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date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to the contract for the grant to run a Support Service to the Free Schools Programme (1) when bids were invited, (2) where this was advertised, (3) when was the closing date for bids, and (4) what was the process for awarding the contract.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The department published an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for a grant to run a support service to the Free Schools Programme on 14 December 2017. The ITB was published on the Contracts Finder portal of the GOV.UK website. This is the standard advertising medium used for grants across the public sector.</p><p>The closing date for bids was midnight on 19 January 2018. Departmental officials will assess all bids received by the deadline against the selection criteria in the ITB. The final decision on awarding the grant rests with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State. The outcome of the bidding process will be published on GOV.UK in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 01/02/2018 16:38:23 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

677432

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 Department for Education’s electronic eligibility checking system to encourage more parents to take their child’s free school meal entitlement.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education introduced the eligibility checking system (ECS) to reduce administrative burden and bureaucracy; speed up the eligibility checking process; and to encourage take-up of Free School Meals (FSM) by removing stigma from the application process. The ECS has been incredibly successful and is used by every local authority in England. The introduction of the ECS has reduced the time normally taken to check eligibility from several weeks to a matter of minutes in most cases, massively speeding up the process to ensure free meals are swiftly made available to the most disadvantaged students. No research has been conducted specifically looking at the link between the introduction of the ECS and FSM take-up, however, we do know that under-registration dropped by 3 percentage points[1] from 2012 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p>There are numerous reasons why a parent/child might not claim for a free meal to which they are entitled, and we are exploring what opportunities exist in the longer term to improve the way in which disadvantaged pupils are identified and to make the free school meals registration processes even more efficient.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Furtehr details are available in the attached document.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/02/2017 15:35:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Pupils_not_claiming_Free_School_Meals_-_2013.pdf title Pupils_Not_Claiming_Free_School_meals_-_2013
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

443613

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, charities in receipt of less than £25,000 per annum in grants from public funds will be subject to freedom of information requests.
tabling member printed	Lord Lingfield
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government will announce its intentions about the development of the Freedom of Information Act once it has received and considered the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information’s recommendations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL4895 HL4896 question first answered 18/01/2016 16:50:31 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name PQ HL - Lord Lingfield - Annex.pdf HL4895, HL4896, HL4897.pdf title Annex
tabling member	4194 label Biography information for Lord Lingfield

178886

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Tax Havens
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to ban United Kingdom banks from operating branches or subsidiaries in offshore tax havens; and whether United Kingdom regulators have any regulatory responsibility for those banks, their management or those in the United Kingdom who supervise such activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not impose restrictions on where UK banks can operate overseas. However, the UK has championed international tax transparency and through our G8 Presidency has driven the agreement and early implementation of the new global standard for automatic exchange of financial information for tax purposes. To date over 90 countries have committed to exchange such information on a multilateral basis. The UK also remains committed to ensuring that there are effective anti-avoidance rules in place to protect the UK corporation tax base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This includes the introduction of new Controlled Foreign Company rules (effective from the beginning of 2013) which help to deter and prevent artificial diversion of profits from the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It also includes supporting the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project which is looking to address weaknesses in international tax rules which allow companies to avoid paying tax on their profits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are the UK financial services regulators. The role of the FCA and PRA in regulating overseas branches and subsidiaries of UK banks is dependent on the specific circumstances of an individual case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, I have asked the FCA and the PRA to reply directly to the Noble Lord by letter to explain their role in this area. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 12/03/2015 17:23:44 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners