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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

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

391948

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	Tax Avoidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they expect to raise from action on tax avoidance by 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p><strong>The government has committed to saving £5 billion per year through tackling avoidance and tax planning, evasion and compliance and imbalances in the tax system. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The package of measures announced at Summer Budget 2015 represent the next stage in the government’s actions in this area and contributes towards the government commitment by saving £19 billion by 2020/2021 and £5 billion per year by 2019/2020.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 04/08/2015 10:53:57 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391949

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Living Wage
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 impact on individuals' and businesses' understanding of wage rules of naming the new higher minimum wage, announced in the recent July budget, a National Living Wage when there is already a living wage rate established by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will take steps to ensure the wage rules for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are clear to employers and employees. The National Living Wage will be implemented through the National Minimum Wage Regulations, in the same manner as the National Minimum Wage uprating in October 2015. National Living Wage rates will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016. This will mean rules for all wage rates will be found within the National Minimum Wage Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports employers that choose to pay above the level of the National Living Wage. However, decisions on what wages to set are for employers and workers to agree as long as employers pay at least the statutory minimum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2015 16:06:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391062

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Combined Authorities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any areas or types of authorities that they would not consider being brought together to form a combined authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 provides that county councils and district councils may form combined authorities, subject to certain conditions, which the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill will, if enacted, modify. The 2009 Act does not provide for London Borough councils to form combined authorities and as I informed the House at Report stage on that Bill we are ready to continue discussion on what the most appropriate changes might be to provide the London governance needed for greater future devolution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:22:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391063

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Bridge Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have they had with Network Rail and the train operating companies regarding the on-going disruption to services at London Bridge.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the Hon Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) chairs a weekly meeting of a taskforce comprising all of the relevant operators and Network Rail that is dedicated to improving the reliability and performance of the railway for customers travelling in the South East, including London Bridge.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/07/2015 11:13:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark