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714279

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date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 March (HL6081), what is their estimate of the cost of constructing the Handsacre connection to the West Coast Main Line compared with a straight connection to HS2 Phase 2A towards Crewe.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The total budget for High Speed 2 is £55.7bn. HS2 Ltd is currently procuring contractors to deliver the first Phase of HS2. The Department for Transport does not release details of the estimated cost of constructing individual components of the scheme as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:34:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

714280

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	CH2M Hill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 16 March (HL5813 and HL5815), since HS2 Ltd, Thames Water Utilities Ltd and Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd are all private limited companies, why the information requested is available for HS2 but not the other companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is funded by the Government, whereas Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd and Thames Water Utilities Ltd are not, and as such, different arrangements apply in respect of the information which the Government can request from them and the extent to which it can be disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>In the particular case of information about CH2M Hill staff referred to in the noble Lord’s previous question (HL5813), this is not required by the Secretary of State to carry out her functions, and Defra therefore does not hold it.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:13:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

714281

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Main Line
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 23 March (HL5994), what are the minor line speed improvements on the West Coast Main Line, mainly North of Preston, that will enable non-tilt trains to go faster, but will not enable tilting trains to go faster.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The current West Coast Main Line (WCML) has been optimised for tilting trains which operate up to a maximum speed of 125 mph, whilst non-tilting trains are limited to operating at up to 110 mph.</p><p> </p><p>However, north of the future Golborne Junction, track geometry on some sections of line may allow non-tilting passenger trains to operate up to 125 mph within the existing operational rules and without track changes. Further, minor infrastructure alternations could be made on the transitions between straight and curved sections of track to optimise the speed profile for non-tilting trains further, which would make no change to the speed profile of existing tilting trains. The journey time differential between a tilting train and non-tilting train would therefore be reduced.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:34:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

714282

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Loans
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 effectiveness of methods of recovery of student loans from overseas students.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL6303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company publishes an annual statistical first release on student loans in England that provides statistics on loan outlays, repayment of loans and borrower activity. The latest release is attached.</p><p>In addition to this, in February 2016 the Department published a Joint Repayment Strategy which includes an assessment of actions to trace borrowers and to recover loans where avoidance or evasion is identified. This publication isalso attached.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Debt_and_repayment_statistics_England_2016.xlsx title Debt_and_repayment_statistics_England_2016 2 file name Student-loan-repayment-for-sustainable-higher-education-strategy-February-2016.pdf title Student-loan-repayment-sustainable-higher-educatio question first answered 30/03/2017 17:01:30 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

714283

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was budgeted for Married Couples Allowance in 2016–17; and what are their future expenditure projections.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6284 HL6285 HL6286 HL6305 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714284

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on Married Couples Allowance in 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6284 HL6285 HL6286 HL6304 HL6306 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714285

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have data on the income profile of Married Couples Allowance claimants; and if so, how many claimants are in the top half of the income distribution percentiles 50–99, and how many in the bottom half, broken down into percentiles (1) 1–20, and (2) 21–49.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. We forecast the total cost of this allowance to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Marriage Allowance claims can be made up to 4 years after the tax year has finished. The expected future projections of the Marriage Allowance final cost for 2019-20 is not available because this depends on our forecast of backdated applications, and the forecast period does not currently extend out to 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance by the income groups requested is set out for the latest outturn year available (2014-15):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bottom 20%</p></td><td><p>20%-50%</p></td><td><p>Top 50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of the Married Couples Allowance is forecast to be £220m in 2016-17. It is expected that the cost of this relief will decline, as it is restricted to couples where at least one of them is born before 6 April 1935.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6282 HL6283 HL6284 HL6285 HL6286 HL6304 HL6305 question first answered 05/04/2017 10:58:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714286

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on the running of the Social Mobility Commission since it was first established as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Commission’s first full year of operation was 2013-14 and they have spent a total amount of £2,029,695 to date. This figure includes spend on commissioned research. To note that this is based on spend up until 29 March 2017 and does not cover full spend for 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:54:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714287

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on research commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission since it was first established as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Commission’s first full year of operation was 2013-14 and they have spent a total of £337,913 on commissioned research to date. To note that this is based on spend up until 29 March 2017 and does not cover full spend for 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:54:43 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

714288

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent by the Social Mobility Commission on preparing and publishing its report <i>Helping Parents to Parent</i>, published in February 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the Commission’s ‘Helping parents to parent’ report, published in February. The report was commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission to bring together evidence on parenting behaviours and the extent to which public policy can support parents. It examined 28 interventions and programmes in the United Kingdom and internationally.</p><p>The research was tendered in an open competition process and the successful bid was put forward by the market and social research agency, Family Kids and Youth, which carried out the research. The amount for this research contract is £10,350 (exclusive of VAT) and this is in line with the total project spend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:55:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer