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50269

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish copies of any guidance that they provide to local authorities on local accreditation schemes for letting agents and landlords.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on how many local authorities operate letting agent or landlord accreditation schemes is not centrally held. The decision on whether to establish letting agent or landlord accreditation schemes is best made by local authorities who can take account of local conditions and circumstances. The Department does not therefore produce any guidance on such schemes.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving standards in the sector. Later this year, we will bring regulations into force that will require the remaining 3,000 letting and property management agents to join one of the 3 approved redress schemes, thereby improving protection for both tenants and landlords. In addition, we have made over £4 million available to 23 local authorities to help them tackle acute and complex problems with rogue landlords in their area. This builds on the £2.6 million we have given nine local authorities to support enforcement against “Beds in Sheds”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL6986 HL6988 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

50270

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many local authorities operate either letting agent or landlord accreditation schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on how many local authorities operate letting agent or landlord accreditation schemes is not centrally held. The decision on whether to establish letting agent or landlord accreditation schemes is best made by local authorities who can take account of local conditions and circumstances. The Department does not therefore produce any guidance on such schemes.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving standards in the sector. Later this year, we will bring regulations into force that will require the remaining 3,000 letting and property management agents to join one of the 3 approved redress schemes, thereby improving protection for both tenants and landlords. In addition, we have made over £4 million available to 23 local authorities to help them tackle acute and complex problems with rogue landlords in their area. This builds on the £2.6 million we have given nine local authorities to support enforcement against “Beds in Sheds”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL6986 HL6987 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

50271

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 7 April (WA 238–9), which specific amounts of Public Duty Cost Allowance funding each former Prime Minister was allocated by way of reimbursement of (1) necessary office costs, (2) "secretarial costs", and (3) all other costs, in each year that the reimbursement was awarded to them; what systems are or were in place to assess and audit such expenses claims; and, if there are no such systems in place, whether they will introduce them.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>There is no allocation within the public duties allowance for different categories of spend. It is for the former Prime Minister to submit receipts for payment within the annual allowance. The allowance is subject to audit, both by Internal Audit and the National Audit Office. Relevant supporting documentation is provided in support of claims.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

50272

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 6 May (WA 368–70), what was the breakdown of departmental private office spending on Government Procurement Cards in the Department for Energy and Climate Change between 2008–09 and 2009–10.
tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
uin	HL6990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>GPC spend above £500 by the Department are published on the GOV.UK website. Details for May 2012 to March 2014 are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-departmental-spend-over-500" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-departmental-spend-over-500</a></p><p> </p><p>Details for April 2010 to April 2012 are archived at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121025080026/http:/www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/accesstoinform/expenditure/spend_over_500/spend_over_500.aspx" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121025080026/http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/accesstoinform/expenditure/spend_over_500/spend_over_500.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold records of any details prior to April 2010. Those for 2008-09 and 2009-10 were held as a mixture of electronic and paper records by both BIS and Defra. Locating and retrieving these records would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

50273

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 6 May (WA 368–70), how many individual transactions there were for each private office listed in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
uin	HL6991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>The breakdown of the departmental private office Government Procurement Card number of individual transactions for 2005-06 to 2009-10 is in the table below. There are three types of spend within the definition of GPC procurement, lodge and corporate cards.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Secretary</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchequer Secretary</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economic Secretary</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Secretary</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Services Secretary</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1171</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1141</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1033</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1231</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL7018 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

50274

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, in the light of the answers on 6 May to written questions tabled by Lord Mendelsohn, what steps he will take to ensure that the replies to written questions answer the question which was put as fully as possible.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. The Ministerial Code says that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”.</p> answering member printed Lord Hill of Oareford question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4144 label Biography information for Lord Hill of Oareford
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50275

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID's Executive Management Committee review year-to-date and forecast expenditure against budgets each month through a monthly Management Information report.</p><p>There is no formal cost overrun percentage threshold that triggers a review of specific budgets. The EMC does however examine potential material overspending each month that represents a significant risk to the DFID's overall Resource and Capital budgets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50276

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Newby on 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to the information given by my Noble Friend on 6 May (WA 365) I can add that the Ministry of Justice does not operate a strict percentage based escalation process for financial issues. The Departmental Board receive a routine update on the Ministry's financial position at every meeting. This provides a summary of the overall position and, where necessary, highlights any significant variations from, or changes to, budget forecasts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50277

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 6 May (WA 366), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Each month the Department for Transport's Executive Committee receives a summary of the forecast expenditure against budget as part of a Management Information Pack and a commentary in which any significant forecast variances to individual budgets are described and explained. Information at the detailed level is reviewed by each budget holder and Finance Business Partner to ensure that the Department for Transport remains within its control totals and each budget holder remains within their budget. Where forecasts indicate a possible breach of Treasury control totals, this is reported to the Executive Committee every month until the issue is resolved. There were two potential forecast overspends which were at risk of breaching control totals. These issues were highlighted to the Executive Committee three times in 2013-14 until the issues were resolved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not have a prescribed percentage for any forecast overspend to be tabled at the Board or Executive Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50278

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what diplomatic or alternative measures are being taken to secure the release of the several hundred children abducted by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>In the days following the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria, we have offered our assistance to the highest levels of the Nigerian government. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), spoke to the Nigerian Foreign Minister on 18 April immediately after the abductions and offered the UK's assistance.</p><p>On 7 May the Prime Minister, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), spoke to President Jonathan and offered to send a team of UK experts to Abuja. The President accepted and the team, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), arrived in Abuja on 9 May. The team will provide expertise in counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, military mentoring and training, victim support and economic development. Human rights compliance is, and will remain, an essential element of any UK assistance in Nigeria. The Minister for Africa, my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) visited Nigeria on 14 May, and reiterated our support with President Jonathan.</p><p>We are coordinating closely with international partners. An FCO team was in Washington on 5 May for talks with the US on Nigeria. Our expert team in Abuja will be coordinating closely with a US team also in Abuja. We are also speaking to the French and are encouraging other EU partners to lend their support. Given Boko Haram's exploitation of Nigeria's porous borders and indications that some of the girls may have been taken to Cameroon or Chad, we are engaging with Nigeria's neighbours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno