14:09:06 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

79223

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been completed in each local authority area in each of the last five years; how many such houses are affordable houses built under a section 106 agreement; and what proportion of the total number of houses on each scheme built in that time are houses built under section 106 agreements.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	206859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on house building completions by tenure in each local authority district are published in the Department’s live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the numbers of affordable homes built through section 106 agreements and without Government grant funding are published in Live Table 1000, which is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimates exclude affordable homes built through section 106 supported with grant funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the total number of houses on each scheme built that are houses built under section 106 agreements is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:20:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

79224

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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	Community Infrastructure Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have a Community Infrastructure Levy (a) approved and (b) in operation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	206860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following eighteen authorities in England and Wales have had their Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedules approved at examination but are yet to either formerly adopt, or to start charging, the levy:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Barking and Dagenham</p><p> </p><p>Haringey</p><p> </p><p>Hertsmere</p><p> </p><p>Hillingdon</p><p> </p><p>Islington</p><p> </p><p>Lambeth</p><p> </p><p>Lewisham</p><p> </p><p>New Forest</p><p> </p><p>Richmond Upon Thames</p><p> </p><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf</p><p> </p><p>Sedgemoor</p><p> </p><p>Sevenoaks</p><p> </p><p>Surrey Heath</p><p> </p><p>Tandridge</p><p> </p><p>Teignbridge</p><p> </p><p>West Berkshire</p><p> </p><p>West Lancashire</p><p> </p><p>Woking</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following forty-five authorities are currently charging the Community Infrastructure Levy, having passed the independent examination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Barnet</p><p> </p><p>Bassetlaw</p><p> </p><p>Bedford</p><p> </p><p>Brent</p><p> </p><p>Bristol</p><p> </p><p>Broadland</p><p> </p><p>Caerphilly</p><p> </p><p>Chelmsford</p><p> </p><p>Chorley</p><p> </p><p>City of London</p><p> </p><p>Croydon</p><p> </p><p>Dartford</p><p> </p><p>East Cambridgeshire</p><p> </p><p>Elmbridge</p><p> </p><p>Epsom and Ewell</p><p> </p><p>Exeter</p><p> </p><p>Fareham</p><p> </p><p>Greater London Authority</p><p> </p><p>Harrow</p><p> </p><p>Havant</p><p> </p><p>Huntingdonshire</p><p> </p><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p><p> </p><p>Merton</p><p> </p><p>Newark and Sherwood</p><p> </p><p>Newham</p><p> </p><p>Norwich</p><p> </p><p>Oxford</p><p> </p><p>Plymouth</p><p> </p><p>Poole</p><p> </p><p>Portsmouth</p><p> </p><p>Preston</p><p> </p><p>Purbeck</p><p> </p><p>Redbridge</p><p> </p><p>Shropshire</p><p> </p><p>Southampton</p><p> </p><p>South Norfolk</p><p> </p><p>South Ribble</p><p> </p><p>Sutton</p><p> </p><p>Taunton Deane</p><p> </p><p>Trafford</p><p> </p><p>Waltham Forest</p><p> </p><p>Wandsworth</p><p> </p><p>Waveney</p><p> </p><p>Winchester</p><p> </p><p>Wycombe</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the 63 authorities listed above, a further 116 authorities have made significant progress towards adopting the levy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 116, 21 authorities have either submitted their levy charging schedules for examination or been scheduled for examination, a further 25 have published a draft charging schedule for consultation and a further 70 have published a preliminary draft charging schedule for consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:23:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

79225

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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	Broadcasting: Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the costs likely to be incurred by the programme making and special effects sector through having to complete research and development into new equipment of the re-allocation of the 700 MHz band; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	206823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom published a consultation on the future use of the 700 MHz band on 28 May 2014. This consultation assesses the impact any loss of access to the 700 MHz band would have on the PMSE community. Ofcom will ensure the views and spectrum requirements of the PMSE community are taken into account when making any final decisions on the use of the band. The consultation document and responses can be found on Ofcom’s website:</p><p><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/700MHz/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/700MHz/</a></p><p>Ofcom is working with the PMSE community of users and manufacturers to mitigate the impact of any change of use of the 700 MHz band; and discussing with the regulatory authorities in other countries their approach to this issue. A key focus of their work in this area is seeking to identify and make available alternative spectrum for the PMSE community.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 206818 206821 206936 206943 206944 206947 question first answered 01/09/2014 10:45:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff