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1794086

registered interest
date	12/04/2025
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Fraud and VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adding (1) a company number field to the Gov.uk VAT checker service, and (2) a VAT number field to the Companies House online register, with the aim of reducing corporate fraud and VAT evasion.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL6652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2025 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Companies House (CH) are committed to preventing fraud and tax evasion by identifying and holding accountable corporate entities that attempt to evade their responsibilities and tax liabilities. The departments have strong relations, further strengthened by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) and have developed a collective programme of activities to facilitate closer cooperation on company registrations and de-registrations, accounting and filing, and sharing risk intelligence and data.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to add a Company Number field to the UK VAT Registration checker service, or a VAT Registration Number field to the Companies House online register. However, HMRC and CH will continue to work together to develop and implement further improvements to the way that businesses register as a company and register for corporation tax and VAT to reduce tax evasion and corporate fraud.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 29/04/2025 13:29:15 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1788587

registered interest
date	25/03/2025
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food Poisoning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to requiring each major food retailer to publish on their website a convenient way to report cases of food poisoning that are likely to have been caused by their products, and to take specified action upon such reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL6132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2025 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to implement this. Food poisoning cases and other food safety or hygiene issues should be reported directly via the Food Standards Agency website, or directly to local authority food safety teams who are responsible for all types of food businesses in the area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 02/04/2025 16:34:15 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1784663

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judgements: Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, when the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber makes a serious adverse ruling against a school but the judgment is not made public, it communicates the judgment to the relevant inspectorate; and, if not, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2025 answer text <p>The provision of written reasons for decisions in Special Educational Needs and Discrimination (SEND) proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal is governed by the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008. The rules can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2699/contents" target="_blank">The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008</a>.</p><p>Rule 30 provides that written reasons must be provided to the parties where (i) the decision finally disposes of all issues in proceedings or (ii) the Tribunal makes a determination in a preliminary issue. The decision in individual cases on whether to disclose a written decision to someone other than a party to the proceedings is a judicial one and not something in which Ministers can intervene.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 27/03/2025 17:08:07 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1782731

registered interest
date	10/03/2025
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 24 February (HL5145), since 2017 on how many occasions the online marketplace paid VAT due from a seller, voluntarily or after court action.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2025 answer text <p>In all cases, when a Joint &amp; Several Liability notice has been issued, the online marketplace has removed the relevant seller from their platform. Since 2017, 9 assessments have been raised by HMRC against online marketplaces following the issue of a Joint &amp; Several Liability notice where the online marketplace had failed to remove the seller within the relevant time limits.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 19/03/2025 12:00:00 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1779588

registered interest
date	27/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Travel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the postcode areas BN20, BN21, BN22 and BN23, and for the BN postcode area as a whole, for pupils who did their GCSEs in each of the summers of 2022, 2023 and 2024, what number of pupils at state schools progressed to (1) academic sixth forms in independent schools, (2) academic sixth form in state schools, (3) state sixth form colleges and state further education colleges, (4) vocational qualifications at state colleges, (5) apprenticeships, (6) work and (7) unemployment; and, for each of those educational destinations, what was the average distance as the crow flies between home and 16-18 education.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2025 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the department publishes annual data on the destinations sustained, rather than progressed to, by pupils in the academic year following the end of key stage 4 study. This information includes detail on the number of pupils who sustained education, apprenticeships and employment destinations, or did not sustain any, by institution. This can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-destination-measures#explore-data-and-files" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-destination-measures#explore-data-and-files</a>.</p><p>The latest available data is for the 2021/22 cohort of school leavers, completing GCSEs in summer 2022, and their sustained activity in the following year. Institution level data is available in the release, however, the geographic indicators in these statistics relate to school location rather than pupil location. All destinations are presented against the institution they completed key stage 4.</p><p>The underlying data does not include information on pupils’ home postcodes and distance to institutions. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 24/03/2025 12:15:08 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1777865

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how often since 2017 has the joint liability rule been used to pursue an online marketplace for VAT which a seller on that marketplace has evaded; and with what success.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>Since the start of 2017, HM Revenue &amp; Customs has issued over 17,000 notices to online marketplaces resulting in the successful removal of non-compliant sellers.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 10/03/2025 12:04:44 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1777924

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils took examinations in summer 2024; how many GCSEs each pupil took on average; and what was the average grade achieved by the worst-performing 10 per cent of pupils in (1) mainstream schools, (2) special schools, (3) alternative provision and (4) all of the above.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>In 2023/24, there were 629,275 pupils in state-funded schools at the end of key stage 4. Of these pupils, 614,265 took at least one GCSE. The average number of GCSEs taken by pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools was 7.3. This figure includes pupils who did not take any GCSEs.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are all publicly available in the key stage 4 performance statistics release and the Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) website, which are available via the following links: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance</a> and <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average score for the lowest performing 10 percent of pupils broken down by school type. This is based on grading from 1 to 9, with grades U and X assigned a score of 0.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average score for lowest performing 10%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>All pupils at the end of key stage 4 </strong>(1)</p></td><td><p><strong>All pupils with an entry </strong>(2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All state-funded schools (including Hospital, pupil referral units (PRU), alternative provision (AP))</strong></p></td><td><p>0.62</p></td><td><p>1.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State-funded mainstream schools</strong></p></td><td><p>1.04</p></td><td><p>1.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All state-funded special schools</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hospital schools, PRU and AP</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes all pupils at the end of key stage 4. If no examinations were entered a pupil’s total grade is counted as 0.</p><p>(2) Includes pupils who have at least one entry which counts towards performance tables.</p><p>(3) Includes scores from all qualifications that count towards performance tables, not just GCSEs. All qualifications are assigned scores on the 1 to 9 scale.</p><p>(4) State-funded mainstream schools includes community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, sponsored academies (mainstream), converter academies (mainstream) and free schools (mainstream).</p><p>(5) State-funded special schools includes community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsor-led academies, special converter academies and special free schools.</p><p>(6) Alternative provisions includes pupil referral units, academy alternative provision, community hospital schools, and free school alternative provision.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 10/03/2025 12:58:32 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1777925

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Non-crime Hate Incidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the police recording non-crime hate incidents in reducing hate crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL5148 HL5149 question first answered 10/03/2025 17:16:16 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1777926

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Non-crime Hate Incidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the police recording non-crime hate incidents in detecting hate crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL5147 HL5149 question first answered 10/03/2025 17:16:16 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1777927

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Non-crime Hate Incidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the College of Policing or the National Police Chiefs Council report to them about any analysis those organisations have undertaken on the effectiveness of recording non-crime hate incidents in (1) reducing, and (2) preventing, hate crime; and, if so, how often.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL5149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Secretary is clear a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken with NCHIs.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), supported by the College of Policing, is currently conducting a review on the use and effectiveness of NCHIs.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL5147 HL5148 question first answered 10/03/2025 17:16:16 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas