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172693

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scottish Parliament
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the status of the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Commission chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin delivered a cross party agreement on further devolution to Scotland on 27 November 2014. The Government has committed to producing draft clauses by 25 January 2015. Individual parties have made commitments to introduce legislation to Parliament following the General Election in May 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 15/01/2015 12:14:35 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

172694

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Welsh Assembly accountable to Parliament for the taxpayers’ money provided to these institutions to enable them to run public services in their respective regions.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The roles and responsibilities of the Government and the devolved administrations are explained in various provisions made in the devolution Acts, as well as in non-statutory publications setting out the relationship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in HM Treasury’s ‘<em>Statement of Funding Policy</em>’,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘the devolved administrations will be fully accountable for the proper control and management of their public expenditure allocation and for securing economy, efficiency and value for money through scrutiny by the relevant Parliament or Assemblies and the detailed accountability and audit procedures listed in the Devolution Acts.’ (3.2.5)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s commitment to the integrity and autonomy of the devolved administrations is outlined in the ‘<em>Devolution: memorandum of understanding and supplementary agreement</em>’:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘The United Kingdom Parliament retains the absolute right to debate, enquire into or make representations about devolved matters. It is ultimately for Parliament to decide what use to make of that power, but the UK Government will encourage the UK Parliament to bear in mind the primary responsibility of devolved legislatures and administrations in these fields and to recognise that it is a consequence of Parliament’s decision to devolve certain matters that Parliament itself will in future be more restricted in its field of operation.’</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/01/2015 17:30:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

172699

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the position taken by the government of Spain that Gibraltar should be excluded from the proposed European Union legislation Single European Sky Two+.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Gibraltar continues to be included in the scope of existing Single European Sky II (SESII) legislation, as it should be under the Treaties of the European Union.　 At the Transport Council on 5 December, the Government took a very firm position making it clear to the European Commission and Italian Presidency that Spain’s attempts to exclude Gibraltar airport from the proposed Single European Sky Two+ proposals were unacceptable to the UK and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Robert Goodwill walked out of Council to protest this approach.　 The Government will continue to oppose Spain’s attempts to exclude Gibraltar airport from future aviation legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/01/2015 12:20:40 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

172701

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Poland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 16 December 2014 (HL3123), what action they are taking to correct the trade deficit with Poland.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is actively engaged in encouraging more exports to Poland. UKTI Poland is part of a nine country regional network, focussed on helping British firms secure business wins and benefit from high value opportunities in key sectors (energy, infrastructure, defence &amp; security, healthcare and life sciences, services and advanced engineering), together with FCO colleagues. The aim is to match Polish opportunities with UK capabilities, facilitate access to key Polish official stakeholders and, through, HMG’s accredited partner, the British Polish Chamber of Commerce Trade Team to provide tailored support to small and medium sized companies looking to export to Poland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 14/01/2015 16:48:56 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

172708

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations
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 way Network Rail manages station rebuilding projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is responsible for managing a large number of station rebuilding projects. The scope and scale of these works vary from relatively minor works to very large scale projects such as London King’s Cross or Birmingham New Street. The amount of assessment will similarly vary depending upon the scale of the project concerned. For the larger schemes it is usual for the Department for Transport to appoint a scheme sponsor. These sponsors are in regular contact with Network Rail to undertake assurance activity around delivery.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Office of Rail Regulation undertakes regular reviews of Network Rail’s delivery against its Business Plan commitments, and this will include station rebuilding projects.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/01/2015 12:18:04 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

172715

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the annual budget deficit and what was the structural deficit for each of the last 20 years; and what is their estimate of those figures for the current year and the next two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>&quot;The independent Office for Budget Responsibility publishes this information in its ‘public finances databank’, the deficit being ‘Public sector net borrowing’ (PSNB) and the structural deficit being ‘Cyclically-adjusted net borrowing’ (CANB). The data are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>2001-02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td><td><p>27.7</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>-4.6</p></td><td><p>-14.8</p></td><td><p>-17.2</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td><td><p>-5.1</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>31.5</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>100.3</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td><td><p>58.3</p></td><td><p>99.5</p></td><td><p>121.9</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>112.4</p></td><td><p>119.4</p></td><td><p>97.5</p></td><td><p>91.3</p></td><td><p>75.9</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>81.8</p></td><td><p>86.2</p></td><td><p>70.6</p></td><td><p>77.4</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The outturn years are consistent with data published by the Office for National Statistics and the forecast years consistent with the ‘Economic and fiscal outlook’ published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:10 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

172629

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Unpaid Work
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many internships are offered by each government department.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Data is not held centrally on internships offered by individual Departments; however a number of internship programmes are run centrally by Civil Service Resourcing. Details of these programmes and the targeted groups are listed online.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-summer-diversity-internship-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-summer-diversity-internship-programme</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-early-diversity-internship-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/civil-service-fast-stream-early-diversity-internship-programme</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.socialmobility.org.uk/programmes/residential-programmes/whitehall-residential-programme/" target="_blank">http://www.socialmobility.org.uk/programmes/residential-programmes/whitehall-residential-programme/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 12/01/2015 14:41:13 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

172630

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 effects of the 2014 European Union Procurement Directives on the existing system that provides educational, care and health support for children who require places in special schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring their own compliance with procurement rules and all other relevant legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education recently sought legal advice on the relationship and interaction between the duties on local authorities in respect of the placement of children and young people with special educational needs in specialist educational institutions and local authority obligations to tender for services under the public procurement regime and are awaiting a response. In the light of the legal advice the Department receives, we will communicate with local authorities by the spring so they are clear on the position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 13/01/2015 12:16:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

172635

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list the National Health Service hospitals which declared major incidents in the period 1 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 inclusive; and in each case how long the incidents lasted.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have advised that this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the context of hospitals currently declaring major incidents, this refers to an emergency situation where particular facilities or resources are under pressure and special arrangements are required to maintain the delivery of some services. It would be for the organisation that had declared the emergency to de-escalate it, in line with its incident response plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of major incidents has been part of the National Health Service planning process since 2005, and they have been declared in every year since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no central definition but a major incident in a hospital might be called in:</p><p> </p><p>- times of severe pressure such as winter periods or an infectious disease outbreak; and</p><p> </p><p>- a period of particular local pressure such as dealing with a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3970 HL3971 question first answered 14/01/2015 14:39:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

172636

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each National Health Service hospital which declared a major incident in the period 1 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 inclusive, how much money was spent per year in the preceding two years on the fees and costs of agencies which were contracted to supply (1) doctors, (2) nurses, and (3) other National Health Service staff, to the hospital concerned.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL3970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have advised that this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the context of hospitals currently declaring major incidents, this refers to an emergency situation where particular facilities or resources are under pressure and special arrangements are required to maintain the delivery of some services. It would be for the organisation that had declared the emergency to de-escalate it, in line with its incident response plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of major incidents has been part of the National Health Service planning process since 2005, and they have been declared in every year since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no central definition but a major incident in a hospital might be called in:</p><p> </p><p>- times of severe pressure such as winter periods or an infectious disease outbreak; and</p><p> </p><p>- a period of particular local pressure such as dealing with a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3969 HL3971 question first answered 14/01/2015 14:39:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney