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642868

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date	23/11/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK pensioners whose pensions are frozen because they live overseas have moved back to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>There were 2,190 recipients of the UK State Pension who were resident overseas with non-uprated State Pensions on 31<sup>st</sup> May 2015 and who were resident in the UK on 31<sup>st</sup> May 2016.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data.</em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li><em>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. </em></li><li><em>The administrative data on State Pension represents snapshots of information. To answer the question two snapshots of data have been compared but there could have been additional movements of residency during this time that would not be captured – for example if someone moved back to the UK but then left again before 31<sup>st</sup> May 2016.</em></li></ol> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 29/11/2016 12:35:02 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

642873

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many customers have switched their energy provider in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL3475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on switching. The data is collected by Ofgem and republished by BEIS in Table 2.7.1 of which can be found online (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a> ). Multiple switches made by the same customer in each year are counted as separate switches.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of electricity switches</p></td><td><p>Number of gas switches</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,206,000</p></td><td><p>3,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,342,000</p></td><td><p>2,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,425,000</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,058,000</p></td><td><p>2,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,396,000</p></td><td><p>2,709,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/11/2016 16:14:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name table_271.xls title Quarterly domestic energy switching statistics
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

641828

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether green gas from marginal grassland will be included in, or excluded from, the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme; and what is the rationale for that decision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL3399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is targeted at, but not limited to, homes off the gas grid. The technologies supported by the scheme include biomass boilers, air source and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal. Green gas from marginal grassland would be used to fuel biogas combustion. Biogas combustion is not supported under the domestic RHI because the scheme is targeted at single domestic properties where the use of biogas combustion would be less suitable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/11/2016 16:25:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

641865

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Proof of Identity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support British citizens having to show identification to obtain NHS care and treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>We welcome trusts piloting schemes whereby they ask National Health Service patients for two forms of identification to demonstrate an individual’s residency status. This is good practice and helps establish, in a non-discriminatory way, who may be eligible for free NHS care and who may not. We will monitor the impact that identification checks have, including the effect on costs identified and recovered from people not eligible for free NHS care.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 28/11/2016 16:25:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

641867

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedicabs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made to ensure the safety of passengers who use rickshaws as a means of travel.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Pedicabs (or rickshaws) in England outside London are regulated by the local licensing authority. Pedicabs in London are currently unregulated. We are working towards introducing legislation which will enable Transport for London to regulate them.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/11/2016 12:10:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

640777

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many regional Counter Terrorism Units have been involved in monitoring anti-fracking protests, and how many arrests for a serious crime have been made by each unit as a result of such monitoring activity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3371 HL3372 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640778

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to the police about the use of covert infiltration of anti-fracking groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3372 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640779

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Prevent training includes reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3371 HL3373 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640780

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to the police about the exchange of information between the police and representatives of the coal and gas industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the monitoring by police Counter-Terrorism Units of anti-fracking activity, or the number of arrests made by each Unit associated with any such activity.</p><p>The Government has not given specific guidance to the police on the use of undercover officers in anti-fracking groups. This is an operational matter. However, the police use of undercover officers and other covert sources is regulated by Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and subject to guidance in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice published under section 71 of RIPA.</p><p>Prevent training does not include any reference to participation in anti-fracking groups.</p><p>The Government has not issued guidance to the police regarding exchanges of information between the police and the coal and gas industry. The National Police Chiefs Council has issued guidance to forces on policing linked to onshore oil and gas operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3370 HL3371 HL3372 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:49:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

640782

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the erection of telephone poles in conservation areas is compliant with the code of practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL3375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Pole and Cabinet Code of Siting Practice is kept under regular review to monitor its effectiveness and ensure compliance. Since its introduction in 2013 it has been reviewed twice, in 2014 and 2016 and will continue to be reviewed every 18 months. The reviews have been conducted by representatives of communications infrastructure providers, local planning authorities and the National Parks and have agreed that overall the Code of Practice was working well with a good level of compliance in relation to poles and cabinets being deployed sensitively in all areas.</p><p> </p><p>Following the latest review the review group agreed to strengthen the guidance for communications providers when placing site notices for pole installation. A summary of the latest Code of Practice review is included in the Impact Assessment for Clause 7 of the Digital Economy Bill and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-economy-bill-part-2-digital-infrastructure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-economy-bill-part-2-digital-infrastructure</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 29/11/2016 15:00:32 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name 2016-11-21_Broadband_Planning_impact_assessment.pdf title Broadband Planning Impact Assessment
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden