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registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Office of Rail Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide the Office of Rail Regulation with a High Level Output Specification of what they want from the railway in Control Period 7, together with the Statement of Funds Available to support it, by the end of October.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the Office of Rail and Road throughout the Periodic Review Process, including on the timing of the publication of the High-Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available. We expect the Office of Rail and Road to provide notification of its decision on whether to grant an extension of up to four weeks for publication before the end of October.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 28/10/2022 10:36:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1356421

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent's Allowance
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 total number of children who experienced the death of a parent between 9 April 2001 and 30 August 2018 whose family unit (1) was not eligible for Widowed Parents Allowance or Bereavement Support Payment, and (2) will remain ineligible for support under the Draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2021.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the total number of children who experience the death of a parent between 9<sup>th</sup> April 2001 and 30<sup>th</sup> August 2018 whose family unit (1) was not eligible for Widowed Parents Allowance or Bereavement Support Payment, and (2) will remain ineligible for support under the Draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the BSP claimant process, the number of dependent children are not captured, and therefore we do not hold the data required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 22/09/2021 14:57:05 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

1187334

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Gender: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures, if any, have been put in place to ensure that the Government Equalities Office has regular input into policy proposals to be put forward by (1) the Home Office, (2) the Ministry of Defence, (3) the Department for International Development, and (4) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, with particular regard to policies on gender equality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Review will not be limited to specific departments, objectives or time frames but will take a holistic approach to our place in the world and how Government is best structured to achieve our objectives.</p><p>The Government will utilise expertise from both inside and outside government for the review, including to ensure diversity of thinking and challenge are part of the process. As with all work by government departments, any decision-making arising from the review will need to take account of the statutory public sector equality duty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 07/04/2020 11:46:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

782015

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 30 October (HL Deb, col 1152), whether they will publish the tariff of fees paid to pharmacists for providing vaccinations in retail and community settings.
tabling member printed	Lord Hughes of Woodside
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Community pharmacy contractors are paid £9.14 per vaccination to immunise patients against seasonal flu. General practitioner contractors are paid £9.80 per vaccination to immunise patients against seasonal flu. Both are reimbursed for the cost of the vaccine administered.</p><p> </p><p>The differential is because GPs are required to call and recall eligible patients from their practice list for the vaccination. Community pharmacy cannot do this as they do not have a practice list.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the payment arrangements for community pharmacy delivered flu vaccination for 2017/18 is contained in the <em>Service Specification, Community pharmacy seasonal influenza advanced service</em>. This was published by NHS England in August 2017. A copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/11/2017 17:14:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name 17-18-service-specification-seasonal-flu.pdf title Service specification
tabling member	1051 label Biography information for Lord Hughes of Woodside

622475

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Equity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the tax benefits extended to private equity partners by the application of a special rate to carried interest income.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has taken decisive steps to ensure that asset managers pay their fair share of tax. In Summer Budget 2015, the Government closed loopholes to ensure that asset managers pay the right amount of Capital Gains Tax on their carried interest.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation in the Finance Act 2016 ensures that this carried interest remains subject to a Capital Gains Tax rate of 28% for higher and additional rate tax payers, despite the cut in the main rate of Capital Gains Tax to 20%.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, legislation in the Finance Act 2016 ensures that asset managers engaged in short-term trading activity are subject to income tax on the carried interest they receive, rather than Capital Gains Tax.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 10/11/2016 12:24:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

422471

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Natural Resources
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes they intend to make to evaluation metrics at both farm and regional and landscape levels to take account of natural capital in policy-making decisions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government formally launched the development phase of its 25 year environment plan on 14 October 2015. This process will run through 2016 and capture all aspects of natural capital. We will draw on the Natural Capital Committee to help develop it. A key part of it will be to ensure we have the right tools to improve decision-making at all scales so that we can get the most from our resources in order to deliver on our goal of having the best environment possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 02/11/2015 16:01:39 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

147392

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the failure by nine European banks of the European Central Bank stress test.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The European Central Bank carried out a ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ of the banks which are now under its supervision. This identified 13 banks as needing to increase their aggregate capital by an estimated €9.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these, four were in Italy (requiring €3.31 billion); two in Greece (€2.69 billion, but EU re-structuring plans means that essentially very little capital needs to be raised by them); two in Slovenia (€0.06 billion); one in Austria (€0.86 billion), Portugal (€1.15 billion), Cyprus (€0.18 billion), Ireland (€0.85 billion) and Belgium (€0.34 billion).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the European Banking Authority announced the results of its EU-wide stress test which comprised of a slightly different sample of banks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A process is in place to help ensure that the banks which failed the stress tests will address their capital shortfalls in a timely way.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>They are required to submit plans to their regulators on how they intend to address their shortfalls in the two weeks after disclosure of the results.</p></li><li><p>They will have between six and nine months to address capital shortfalls.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has worked with the Prudential Regulation Authority to examine the risks to the UK and estimate these to be very limited.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:01:46 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark