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166626

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that there are adequate banking facilities in every community.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information relating to bank branch closures.</p><p> </p><p>Part of the Government’s long term economic plan is to ensure that banks serve all sections of society. The Government is committed to increasing competition to deliver innovation and good financial products and services for all bank customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Economic Secretary to the Treasury recently chaired a roundtable with senior representatives from UK banks and building societies to explore what more can be done to make sure that customers, wherever they live, have access to the banking services they need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3218 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:50:04 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166627

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many bank branches have closed in the United Kingdom during the past year; and where they were located.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information relating to bank branch closures.</p><p> </p><p>Part of the Government’s long term economic plan is to ensure that banks serve all sections of society. The Government is committed to increasing competition to deliver innovation and good financial products and services for all bank customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Economic Secretary to the Treasury recently chaired a roundtable with senior representatives from UK banks and building societies to explore what more can be done to make sure that customers, wherever they live, have access to the banking services they need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3217 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:50:04 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166628

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Garages and Petrol Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that petrol stations are located at sufficiently regular points along United Kingdom roads.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>DECC published a report from Deloitte LLP in December 2012, ‘Study of the UK petroleum retail market’, which considered long term changes to the retail market for road fuels in the UK, and the implications of these changes to our energy resilience. The market has changed significantly over the last decade. However, the findings of the report do not suggest that changes to the size and shape of the retail market for road fuels have significantly reduced the access of UK motorists to a local supply of fuel. The report found that in 2011, 98% of postcode sectors had a petrol filling station within a 10 minute driving time, and 92% had more than two within the same travel time.</p><p>Decisions on the location of individual petrol filling stations are for local planning authorities to make. As the market develops we will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:45:11 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166629

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Garages and Petrol Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what authorisation is necessary before a petrol station can be closed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>No specific authorisation is required to close a petrol station.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:44:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166631

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	English Language: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve English language education for young asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Education and social care are devolved matters. In England, schools should provide appropriate support for pupils whose first language is not English, including asylum seeking children. Schools are best placed to assess the levels of support required by their pupils, taking into account their age and needs. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children become part of the care system and are entitled to the same support and services from the local authority as other looked-after children.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 12:10:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166630

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	Post Offices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many post offices and sub-post offices have closed in the United Kingdom since 2005.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>In November 2010, this Government published its policy statement “Securing the Post Office network in the digital age”, which made a clear commitment that this Government would end the programmes of closure of the previous administration, and instead invest in the Post Office to secure a network of at least 11,500 branches with a sustainable long-term future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, this Government has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect the Post Office network, and this is clearly reflected in the network figures that show the size of the network is now stabilised. It is important to note that within a network of over 11,500 branches that is overwhelmingly operated by independent agents, there will be fluctuations in the number of open branches as subpostmasters leave the network for a number of reasons, such as retirement. Where a replacement is not immediately available, the Post Office works hard to restore access to services in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Post Office makes details of the size of its network available to Parliament on a regular basis. These show that at on 31 March 2005, there were 14,609 post offices. The comparative figure at the end of the 2013-14 reporting year showed there were 11,697 branches. The following table sets out changes to the network size for the years between 2005 and 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reporting date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Post Office network size</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2005</p></td><td><p>14,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2006</p></td><td><p>14,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2007</p></td><td><p>14,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2008</p></td><td><p>13,567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2009</p></td><td><p>11,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>11,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>11,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>11,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>11,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>11,697</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/12/2014 15:39:37 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno