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50094

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W and of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 481W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, for what reason the gender and location of each individual is not included in the information for February 2014; and if she will provide this information for future questions on the subject.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Angie Bray
uin	198075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in <br>which they were found (answer 30 April 2014 refers) was not withheld and is <br>provided in a table below. <br><br>The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any <br>form of formal contact with victims after the recovery and reflection period. <br>All support providers work with victims throughout their support period to help <br>them move on from the service. Through the National Referral Mechanism review <br>and the re-tender of the adult victims care contract, we are looking at what <br>more we can do to help victims recover and reintegrate effectively.<br><br>The table below contains the requested details of the 126 referrals in February <br>2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 198100 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name 198705 Table - Angie Bray.doc title Gender of potential victims
tabling member	3979 label Biography information for Baroness Bray of Coln

50112

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle aggressive tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	198067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has introduced wide ranging reforms to tackle aggressive tax avoidance, including the General Anti-Abuse Rule in 2013 and numerous changes to tax law to close individual loopholes. Budget 2014 announced further measures to target the activities of high-risk promoters and to change the economics of avoidance through requiring taxpayers to pay disputed tax in advance up front.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also reinvesting over £1 billion in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over this Parliament to increase the level of compliance activity, including tackling aggressive tax avoidance. HMRC brought in £700 million in 2012-13 alone through its work to tackle marketed avoidance schemes. HMRC also litigates cases where necessary and is very successful in doing so, winning around 80% of avoidance cases taxpayers choose to take to court. Many more taxpayers settle before reaching court.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also been taking a leading role in the work of the G20 and OECD to address base erosion and profit shifting by multinational companies. At the Budget we published a paper which sets out our priorities for the ongoing work with G20 and OECD partners, taking forward the 15 point Action Plan to counter Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). This includes proposals for new international rules to address cross-border business structures or finance transactions and enhanced disclosure rules to help tackle tax avoidance in an international context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50268

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 what guidance they offer to local authorities on the outline and content of local letting agent and landlord accreditation schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6986
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 HL6987 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

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