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758560

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date	07/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many small and medium sized businesses will be impacted by the Valuation Office Agency's decision to class communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts as separate premises for business rate purposes; and how many such businesses will be billed retrospectively as a result of this change.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>In July 2015, the Supreme Court clarified existing rating law relating to communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has a legal duty to adapt its practices to reflect the judgment.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA assesses the value of property and not the businesses that occupy the property. As such, it does not hold information on whether the occupant of a property is a small or medium business.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1432 question first answered 18/09/2017 11:51:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

758561

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
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 impact on small and medium sized businesses of the Valuation Office Agency's decision to class communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts as separate premises for the calculation of business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>In July 2015, the Supreme Court clarified existing rating law relating to communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has a legal duty to adapt its practices to reflect the judgment.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA assesses the value of property and not the businesses that occupy the property. As such, it does not hold information on whether the occupant of a property is a small or medium business.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1431 question first answered 18/09/2017 11:51:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

758569

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to LGBT groups in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to supporting and promoting LGBTI rights internationally, including through our bilateral programme funds. Last year we supported a project in Turkey to raise public awareness and support the human rights of vulnerable groups – including LGBTI groups – focused specifically on strengthening networking and communication at local, national and regional level. This year we are supporting a project to raise awareness and build up the advocacy capacity of LGBTI citizens and refugees in Turkey with the active cooperation and participation of Bar associations, lawyers, social workers and rights-based civil society organisations. More generally, we regularly raise human rights in our dialogue with the Turkish government at all levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/09/2017 15:00:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

758574

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Government Departments: Equal Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which government departments have not yet met the requirement to publish information about gender pay gaps between male and female employees.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>All government departments listed in Schedule 2 to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 are required to publish this information if they have 250 or more employees, including staff working in executive agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/09/2017 11:39:36 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

758582

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals who were serving custodial sentences and were recommended for deportation on release, have been deported in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL1453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes figures on the total number of foreign national offenders that have been removed. The figures can be found at ‘Returns data tables – immigration statistics April to June 2017 volume 5 – rt_06_q’ when accessing the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p><p>Figures in include enforced removals and voluntary returns.A foreign national offender (FNO) is someone who:(a) is not a British citizen; and (b) is/was convicted in the UK or abroad of any criminal offence. <br> <br> Following the introduction of Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office (ACRO) cases, the FNO returns figure has included cases where foreign nationals who had a criminal conviction in another country, were picked up by police in the UK, and subsequently returned from the UK. In addition, these people could also have a UK conviction. This case type is now sufficiently well established to warrant separate identification in the statistical series. These figures are a count of an administrative process and, as such, are provisional and will be revised in line with the existing series. Those with an overseas criminal record may also have a UK criminal record.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2017 12:15:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Returns 5 - apr-jun 2017 tables - rt_06q.xlsx title Returns Data Table - Apr-June 2017 - vol 5 rt 06_q
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

758588

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
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 reduction in the benefit cap on housing availability for victims with children under two who have fled abusive partners and who are currently (1) residing in a refuge, and (2) residing in other forms of temporary accommodation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL1459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>People who are subject to the benefit cap still receive benefits that are equivalent of gross family earnings of £25K, and £29K in London. If this is not enough money to secure a tenancy, the claimant can apply for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) which can be given in advance to help secure a property. The DHP guidance explicitly states that funding should be aimed at individuals or families fleeing domestic violence.</p><p>We have commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to carry out some research into the new lower, tiered Benefit Cap and we are working with the Institute for Fiscal Studies to peer review in-house analysis on the impacts of the lower benefit cap on capped households. It is expected that a full evaluation report will be produced around the end of 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL1460 question first answered 19/09/2017 15:39:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

758589

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the impact of the lower benefit cap on the length of a victim’s stay in a domestic abuse refuge, and the resulting cost to the taxpayer.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL1460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>People who are subject to the benefit cap still receive benefits that are equivalent of gross family earnings of £25K, and £29K in London. If this is not enough money to secure a tenancy, the claimant can apply for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) which can be given in advance to help secure a property. The DHP guidance explicitly states that funding should be aimed at individuals or families fleeing domestic violence.</p><p>We have commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to carry out some research into the new lower, tiered Benefit Cap and we are working with the Institute for Fiscal Studies to peer review in-house analysis on the impacts of the lower benefit cap on capped households. It is expected that a full evaluation report will be produced around the end of 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL1459 question first answered 19/09/2017 15:39:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

758374

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Aviation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the completion of scheduled works to the US Airbase Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island, the RAF will resume their use of that airfield.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL1378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Ascension Island remains strategically important in supporting the Ministry of Defence (MOD) mission in the South Atlantic. The MOD fully intends to return to Ascension Island following the full restructuring of the runway.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/09/2017 14:20:18 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

758413

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of servicing the UK's external debt (1) in total, and (2) expressed as an amount per UK taxpayer.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL1417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:47:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL1417 LY .pdf title UKSA response to HL1417
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

757227

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the aims of the Tampon Tax Fund; and whether those aims have been published or made available to applicants for grants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The aim of the Tampon Tax Fund is to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>An application form and guidance, which included detail about the aims of the Fund and selection criteria, was sent to any organisation which expressed an interest in bidding.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2017 13:05:30 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker