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78966

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 July (WA 144–5), whether she will discourage ministers and spokespersons from answering Written Questions by reference to websites.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave to Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 29 July (WA 304).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 04/08/2014 11:24:36 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79189

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Randerson on 17 July (HL Deb, col 738), when they expect to have in place properly designed systems to ensure that Northern Ireland Office policy has proper lines of responsibility, accountability and safeguards against error.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text Northern Ireland Office policy continues to be decided by Ministers. The NIO’s Senior Management Board monitors the delivery of all NIO policy, ensures lines of responsibility and accountability are clear, and checks that safeguards against error are sufficiently robust. As a result of significant changes in responsibilities and priorities, the Northern Ireland Office is a very different department from that which existed prior to devolution. The Department will be reflecting carefully on the conclusions and recommendations of the Hallett report, and considering whether there are further steps that need to be taken within the NIO to strengthen existing processes and ensure that appropriate lessons are learned. This work will be led by the Permanent Secretary and the Senior Management Board. answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 29/07/2014 13:21:03 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

175873

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Temporary Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Baroness Jolly on 27 January, when they expect the annual cost of £2.5 billion for National Health Service agency staff appointments to be reduced to £1 billion per annum.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL4453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department is not imposing a target nor a timescale for reducing the annual cost of National Health Service agency appointments, because to do so in an arbitrary manner might put patients at risk. However, the Government expects NHS organisations, who are responsible for the recruitment and retention of their staff, to have a firm grip on their workforce planning and management including how much they spend on agency staff. NHS organisations have access to a wide range of advice, guidance and best practice available to help them with this. One of the new conditions we have recently introduced for those trusts receiving financial help under section 42 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is to reduce their use of and the amount they spend on agency staff.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 10/02/2015 15:22:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79187

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), what specific legislative change was undertaken specifically to deal with the absence of custodial sentences for illegal production or smuggling of diesel in Northern Ireland; and on what date those legislative changes became effective.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL1349 HL1351 question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:40 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79190

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), what is their estimate of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland, is illegally produced or smuggled into the province.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL1348 HL1349 question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:41 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

79188

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Newby on 15 July (HL Deb, col 501), for each of the 22 convictions referred to, what was the (1) date of conviction, (2) the charge on which the perpetrator was found guilty, (3) the other charges, if any, dealt with in the same trial, on which the convicted person was found not guilty, (4) the sentence passed, and (5) the court in which the hearing took place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>Legislative change enacted in, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SR 249/2013) allows the appeal of unduly lenient sentences for fuel fraud to the Court of Appeal. It came into force on 9 December 2013.</p><p>All 22 convictions related to offences prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for fraudulent evasion of duty. Further details area as follows:</p><p> </p><p>· 15 of the cases were prosecuted for two offences under this Act</p><p>· 12 of these convictions resulted in suspended sentences totalling 104 months, with each being suspended for a period of time between 12 and 36 months</p><p>· One case resulted in the defendant being bound over</p><p>· In nine cases fines of up to £4,000 were imposed - totalling £11,700; and in two of these the defendant was given a period of up to 26 weeks to pay the fine or an additional custodial sentence would be imposed</p><p>· One conviction was converted into a time to pay agreement due to the ill health of the defendant</p><p>· One Confiscation Order was made for £98,000</p><p>· One Compensation Order was made for £500</p><p> </p><p>It would not be prudent to provide the further detailed information requested as they could lead to identification of the individuals concerned and jeopardise the safety of the defendants and their immediate families.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of how much of the diesel bought in the Republic of Ireland and brought into Northern Ireland is illegally produced or smuggled. However, tax gap figures estimate the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland at 12-13% in 2011-12 and negligible for petrol.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL1348 HL1351 question first answered 04/08/2014 13:56:41 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78969

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Randerson on 16 July (HL Deb, col 588–9), what are the specific ways in which the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is "fully engaged" in speeding up the National Crime Agency's full introduction.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Northern Ireland Office remain actively involved in seeking to ensure the full extension of the NCA’s remit in Northern Ireland. In recent weeks the Secretary of State has discussed the issue with the Home Secretary, Justice Minister Ford, Chief Constable Hamilton and the SDLP. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has raised the issue with Justice Minister Ford and Chief Constable Hamilton. The previous Minister of State also raised the issue during recent meetings he had with the SDLP, Justice Minister Ford and Chief Constable Hamilton. Officials remain closely involved in ongoing discussions with the Department of Justice and Home Office on securing further progress.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 29/07/2014 11:51:08 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78968

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Randerson on 16 July (HL Deb, col 588), under what circumstances the Sewel Convention would be set aside in order for the national interest to prevail.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text Under the Sewel Convention, Parliament would not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature. This is an important element of the understandings by which devolution operates across the UK, and we would be reluctant to depart from it in anything other than exceptional circumstances. answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 29/07/2014 13:17:23 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

168516

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nutrition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2579), who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the supermarkets’ action either to cut sugar or to provide sugar-free or sugar-reduced products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL3546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The voluntary approach of working with industry is achieving real reductions in calories, including sugar. Examples include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the Co-operative Group taking out added sugar from its high juices, removing 1.5 billion kcals per year;</p><p> </p><p>- Tesco removing two billion calories from its juices, following on from the one billion removed in 2012; and</p><p> </p><p>- Sainsbury’s reducing sugar in its Own Brand chilled juices by 83.5 tonnes a year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The eight supermarkets currently signed up to the calorie reduction pledge are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Aldi Stores;</p><p> </p><p>- ASDA;</p><p> </p><p>- the Co-operative Group;</p><p> </p><p>- Marks and Spencer;</p><p> </p><p>- Morrisons;</p><p> </p><p>- Sainsbury’s;</p><p> </p><p>- Tesco; and</p><p> </p><p>- Waitrose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Companies signed up to the calorie reduction pledge have committed to support and enable their customers to eat and drink fewer calories through a range of actions, including product/menu reformulation, reviewing portion sizes, education and information, and actions to shift the marketing mix towards lower calorie options. The emphasis of the pledge is on overall calorie reduction; however, cutting sugar forms an important part of that strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Companies report each year on their activities to reduce calories, including sugar, and these returns are published on the Responsibility Deal website along with their Delivery Plans. An independent evaluation of the Responsibility Deal is under way and due to report early 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3544 HL3545 HL3547 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:59:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

168514

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nutrition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2579), which eight supermarkets are currently signed up to the calorie reduction pledge.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL3544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The voluntary approach of working with industry is achieving real reductions in calories, including sugar. Examples include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the Co-operative Group taking out added sugar from its high juices, removing 1.5 billion kcals per year;</p><p> </p><p>- Tesco removing two billion calories from its juices, following on from the one billion removed in 2012; and</p><p> </p><p>- Sainsbury’s reducing sugar in its Own Brand chilled juices by 83.5 tonnes a year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The eight supermarkets currently signed up to the calorie reduction pledge are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Aldi Stores;</p><p> </p><p>- ASDA;</p><p> </p><p>- the Co-operative Group;</p><p> </p><p>- Marks and Spencer;</p><p> </p><p>- Morrisons;</p><p> </p><p>- Sainsbury’s;</p><p> </p><p>- Tesco; and</p><p> </p><p>- Waitrose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Companies signed up to the calorie reduction pledge have committed to support and enable their customers to eat and drink fewer calories through a range of actions, including product/menu reformulation, reviewing portion sizes, education and information, and actions to shift the marketing mix towards lower calorie options. The emphasis of the pledge is on overall calorie reduction; however, cutting sugar forms an important part of that strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Companies report each year on their activities to reduce calories, including sugar, and these returns are published on the Responsibility Deal website along with their Delivery Plans. An independent evaluation of the Responsibility Deal is under way and due to report early 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3545 HL3546 HL3547 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:58:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney