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990459

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Pensions Regulator will require trustees of net pay pension schemes to make provision for low earners to save in a relief at source scheme and do not enrol workers who would have to pay 25 per cent extra for their pensions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10793 HL10794 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990460

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they opted to automatically enrol low earners into a net pay pension scheme which forces them to pay 25 per cent more for their pension than they would do in a relief at source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10794 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990461

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect low earners from losing out on tax relief in automatic pension enrolment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10793 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990462

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for ensuring that employers do not use net pay pension schemes for staff who earn below the personal tax thresholds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10793 HL10794 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990463

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they require employers and pension providers to report on errors in contributions paid; what penalties can be imposed if the wrong contributions are paid for workers in automatic enrolment; and what measures they plan to take to monitor the accuracy of pension contributions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success, with over 9.9million employees enrolled and more than 1.3 million employers having met their duties to date. Government has put in place a robust, proportionate compliance framework. This is administered by The Pensions Regulator, and includes detailed regulatory guidance about how to comply with the law. An employer is required to select a qualifying pension scheme; enrol qualifying staff into that scheme, and deduct any contributions payable under automatic enrolment.</p><p>Employers are also required to pay those contributions across to their chosen pension provider by a set deadline. Although the deadlines for contribution payments vary, depending on the type of scheme being used, there is an overall legal deadline of the twenty-second day of the following month; which aligns with the HMRC deadline for paying tax and National Insurance.</p><p>With the introduction of the employer duties in 2012, there is a legal requirement on employers, trustees, managers and providers to keep certain records including the contributions payable in each relevant pay reference period by an employer to the scheme, and the amount payable. This includes contributions due on the employer’s behalf and deductions made from earnings.</p><p>The records an employer must keep will enable them to prove that they have complied with their duties and to help check or reconcile contributions made to the pension scheme.</p><p>Qualifying pension schemes for automatic enrolment are subject to the same regulatory framework as all trust-based workplace pension schemes, also overseen by The Pensions Regulator. The Regulator has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions; provide information to help members check their contributions; and report material payment failures to the Regulator.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/10/2018 15:15:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990464

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Cameroon: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions, if any, they have drawn from the discrepancy in turn-out between the Anglophone and Francophone regions of Cameroon in the presidential elections on 7 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL10797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The African Union's Election Observation Mission found that violence affected polling in the Anglophone regions owing to fears about insecurity, intimidation by armed separatist groups, a call to boycott the election and the long distances and lack of transport available to reach the reduced number of polling stations. The Minister for Africa was concerned by reports of violence and casualties on polling day in Anglophone regions and by how difficult it was for citizens to vote there.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/10/2018 14:34:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

990465

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Cameroon: Elections
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 fairness of the presidential election held in Cameroon on 7 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL10798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The African Union's Election Observation Mission found that the elections were conducted in a relatively orderly manner in most of the country but violence affected polling in the Anglophone regions. The Minister for Africa was concerned by reports of violence and casualties on polling day in Anglophone regions and by how difficult it was for citizens to vote there. She called on all parties to follow proper procedure for tallying results and exercise restraint.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/10/2018 17:24:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

990466

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average food budget per prisoner per day in prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) allocates food budgets to prisons on the basis of £2.02 per prisoner per day, which covers the daily prisoner food and beverage requirements.</p><p> </p><p>With increased responsibilities to Governors since April 2017, and devolved budgets to prisons, what is actually spent on food per prisoner per day and the breakdown per meals is ultimately a decision for each Governor and their catering team.</p><p> </p><p>The food budget for prisoners within privately managed prisons is agreed in the contract between the provider and the Ministry of Justice, the details of which are commercially sensitive. This is reviewed regularly.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/11/2018 17:42:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

990467

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison officers have been sent on detached duty to fill staffing gaps in other prisons in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many prison officers have been on detached duty during the past twelve months as some will have been deployed on multiple occasions. The period of deployment can vary from two to fourteen weeks.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/10/2018 10:59:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

990468

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department of Health and Social Care has spent on (1) drug, and (2) alcohol, treatment in prisons in England and Wales in the 2017/18 financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/10/2018 15:17:10 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley