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662657

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date	20/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
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 Neville-Rolfe on 26 October (HL2092), how many cases relating to failure to pay the minimum wage have been considered for criminal investigation; and how many have led to prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who believes they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) helpline on 0300 123 1100. HMRC reviews all complaints referred.</p><p> </p><p>There have been 13 successful prosecutions for NMW offences since 2007, with 4 of these in the 2016 calendar year. However, prosecutions are not necessarily the best approach in most cases. Criminal sanctions against companies mean that workers – the ultimate beneficiaries of enforcing the NMW and NLW – end up waiting longer for their lost earnings to be paid back.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:55:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

662658

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals 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 Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 October (HL2341), how many penalties have been issued in respect of the failure of employers to pay employment tribunal awards since the new penalty system was introduced in 2016; and with what results.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued 60 penalty notices as a result of 164 warning notices to employers for failure to comply with orders of employment tribunals to pay compensation to applicants.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Employment Tribunal Penalty regime the department has secured over £83,000 in previously unpaid awards for applicants.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2017 11:10:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

662659

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sovereign Grant
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which members of the Royal Family are in receipt of the Sovereign Grant; and whether they have any plans to extend the provision of the Grant to (1) Princess Beatrice, and (2) Princess Eugenie.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Sovereign Grant supports the Monarch’s official business, enabling The Queen to discharge her duties as Head of State. It meets the central staff costs and running expenses of Her Majesty’s official household. It also covers maintenance of the Royal Palaces in England and the cost of travel undertaken by Members of the Royal Family to carry out official engagements.</p><p> </p><p>Together, Members of the Royal Family complete over 3,000 engagements a year across the UK - many more than The Queen could undertake alone.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the Grant to other Members of the Royal Family in their own right.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:32:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

662660

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the written submissions received in response to the Waterson review into the consumer protection measures concerning online secondary ticketing facilities which was published on 26 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2017 answer text <p>This will be considered as part of the government’s response to Professor Waterson’s review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2017 11:09:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

662661

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the evidence collected by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to the secondary tickets platform compliance review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2017 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority is an independent enforcement body and draws on a range of sources when carrying out such investigations. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold this evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/01/2017 14:09:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

662662

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will give an assurance to UK citizens living in the EU and in receipt of the UK basic state pension that they will continue to receive the annual pension increase when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Negotiating the details of the UK’s exit will take some time. The status of pensioners will need careful consideration and state pensions will be considered as part of the negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/12/2016 12:54:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

662663

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will provide information to MoT testers enabling them to confirm that originally fitted catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters are present and operating effectively.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is currently revising the MOT Inspection Manual for cars and light goods vehicles to enable compliance with EU Directive 2014/45/EU. This includes amended advice to detect where catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters have been removed from vehicles where they were fitted as standard. It will be issued by summer 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/01/2017 14:28:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

662664

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cars have failed an MoT test since 1 January 2016 as a result of problems with originally fitted catalytic converters or diesel particulate filters, in (1) the UK, and (2) the London area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2016 a total of 4,925 cars and light vans have failed an MOT test in GB for defects with the catalytic converter and a further 468 have failed the MOT test for problems with the diesel particulate filter. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency cannot readily separate figures for the London area, and does not have figures from Northern Ireland, as this is a devolved issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/01/2017 14:30:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

662665

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their timescale for developing methods which can detect the removal or effectiveness of a particulate filter during an MoT check-up; whether they have commissioned research into this; and if so, from whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has commissioned research by Ricardo Ltd into how new technology can improve detection of diesel particulate filter removal or the effectiveness of such a filter. It is not possible to give a timescale at this early stage to determine how these findings may be used.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/01/2017 14:27:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

662666

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered requiring all authorised MoT test centres to enter information on a database whenever they remove the internal core of a particulate filter, so that other test centres can be required to check with the vehicle’s owner that the filter is working again when it is presented for MoT.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>Garages conducting such modifications to particulate filters are generally not MOT garages – and so the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) would not consider such a database to be of value. Where the garage making modifications is an authorised MOT garage, DVSA will take appropriate action against them.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/01/2017 14:21:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb