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833179

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle rising energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	903632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We are bringing forward the Price Cap Bill, an intelligent intervention to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem is already capping tariffs for 1 million households this year, and consulting on protection for another 2 million next winter. This is in addition to the 4 million households protected under the pre-pay cap.</p><p> </p><p>That is not all, smart meter rollout, focusing of ECO money on fuel poor households and working with Citizens Advice and the Energy Saving Trust to get people switched to better deals.</p><p> </p><p>All this will help keep bills down for households.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

833180

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What representations he has received on the attempted takeover of GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	903635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a commercial matter for the companies involved. I have spoken to the Chief Executives of GKN and Melrose to understand their intentions, and will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The Government can intervene in mergers on certain public interest grounds concerning national security, financial stability or media plurality.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

833579

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what protocols are in place to share the genetic data of serving and retired members of the Armed Forces with the police and prosecuting authorities.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5205 HL5206 HL5207 HL5208 HL5209 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833581

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence refused to share genetic data with the Kent constabulary in relation to an ongoing investigation into burglaries in that area; and, if so why.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5204 HL5206 HL5207 HL5208 HL5209 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833582

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long records of genetic data on members of the Armed Forces are held by the Ministry of Defence.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5204 HL5205 HL5207 HL5208 HL5209 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833583

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence can share genetic data relating to serving and retired members of the Armed Forces following a request by the police for criminal investigations.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5204 HL5205 HL5206 HL5208 HL5209 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833584

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in the last ten years the Ministry of Defence has refused to share genetic data relating to serving and retired members of the Armed Forces with the police and prosecuting authorities.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5204 HL5205 HL5206 HL5207 HL5209 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833586

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: DNA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under which circumstances the sharing of genetic data held by the Ministry of Defence with the police would breach data protection legislation.
tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
uin	HL5209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>All DNA samples taken by the Service Police or Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) in the course of their investigations are analysed and a DNA profile is produced. This profile is then uploaded onto the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the physical DNA samples are destroyed within six months unless they are required for disclosure as evidence, in which case they may be retained for as long as the need exists under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 1996. The Service Police and MDP do not maintain their own databases, meaning that any Service Police and MDP DNA searches are carried out against the NDNAD. The retention periods for DNA profiles on the NDNAD depend on the outcome of the investigation, the age of the offender and the type of offence.</p><p> </p><p>Entirely separate from DNA profiles which are uploaded to the NDNAD because of a Service Police or MDP investigation, and which are accessible to all Home Office Police Forces during their investigations, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains DNA reference samples which are voluntarily provided by Service personnel. These are used solely for the identification of deceased Service personnel and to reduce delays for grieving families, when other methods of identification such as visual and dental are not available. Such DNA reference samples are taken by consent, which means the consent given before death remains valid for a DNA sample intended for use after death. The MOD’s voluntary DNA reference sampling policy complies with the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>Each DNA reference sample is stored, unanalysed, in an “un-sequenced” physical state, preventing them from being entered onto any database or used for any purposes until authorised by either a Coroner for a post-mortem or as directed by the donor. These voluntary DNA samples will be destroyed upon leaving the Service, at the request of the donor, or after 45 years, whichever is soonest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 prohibits the un-sequenced DNA voluntarily provided by Service personnel for identification purposes from being released to the Police.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5204 HL5205 HL5206 HL5207 HL5208 question first answered 07/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

833587

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the civil servants and economic advisers who wrote the report HM Treasury analysis; the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU, published 23 May 2016, are still in the same posts.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Civil servants across the department contributed to writing the HMT publications. HM Treasury does not comment on the positions or appointments of specific junior officials.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2018 14:48:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

833588

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the report HM Treasury analysis; the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU, published 23 May 2016, that stated in the executive summary, "A vote to leave would cause an immediate and profound economic shock … which would push the UK into recession and lead to a sharp rise in unemployment, by around 500,000”, what was the rate of growth for (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; and what were the corresponding changes in the employment and unemployment figures.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The rate of UK growth was 1.9% in 2016, and 1.8% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In the year to November 2016, employment grew by 286,000 and by 415,000 in the year to November 2017. Unemployment fell by 85,000 in the year to November 2016 and by 160,000 in the year to November 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2018 14:41:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra