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348433

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they have had with the voluntary sector about extending the right-to-buy to housing association tenants; and what steps they plan to take to respond to any consultation before bringing forward a new housing bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials are engaging with key stakeholders, as they do on a continuous basis, in relation to key policy issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/06/2015 11:32:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

348434

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Welfare State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish details of the proposal in the Conservative party's manifesto to reduce the welfare budget by £12 billion by the 2017–18 financial year, and in particular their assessment of how it will affect pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/06/2015 16:08:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347930

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much brownfield land they have identified as being suitable for house building, and in particular for building social housing; and what proportion of the total is situated in areas with a current housing shortage.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>We estimate that capacity exists for around 200,000 homes on brownfield sites that are suitable and viable for housing, in areas where sufficient demand exists, and irrespective of tenure. To improve the availability and transparency of data on brownfield land, we have announced our intention to require local authorities to maintain a register of brownfield land suitable for housing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/06/2015 11:26:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347931

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many vacant houses and flats are owned by government departments or agencies; and what plans they have either to bring them into use or to redevelop their sites.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government Property Unit in the Cabinet Office is working with departments to reduce vacant space across the estate.</p><p>Since May 2010, we have reduced our Estate by 2 million square metres, saving over £625 million in running costs and generating £1.4 billion in capital receipts. On 31st March 2014 only 2.4% (204,327 sq m) of space was vacant across the mandated Civil Estate, well below the reported national average of 8.8%.</p><p>Information on the number of vacant houses and flats owned by departments or their agencies is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/06/2015 16:52:47 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347932

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress towards building 80,000 new affordable homes per year for the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to deliver 275,000 new affordable homes over the next five years with £38 billion of public and private investment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2015 12:02:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347933

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Taxpayers against Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and how they plan to reply to the 19 May letter to the Prime Minister from Taxpayers Against Poverty.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>As far as I am aware, the Prime Minister's Office has not received this letter.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/06/2015 16:52:18 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347934

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Kurds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Turkey regarding the extent of progress in providing Kurdish-language education in state primary schools in majority Kurdish areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>UK officials often visit Kurdish areas in Turkey to meet interlocutors from government and civil society and frequently discuss issues such as mother tongue education. We welcome efforts by the Turkish government, such as the 2013 “democratisation package”, to improve minority rights for minority groups in Turkey, including the Kurds, and we look forward to further progress in this area.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 15/06/2015 16:18:11 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347588

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why only 19 per cent of NHS Trusts offer palliative care; and what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) pain control is always available in hospitals, and (2) terminally ill patients can converse with their families in privacy.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>It is not the case that only 19% of National Health Service trusts offer palliative care. The latest National Clinical Audit of Care of the Dying (2014) showed that, of the 131 trusts surveyed, all trusts offered at least a five-day face-to-face specialist palliative care service, including 21% of trusts offering at least a 7-day face-to-face service. 91% of trusts offered an out-of-hours specialist palliative care telephone service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Effective pain control is one of the key elements of palliative and end of life care, as noted in <em>One Chance to Get it Right</em>, the report published in June 2014 by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying people. The Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person, which are set out in that report, state that an individual plan of care, which includes pain relief as part of symptom control, should be agreed, coordinated and delivered with compassion for every person approaching the end of life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Priorities for Care also highlight the importance of sensitive communication, and state that discussions involving staff, people nearing the end of life and those close to them should be conducted in a way that maximises privacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We would expect NHS organisations and staff to do all that they can to ensure that this happens for all people nearing the end of life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/06/2015 14:51:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347589

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable the highest possible proportion of terminally ill patients to die at home, or in a hospice.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p><em>What’s important to me: A Review of Choice in End of Life Care</em>, published in February 2015, provided advice to Government on how end of life care services could be supported to enable people’s choices to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the report and its recommendations and will respond in full later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:44:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347590

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Climate Change: Export Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the exports and overseas licensing of technology designed to reduce the impact of climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government actively supports British companies to export products and services that reduce the impact of climate change. For example, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) helps UK companies to win export business in the offshore wind, other renewables and nuclear sectors. This approach is consistent with the Government’s overall climate change policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 10/06/2015 11:33:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton