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79583
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Afghanistan more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current security situation in Afghanistan; and what is their assessment of Taliban intentions. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian more like this
uin HL1481 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-08-04more like thismore than 2014-08-04
answer text <p>The security situation in Afghanistan is still challenging, however violence levels remain lower than at the same stage last year, with the exceptions of anticipated spikes in violence on both election polling days. Despite this, the Taleban appear committed to their military campaign and the prospects for an Afghan-led peace process remain difficult in the short-term. We continue to call for the Taleban to enter a peaceful political process with the Afghan government.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-08-04T10:46:17.6937231Zmore like thismore than 2014-08-04T10:46:17.6937231Z
answering member
3839
label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
79584
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Armed Conflict more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they use to determine whether military action, such as that by Israel in Gaza, is proportionate. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Warner more like this
uin HL1482 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
answer text <p>The UK’s criteria for determining whether military action is proportionate are set out in the Joint Service Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (Ministry of Defence publication available on our website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-manual-of-the-law-of-armed-conflict-amendments-to-the-text), which states that the losses resulting from a military action should not be excessive in relation to the expected military advantage.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-30T15:00:21.3398688Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-30T15:00:21.3398688Z
answering member
3839
label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
tabling member
1732
label Biography information for Lord Warner more like this
79585
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Health Services and Social Services more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the actual or estimated annual expenditure, stated in 2010 prices, in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2009–10, on each of the following items of National Health Service and social care expenditure: (a) primary care, (b) community health services, (c) community mental health services, (d) continuing care, (e) public health, (f) social care (national), (g) social care (local government), and (h) social care (privately funded); and what was the total actual or estimated expenditure from public funds on health and social care for each of those years in 2010 prices. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Warner more like this
uin HL1483 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-08-11more like thismore than 2014-08-11
answer text <p>For some elements of the question, the information is not collected to the detail requested. There are discontinuities in all categories stipulated in the question and therefore any comparison between the two years would be invalid. Such information as is available is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>In 2009-10, primary care trusts (PCTs) reported the following spending outturns relating to commissioning activity in their accounts returns:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Care</p></td><td><p>19,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>7,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Continuing Care</p></td><td><p>2,026</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this year, PCTs did not separately report spending to the detail requested on:</p><p> </p><p>- community mental health services; and</p><p>- public health.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on social care cannot be provided to the detail requested; however the Department for Communities and Local Government has reported total net spending on social care by local authorities of £20,963 million in 2009-10. This is a net figure and includes any income from service user charges and from Department of Health grants to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2009-10, there have been a number of changes to the way spending is categorised and recorded:</p><p> </p><p>- primary care – spending is not comparable to the 2009-10 spending outturns. The 2013-14 spending outturn will exclude any public health spending, and other such functions that have now transferred elsewhere in the health and social care system, that would have been included in the 2009-10 spending outturn.</p><p> </p><p>- community health services – spending is only recorded for services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and excludes any direct commissioning undertaken by NHS England itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has reported the following spending outturns relating to commissioning activity in 2013-14:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>in 2009-10 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Care</p></td><td><p>20,156</p></td><td><p>18,683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services (CCGs only)</p></td><td><p>6,443</p></td><td><p>5,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Continuing Care</p></td><td><p>3,722</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health - section 7a</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td><td><p>1,448</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br><br></strong></p><p>Public Health England has responsibility for the following additional public health related spending:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>in 2009-10 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health grants to Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>2,663</p></td><td><p>2,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>675</p></td><td><p>626</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has reported the following total net spending on social care by local authorities in 2013-14, net of any income from service user charges and grant funding provided by NHS England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>in 2009-10 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority - Social Care spending</p></td><td><p>21,286</p></td><td><p>19,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, funding provided by NHS England</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are indicative. Final figures spending figures and breakdowns will be available later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health’s Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (TDEL) is used. This is the total Revenue and Capital DEL expenditure, excluding depreciation, by those bodies within the Departmental Group. These are the standard spending controls against which the Department of Health is held accountable to Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This data is comparable across the two years. The following table summarises the TDEL outturn for both years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>Nominal</p></td><td><p>in 2009-10 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total DEL spending outturn</p></td><td><p>98,419</p></td><td><p>109,774</p></td><td><p>101,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
answering member printed Earl Howe more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-08-11T11:45:31.7925819Zmore like thismore than 2014-08-11T11:45:31.7925819Z
answering member
2000
label Biography information for Earl Howe more like this
tabling member
1732
label Biography information for Lord Warner more like this
79586
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Taxation more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the additional annual funding that would be raised by (1) each one per cent rise in income tax, (2) each one per cent rise in national insurance contributions, (3) abolishing the ceiling on national insurance contributions, (4) doubling the duty on (a) tobacco, (b) alcohol, and (c) gambling, and (5) for each one per cent increase in inheritance tax (with current exemption arrangements). more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Warner more like this
uin HL1484 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-08-18more like thismore than 2014-08-18
answer text <p>Information on the revenue effects of changes in income tax, national insurance contributions, tobacco, alcohol and inheritance tax is available and published in the table ‘Direct effects of illustrative tax changes’ published on the GOV.UK website[1].</p><p> </p><p>The table is a ‘ready reckoner’ showing estimates of the effects of various illustrative tax changes, on tax receipts in 2014-15 to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297451/20140318_DirectEffectofillustrativechanges_Mar_v0.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297451/20140318_DirectEffectofillustrativechanges_Mar_v0.1.pdf</a></strong></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Deighton more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-08-18T14:43:15.9147363Zmore like thismore than 2014-08-18T14:43:15.9147363Z
answering member
4262
label Biography information for Lord Deighton more like this
attachment
1
file name direct effects of illustrative tax changes 0558lw.pdf more like this
title Direct effects of illustrative tax changes more like this
tabling member
1732
label Biography information for Lord Warner more like this
79587
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Euston Station more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Network Rail or HS2 Ltd will be the lead designer of the proposed Euston station development. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Berkeley more like this
uin HL1485 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
answer text <p>The lead designer for Euston station is HS2 Ltd. Post Royal Assent, the role of lead designer will be reviewed to ensure that the project continues to deliver the highest possible design standards.</p><p> </p><p /> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-30T10:54:55.2667404Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-30T10:54:55.2667404Z
answering member
1557
label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
3526
label Biography information for Lord Berkeley more like this
79588
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Railways more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the design capacity and projected number of trains per direction per hour in (1) 2026, and (2) 2043, for (a) HS2 at Euston approaches and Old Oak Common, and (b) the West Coast Main Line at Euston approaches, Watford and Milton Keynes. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Berkeley more like this
uin HL1486 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
answer text <p>The Government’s current requirements for HS2 specify that on completion of Phase 1 it will be capable of enabling a train service of up to 11 trains per hour into and out of Euston and 14 trains per hour in each direction at Old Oak Common. On completion of Phase 2 the system shall enable up to 18 trains per hour into and out of Euston and at Old Oak Common.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s aim is that all towns or cities which currently have a direct service to London will retain broadly comparable or better services once HS2 is completed. Some preliminary work on the future timetable for the West Coast Main Line was undertaken in the early part of 2014, but it is important to stress that the actual timetable operated in the 2020s will depend on the development of the railway and train services over the course of the coming decade. Network Rail is currently working with the rail industry, including the Department for Transport and train and freight operators, to consider future service levels in light of the opening of HS2, and these will be determined through normal rail industry access allocation processes in due course.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
grouped question UIN HL1487 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-30T10:53:46.1341275Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-30T10:53:46.1341275Z
answering member
1557
label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
3526
label Biography information for Lord Berkeley more like this
79589
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-23more like thismore than 2014-07-23
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading West Coast Main Line more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what timetable planning the Department for Transport, HS2 Ltd and Network Rail have conducted for rail traffic on the West Coast Main Line following the opening of HS2 phase 1. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Berkeley more like this
uin HL1487 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
answer text <p>The Government’s current requirements for HS2 specify that on completion of Phase 1 it will be capable of enabling a train service of up to 11 trains per hour into and out of Euston and 14 trains per hour in each direction at Old Oak Common. On completion of Phase 2 the system shall enable up to 18 trains per hour into and out of Euston and at Old Oak Common.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s aim is that all towns or cities which currently have a direct service to London will retain broadly comparable or better services once HS2 is completed. Some preliminary work on the future timetable for the West Coast Main Line was undertaken in the early part of 2014, but it is important to stress that the actual timetable operated in the 2020s will depend on the development of the railway and train services over the course of the coming decade. Network Rail is currently working with the rail industry, including the Department for Transport and train and freight operators, to consider future service levels in light of the opening of HS2, and these will be determined through normal rail industry access allocation processes in due course.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
grouped question UIN HL1486 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-30T10:53:45.6184786Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-30T10:53:45.6184786Z
answering member
1557
label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
3526
label Biography information for Lord Berkeley more like this