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49856

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date	06/05/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value of the "grey economy", which consists of legal activities but whose participants fail to pay tax or comply with regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
uin	HL6854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL6854.pdf title Grey Economy - ONS Letter
tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett

49858

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they will revisit the decision on whether to include Gypsies and Irish Travellers as an ethnic category in the NHS National Data Dictionary; and what account they have taken of the recommendation by the National Inclusion Health Board to the Health and Social Care Information Centre to use the 2011 Census ethnic category classifications in national data collection.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England, in collaboration with other bodies, will shortly produce guidance that advises on the codes for data collection, including those for ethnicity. National Health Service organisations continue to use the 2001 codes in order to support consistency with other data systems within the NHS. NHS organisations can choose to use either the 2001 or the 2011 categories.</p><p> </p><p>Additional codes can be included as appropriate at a local level to reflect the demographic make-up of the local population. This allows local monitoring to take place in a way that supports service planning, decision-making, and key processes such as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We envisage this position will be revisited, with decisions to change this advice based upon the breadth of utilisation of the new coding system.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, Public Health England and NHS England are together considering the findings and recommendations in the report from the National Inclusion Health Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

49860

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why data on the presence of asbestos were not covered in the Property Data Survey Programme in United Kingdom schools; and what are their plans for removing any remaining asbestos from United Kingdom schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL6856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey gathers high-level condition data across the state-funded educational estate in England only. The surveyors employed on the programme are general building surveyors and they perform a visual, non-intrusive survey. In comparison, considerably more detailed surveys are required to assess asbestos and that is why asbestos is not included as part of the Property Data Survey.</p><p>The Department for Education does not have a programme for the phased removal of all asbestos from schools in England. Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations, the employer - either the school or local authority - has clear responsibilities to manage asbestos containing materials in schools safely. The advice from the Health and Safety Executive is that it is safer to leave undisturbed or undamaged asbestos in place and to carefully manage it rather than to risk disturbing or damaging asbestos unnecessarily. If asbestos is managed effectively, as required by the regulations, the safest and most effective way to plan for its removal is when existing buildings are refurbished or replaced.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

49862

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women prisoners had GCSE C-grade or equivalent in English and maths on being imprisoned in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, and (3) 2012; and how many had such qualifications upon release.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold information on the prior attainment of prisoners or their qualifications upon release.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49864

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of current women prisoners were in employment before being jailed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6859 HL6861 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49866

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of current women prisoners suffered from alcohol or drug addiction or mental illness when they committed the crimes for which they were jailed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6858 HL6861 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49868

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of current women prisoners were convicted of violent crime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 29% of the female prison population were under immediate custodial sentence for violence against the person. A breakdown of the figures is below:</p><p> </p><p>Adults 845</p><p>18-20 year olds 44</p><p>15-17 year olds 0</p><p><strong>Total 889</strong></p><p> </p><p>Further detail can be found in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. The latest edition covering October to December 2013 and annual statistics for 2013are available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49870

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of current women prisoners have children under the age of 18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6858 HL6859 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49872

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the combined cost of keeping one woman in prison and two children in care for a year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service does not hold or collate costs relating to children who are in care. Individual local authorities are required to deliver social care services and placements for children in their public care.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures for financial year 2012-13 is published alongside the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts and available on the Department's website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within the link provided, details on costs of custody for women prisoners can be found within the file named: costs per place and cost per prisoner 2012-13 - supplementary information.</p><p> </p><p>A Copy of this is also placed in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department. Between 2009/10 and 2012/13 prison unit costs (based on overall prison costs) have reduced in real terms by 16% per place and 13% per prisoner. The Department is committed to delivering prison capacity changes designed to modernise the prison estate and further reduce prison costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49874

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the Forest of Dean's protection from disposal by the Forestry Act 1967, they will (1) review plans by the Homes and Communities Agency to submit a planning application for a major development of the Cinderford Northern Quarter, and (2) ensure it is subject to a public access agreement until 2032.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL6863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The application is currently being considered by Forest of Dean District Council and is still out to public consultation, which ends on 19 May 2014. It is not the policy of the Government to consider intervening in planning applications at such an early stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is very selective about intervening in applications and will only call in an application if it raises issues of more than local importance as a ‘call in' takes the planning decision away from the elected local council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb