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392088

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many fatalities and serious injuries there have been in the agriculture industry in each year from 1995 until 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 04/08/2015 15:24:03 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL1843 UKSA Reply.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

392089

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Home Office Commissioned Reviews Looking at Information Held in Connection with Child Abuse from 1979-1999 Independent Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the files referred to in the supplementary report of the Wanless-Whittam review, published on 22 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for the Cabinet Office made a statement on a set of unstructured records held by the Cabinet Office on 4 February 2015 (HLWS229). He also announced that a review of the papers is under way. Papers will be considered for opening to the public in the normal way at The National Archives as the review progresses. Information held by other government departments is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL1845 question first answered 05/08/2015 16:20:44 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

392090

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Departmental Records
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what if any evidence they have that permanent secretaries have held any miscellaneous or unstructured files in their private offices.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for the Cabinet Office made a statement on a set of unstructured records held by the Cabinet Office on 4 February 2015 (HLWS229). He also announced that a review of the papers is under way. Papers will be considered for opening to the public in the normal way at The National Archives as the review progresses. Information held by other government departments is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL1844 question first answered 05/08/2015 16:20:44 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

392091

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the accuracy and completeness of the United Kingdom electoral register.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>On 18 June the Electoral Commission published their analysis of the state of the electoral registers in Great Britain used for the General Election. The data collected for the report did not allow an estimate of the completeness and accuracy to be made.</p><p>The last full assessment of the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers in Great Britain was published in July 2014 and was based on the last household registers prior to the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER).</p><p>The next full assessment will be based on the first full IER registers once the transition has ended.</p><p>To ensure electors can have confidence in the accuracy and integrity of the electoral register, under IER applicants are asked to provide their National Insurance number and date of birth (or supporting documentation), so that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) can verify that everyone on the register is who they say they are.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/08/2015 16:18:42 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

392092

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
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 is their assessment of the effectiveness of the school initiative in registering young people to vote in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not think there is compelling evidence of the effectiveness of the schools initiative. The most recent analysis by the Electoral Commission of the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers in Northern Ireland (November 2012) and Great Britain (2014) suggests that 51% of 18-19 year olds in Northern Ireland were registered to vote, compared with 76.1% of 18-19 year olds in Great Britain.</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers are best placed to determine what is appropriate or necessary in their area; many work with local schools and colleges to identify and register young people.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 06/08/2015 10:01:09 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

392093

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the accuracy and completeness of the United Kingdom electoral register.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>On 16 July the Government announced as part of its decision to end the transition to IER in December 2015 that up to £3 million additional funding is being made available to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Great Britain to undertake extra registration activities to target the remaining carry forward electors on registers that are not individually registered.</p><p> </p><p>This funding can be used by EROs to complement their annual canvass activities as they work to improve the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers ahead of December.</p><p> </p><p>Over £14 million funding has been invested over the last two financial years to support the costs of activities to boost levels of voter registration in Great Britain. This included almost £10 million ahead of the elections on 7 May.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/08/2015 16:20:13 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391944

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of the number of Equitable Life policy holders who have still to be contacted before the Equitable Life Payment Scheme closes.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p><strong>At 31 May 2015, payments have been issued to around 87 per cent of eligible Equitable Life policyholders. Approximately 13 per cent of policyholders are therefore currently untraced and unpaid. This is already below the National Audit Office’s 2003 prediction that 17-20 per cent would be left unpaid at the end of the Scheme. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The Scheme remains committed to tracing and paying as many eligible policyholders as it can before it closes. Strenuous efforts have been made to trace policyholders through advertising, electronic tracing methods, writing to last known addresses, and working with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). As announced at Summer Budget, work is continuing with the DWP to trace unpaid policyholders due a payment of £50 or more, where sufficient details are held to enable the DWP tracing service to be used. This further tracing will be completed before the Scheme closes to new claims on 31 December 2015.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 04/08/2015 10:55:07 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391945

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aggregates Levy
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 European Commission decision regarding exemption from the aggregates levy.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission concluded a State aid investigation into various Aggregates Levy exemptions on 23 March 2015. The Commission had originally approved all the levy exemptions in 2002, but were required to carry out a State aid investigation as a result of legal challenge. The Commission’s decision found all the levy exemptions lawful except for part of the exemption for shale aggregate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in his Summer Budget that all of the lawful exemptions would be reinstated from 1 August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission have ordered recovery of State aid provided by the exemption for some types of shale aggregate. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) have recently written to potentially affected businesses. The government will continue to work with the industry to minimise the impact of recovery on affected businesses, and any businesses that are concerned should contact HMRC as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 30/07/2015 15:33:28 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391946

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling Small Business Rate Relief for a further year;</li><li>a 2% cap on the inflation increase for 2015-16 (for the second year);</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16;</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000; and</li><li>limiting backdating of bills arising from changes to the rateable values list.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also conducting a review of business rates which will conclude by the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:21:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391947

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Borrowing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much public-sector borrowing will grow up to 2018–19 as a consequence of the fiscal changes announced in the recent budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The government has set out a strategy that reduces the deficit at the same rate again in this Parliament as over the previous Parliament - that means reducing the deficit by 1.1 per cent of GDP a year on average, for the next four years. While, as set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s July Economic and Fiscal Outlook, borrowing is forecast to be £21 billion higher up to 2018-19, the resulting smoother fiscal path leads to a higher surplus and lower public sector net debt as a share of GDP, relative to the March Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 30/07/2015 13:31:22 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark