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168121

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Horse Racing: Betting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current status of their consultation on the reform of the Horserace Betting Levy in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement announcement of the introduction of a racing right.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL3463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As a result of our analysis of the responses to the two consultations it is clear that more detail is required as to how a replacement for the Levy would work. In order to enable a fair comparison between reform and replacement we will work up the “racing right” proposal and engage constructively with stakeholders so that a fully informed decision can be made. We will consult early in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/12/2014 16:22:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

168124

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking with international partners to close down cybercrime networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security Strategy, which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and £860 million of investment over five years. The Government has so far committed around 10% of NCSP funding to build law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This includes the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) in the National Crime Agency (NCA), and cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units across England and Wales.</p><p>Almost every major cyber crime investigation has an international element and as a result the NCA has prioritised building partnerships with key international partners to tackle this common cyber threat.</p><p>To this end, and as a result of NCSP investment, the NCA has deployed a number of International Liaison Officers overseas. The NCA, EU and other international partners (US, New Zealand, Australia and Canada) have agreed common threats and goals which are informing the development of a model for proactive global joint cyber investigations. Over the past year the NCCU has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware and the unit has a leading role in the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) hosted at the European Cyber Crime Centre at Europol.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/12/2014 12:48:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168125

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the eCall system to be introduced in motor cars from 31 March 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that eCall has the potential to improve road safety further, but it is important that each initiative is carefully considered on its merits. After considering the results of independent research we are concerned that the benefits of making eCall mandatory in all new cars will not justify the cost of implementing it in the UK. That is why the UK does not support the EU proposed mandatory installation of eCall in new passenger cars and vans at this time. Motorists should be free to choose a third party eCall system if they wish, and calls from these systems are already supported by UK emergency call centres.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/12/2014 15:31:55 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168126

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure people are not trapped in unfair mobile phone contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom, the UK Regulator for Telecoms, oversees the General Conditions of Entitlement (GCEs), the rules under which Telecoms companies must operate in the UK. GC 9.6 provides consumer protection in the event of mid-contract variations. Under GC 9.6, providers must give customers notice of contract modifications (e.g. price rises) likely to cause ‘material detriment’ to them and the right to exit the contract without penalty in response. Ofcom published guidance at the start of this year clarifying these rules and further enabling competition in the market to deliver a choice of competitive tariffs for the consumer in the UK.<br>Major telecoms companies have also agreed to work with the Government and Ofcom on ways to improve transparency in contracts in line with the principles underpinning the Ofcom guidance. The Government and the Regulator will continue to work with the industry to promote further ways of ensuring that consumers have the best possible information to help them make informed choices about the communications services they purchase.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/12/2014 16:23:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168127

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Parcels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action are they taking to ensure people are aware of their rights when they receive poor service from parcel delivery firms.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>On 31 July this year the UK Statement of Principles on Parcel Deliveries, developed through collaboration between Citizens Advice and the British Retail Consortium, was published. The Principles set out best practice for businesses, such as parcel delivery firms, on how they can ensure fair delivery prices, consumers can obtain delivery cost information upfront and get clear directions to the terms and conditions. This will help consumers to be better informed about online retailers’ pricing policies in particular with regard to delivering to consumers in remote communities. The Statement of Principles is available on the Citizens Advice website: <a href="http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/scotland/news/whats_new_sep14_statement_of_principles_for_parcel_deliveries_now_covers_the_uk.htm" target="_blank">http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/scotland/news/whats_new_sep14_statement_of_principles_for_parcel_deliveries_now_covers_the_uk.htm</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If a consumer has a problem with a parcel delivery firm they can contact the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 08454 04 05 06 or through their website (<a href="https://www.adviceguide.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.adviceguide.org.uk</a>) which offers a free service on how consumers can proceed with their complaints.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, Citizens Advice is giving Christmas shopping tips, with guidance on what consumers can do if they suffer delivery problems when buying Christmas gifts. This advice can be found on their website: <a href="http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/news/whats_new_dec14_christmas_shopping_tips.htm" target="_blank">http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/news/whats_new_dec14_christmas_shopping_tips.htm</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Consumer Rights Bill which is currently before Parliament, will clarify and enhance consumer rights and remedies when contracting with traders for the provision of services, such as parcel delivery firms. This will make it clear for the first time that if traders breach the rights set out in the Bill, the trader is required to re-perform the service to bring it up to scratch or failing that offers a reduction in price. We have been working closely with consumer groups, including Citizens Advice, to develop an effective publicity campaign, including the use of social media to raise consumers’ awareness of these new rights. The Citizens Advice website will be updated by 1 <strong>October 2015</strong> when the Bill is anticipated to come into force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2014 13:02:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168129

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that academies should be funded solely by the public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Academies receive public funding which is designed to meet their costs and to put them in the same position as comparable schools maintained by local authorities. Like maintained schools, academies can raise funds through appeals and donations and through commercial activities such as lettings. The Department for Education welcomes such additional contributions to the education system.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 12:55:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

168130

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared disabled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared white</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared other ethnicity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217368 217389 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:38:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168131

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared disabled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared white</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared other ethnicity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217347 217389 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:38:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168132

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) the Law Officers' Departments' staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by the Law Officers' Departments who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) white British and (ii) from an ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The CPS currently employs one member of staff whose salary is below the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation. As a result of proposed changes to pay ranges, this employee will be paid a salary in excess of the living wage by 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No direct employees of the Treasury Solicitor’s Office are paid less than the living wage. However, at 30 September 2014 The Treasury Solicitor’s Office had eleven temporary workers in London receiving less than the living wage although this position will change after 12 weeks of engagement in line with the Agency Workers legislation. At that point, their salary will increase to a higher rate of pay comparable to the rate of a direct employee. All other temporary workers are paid more than the living wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In order to protect personal data of individuals, we are unable to provide any details of gender or ethnicity (where held), given the small numbers involved, as publication of this information could inadvertently reveal the identity of the member of staff.</p><p> </p><p>No direct employees or temporary workers employed by the remaining Law Officers' Departments are paid less than the living wage.</p><p> </p><p>A complete record on the pay arrangements for staff employed by companies contracted to provide services to the Law Officers' Departments is not held and could not be provided without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217410 217452 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:41:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168133

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are disabled.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared disabled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared white</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared other ethnicity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217347 217368 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:38:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson