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535889

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date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received about transport services to St Helena.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL1168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Representations have been received from the Elected Councillors of the Legislative Council of St Helena as well as from a number of potential providers of a scheduled air service to St Helena.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/07/2016 15:21:06 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

535890

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Aviation
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 proposal by the Namibia Atlantic Aero Partnership for an air service from Namibia to St Helena.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL1169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The air service proposal from the Namibia Atlantic Aero Partnership has been assessed and was not considered a viable option.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/07/2016 15:21:54 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

535892

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Social Security Benefits
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 cumulative impact of housing benefit cuts, benefit caps and council tax on the health of benefit claimants, both those in work and unemployed, since 2008, taking into account the impact of debt on mental health and the need for women to receive a healthy diet before they conceive and while they are pregnant if they are to give birth to healthy babies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Impact assessments published for welfare changes, for example those relating to the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published impact assessments not available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> may be available at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.nationalarchives.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We already have cumulative distributional analysis published by HMT that is the most comprehensive available covering not only the effects of direct cash transfers between households and government but also the effects of frontline public service provision.</p><p> </p><p>Our welfare reforms since 2010 are intended to incentivise work and make work pay. There is a strong evidence base showing that work is generally good for physical and mental health and wellbeing. We recognise that not everyone can work and therefore we provide financial assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The employment rate <del class="ministerial">remains</del><ins class="ministerial"> is</ins> at 74.4 per cent which is the highest since comparable records began. In addition the number and rate of workless households are both at a record low.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2016 13:54:07 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2016 08:29:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud previous answer version 7861 answering member printed Lord Freud answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

535896

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the people previously claiming Disability Living Allowance at the higher component of (1) mobility, or (2) care, how many have been assessed for (a) the higher rate, or (b) the standard rate, of (i) the mobility component, or (ii) the daily living component, of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each year since PIP was introduced.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL1175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) registrations, clearances and claims in payment for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of disability living allowance (DLA)) is published on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment by type and rate of awards can be found from Stat-Xplore, which is a tool for exploring DWP’s statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not have verified data on the number of DLA claimants who have had their award changed as a result of the move to PIP. We intend to provide more detailed breakdowns of DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes in due course. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/07/2016 16:13:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

535898

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employers offered a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme in circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>As this is not a Government scheme the Department for Transport does not collect data on how many employers offered or refused to offer, a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme under circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.</p><p> </p><p>This is because the Cycle to Work scheme is an employee benefit covered by an exemption and therefore employers do not have to make an annual tax return regarding the benefit; meaning the Department does not collect the data.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1178 question first answered 21/07/2016 13:42:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

535899

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employers refused to offer a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme under circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>As this is not a Government scheme the Department for Transport does not collect data on how many employers offered or refused to offer, a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme under circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.</p><p> </p><p>This is because the Cycle to Work scheme is an employee benefit covered by an exemption and therefore employers do not have to make an annual tax return regarding the benefit; meaning the Department does not collect the data.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1177 question first answered 21/07/2016 13:42:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

535900

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Motability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Motability Scheme funds cars, powerchairs and mobility scooters but does not extend to cycles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Motability is an independent charitable organisation wholly responsible for the Motability scheme. Operational decisions, such as what types of vehicles the scheme should provide, are for Motability to make. They can be contacted at Director of Motability, Motability, Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5PX.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/07/2016 13:59:23 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

535901

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what provision they have made to include disabled cyclists within the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will work to increase awareness of both the use of cycles as a mobility aid and the need for discretion when implementing 'cyclist dismount' regulations in public areas, including stations.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on the draft Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy and as part of the consultation sought views on how to increase cycling and walking in typically under-represented groups, including disabled people. The Government is in the process of analysing responses to the consultation and will publish a Government Response later this summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/07/2016 13:39:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

535903

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agricultural Products: ACP Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to continue to recognise EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and food safety approvals for imports of agricultural products from the African, Caribbean and Pacific group countries once the UK’s exit from the EU is complete, or whether they plan to require exporters from those countries to secure separate SPS and food safety approvals for exports to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL1182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>A new Department for Exiting the European Union has been established by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, to oversee arrangements for the UK’s exit from the EU after we have triggered Article 50. Until then the UK remains a full member of the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 22/07/2016 13:29:09 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

535919

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
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 O’Neill of Gatley on 12 July (HL883), what steps they are taking with regard to the withdrawal of banking services to encourage banks to take a risk-based approach and to ensure that the measures they take are effective and proportionate; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which that encouragement has been effective.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The government engages regularly with the banking industry and those affected by de-risking in order to facilitate communication. The aim of this is to improve banks’ understanding of how affected sectors work and to improve affected sectors’ understanding of how they can best meet the banks’ requirements for providing services. This process has led to the British Bankers’ Association developing tailored ‘access to banking’ guidance for affected sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who recently published research into the withdrawal of banking services. The FCA are also working with the banking industry to lessen the damaging effects of de-risking without constraining banks’ commercial freedom.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK has been instrumental in making de-risking a priority for the G20 and the Financial Stability Board. The government is working with the Bank of England and the FCA on internationally agreed guidance to financial institutions that will clarify regulatory expectations, making their responsibilities clearer to allow a more risk-based approach and better appraisal of risks.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 25/07/2016 08:49:40 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey