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92751

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken by the Charity Commission to approve a new charity for registration; what is the target time for the completion of charity registrations; and what proportion of applications for registration are completed within the agreed target time.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Chief Executive to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1988 question first answered 27/10/2014 18:03:05 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name Baroness Hayter PQs re registration stats 15 Oct 14 (2).pdf title Chief Executive Reply
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

92752

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many outstanding applications for registration by the Charity Commission there are; and how any backlog will be addressed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Chief Executive to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1987 question first answered 27/10/2014 18:03:06 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name Baroness Hayter PQs re registration stats 15 Oct 14 (2).pdf title Chief Executive Reply
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

92753

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charity Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual budget for the Charity Commission; and whether it has been increased as a result of the Government's Big Society policy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is a regulator of the charitable sector. The Commission’s annual budget has been reduced over the last five years, as it has increasingly focused on its core regulatory functions. Its annual budget was £21.4m in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 October the Prime Minister announced additional funding of £8m over three years to boost its ability to tackle abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/10/2014 15:32:42 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

92755

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of reforms of the disabled student allowance, there is a clear guide to the duties of higher education sectors towards disabled students.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL1991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has published draft guidance which sets out what Disabled Students Allowances will fund in the 2015/16 Academic Year. Institutions have a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments. It is not the role of Government to set out what an institution should do to meet that legal duty.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/10/2014 17:42:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

92764

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to the letter from Lord Faulks to Lord Alton of Liverpool on 18 September and the High Court judgment on 2 October that the review under section 48 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 about mesothelioma proceedings was not lawful, whether they intend to initiate a further review; if so, how it will differ from the last review; and what will be the timetable for it.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is considering the judgment handed down by the High Court on 2 October. We will set out the next steps in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 27/10/2014 14:31:34 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

92768

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the conclusions and recommendations of the 54th report of 2013–14 of the Public Accounts Committee: <i>COMPASS: Provision of asylum accommodation</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the 54th report of 2013-14 of the Public Accounts Committee: COMPASS: Provision of Asylum Accommodation by way of a Treasury Minute published on 19 June 2014. The response was published by Command under number: 8871. The responses to the six recommendations are shown on pages one to three of the attached document. The response is also available on the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/treasury-minutes-june-2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 12:31:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Treasury Minute 54 - Asylum Accomodation.docx title Treasury Minute
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

92771

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the scope and purpose of the deep alliance between the new Thameslink franchise and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The franchisee of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, which is Govia Thameslink Railway Limited (GTR), will work closely with Network Rail to facilitate the Government’s multi-billion pound investment in the rail network in the South East through the Thameslink programme.</p><p> </p><p>There is no ‘deep alliance’ between the two organisations. However, in accordance with the TSGN Franchise Agreement, the franchisee shall use all reasonable endeavours to develop an alliance framework agreement with Network Rail. The purpose of this agreement is to provide for closer working between GTR and Network Rail with the specific, stated goals of creating a joint performance management strategy; improving journey times and capacity; and driving fleet efficiency among others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/10/2014 12:42:16 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

92777

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the Law Society about its practice note on Sharia-compliant wills.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL2013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Government has not made any representations to the Law Society about its practice note on Sharia-compliant wills.</p><p> </p><p>The legal profession is independent of government, and is regulated by Approved Regulators, for which the Legal Services Board (LSB) has oversight responsibility. The Approved Regulators and LSB are also independent of government, as are the bodies which deal with complaints about those in the legal profession.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 27/10/2014 15:10:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

92416

registered interest
date	06/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RFA Argus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the state of readiness of RFA Argus; how many patients she can carry; and whether there are plans to deploy her to the Mediterranean for humanitarian tasks or for rescuing endangered boat-people.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not release information on the readiness levels of our units, on grounds of safeguarding national security. As an integral component of the Government's response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, RFA Argus was recently deployed to Sierra Leone as an aviation support ship with three Merlin helicopters embarked. RFA Argus also has the capacity for a 100 bed medical facility.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 28/10/2014 16:46:01 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton