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1196932

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
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 Agnew of Oulton on 31 March (HL2729), how many people, recorded in HMRC’s Real Time Information records as earning below the personal tax threshold, were contributing at work to a pension scheme using the Relief at Source method of income tax relief in the tax years after 2016; and, of these, how many were (1) women, and (2) men.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>HMRC estimate that 1.3m individuals earning below the personal allowance in 2017-18 made workplace pension contributions via Real Time Information (RTI) using relief at source arrangements. About 65% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 35% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>The personal allowance in 2017-18 was £11,500.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) and administrative data was used to produce the estimates. The 2017-18 SPI data (published in March 2020) is the latest year available. The SPI is updated annually.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 02/06/2020 15:55:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1196933

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
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 cost to the Exchequer for each of the next 20 years of increasing state pensions by the best of price or earnings inflation in place of a triple lock.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides the estimated cost to the Exchequer for each of the next 20 years of increasing state pensions by the best of price or earnings inflation (‘double lock’) in place of a triple lock.</p><p>The figures assume that the change in uprating happens from 2023/24<strong>.</strong> They are based on analysis done in 2018, so they do not take into account any impacts of covid-19<strong>. </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Expenditure Prices (£billion) as a percentage of GDP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Double Lock</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Triple Lock</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025/26</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2026/27</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027/28</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2028/29</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2029/30</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030/31</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2031/32</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032/33</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2033/34</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034/35</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035/36</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2036/37</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037/38</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2038/39</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2039/40</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2040/41</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DWP modelling. The figures include the cost of the State Pension. They do not include the cost of Pension Credit or other pensioner benefits. </em></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 02/06/2020 16:15:17 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1196934

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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	Pension Credit: Uprating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the costs of uprating the Pension Credit by the triple lock over the next 20 years, instead of uprating by earnings.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>No estimate has been made on the cost of uprating the Pension Credit by the triple lock over the next 20 years, instead of uprating by earnings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 27/05/2020 14:40:40 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1196935

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Coronavirus
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 COVID-19 of the financial sustainability of (1) the for-profit care home sector, and (2) care homes operated by charities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors the financial health of the largest and most difficult-to-replace adult social care providers through its Market Oversight Scheme. The scheme covers both commercial providers and charities. Under the scheme, the CQC has a duty to notify local authorities if they consider that a provider’s services are likely to be disrupted because of business failure. This allows local authorities time to step in and ensure that people continue to receive the services they need. As a minimum, all providers in the scheme are required to provide the CQC with financial information on a quarterly basis. However, where the CQC perceives a greater risk to continuity of care, more regular engagement is undertaken.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that all parts of the sector are facing, and we provided local authorities with £1.6 billion funding in March to help them deal with the immediate impacts of COVID-19. On top of this, on 18 April the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Rt. Hon. Robert Jenrick MP) announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support local authorities delivering essential frontline services.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 May we announced an additional £600 million for an Infection Control Fund for Adult Social Care. This funding is to support adult social care providers in England reduce the rate of transmission in and between care homes and to support workforce resilience.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/05/2020 11:24:44 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191401

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pension Funds: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist pension funds in matching their liabilities, in the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic-related issues in asset markets, by issuing (1) longevity or mortality gilts; (2) gilts linked to the consumer prices index; and (3) gilts specifically linked to limited consumer price inflation measures. [T]
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Debt Management Office (DMO) continues to issue long-dated conventional gilts and index-linked gilts (linked to the Retail Prices Index), which are instruments often used by pension funds to match longer term liabilities. Decisions on the exact composition of debt issuance are informed by an assessment of investor demand for debt instruments by maturity and type as reported by stakeholders, and as manifested in the shape of the nominal and real yield curves; and by the government’s appetite for risk. The former is noted at quarterly consultation meetings with market participants, held by the DMO.</p><p> </p><p>At present, the UK Government does not have any plans to introduce any new debt financing instruments in response to Covid-19. The government remains open to the introduction of new debt instruments, but would need to be satisfied that any new instrument would meet value-for-money criteria, enjoy strong and sustained demand in the long-term and be consistent with wider fiscal objectives.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/05/2020 10:58:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191466

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children from refugee camps in Greece they have committed to allow into the UK since 1 January; when such children will be received in the UK; how many of those children they decided to allow into the UK as a direct result of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold detailed information on the location of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children within European Member States.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the Dublin III Regulation on an annual basis (each February) in the Immigration Statistics This includes data on the number of requests to transfer into and out of the UK and the number acceptances and transfers into and out of, broken down by article. The latest data, covering up to 2019, can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#dublin-regulation</p><p>Instructions on how to use the data can be found in the ‘Notes’ sheet.</p><p>Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation. Arrangements to complete a transfer have always been and still are the responsibility of the sending State who have 6 months to enact transfer after acceptance. We continue to liaise with our counterparts in Member States so that we can effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.</p><p>The Government remains committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children from Europe to the UK under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (‘the Dubs amendment’). Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have continued to make further progress with participating States including Greece, to move closer to achieving this commitment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/05/2020 15:57:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191467

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Greece
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the difficulties of social distancing in refugee camps in Greece, what (1) financial, (2) medical, and (3) infrastructure, support they have provided in such camps.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK has a strong bilateral relationship with Greece and continues to offer support and exchange expertise on effective migration management to alleviate the pressures on the islands. In previous years, this has included expert deployments to advise on camp security and functioning, and translators to assist with the processing of arriving migrants. Current UK humanitarian support includes a UK Border Force cutter to conduct search and rescue in the Aegean, as well as over £500,000 of humanitarian supplies.</p><p>The UK Government is concerned about the risk of coronavirus in relation to the migrant camps on the islands. The Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum has enacted emergency measures to contain potential coronavirus outbreaks in the migrant camps, including the provision of additional medical facilities and staff through the EU’s Emergency Support Instrument – these measures have so far been effective and there are currently no reported cases of COVID-19 in the camps on the Greek islands. Our Embassy in Athens continues to closely follow developments.</p><p>In total, the EU has provided 700 million euros, half of it immediately on 3 March 2020, to help Greece manage the current migrant situation and COVID-19. The UK Government currently has no plans to provide funds to Greece for development of infrastructure.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/05/2020 16:08:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191468

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Finance
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 financial strength of the companies in charge of the majority of elderly care homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors the financial health of the largest and most difficult-to-replace adult social care providers through their Market Oversight Scheme. Under the scheme, they have a duty to notify local authorities if they consider that a provider’s services are likely to be disrupted because of business failure. This allows local authorities time to step in and ensure that people continue to receive the services they need. As a minimum, all providers in the Market Oversight Scheme are required to provide the CQC with financial information on a quarterly basis. However, where the CQC perceives a greater risk to continuity of care, more regular engagement is undertaken.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that all parts of the sector are facing, and we have provided councils with £1.6 billion funding in March to help local authorities deal with the immediate impacts of COVID-19. On top of this, on 18 April the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support local authorities delivering essential frontline services.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL3649 question first answered 12/05/2020 15:36:47 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191469

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any regulations or requirements placed on owners of care homes to demonstrate financial strength; and what plans they have, if any, to place limits on the level of debt such companies may be allowed to have.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors the financial health of the largest and most difficult-to-replace adult social care providers through their Market Oversight Scheme. Under the scheme, they have a duty to notify local authorities if they consider that a provider’s services are likely to be disrupted because of business failure. This allows local authorities time to step in and ensure that people continue to receive the services they need. As a minimum, all providers in the Market Oversight Scheme are required to provide the CQC with financial information on a quarterly basis. However, where the CQC perceives a greater risk to continuity of care, more regular engagement is undertaken.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that all parts of the sector are facing, and we have provided councils with £1.6 billion funding in March to help local authorities deal with the immediate impacts of COVID-19. On top of this, on 18 April the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support local authorities delivering essential frontline services.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL3648 question first answered 12/05/2020 15:36:47 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1191470

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Care Homes: Fees and Charges
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 average weekly fees paid by local authorities to care homes run by (1) local authorities, and (2) private operators, for elderly (a) residential care, and (b) elderly nursing care.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>Care and support is arranged on an open market where prices and fee rates are negotiated locally by commissioners for state funded clients, whilst individuals and their families do so for those who self-fund. The Government has no say in these individual negotiations, as the level of fees charged to people who fund their own care is a private contractual arrangement.</p><p>The Government has taken and continues to take steps to support adult social care providers and local authorities, including providing regular advice and guidance, and working with the sector on contingency and preparedness.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that all parts of the sector are facing, and we have announced £1.6 billion to help local authorities deal with the immediate impacts of COVID-19. On top of this, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support local authorities delivering essential frontline services.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/05/2020 11:38:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann