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1055138

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date	05/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
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 Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), how much in interest and compensation was (1) owed, (2) claimed, and (3) paid to those suppliers who received late payments from public bodies following resolution by the Mystery Shopper Service in 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Public Procurement Service (PPRS) does not keep a record of the interest claimed on late payments. Interest is claimed by a supplier after a case has been resolved, and not reported back to the PPRS team.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/02/2019 12:24:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1055139

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
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 Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), how many overdue payment cases were reported to the Mystery Shopper Service in 2018; of those, how many were resolved; and of those resolved, how many resulted in successful claims for interest and compensation payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 there were 75 overdue payment cases reported to the Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS). 58 of these have been resolved, 6 of these are still open and 11 cases were either rejected or collapsed.</p><p>The PPRS team does not keep a record of how many suppliers claimed late interest payments.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/02/2019 12:24:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1055141

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance and advice had been provided by the Mystery Shopper Service to small and medium-sized businesses about their statutory entitlement to claim interest and compensation for late payment by public bodies; and what plans they have to provide further guidance and advice via the Public Procurement Review Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Late Payment Directive guidance explains who is responsible for claiming interest on overdue payments and how interest is calculated. This is published on gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/late-payment-directive-user-guide-to-the-recast-directive</p><p>The Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS) refers suppliers to this guidance where appropriate. The supplier will need to initiate the interest payment process with the Contracting Authority. No other advice is provided by PPRS on this and the service is not involved in providing compensation to suppliers.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/02/2019 12:25:53 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1054327

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Cycleways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated capital cost of adding a cycleway to the route of HS2 Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL13383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken an estimate of the capital cost of adding a cycleway along the entire route of HS2 Phase One.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published a national cycleway feasibility study associated with HS2 on the 18th October 2018 which identified a range of possible cycling routes and networks near to and around the route of HS2.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/02/2019 14:55:37 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1054347

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are reducing the RAF air fleet in Iraq and North-East Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Tornado will retire, as planned, in March 2019 after a long and illustrious contribution to British combat air power. A full range of ground attack capabilities have now been integrated onto the Typhoon aircraft under Project Centurion. Consequently, Tornado has been withdrawn from Operation Shader, handing over operations to Typhoon, with no reduction in the capability or effectiveness of the RAF's contribution to the Global Coalition against Daesh. As counter-Daesh operations evolve, we will keep our operational capability to meet the threat under review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/02/2019 16:19:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1054357

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Plants: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide open access to the results of plant and seed research.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL13409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Government-funded plant and seed research is predominantly commissioned by the Research Councils and Defra. Such research is undertaken by a number of organisations, each of which have different routes for publication.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2005, Research Councils UK have had open access policies that support and provide guidance about publishing on open platforms. This guidance can be found on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) website. Independent advice commissioned by the Government has reinforced this guidance. Most recently, a report entitled “<em>Open Access to Research- 2018; Independent Advice</em>” was published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government policy on transparency, Defra is committed to publishing the reports generated by its research programmes. Final reports from Defra-funded research are quality assured and published on the “Defra Science Search” website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/02/2019 11:47:05 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1052541

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
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	Village Greens
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 Gardiner of Kimble on 31 January (HL13131), which village greens were approved (1) in full, and (2) in part; and whether the figures provided include town greens.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL13374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Three village green applications have been approved in full as of 31 January:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Woburn in Cornwall (2013)</li><li>Benslow Field in Hitchin, Hertfordshire (2013)</li><li>Eastern Fields in Devon (2016)</li></ul><p> </p><p>One village green application has been approved in part:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Moorside Fields, Lancashire (2015).</p><p> </p><p>We do not record town green applications separately from village green applications because there is no substantive distinction in law between the two (section 15 Commons Act 2006).</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/02/2019 14:41:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1052373

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 17 January (HL Deb, col 323), where the list of "over 3,000 useless subjects" can be found.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL13318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Following a recommendation in Professor Alison Wolf’s review of technical education in 2011, the department has made improvements to school performance tables to ensure that they only recognise qualifications that meet stretching quality requirements. As a result, the number of non-GCSE qualifications included in performance tables for 14 to 16 year olds fell from 3,175 in the 2014 tables to 75 in the 2020 tables.</p><p>The department assesses qualifications submitted by awarding organisations against published criteria, including requirements for mandatory external assessment and support from employers or from higher education providers. As part of this process, the department seeks advice from independent and expert education advisors when deciding on whether to approve qualifications for inclusion in the technical and applied qualifications performance table lists.</p><p>The department publishes the list of those qualifications included in performance tables on an annual basis. The performance table list for 2020, attached, can also be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>The department’s section 96 list, which is attached, shows all of the qualifications that are approved for teaching to particular age groups and eligible for funding. This list, which can be found on the department’s website at the following link: <a href="https://section96.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://section96.education.gov.uk/</a>, is a wider list than the list of qualifications included in performance tables as it shows there are 5,338 qualifications approved for funding for 14 to 16 year olds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL13318_HL13319_performance_table_list_for_2020.xls title HL13318_HL13319_performance_table_list_for_2020 2 file name HL13318_HL13319_section_96_list.xls title HL13318_HL13319_section_96_list grouped question UIN HL13319 question first answered 08/02/2019 12:33:42 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1052374

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 17 January (HL Deb, col 323), what specialist advice was taken in determining the “over 3,000 useless subjects”; what criteria were used in making that determination; and whether they will publish a full list of the “3000 useless subjects”.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL13319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Following a recommendation in Professor Alison Wolf’s review of technical education in 2011, the department has made improvements to school performance tables to ensure that they only recognise qualifications that meet stretching quality requirements. As a result, the number of non-GCSE qualifications included in performance tables for 14 to 16 year olds fell from 3,175 in the 2014 tables to 75 in the 2020 tables.</p><p>The department assesses qualifications submitted by awarding organisations against published criteria, including requirements for mandatory external assessment and support from employers or from higher education providers. As part of this process, the department seeks advice from independent and expert education advisors when deciding on whether to approve qualifications for inclusion in the technical and applied qualifications performance table lists.</p><p>The department publishes the list of those qualifications included in performance tables on an annual basis. The performance table list for 2020, attached, can also be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>The department’s section 96 list, which is attached, shows all of the qualifications that are approved for teaching to particular age groups and eligible for funding. This list, which can be found on the department’s website at the following link: <a href="https://section96.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://section96.education.gov.uk/</a>, is a wider list than the list of qualifications included in performance tables as it shows there are 5,338 qualifications approved for funding for 14 to 16 year olds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL13318_HL13319_performance_table_list_for_2020.xls title HL13318_HL13319_performance_table_list_for_2020 2 file name HL13318_HL13319_section_96_list.xls title HL13318_HL13319_section_96_list grouped question UIN HL13318 question first answered 08/02/2019 12:33:42 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1052375

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Fly-tipping: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions there have been for fly-tipping in each of the last ten years; how many of those prosecutions were a result of fly-tipping on privately-owned land; and in each case, what was the fine imposed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL13320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Defra collects data on the number of fly-tipping incidents and actions taken which is provided by local authorities in England. These data are published annually and may include some private land incidents that are voluntarily reported (although it is not mandatory to do so). Defra does not hold data relating solely to fly-tipping incidents on private land. The tables below show the data held regarding prosecutions and fines for fly-tipping in the last ten years. Details of fine levels for individual cases are not held.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Local authority prosecutions for fly-tipping in England </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Successful prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Custodial sentences</p></td><td><p>Fines</p></td><td><p>Community service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,497</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,374</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>1,859</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,311</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,786</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2,487</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,144</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1,839</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,953</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1,685</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,771</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1,492</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,091</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,546</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2,186</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1,938</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Level of fines for fly-tipping offences in England resulting from the above prosecutions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£0 to £50</p></td><td><p>£51 to £200</p></td><td><p>£201 to £500</p></td><td><p>£501 to £1,000</p></td><td><p>£1,001 to £5,000</p></td><td><p>£5,001 to £20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,001 to £50,000</p></td><td><p>over £50,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>722</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>452</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>1104</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>1191</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>804</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>1,233</p></td><td><p>564</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>667</p></td><td><p>876</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Environment Agency investigates and prosecutes larger and more serious cases of illegal dumping. Data distinguishing between types of waste crime incidents have been available since 2015. Data for privately-owned land are not shown separately. The table below shows the total successful prosecutions by the Environment Agency for illegal dumping incidents only.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Environment Agency prosecutions for illegal dumping in England</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Action Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Fine</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>26/03/2015</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/10/2015</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/10/2015</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>11/03/2016</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>09/06/2017</p></td><td><p>Suspended Sentence</p></td><td><p>£50,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/06/2017</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£50,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/09/2017</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/03/2017</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/09/2017</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/09/2017</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/06/2017</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>04/10/2018</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24/04/2018</p></td><td><p>Community Order - Curfew</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/04/2018</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/2018</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/04/2018</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/05/2018</p></td><td><p>Fined</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/10/2018</p></td><td><p>Community Service</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/02/2019 13:39:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford