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718238

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Workplace Pensions
	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 cost of proposals submitted by the Overseas Service Pension Association in December 2016 for assisting the government of Zimbabwe in meeting its obligations to Zimbabwe public service pensions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL6737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands the hardship that lack of pension payments causes to former service-people and their families. The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe raises pensions frequently with the Zimbabwean Government and has secured written confirmation that it will resume payments when the economic situation improves. However, we have not made an estimate of the cost as these payments are the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe as set out in the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/04/2017 15:33:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

713673

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: South Africa
	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 on the Zimbabwe economy of the announcement by the South African Home Affairs Minister on 7 February that Zimbabweans who previously acquired permits to work, conduct business, or study in South Africa under special dispensation will have to follow the normal channel of applying for work and study visas when their permits expire in December, and of the extent to which those new requirements will lead to Zimbabweans holding such permits losing their jobs and rights of residence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL6270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The South African Government has the right to apply their own rules about visas and work and study permits. It is for the South African and Zimbabwean authorities to comment on the impact this might have on the Zimbabwean economy and on jobs held by Zimbabweans in South Africa.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:56:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

713108

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Pensions
	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 of making the necessary financial arrangements to enable the government of Zimbabwe to pay the pension arrears owing to those former members of HM Overseas Service who responded to the British Government's request that they remain in their posts after Southern Rhodesia became independent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL6228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands the hardship that lack of pension payments causes to former service-people and their families. The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe raises pensions frequently with the Zimbabwean Government and has secured written confirmation that it will resume payments when the economic situation improves. However, we have not made an estimate of the cost as these payments are the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe as set out in the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/04/2017 16:10:24 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

713674

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much overseas development aid funding has been committed to Zimbabwe in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL6271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The amounts of UK official bilateral development assistance to Zimbabwe in the last ten years are set out below. The final figure for 2016 will be published in mid-2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total UK Net Bilateral Official Development Assistance </strong> <strong>(£ thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>92,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>104,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>93,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>138,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>48,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>69,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>71,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>49,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>47,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>37,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/04/2017 10:36:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

715511

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their most recent assessment of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2017 answer text <p>We remain very concerned about the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. The Government continues to uphold its manifesto commitment to &quot;stand up for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe&quot;. We regularly urge the Government of Zimbabwe to honour its obligations; we monitor reports of human rights violations, including attending trials of activists; and invest in a wide range of programmes designed to improve access to justice and provide practical support for human rights defenders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/04/2017 14:50:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

749215

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in establishing a network of trade commissioners to highlight the importance of UK exports and to assist UK companies in exporting their products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cotter
	uin	HL552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will create a network of Her Majesty's Trade Commissioners to head nine new regional overseas posts. These Commissioners will bring together export promotion, investment, and trade policy overseas. The Department is currently finalising the scope of the roles and will begin recruitment shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 20/07/2017 11:26:20 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3786 label Biography information for Lord Cotter

713113

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Yemen: Press Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia regarding enabling journalists to enter Yemen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL6233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of free movement of journalists to cover issues of global importance. This must be balanced against security and safety considerations. The Government currently advises against all travel to Yemen.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary last spoke to the Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, Adel al Jubeir on 22 March and discussed the importance of finding progress towards a political settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/04/2017 16:12:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

723745

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Yemen: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the human rights situation in Yemen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by recent developments relating to the Baha’i community in Yemen. The Houthis and all parties in Yemen must respect the freedom of religion and the rights of all Yemenis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/04/2017 12:01:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

717249

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Wrecks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 March (HL6154), what appropriate action has been taken with regional governments and partners to prevent desecration of the wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL6550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>Our Foreign and Commonwealth Office representatives continue to engage with the local and regional authorities to ensure that our position is made clear on the desecration of these sites and appropriate action is taken. We will provide support for any action against such activity when we are able to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/04/2017 12:12:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

714927

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Military Decorations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regulations apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL6415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no regulations which apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War. Service Battalion Colours, once laid up, are intended to remain where deposited in perpetuity. When deemed completely disintegrated, the remains are to be buried with the staff, lion and crown colour pole mount, in consecrated ground without any marking.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6416 question first answered 04/04/2017 14:21:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

714928

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Military Decorations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what exceptions have been made to the application of the regulations that apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up after the First World War.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL6416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no regulations which apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War. Service Battalion Colours, once laid up, are intended to remain where deposited in perpetuity. When deemed completely disintegrated, the remains are to be buried with the staff, lion and crown colour pole mount, in consecrated ground without any marking.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6415 question first answered 04/04/2017 14:21:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

712599

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	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 Answers by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 19 September 2016 (HL1586, HL1587 and HL1757), Lord Freud on 15 September 2016 (HL1588), and Lord Young of Cookham on 25 October 2016 (HL2186), what analysis they have undertaken to identify how many employees are saving into a workplace pension which denies them tax relief.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief is granted on contributions to all registered pension schemes, including workplace pensions. This relief can be provided for through two mechanisms: net pay or relief at source.</p><p> </p><p>Where a scheme operates the net pay mechanism, contributions are deducted from pay before any tax is applied. This approach applies to all members of the scheme including those earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers. The pension provision would depend on these contributions as well as those made by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the impacts on low paid workers whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme. However, it has not been possible to identify any straightforward or proportionate means to align the effects of the net pay and relief at source mechanisms more closely for this population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6195 HL6197 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:29:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712600

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the effect on the pension provision for low-paid workers earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers, of being put into a defined contribution workplace pension scheme which operates on a net pay basis.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief is granted on contributions to all registered pension schemes, including workplace pensions. This relief can be provided for through two mechanisms: net pay or relief at source.</p><p> </p><p>Where a scheme operates the net pay mechanism, contributions are deducted from pay before any tax is applied. This approach applies to all members of the scheme including those earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers. The pension provision would depend on these contributions as well as those made by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the impacts on low paid workers whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme. However, it has not been possible to identify any straightforward or proportionate means to align the effects of the net pay and relief at source mechanisms more closely for this population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6194 HL6197 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:29:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712601

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that employers and workers are told that net pay arrangement pension schemes may be unsuitable for workers who earn below the personal tax threshold, and that they face paying more than 20 per cent extra for their pension than if they were in a relief at source scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has regular discussions with the Pensions Regulator on a range of issues, including workplace pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace pension schemes are chosen by employers and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) provides guidance on this in relation to automatic enrolment. The guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. It also points out that some schemes that use the net pay arrangement may have lower charges than schemes that operate relief at source.</p><p>All employers, including public sector employers, are expected to follow TPR’s guidance about providing their employees with relevant information on the arrangements for tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6198 HL6199 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:40:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712602

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	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 challenges faced by low earners whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme which denies them the tax relief they would receive in a relief at source scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief is granted on contributions to all registered pension schemes, including workplace pensions. This relief can be provided for through two mechanisms: net pay or relief at source.</p><p> </p><p>Where a scheme operates the net pay mechanism, contributions are deducted from pay before any tax is applied. This approach applies to all members of the scheme including those earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers. The pension provision would depend on these contributions as well as those made by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the impacts on low paid workers whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme. However, it has not been possible to identify any straightforward or proportionate means to align the effects of the net pay and relief at source mechanisms more closely for this population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6194 HL6195 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:29:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712604

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what contact they have had with the Pensions Regulator during the past six months to ensure that the Regulator and the MasterTrust Assurance Framework take all necessary steps to ensure that workers earning below the personal tax threshold, and their employers, who are paying into net pay pension schemes under the auto-enrolment rules, are not disadvantaged by the loss of tax relief, and are properly informed of the personal impact of those schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has regular discussions with the Pensions Regulator on a range of issues, including workplace pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace pension schemes are chosen by employers and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) provides guidance on this in relation to automatic enrolment. The guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. It also points out that some schemes that use the net pay arrangement may have lower charges than schemes that operate relief at source.</p><p>All employers, including public sector employers, are expected to follow TPR’s guidance about providing their employees with relevant information on the arrangements for tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6196 HL6198 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:40:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713679

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	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 of extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment in the tax years (1) 2013–14, (2) 2014–15, and (3) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimates are not available for the extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment. However, the Government remains committed to supporting people saving for retirement.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment has produced a significant change in private pension saving and has already reversed the decline seen in the decade prior to its introduction. As at the end of February, over 7.5 million people had been enrolled into a workplace pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 10:47:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747343

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the number of workers earning below the personal tax threshold who have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme that operates on a Net Pay basis; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL321 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747344

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747346

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of low paid workers' claims against their employers for the money they are due in tax relief if it is denied to them by their employer's choice of pension scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747348

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether low paid workers who earn less than the personal tax threshold may claim against the Pensions Regulator for failing to ensure that employers use a suitable auto-enrolment scheme that does not force them to pay more than they should for their pensions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL322 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

717841

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions: Pension Funds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce legislation (1) prohibiting companies withdrawing moneys from their pension funds for any reason, or (2) requiring them to keep their funds topped up to the level recommended by actuaries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL6650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Current legislation already requires schemes to have sufficient and appropriate assets to cover the cost of paying future pensions when they fall due, or to put in place a recovery plan to ensure that the scheme returns to full funding within a reasonable period. It also prohibits the transfer of funds from the scheme to the employer apart from some limited circumstances and where there is a surplus.</ins></p><p>The Government’s Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes Green Paper explores a number of aspects of defined benefit pensions, including scheme funding arrangements and invites views. This paper was laid before Parliament on 20 February 2017.</p><p>The closing date for comments is 14 May 2017; responses can be submitted to the following postal address:</p><p>DB Consultation Private Pensions</p><p>First Floor</p><p>Caxton House</p><p>6-12 Tothill Street</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 9NA</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 09:35:00 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2017 13:45:24 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 44619 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

717837

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will instruct National Grid to review the system security rules specifying wind turbine Fault Ride Through, in the light of the final report by the Australian Energy Market Operator on the September 2016 blackout in South Australia.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL6646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>National Grid is responsible for specifying and reviewing the technical requirements for connection to, and use of, the National Electricity Transmission System. Wind turbine Fault Ride Through requirements were introduced by National Grid in June 2005 following consultation.</p><p>National Grid and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy continue to engage with the Australian Electricity Market Operator to understand the causes of the South Australia Blackout Event on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2016 and identify any learning relevant to the GB National Electricity Transmission System.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 10:17:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

723715

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Winchester Prison
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the number of staff at HMP Winchester adequately trained in suicide and self-harm prevention has only increased from 41 per cent to 61 per cent since July 2015; and if so why.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL6757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. The Minister will correspond directly with the Peer.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6758 question first answered 27/04/2017 16:14:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

723716

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Winchester Prison
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect all staff at HMP Winchester to be adequately trained in suicide and self-harm prevention.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL6758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. The Minister will correspond directly with the Peer.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6757 question first answered 27/04/2017 16:14:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham