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450520

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take against landlords who fail to maintain their properties in a safe and fit state of repair.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System assesses the health and safety risks in all residential properties. Under the Housing Act 2004, following an Rating System inspection, if a local authority identifies a serious hazard they can take action, including issuing an Improvement Notice or a Hazard Awareness Notice. In extreme circumstances, the local authority may decide to make repairs themselves, or to prohibit that property from being rented out. Where a landlord fails to comply with a statutory notice, this is an offence, and they can be prosecuted by the local authority. From October 2015 we introduced protection for tenants from retaliatory eviction, where they have a legitimate complaint about the condition of the property.</p><p>The Housing and Planning Bill will strengthen local authorities’ ability and incentives to tackle rogue landlords by introducing measures including:</p><ul><li>A database of rogue landlords and property agents convicted of certain offences;</li><li>Banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders;</li><li>Civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution;</li><li>Extension of Rent Repayment Orders to cover illegal eviction, breach of a banning order or failure to comply with a statutory notice;</li><li>A more stringent fit and proper person test for landlords of licensable properties such as Houses in Multiple Occupation.</li></ul><p>My Department also recently announced a further £5 million of funding across 48 local authorities to tackle the worst rogue landlords in their areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/02/2016 16:52:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

713134

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Veterans
	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 initiative by Cheltenham Borough Council to build homes for veterans; and whether they will encourage other local authorities to take similar action to house those who have left the armed forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government commends Cheltenham Borough Council for the steps they have taken which are in line with the Armed Forces Covenant and measures which we have put in place to ensure that serving members of the Armed Forces and veterans are given appropriate priority for social housing.</p><p>In 2012 we introduced regulations to ensure that seriously injured and disabled Service personnel and former members of the Armed Forces with urgent housing needs are always given high priority for social housing.</p><p>At the same time, we introduced regulations to ensure that serving personnel, and veterans who are within 5 years of having been discharged, do not lose their qualification rights for social housing because of the necessity to move from base to base.</p><p>Our 2012 statutory social housing allocations guidance goes further and also strongly encourages councils to take into account the needs of all serving or former Service personnel when framing their housing allocation schemes. It gives examples of how councils can do this, including setting aside a proportion of properties for former members of the Armed Forces under a local lettings policy, which is what Cheltenham Borough Council have done.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/03/2017 15:18:31 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

450519

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are monitoring academies and free schools that seek to change their nominal catchment areas in order to ensure that local parents have the final say on such proposals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>School admission arrangements are set and applied locally. Each school has an admission authority to set its admission arrangements. For academies and free schools, it is the academy trust. Where changes are proposed to admission arrangements, the admission authority must first publicly consult on those arrangements, including with local parents. If no changes are made to admission arrangements, they must be consulted on at least once every seven years to ensure admissions arrangements continue to meet local needs. However, we will shortly be consulting on requiring admission authorities to consult on their admission arrangements at least once every four years.</p><p>There is no requirement within the School Admissions Code (‘the Code’) for any school to adopt a catchment area. Where they do, the Code makes it clear that the catchment must be fair and not discriminate against any social or ethnic group, or those with disabilities.</p><p>If parents are concerned about changes to a school’s catchment area they can object to the Schools Adjudicator. The Adjudicator can require any state-funded school to amend its admission policy, if it breaches the Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/02/2016 14:41:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

416997

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend the mandation of electronic tagging to include priority and persistent offenders as part of integrated offender management programmes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL1917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>A comprehensive review of the Electronic Monitoring programme to introduce GPS technology is underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 07/10/2015 11:28:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

416998

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the delays in implementing the contract for GPS electronic tagging technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL1918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A comprehensive review of the Electronic Monitoring programme to introduce GPS technology is underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/09/2015 14:32:09 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

424141

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the October publication of a revised Ministerial Code, whether the omission in section 1.2 of a commitment to international law and treaty obligations represents a reduction in the role that the United Kingdom’s international obligations play in domestic decision-making, and whether the duty of ministers to comply with the law continues to include international law and treaties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL3052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given to the Noble Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 5 November 2015 to HL3046,HL3047,HL3048, which I attach for ease of reference.</p><p>The Ministerial Code is normally updated and reissued after a General Election. The updated Code makes clear that Ministers must abide by the law. The obligations of Ministers under the law including international law remain unchanged.</p><br /><p>Information relating to internal discussions and advice is not disclosed.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/11/2015 12:40:26 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL3046, HL3047, HL3048 attached referral answers.pdf title Referral Answers
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454385

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	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 regulations relating to frozen state pensions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6344 HL6345 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454386

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people living in each of the Overseas Territories are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6345 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454387

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people living in each of the countries of the Commonwealth are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454388

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people living in each country of the EU are in receipt of the UK state pension which is currently uprated annually under EU regulations and reciprocal agreements, and what assessment they have made of what will happen to those pensions if the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6345 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham