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168469

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Middle East
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 Anelay of St Johns on 4 December (HL3192), what is their assessment of the use of live fire for crowd control.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text In our conversations with Israeli interlocutors including the Israeli Police and the Israeli Defense Force, we urge investigations into all incidents of the use of live fire for crowd control. We are aware of the rise in the number of deaths resulting from live fire – in comparison to last year – and consistently and regularly encourage restraint in our follow-up on related incidents. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/12/2014 14:46:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

168470

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
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 Northover on 1 December (HL2862), whether Palestinian farmers have received compensation for their loss of fruit trees; and if so, from whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Palestinian farmers have not been systematically compensated for fruit trees destroyed as a result of settler violence. However, the Palestinian Authority’s Committee Against the Wall and Settlements has provided small amounts of compensation on an ad hoc basis to some Palestinian farmers affected by settlement activities in the West Bank. The UK continues to raise concerns about incidents of settler violence with the Israeli authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/12/2014 12:36:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

168471

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to bring forward proposals to enable small businesses to claim a rates reduction to help them retain staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014, the government announced it would double Small Business Rate Relief in England for one year from April 2015, reducing business rates for 575,000 small businesses, with 385,000 paying no rates at all.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further, businesses throughout the UK are entitled to a £2,000 Employment Allowance to reduce their employer National Insurance Contributions bill every year. 97 per cent of claimants for the Employment Allowance have been small businesses with fewer than 50 employees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:54:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168472

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what co-operation there has been with the government of the Republic of Ireland on tackling cross-border illegal dumping.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>This is primarily a matter for the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland (DOENI) to take forward with their interlocutors in the Irish Republic. DOENI has not requested the assistance of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/12/2014 14:47:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168473

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Officers: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the cost to the Exchequer incurred in training HM Revenue and Customs officers in Northern Ireland in the use of vehicle stop and search powers in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>A cadre of officers has been trained to use vehicle stop and search powers. There is no estimate available of the cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:45:33 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168474

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Belfast
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff were employed in HM Passport Office in Belfast in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed in the Belfast Passport Office in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>March 2010</td><td>March 2011</td><td>March 2012</td><td>March 2013</td><td>March 2014</td></tr><tr><td>FTEs</td><td>171</td><td>163</td><td>160</td><td>182</td><td>205</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/01/2015 14:28:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168476

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what schemes and measures are currently in place to enable other agencies to work alongside police in combating prescription drug abuse.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities and the National Health Service work together and with other agencies to assess local needs, prevent problems with prescription and over-the-counter medicines, and commission responses for people dependent on those medicines.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Designated healthcare organisations are required to appoint a Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer (CDAO) to investigate concerns about prescribing and supply of medicines, and to share findings with the Local Intelligence Network (a partnership of key organisations to review and respond to controlled drug concerns).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Services prescribing and/or dispensing controlled prescription drugs are required to liaise with their local CDAO and contribute to their Local Intelligence Network.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/12/2014 14:01:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168477

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Future of the Home Care Workforce Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to respond to the assessment of the standards of domiciliary care in the report from the Burstow Commission on the future of the home care workforce.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is taking a variety of actions to drive up the quality of home care services and improve the working conditions of staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has introduced a new system of inspection of social care providers. The new inspections are structured around five key questions that matter most to people – are services safe, caring, effective, well-led and responsive to people’s needs?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2015, providers will be under a legal duty to meet a new set of registration requirements that include new fundamental standards. The CQC has a range of enforcement powers it can employ to ensure providers comply with these standards, including the ability to prosecute both providers and directors that are responsible for unacceptable standards of care. We are also introducing a “fit and proper person” test for directors. Where a director is deemed by the CQC to be unfit for the role, it will be able to insist upon his/her removal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department worked with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Local Government Association and the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham to develop a set of commissioning standards for local authorities. The standards were launched successfully at the National Children’s and Adults’ Services conference in October 2014 and will now be piloted by a number of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will be encouraged to use them to support improvement in their commissioning practices, including those which impact on the social care workforce, such as provider compliance with National Minimum Wage requirements and fair employee contracting terms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also naming and shaming employers that break National Minimum Wage laws and helping staff to recover the pay owed to them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/12/2014 15:57:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

168478

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Homelessness
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 implications for family life for those households considered as being at risk of becoming homeless, in the light of the recent report from Shelter.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to preventing and tackling homelessness. England has one of the strongest safety nets in the world that remains in place – protected in law – to ensure that homeless families always have a roof over their heads, and we have increased spending on schemes to prevent homelessness, making over £500 million available to help the most vulnerable in society.</p><p> </p><p>Repossessions are 31 per cent lower than this time last year and are predicted to fall even further. County court mortgage possession claims continue to fall to their lowest point in a decade. This is thanks to our work to tackle the deficit and keep interest rates low, helping more families to stay in their hard earned homes.</p><p> </p><p>We are making home ownership an affordable and accessible prospect through Help to Buy and our work to get Britain building. In the last year alone planning permissions have been granted on 230,000 new homes and we have delivered 200,000 affordable homes since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>And we are introducing measures to ensure tenants can be confident they will get a fair deal. Our How to Rent guide helps tenants know their rights and responsibilities, and letting agents are now required to belong to a redress scheme so landlords and tenants have somewhere to go if they get a raw deal.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2014 13:29:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

168479

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Protection Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to implement the European Protection Order (EU Directive 2011/99/EU) that requires member states to introduce procedures whereby the victims of domestic violence can get a non-molestation order from the courts in one member state which will then be automatically recognised in other member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>EU Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order comes into force on 11 January 2015 and the Government plans to implement it by way of statutory instrument made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, on the same day. At the same time, the Government will also implement the related EU Regulation on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters, (606/3013) which comes into force on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2014 16:53:36 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey