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631034

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	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 implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Covenant’s principles were enshrined in law in the Armed Forces Act 2011. This Government has demonstrated its commitment to upholding these principles, which is evident in the work reported in each of the four annual reports laid in the House. We will continue to report progress to Parliament. Next month’s Annual Report will detail the considerable progress made across government and with wider public, private and third sectors, including in the key areas of education, healthcare, accommodation and access to commercial services.</p><p> </p><p>Every Local Authority in mainland Great Britain and two in Northern Ireland have signed a Community Covenant. We are working with them to help them deliver the support they have promised to the Armed Forces community, with good work in many areas including housing, education, health and social care.</p><p> </p><p>Together we have taken a number of steps forward in this area, such as allocating funding from a £20 million budget to improve childcare facilities for Service families at 40 locations in the UK and Cyprus. In order to help Service children through local schools’ admissions processes, we have changed the Schools Admission Code in England to give them priority by allowing Service families to apply for and be allocated a place before they move into an area.</p><p> </p><p>This year approximately £21 million was allocated in Service Pupil Premium payments for the pastoral needs of almost 70,000 Service pupils in state schools in England. In 2015, £6 million in grants was given to 154 applicants for Education Support Funding, to help UK state schools mitigate issues caused by exceptional mobility and deployment.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we have worked closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government and Devolved Administrations to ensure that Service personnel do not experience any disadvantage as a result of their military service when applying for social housing.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2016 16:23:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

143459

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Local Government Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they provide to local authorities in dealing with families which have no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with local authorities in dealing with families with no recourse to public funds, in particular through the No Recourse to Public Funds Connect database. Where the immigration status of such families is unresolved, the Home Office will seek to conclude all outstanding applications as quickly as possible. Where such families have no right to remain in the UK, the Home Office will seek to secure their return to their country of origin.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2014 14:50:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

606226

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	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 fire risk posed by e-cigarettes and what discussion they have had with the LGA, London Councils and the leaders of Fire Authorities in England about this risk.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>We recognise e-cigarettes are an emerging technology and have taken action with the Chief Fire Officers’ Association, the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and with Electrical Safety First to develop appropriate fire safety messages for consumers.</p><p>These were promoted through the Fire Kills campaign, and continue to be made available on Electrical Safety First’s website - http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/e-cigarettes/.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/11/2016 15:56:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

169349

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mutual Societies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration have they given to moving the legislative function for co-operative and community benefit societies from HM Treasury to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not hold official statistics on co-operatives. Relevant data is held by the Financial Conduct Authority, some of which they publish online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative function for co-operative and community benefit societies resides with HM Treasury; there are currently no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority is the registrar for co-operatives and community benefit societies. It has no regulatory functions over societies which are not also authorised to carry out financial services activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is content that the legislative framework in place supports innovation in co-operative capital. The government has implemented a package of measures this year to strengthen the co-operative sector. This includes increasing the amount of withdrawable share capital an individual can invest in a society from £20,000 to £100,000, making it easier and cheaper for co-operative societies to raise capital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3636 HL3637 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:52:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

169350

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives
	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 quality of and ease of access to official data on co-operatives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not hold official statistics on co-operatives. Relevant data is held by the Financial Conduct Authority, some of which they publish online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative function for co-operative and community benefit societies resides with HM Treasury; there are currently no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority is the registrar for co-operatives and community benefit societies. It has no regulatory functions over societies which are not also authorised to carry out financial services activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is content that the legislative framework in place supports innovation in co-operative capital. The government has implemented a package of measures this year to strengthen the co-operative sector. This includes increasing the amount of withdrawable share capital an individual can invest in a society from £20,000 to £100,000, making it easier and cheaper for co-operative societies to raise capital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3635 HL3637 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:52:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

169351

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives
	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 effectiveness of the legal and regulatory frameworks in supporting innovation in co-operative capital.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not hold official statistics on co-operatives. Relevant data is held by the Financial Conduct Authority, some of which they publish online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative function for co-operative and community benefit societies resides with HM Treasury; there are currently no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority is the registrar for co-operatives and community benefit societies. It has no regulatory functions over societies which are not also authorised to carry out financial services activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is content that the legislative framework in place supports innovation in co-operative capital. The government has implemented a package of measures this year to strengthen the co-operative sector. This includes increasing the amount of withdrawable share capital an individual can invest in a society from £20,000 to £100,000, making it easier and cheaper for co-operative societies to raise capital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3635 HL3636 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:52:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

480075

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
	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 comments of Chief Executive NHS England, in response to the sugar tax announcement in the budget, that "sadly soft drinks are now our children’s largest single source of diabetes-inducing teeth-rotting excess sugar."
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL7177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2016 answer text <p><strong>The evidence behind the comments from Simon Stevens, Chief Executive NHS England, comes from the Public Health England report ‘Sugar reduction: the evidence for action’ published in October 2015. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The PHE report states that soft drinks are the largest single source of sugar for children and teenagers in England, and that consuming too much sugar can lead to weight gain, which in turn increases the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and some cancers. It is also linked to tooth decay.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>This is why at Budget 2016, the Chancellor announced a new levy aimed at the producers and importers of added sugar soft drinks. The levy is designed to encourage companies to reduce the amount of added sugar in soft drinks and move consumers towards healthier choices. </strong><strong>The levy will from part of a wider comprehensive childhood obesity strategy which the government launch in the summer. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 04/04/2016 13:38:34 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

480076

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the legislation governing credit unions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL7178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>On 31 December 2014, the government published a response to the Call for Evidence on Credit Unions.</p><p> </p><p>In this response the government committed to considering the potential changes to credit union legislation highlighted by the Call for Evidence over the course of this parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 01/04/2016 12:37:33 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646550

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to reform the income tax relief system to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3570 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646551

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to look at reform of the rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3569 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark