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819356

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will nominate a candidate to the UN Committee for Ending Discrimination Against Women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 members. There will be an election later this year to replace 12 of these members, whose terms of office expire on 31 December 2018. The Government is not currently planning to make nominations for this Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/01/2018 17:10:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

806349

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on establishing an independent agency to assess requests from authorised agencies for access to records of phone calls, emails, and text messages relating to investigations into serious crime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>On 30 November 2017, the Government launched a public consultation on proposed changes to Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which includes the creation of a newly appointed body to be known as the Office for Communications Data Authorisations (OCDA).</p><p>The consultation closes on 18 January 2018. Following the consultation, the Secretary of State will carefully consider any representations made in response, and what, if any, changes may be required to the draft Regulations and code of practice. The draft Regulations and code of practice will then be laid in Parliament for approval by both Houses before they can come into effect.</p><p>The Government is working to establish OCDA with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who the body will report directly to, and the task of setting it up is significant. It involves the procurement of premises (including appropriate security arrangements), recruitment, vetting and training of new staff, and the development of the necessary IT systems and processes which will allow OCDA staff to electronically consider applications from over 600 public authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2017 15:51:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

806350

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	Climate Change Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have with local authorities regarding implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and to our emissions reduction efforts under it. We are really pleased that many local authorities and their Mayors are already taking significant steps to implement the Paris Agreement, with over 30 signed up to international cities agreements like the Global Covenant of Mayors and London playing a leading role in the C40 cities movement. We are working closely with partner organisations like UK100 and APSE Energy to engage at official and political levels of local government.</p><p> </p><p>We announced as part of the Clean Growth Strategy, our Local Energy Programme. This builds on this work and is a joint programme with local authorities, local enterprise partnerships, combined authorities and community groups to understand local aspiration and action on low carbon and on climate change. This programme also announced the creation of a local energy contact group which will provide regular advice and input from these groups on departmental policy.</p><p> </p><p>We chair the national subcommittee for growth on sustainability which includes as members local authorities and oversees the funding through European Regional Development Funding for low carbon.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with Local Authorities on adapting to the impacts of climate change. The Local Adaptation Advisory Panel, which includes local authority representatives from city and county councils, is a forum for discussion on climate change adaptation between central government and local government.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/12/2017 14:00:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

795220

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 explicitly recognise animals as sentient beings; and what assessment they have made of the operation of the provisions of that Act on (1) farm animals, (2) wild animals, and (3) laboratory animals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Section 1(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 defines an animal for the purpose of the Act as a vertebrate other than man. This is because, as stated in the <em>Explanatory Notes</em> to the Act, vertebrates are currently “the only demonstrably sentient animals”. Section 1(3) of the Act provides powers to extend the definition of “animal” to cover invertebrates if scientific evidence shows they are also sentient; that is they “are capable of experiencing pain or suffering”.</p><p> </p><p>The main “cruelty” offence in the Act (at section 4) applies to all vertebrates commonly domesticated in the British Islands, whether they can be said to be under the control of man or not and to all other vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state (“protected animals)”. The Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 specifically protects any other wild mammals from cruelty. The main “promotion of welfare” offence at section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 covers any vertebrate for which a person is responsible. Therefore the main offences in the Animal Welfare Act cover both farmed vertebrates and any wild vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state.</p><p> </p><p>The cruelty offence at section 4 also applies to any vertebrates used in a laboratory excepting anything lawfully permitted under <em>The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2017 15:07:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

780325

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data are collected on the number of people killed and injured by road users who are breaking the law; and who collects those data.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s data on road accidents collected from police STATS19 returns reporting personal injury road collisions does not collect definitive information about whether any of the road users involved in a collision were breaking the law.</p><p> </p><p>There is information in the STATS19 database to indicate, in the opinion of the police officer attending the scene, what contributory factors might have played a part in a particular road collision. However, this information is not recorded for all collisions and is based on the officer’s initial opinion assessment only before any legal action has taken place. In addition, information about breath test results at the scene is collected but there is no record of whether this led to a prosecution or conviction.</p><p><br>Data on prosecutions are collected by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/11/2017 13:07:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

775935

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many environmental breaches of the conditions agreed between fracking companies and the Environment Agency have taken place at (1) New Preston Road, (2) Kirby Misperton, and (3) Broadford Bridge.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Over the past 12 months the Environment Agency has recorded four minor permit non-compliances at Preston New Road and two minor permit non-compliances at Kirby Misperton. None of these non-compliances caused any serious environmental pollution. There have been no permit non-compliances at Broadford Bridge, which does not have a permit to undertake high volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and there are currently no plans to frack there.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency expects full compliance with environmental permits but it is not uncommon for industrial sites to have minor non-compliances after site inspections and audits. The Environment Agency takes the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing very seriously and recorded non-compliances are evidence of their strong regulatory role in this sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/11/2017 12:23:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

775936

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many road traffic casualties in England and Wales received civil compensation in 2016; what were their modes of road use; and how severe were their injuries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of motor liability claims settled in 2015/16 in England and Wales was 684,000, and the number of claims settled in 2016/17 was 703,000. The Government does not hold data on whether or how much compensation was paid in settled claims, or on the mode of road use or the severity of injury.</p><p>Not all accidents resulting in compensation being paid for personal injury are reported to the police, but annual data is published by the Department for Transport on reported road traffic accidents, including by severity and by road user type (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2016</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2017 17:43:31 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

775937

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was raised by the Victim Surcharge in England and Wales in 2016; how much of that was from motoring offences; and how that funding was allocated to support victims of motoring offences.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The value of Victim Surcharge collected in England and Wales in 2016 is £29,913,310.</p><p>It is not possible to identify how much of that was from motoring offences in any specific year without incurring disproportionate costs as the data could only be collated by a manual search of all accounts.</p><p>The Government is committed to help victims cope with, and, as far as possible, recover from crime. This year, the Ministry of Justice is allocating c.£97m (including all revenue from the Victim Surcharge) to fund support services for victims of crime. The majority of the Department’s Victims’ Services budget goes to Police and Crime Commissioners (c.£68m) to deliver support services for victims of crime in their local areas. Victims of road crime are entitled to support from these services based on need in the same way as victims of other crime, and the Ministry of Justice does not ringfence its funding to PCCs for support in this area. PCCs can fund specific support services for road crime victims, and the Ministry of Justice funds BRAKE nationally for support to families bereaved by road crime (c.£110k in 2017/18).</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

775938

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Forfeiture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vehicles were confiscated in England and Wales in 2016; for which offences; how many were (1) released, (2) sold, and (3) crushed; and how much money was raised for each police service through those confiscations and subsequent sales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not centrally recorded. The recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:46:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

773003

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
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 Callanan on 16 October (HL1657), how many non-serious casualties resulted from cases where the driver failed to stop after a collision in 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016 there were 16,531 slight casualties where the driver failed to stop after a collision.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 30/10/2017 14:42:30 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb