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713698

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote trade between the UK and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
	uin	HL6295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the FCO Economics Unit (2015), UK exports (goods and services) to Bosnia and Herzegovina were £57 million with UK imports reaching £53 million in 2015. (Data for 2016 will be published in April). In FY 2017/18 the HMG team based in Sarajevo will continue to promote trade opportunities across the mining, oil and gas, retail, infrastructure and security sectors which will include a series of tailored events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK and across the wider Central and Eastern European region.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 06/04/2017 14:42:28 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

714325

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	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	Poverty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Households Below Average Income statistics revealing that 3.2 million adults in working families were in relative poverty in 2015–16, what action they will take to reduce in-work poverty.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	uin	HL6346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Latest statistics to 2016 show 3.2 million working-age adults in working families living in relative low income before housing costs. This compares with 2.8 million in 2010. In terms of percentages, in 2016 this equates to 8% of all working-age adults and similarly in 2010 this was also 8% of all working-age adults.</p><p> </p><p>However there are currently record numbers of people in work – 2.8 million more since 2010. As a consequence, this has resulted in some increases in the number of individuals in work and in low income.</p><p> </p><p>We realise that some people first moving into work might be in low income in the short term. But by being in work they have the opportunity of increasing their earnings, rather than just being left to live a life on benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We are introducing Universal Credit and this is revolutionising the welfare system by making work pay. Universal Credit contains structural incentives to encourage people to work more and earn more. It is simple and as people’s earnings increase their payments reduce at a steady rate (there are no cliff edges), so it is clear to them that they will always be better off working and earning more.</p><p> </p><p>We have also increased the tax free Personal Allowance so that people can earn more and keep more of what they earn and introduced the National Living Wage. The tax-free personal allowance will be £11,500 in April 2017, a major step towards our goal of reaching £12,500 by 2021. As of April 2017, a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay over £1,000 less income tax, compared to 2010-11. This will be an income tax cut for over 30 million people and will mean taking 4 million of the lowest paid out of income tax completely during the last Parliament. The introduction of the National Living Wage, means a full-time worker previously on the national minimum wage is now £900 a year better off.‎</p><p> </p><p>These changes, combined with the highest employment rate on record – mean that work continues to be the best route out of low income. Just 6% of working-age adults in households where everyone is working are in relative low income before housing costs, compared to nearly half (46%) of adults in workless households.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/04/2017 15:20:53 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

714326

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Transfer Pricing: Statistics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discontinued the publication of annual Transfer Pricing statistics; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has not discontinued the publication of these statistics. The Department intends to publish the transfer pricing statistics shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/04/2017 14:52:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714327

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements (1) were agreed, and (2) were in force, in (a) 2014–15, and (b) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6349 HL6350 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714328

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average time to reach an Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreement in (1) 2014–15, and (2) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6348 HL6350 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714329

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long it took to agree 50 per cent of Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements in (1) 2014–15, and (2) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6348 HL6349 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714330

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total volume of intra-group loans (1) for which Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) applied, and (2) in relation to which new ATCAs came into force, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information in a form which allows it to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6352 question first answered 06/04/2017 14:52:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714331

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was (1) the weighted average interest rate for intra-group loans under Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs), and (2) the average level of taxable profits to which ATCA-related tax relief applied, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information in a form which allows it to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6351 question first answered 06/04/2017 14:52:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714772

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what national or local (1) organisations, and (2) agencies, have been funded in the last 12 months in respect of the promotion of British values and associated work; and what guidance has been given to the Office for Standards in Education in relation to (a) inspection reporting on citizenship, British values and character building, as part of the national curriculum, and (b) the judgements made on the quality of education in both primary and secondary schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL6392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office’s Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Programme was established in early 2016 to deliver Pillars 1 and 2 of the Government’s Counter Extremism Strategy (countering extremist ideology, and building a partnership with those opposed to extremism). The Programme is designed to fulfil the Government’s commitment to ‘develop a new network, linking individuals and groups around Britain who are already standing up to extremists in their communities’. Its objectives include reducing the number of people holding attitudes, beliefs and feelings that oppose shared values; an increased sense of belonging and civic participation at a local level; and more resilient communities.</p><p> </p><p>Fifty-three groups have been awarded support from the first round of applications under BSBT. The Home Office will announce the groups and publish details of the projects it is supporting shortly.</p><p> </p><p>DfE and the Home Office are jointly funding Breakthrough Media to manage the Educate Against Hate website, which aims to provide teachers, school leaders and parents with the information, guidance and support they need to challenge radical views and keep their children safe, including supporting the promotion of fundamental British values.</p><p> </p><p>In 27 January 2017, the Department for Education awarded a contract to the Association of Citizenship teaching to produce 6 resource packs to include high quality guidance for teachers to hold knowledge-based debates on topical issues relating to fundamental British values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different beliefs and those without faith), citizenship and equality.</p><p> </p><p>The general reporting areas for school inspection are set out in section 5 of the Education Act 2005. Within this context, HM Chief Inspector is responsible for Ofsted’s common inspection framework and school inspection handbook, which set out how inspectors consider and report on these matters. In developing the framework and handbook, the Chief Inspector takes account of Departmental guidance to schools. This includes guidance on schools’ promotion of fundamental British values.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2017 15:13:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

714776

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the impact of the recent increase in inflation on the number of children in poverty; and what plans they have for protecting low income families against the rising cost of basic essentials.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
	uin	HL6396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Impacts of the latest increase in inflation on families with children have not been estimated.</p><p> </p><p>However the Department’s latest Households Below Average Income statistics to 2016 published on 16th March 2017 does show how the number of children in low income households has changed with reference to inflation (the measure is called absolute low income). Since 2010, there has been a decrease of 200,000 children before housing costs (BHC) in absolute low income. After housing costs (AHC) had been taken into account, there were 100,000 fewer children in absolute low income since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of proportions, there have also been reductions in the rates of absolute low income on both bases - BHC down by 2 percentage points, and AHC down by 1 percentage point since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/04/2017 15:10:48 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth