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838866

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date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Customs Unions
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 benefits and possibility of time-limited extensions on key parts of the EU customs union once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL5506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that the UK is leaving the Customs Union. By leaving the Customs Union and establishing a new and ambitious customs arrangement with the EU, we will be able to forge new trade relationships with our partners around the world, and maintain as frictionless trade as possible in goods between the UK and EU, providing a positive and powerful voice for free trade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/02/2018 17:18:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

838869

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Directors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards the target of at least 33 per cent representation of women on the combined executive committee and direct reports to the executive committee in all FTSE100 companies by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL5509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the FTSE 100 had 25.2% women in executive committees and direct reports. This had barely changed from 2016, showing that robust action is needed from businesses to achieve the Hampton-Alexander Review’s target of 33% by 2020.</p><p>To increase the level of ambition, the Hampton-Alexander Review has now extended the executive pipeline target of 33% women from the FTSE 100 to the wider FTSE 350 – around 1 in 2 of all new appointments needing to go to women to achieve this target by 2020. We will continue to support the Review to work collaboratively with business to disseminate the importance of diversity in executive roles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/02/2018 14:14:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

838870

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Keen of Elie on 8 February, what the “certified capacity of the prison population” refers to; and whether the prison population has exceeded the Certified Normal Accommodation of the prison system at any time over the last 20 years.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Prison capacity is defined using the terms Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) and Operational Capacity. These terms are defined separately as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service aspires to provide all prisoners; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>the Operational Capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by Prison Group Directors on the basis of operational judgement and experience.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The total prison population is in excess of CNA however this total is always below the total operational capacity of the estate.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/02/2018 17:33:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

838871

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage of former council housing now owned by private landlords, for each local housing authority in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL5511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>These figures are not held by the department.</p><p>There are restrictions on selling on a property bought under Right to Buy within five years and under our reinvigorated scheme every additional home sold off must be replaced by an additional one, nationally. Local authorities should deliver these additional affordable homes within three years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:20:45 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

838889

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
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 speech by the United States Secretary of State on 17 January, in which he referred to "stabilization initiatives" in liberated areas of Syria; and whether UK military personnel seconded to the Coalition are involved in such initiatives, either in the field or at Coalition headquarters.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the US's ongoing commitment to Syria. The UK will continue to work closely with the US government as part of the Global Coalition, to ensure the lasting defeat of Daesh by preventing the conditions which led to its emergence. In areas liberated from Daesh, the UK is making a significant humanitarian contribution to help meet the immediate needs of the population, for example through supporting de-mining work and the provision of life-saving medical care. At the same time it is important that locally legitimate and inclusive governance is established in these areas. UK military personnel are present in Coalition HQs which support counter-Daesh operations, of which post-conflict stabilisation is a vital part.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/02/2018 17:07:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

838893

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sub-letting: Greater London
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 September 2017 (HL1598), what discussions they have had with the Kensington Society about the impact on long-term residential tenants of the growth in the use of properties in London for short-term holiday lets; when the most recent discussions with that Society were held; and what plans they have to gather specific information about this practice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not held discussions with the Kensington Society about the impact of short-term holiday lets on long-term residential tenants. The Government has no current plans to gather information on the use of short-term holiday lets in London but it does monitor broader trends in private rented housing through the English Housing Survey. It is right that Londoners should have similar rights as elsewhere in England and be free to sublet their homes where their tenancy, contract or mortgage allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:15:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838894

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 25 September 2017 (HL1596), how many London boroughs have sought authority to make a direction to remove the freedom to short-term let for 90 nights from properties in the last year; (1) on how many occasions, (2) in respect of how many properties, and (3) with what outcomes, such authority was sought; what process is available to long-term residential tenants to request that their borough commence that procedure; what obligation boroughs have to respond to any such request; and what efforts they have made to ensure London boroughs are aware of this procedure and have made information about it available to long-term residential tenants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Under section 25B of the of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, a local authority can seek Secretary of State’s consent to issue a direction that the right to short-term let without planning permission for up to 90 nights in a year is not to apply to particular residential properties or to residential premises situated in a specified area. No London borough has sought a consent in the last year.</p><p>Directions may only be given if it is necessary to protect the amenity of the locality. This is likely to be where there has been successful action against a statutory nuisance related to short-term letting; or there has been successful enforcement action against a breach of section 25 or 25A of the 1973 Act. If residents consider there are circumstances that would meet the criteria this can be raised with the relevant Borough. These criteria for giving a Direction are set out in the Planning Practice Guidance on the Gov.UK website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-is-permission-required" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-is-permission-required</a> Paragraph: 111 Reference ID: 13-111-20160519.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:38:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838895

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2 January (HL4357), what steps they are taking to gather information about how many properties are being used for short-term holiday lets in London; and of those properties already identified, how many are (1) previously long-term rental units, and (2) one bedroom properties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not gather information on how many properties are being used for short-term holiday lets in London. Although it does not hold specific information on short-term holiday lets, it does monitor broader trends in private rented housing through the English Housing Survey. We do not have an estimate of those long-term rental units in London that have changed to or are additionally used for short term or holiday lets in the last five years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:16:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838896

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many nights in a year a one bedroom property can be rented out on short-term lets without any application for planning permission being made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, as amended by section 44 of the Deregulation Act 2015 allows properties in London, which are liable for council tax, to be let out on a short-term basis for a maximum of 90 nights per calendar year without this being considered a material change of use for which planning permission is required (see section 25A of the 1973 Act). If these criteria are not met planning permission is required.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2018 17:17:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

838898

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
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 Keen of Elie on 19 December 2017 (HL3883), when they will set out their views on the way forward in relation to the personal injury discount rate; and why they have not done so already.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL5538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Justice Select Committee of the House of Commons published its report: Pre-legislative scrutiny: draft personal injury discount rate clause, on 30 November. The Government had intended to reply to the Committee by 30 January but is not yet in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish its response to the report and the comments made by stakeholders in relation to the draft legislation together with details of how it intends to proceed as soon as possible after it has reached final conclusions on the way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/02/2018 17:34:56 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts