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386471

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Mohamed Nasheed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether any United Kingdom funding or other resources are being used for the benefit of the former President of the Maldives, Mohammed Nasheed.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text We are not providing any funding or resources for the benefit of former President Nasheed. Officials from our High Commission in Colombo continue to raise his case with the Maldivian government, as has the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) and the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), who both met Mr Nasheed’s wife and representatives of his legal team on 24 June. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 08/07/2015 15:49:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

222807

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect to issue the detailed guidance to parents and guardians concerning the transfer of Child Trust Fund Accounts to Junior ISAs.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently legislating to permit the transfer of funds from a Child Trust Fund to a Junior ISA from 6 April. Parents and guardians will be able to access information concerning transfers at GOV.UK, as well as from account providers and consumer advice websites and organisations in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 04/03/2015 14:09:49 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

222808

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services and Public Health Act 1968
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations, in each of the last five years, have received funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968; and whether they will set out the name and amount of funding given to each organisation and any attached conditions or restrictions on its use.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Tables have been attached which provide information on awards made under Section 64 of the Health and Public Health Act 1968 for the financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15 in relation to the following;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Innovation, Excellence and Service Development Fund;</p><p> </p><p>- Strategic Partner Programme;</p><p> </p><p>- Financial Assistance Fund;</p><p> </p><p>- Children’s Hospice and Hospice at Home Grants;</p><p> </p><p>- Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund (HHDF); and</p><p> </p><p>- Other grants awarded under Section 64 outside the main schemes (for the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 only).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Section 64 grants made outside the main schemes for the years 2010-11 to 2012-13 is not available in the format requested from central records and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Standard conditions are included in the award letters for all Section 64 grants. These are reviewed on a regular basis. The current standard template used for grant awards made under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 has also been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the standard terms and conditions of award, individual grant awards may include additional conditions. These are not collated centrally and would require examination of every grant awarded during the last five years. Therefore this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL5149 Annex A Section 64 Awards financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15.xlsx title Section 64 Awards 2 file name HL5149 Annex-B-Award-Letter-Template.doc title Section 64 Award Letter question first answered 05/03/2015 16:39:06 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

175591

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will undertake a review of the difficulties experienced at the launch of National Savings and Investments pensioner bonds with particular attention to the failure of the website.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL4434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of the 65+ “Pensioner” Bond has seen the biggest sale of any retail financial product in Britain’s modern history, with over £7.5 billion sold to date. Demand in the first few days was exceptionally high but tens of thousands of savers did successfully purchase bonds during this period, and hundreds of thousands have done so since. National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I) was quick to respond to the issues faced by some customers in the opening days, for example by adding further call centre staff to manage the high volume of calls. The website is now fully operational, calls are being answered with minimal waiting times, and NS&amp;I now have the capacity to field remaining demand pressures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following this unprecedented demand, the government has also extended the availability of the bonds up to 15 May, to ensure all pensioners aged 65 and over who want to benefit from these bonds will have time to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Low interest rates have played an important part in stimulating the recovery. But there are those – especially pensioners – who rely on a reasonable rate of interest on their savings. These new savings bonds pay a market leading rate and are designed to help support those who rely on their savings in retirement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 09/02/2015 17:56:42 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101725

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the 750 military personnel sent to Sierra Leone have full life insurance cover.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>It is ultimately a matter for individual Service Personnel whether they choose to purchase personal accident and/or life insurance cover.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department recognises that we also have a duty of care to ensure that personal accident and life insurance cover is available to those service personnel who consider they require it. The Ministry of Defence therefore has a contract with Aon Ltd for a Personal Accident and Optional Life and Critical Illness Insurance, named PAX. A separate contract for Life insurance, named SLI365, is in place, managed by Willis Ltd and underwritten by Sterling Insurance Group. The cover which these schemes provide is voluntary and separate from the benefits provided by the Government. It is also possible that Service Personnel may have secured accident cover/life insurance through other means.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, the Ministry of Defence provides compensation for personnel injured due to service through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 17/11/2014 12:43:48 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101290

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the main constituents of the change in administration of the Vehicle Excise Duty that make up their estimated saving of £20 million.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent changes to the administration of vehicle excise duty are expected to save the public purse £13.8m per year. These savings are made up of the elements shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>No longer having to print or store tax discs</p></td><td><p>£1.3m pa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No longer having to post tax discs to customers</p></td><td><p>£7.9m pa</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>No longer having to process applications for vehicle excise duty refunds (which are now paid automatically without the need for an application) or handle enquiries about lost or missing tax discs</p></td><td><p>£1.2m pa</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Reduction in Post Office Ltd costs as they no longer issue paper tax discs, but offer an assisted digital service instead</p></td><td><p>£3.4m pa</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Business will also save an estimated £8.6m per year from the changes. The savings arise from leasing companies no longer having to post tax discs to customers or businesses having to apply for refunds of vehicle excise duty and paying to replace lost or stolen tax discs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:07:10 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101291

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the removal of visible paper tax discs from vehicles, why they consider one reminder letter to constitute adequate notice to the vehicle keeper of the need to renew Vehicle Excise Duty.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) sends a reminder letter to the registered keeper around three weeks before a vehicle is due to be relicensed. If no action is taken, the DVLA sends a second reminder after the vehicle excise duty has expired.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:24:36 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101292

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they distinguish between a motor trader and a motor retailer or repairer for the purposes of Vehicle Excise Duty.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act defines a motor trader as a manufacturer or repairer of, or a dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles. No distinction is made between a trader, retailer or repairer for the purposes of vehicle excise duty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:24:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101293

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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 risks associated with the use of trade plates on cars with integrated bumpers and parking sensors; and whether they consider that recent changes to Vehicle Excise Duty will increase those risks through the greater use of trade plates.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the risks associated with the use of trade plates on cars with integrated bumpers and parking sensors, or of the effect of the recent changes to the administration of vehicle excise duty on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of feedback from motor traders about displaying trade plates on some vehicles, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is currently reviewing its advice on this matter. As part of this review, the DVLA will consult with the relevant experts to ensure that the specific point you have raised is fully considered.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:25:33 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

101294

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they gave, in making their changes to Vehicle Excise Duty, to the situation of motor traders not eligible for trade plates who wish to move vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent changes to the administration of vehicle excise duty have not affected the use of trade plates by motor traders. The law defines a motor trader as a manufacturer or repairer of, or a dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles. Any person or company meeting this definition can obtain trade plates, which can then be used to move unlicensed vehicles that are part of their stock.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:30:49 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby