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781194

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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 Improvement
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 effect of residential basement excavations on the quality of life of those living in the neighbourhood.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL2748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of our recent review of the planning law and regulations which relate to basement developments, we held a call for evidence which sought examples of good practice in the effective use of the current planning framework in managing basement developments. This included how the planning system can be used to mitigate any potential adverse impacts arising from such developments. We are grateful to the Noble Lord for his support and feedback around this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/11/2017 17:00:59 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

781199

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 26 October (HL Deb, col 978), what action they will take to ensure that the £156 million unused borrowing capacity for social housing is taken up and spent.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to see local authorities deliver a new generation of council house building, and are providing the tools to help them do so by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>enabling them to increase rents by up to CPI +1per cent for 5 years from 2020, giving certainty to plan investment and confidence about future rental income to underpin house building plans; and</li><li>providing £2 billion extra public funding to deliver more affordable homes at social rent in areas of acute affordability pressure, which local authorities will be able to bid for.</li></ul><p>It is for individual local authorities to decide how and when to utilise their available housing revenue account borrowing, in line with their strategic approach to meeting housing need and the effective management of their Housing Revenue Account.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2745 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:01:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

781200

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 26 October (HL Deb, col 978), what proposals they have for ensuring that the £3.6 billion of local authority housing revenue account headroom is used to achieve the building of more affordable homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to see local authorities deliver a new generation of council house building, and are providing the tools to help them do so by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>enabling them to increase rents by up to CPI +1per cent for 5 years from 2020, giving certainty to plan investment and confidence about future rental income to underpin house building plans; and</li><li>providing £2 billion extra public funding to deliver more affordable homes at social rent in areas of acute affordability pressure, which local authorities will be able to bid for.</li></ul><p>It is for individual local authorities to decide how and when to utilise their available housing revenue account borrowing, in line with their strategic approach to meeting housing need and the effective management of their Housing Revenue Account.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2744 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:01:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

781203

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
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 Gardiner of Kimble on 30 October (HL2090), whether their intention is that farm products will continue to move without restriction between the UK and the remaining EU–27 after the UK's exit.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL2741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it seeks a new partnership with the EU and a comprehensive customs agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/11/2017 17:31:43 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

781205

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they claimed in EEA medical costs from the Republic of Ireland under (1) Article 93, (2) Article 94, and (3) Article 95, during activity period 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department, on behalf of the United Kingdom Government, reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, based on pension and benefit eligibility and irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the Department, on behalf of the UK Government, for the cost of the NHS providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, irrespective of nationality and including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>Requested figures for 2016-17, the latest available, are provided in the following table, rounded to the nearest pound. Member states can submit claims up to 18 months in arrears so claims for any 12 month period do not necessarily reflect treatment provided in that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Article 22.1c</p></td><td><p>Article 93</p></td><td><p>Article 94</p></td><td><p>Article 95</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>£6,445,232</p></td><td><p>£7,166,070</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£4,865,850</p></td><td><p>£18,477,152</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Resource Accounting and Budgeting exercise. Totals are based on estimates of the costs of EEA healthcare claims made annually for the purposes of provisions made in the Department of Health accounts in accordance with HM Treasury resource accounting rules.</p><p><em>Notes: </em>Article 93 claims are combined claims for healthcare costs relating to temporary visitors (via European Health Insurance Cards), workers temporarily posted abroad by their employer, referrals for treatment in other EEA countries, or equivalent claims calculated on a formula basis under bilateral arrangements. Due to the nature of the claims system between member states, it is not currently possible to disaggregate the data consistently for all member states by either type of claim or type of treatment.</p><p>Article 94 claims are healthcare costs relating to dependents of workers not resident in same member state as the worker.</p><p>Article 95 claims are for healthcare costs relating to pensioners and dependents of pensioners.</p><p>Article 22.1c refers to patient referral claims.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/11/2017 15:26:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

781210

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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: 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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 October (HL1773), whether they have any plans to establish an independent regulator to oversee the standards of housing owned and let by charities such as the National Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve and raise standards in the rented and leasehold sector. Local authorities already have strong powers to tackle rogue landlords and poor property conditions.</p><p>We have already introduced a range of additional powers through the Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 with Rent Repayment Orders and Civil Penalties of up to £30,000 for certain housing offences as an alternative to prosecution which came into force on 6 April 2017.</p><p>The Government is also seeking views on the regulation of letting and managing agents and the approaches government could take to implement any such regulation, and has published a Call for Evidence, ‘Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market, which closes on 29 November 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/11/2017 16:57:28 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

781212

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Medals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to include serving military personnel in the awarding of the British Empire Medal.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL2735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no plans to award the British Empire Medal to serving military personnel. Service personnel are eligible for a range of state honours for their work in the MOD or in other aspects of UK Defence; the military division of Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2017 saw a total of 113 Service personnel granted such honours. In addition to state honours, medals can also be awarded to Her Majesty's Armed Forces to recognise gallantry or bravery, Service on operations, Long Service and Good Conduct, and for commemorative events.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/11/2017 15:51:10 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

781215

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Infrastructure
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 impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the availability of EU funds for rail infrastructure projects in the UK; and whether this will affect any specific rail projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>On 13<sup>th</sup> August last year, my Right Honourable Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made an announcement<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, outlining the Government position on EU funding schemes, including those relating to transport infrastructure.</p><p><br>We are determined to ensure that people and businesses have stability and certainty in the period leading up to our departure, and that we use the opportunities that our EU Exit presents to determine our own priorities. The Department for Transport is working closely with HM Treasury and stakeholders to that end.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> The following is a link to the announcement:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-philip-hammond-guarantees-eu-funding-beyond-date-uk-leaves-the-eu</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2017 13:05:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

781218

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain the mutual recognition of driving licences with EU member states following the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that we wish to minimise any disruption for both UK citizens and those of EU member states. This applies equally to motorists travelling between the UK and the EU. Mutual recognition of driving licences will be an important issue for the negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2017 13:10:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

781221

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Inquiries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations or individuals are entitled to establish an inquiry into the conduct of a Police Authority's investigation.
tabling member printed	Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
uin	HL2758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Independent Police Complaints Commission may review or investigate the conduct of a police force, or one of its members, respectively. The policing protocol issued under section 79 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 provides scope for a PCC to commission an independent review into a force’s particular investigation in order to assist that PCC in their statutory duty of scrutinising, supporting and challenging the overall performance of the force. A Chief Constable may also commission an independent review of an investigation conducted by their force.</p><p>Section 1 (1) of the Inquiries Act 2005 sets out the criteria for establishing a statutory public inquiry whereby a Minister may cause an inquiry to be held under this Act in relation to a case where it appears to him that (a) particular events have caused, or are capable of causing, public concern, or (b) there is public concern that particular events may have occurred. The Act is UK-wide. Ministers from the Devolved Administrations have the power to establish inquiries into matters within their remit. The Government also has the authority to establish a non-statutory inquiry in the form of an ad-hoc inquiry, an inquiry by a Committee of the Privy Council and Royal Commissions.</p><p>Section 54(2B) of the Police Act 1996 allows the Home Secretary to commission Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to inspect and report on any force, or aspect of any force, or to commission them to carry out any further activities for the purpose of furthering police efficiency and effectiveness.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 16:53:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4287 label Biography information for Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury