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224255

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of charity law in the United Kingdom and the case for reform.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government published its response to Lord Hodgson’s statutory review of the Charities Act 2006, and the Public Administration Select Committee’s review of the regulation of charities on the legal and regulatory framework for charities in England and Wales in September 2013. Most of the reports’ recommendations were accepted and these are currently being taken forward.</p><p>The Joint Committee on the Draft Protection of Charities Bill published its report into its scrutiny of the Draft Protection of Charities Bill on 25 February 2015. The Draft bill would give the Charity Commission more powers to tackle mismanagement and abuse in charities. The Government will respond shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Charity law is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 13/03/2015 13:33:17 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

224256

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Almshouses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of almshouses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>Almshouses continue to play an important role today in providing accommodation for those in need throughout the United Kingdom and have a role in responding to the huge national challenge of creating more housing specially designed for older people. Almshouses have been part of this country's life for many generations and also make a valuable contribution to our national heritage by maintaining many fine, historic buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 13/03/2015 13:12:26 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225415

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
	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 percentage of attainers registered to vote.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission (EC) published its analysis of the electoral registers in England and Wales as at 1 December 2014 on 24 February. This includes an assessment of attainer registration. Their report can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/182375/Analysis-of-the-December-2014-electoral-registers-in-England-and-Wales.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/182375/Analysis-of-the-December-2014-electoral-registers-in-England-and-Wales.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing over £14 million aimed at maximising voter registration. This includes a focus on targeting new attainers with organisations such as UK Youth and British Youth Council receiving funding to help increase registration levels among this group. The EC's awareness campaign for the elections on 7 May will include a focus on reaching attainers.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 19/03/2015 16:34:58 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225416

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	General Election 2015
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they are aware of for international bodies to send election observation missions to the United Kingdom during the forthcoming General Election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>As a participating State of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the UK Government invites the OSCE to send observers to UK Parliamentary general elections and has done so for the General Election on 7 May. OSCE will inform us who they will send closer to the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission also publishes a list of those who have been accredited as observers, who do not need to be formally invited or to notify the Government of their attendance at UK elections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 19/03/2015 16:14:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225417

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Older People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of risk that the changes in electoral registration will disproportionately affect elderly people living in sheltered housing and senior citizens' homes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>A full impact assessment of Individual Electoral Registration (IER), which included an assessment of the effect of IER on the elderly, disabled or those in care, has been carried out. Local Electoral Registration Officers are responsible for contacting all eligible electors in their areas to ask them to register to vote. Cabinet Office has made £14m available over the last two financial years to support their activity locally to improve voter registration levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 19/03/2015 16:14:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225412

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Football: Living Wage
	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 number of football clubs in the Premier League that are not paying the Living Wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We make no assessment of the number of football clubs, in Premier League or otherwise, that are not paying the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid. We support businesses that voluntarily choose to pay the Living Wage when it is affordable and doesn’t cost jobs. From 1<sup>st</sup> October 2015 the adult National Minimum Wage rate will increase to £6.70. This is an increase of 3%, faster than projections for both inflation and average earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid and the only way to achieve a sustainable increase in living standards is to focus on economic growth, employment and cutting taxes for the low paid. This is exactly what we are doing.</p><p> </p><p>We are cutting taxes so that people take home more of what they earn: From April 2015 the average person will pay £825 less in income tax than 2010 and over 3.4 million people will be taken out of income tax altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2015 17:18:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225413

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Football: Living Wage
	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 number of football clubs in the Football League Championship that are not paying the Living Wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We make no assessment of the number of football clubs, in Premier League or otherwise, that are not paying the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid. We support businesses that voluntarily choose to pay the Living Wage when it is affordable and doesn’t cost jobs. From 1<sup>st</sup> October 2015 the adult National Minimum Wage rate will increase to £6.70. This is an increase of 3%, faster than projections for both inflation and average earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid and the only way to achieve a sustainable increase in living standards is to focus on economic growth, employment and cutting taxes for the low paid. This is exactly what we are doing.</p><p> </p><p>We are cutting taxes so that people take home more of what they earn: From April 2015 the average person will pay £825 less in income tax than 2010 and over 3.4 million people will be taken out of income tax altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2015 17:17:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225414

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Bridge Station
	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 problems at London Bridge station and the risk to passenger safety reported in the media this week.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) - the independent safety regulator of Britain’s railways - has confirmed that they will carry out a review of the situation and investigate the circumstances that led to the events at London Bridge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport, the Hon Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) and senior Departmental officials have had multiple meetings with senior industry representatives, most recently on 9 March, to discuss these events and to ensure improvements are put in place. Numerous discussions have also taken place with Southern and Network Rail since the incident; Network Rail, Southern and Southeastern will be conducting a full review into the events so that lessons can be learnt for the future. London Overground and Transport for London are similarly reviewing what happened with regard to the East London Line services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will work with the industry to ensure that any recommendations for change are implemented quickly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:06:29 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark