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731043

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Fire Regulations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review fire safety regulations applied to short-term lettings through online accommodation platforms such as Airbnb; and what processes are in place to ensure compliance.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL51
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to houses or flats where the premises are not occupied as a private dwelling – this would include properties which offer holiday or short term accommodation to paying guests. In the case of Airbnb and other similar web-based accommodation providers, we consider the Order would apply during the period where paying guests were staying. That is because, during this period, the property would no longer be occupied as a single private dwelling.</p><p>Under the Order, the responsible person (usually the owner or building manager) is required to undertake a fire risk assessment and put in place fire precautions that are adequate and appropriate to manage the risk that lives could be lost in a fire.</p><p>Fire and rescue authorities are the enforcing authorities for the Fire Safety Order in such accommodation. They are required to have a risk based inspection programme and management strategy in place to ensure compliance with the Fire Safety Order within their area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL50 question first answered 05/07/2017 12:28:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

731046

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Business: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what marketing and promotion is planned to raise awareness among (1) small businesses, and (2) the general public, of their digital service for publishing company reports established under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 No 395.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL54
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>As many large businesses' financial years start in January, the number of businesses publishing reports will increase in mid-2018. We have therefore planned targeted communications with businesses, their representative bodies and intermediaries such as accountants to raise awareness in spring and summer 2018. There will be further communications in late 2018 once all businesses in scope have begun publishing information, which may include working with specific sector publications to raise awareness where necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 30/06/2017 12:30:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

731085

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Funerals: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to initiate a cross-departmental review of funeral poverty to make recommendations for reform.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
uin	HL93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Bereavement is a very distressing and difficult time. The Government is committed to working with local authorities, funeral directors and groups helping bereaved people to ensure that funeral services meet the needs of vulnerable people. It will continue to consider this issue in the context of discussions with these organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:41 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher

724551

registered interest
date	26/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 69989, on whisky: excise duties, for what reasons his Answer does not refer to representations received from the Scottish whisky industry on excise duties on spirits.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	71998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

724142

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support asylum seekers fleeing Middle Eastern countries due to being persecuted because of their religious belief.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>We are doing our utmost to provide assistance to all those in need in the region. The UK has now allocated £2.3 billion since 2012 to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable people in Syria and of refugees in the region making it one of the largest donors. Since summer 2014, we have committed £169.5 million in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by Daesh in Iraq.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK operates four resettlement schemes (Gateway, Mandate, the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) Scheme and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on each to identify those most in need of resettlement, prioritising the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>The UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we assist solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR.</p><p> </p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK, including claims based on religious persecution, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention. Those who demonstrate a well founded fear on return to their country are normally granted protection.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/04/2017 09:38:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

724199

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Malaysia: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Malaysia.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	71907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 71904 71905 71906 71908 71909 71910 71911 71912 71913 71914 71915 71916 71917 71918 71919 71920 71921 71922 71923 71925 71926 question first answered 27/04/2017 10:02:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

723739

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Internet: British Indian Ocean Territory
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 finding in the Internet Watch Foundation 2016 Annual Report, published on 3 April, that child abuse images were found on web sites within the .io internet domain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/04/2017 11:59:54 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

723807

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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 Benefit: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many people claimed housing benefit and (b) what the total amount of housing benefit claimed was in the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	71749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is available on GOV.uk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information for Housing Benefit claimants in each Local Authority is published and available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Historic Housing Benefit expenditure for each Local Authority is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554026/benefit-expenditure-by-local-authority-2015-16.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554026/benefit-expenditure-by-local-authority-2015-16.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/04/2017 08:37:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

723843

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) coeliacs, (b) people working in the manufacturing industry and (c) other people who will be affected by the proposal to remove gluten-free provisions from prescription.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	71681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It is estimated that 1% of the population is affected by coeliac disease. No estimate has been made of effects on people in the manufacturing industry if supply on prescription changes. The impact assessment measures health impacts of all three options that are contained in the published Gluten Free consultation. The impact assessment will be developed further once the consultation responses have been analysed. More information can be found by following this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/availability-of-gluten-free-foods-on-nhs-prescription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/availability-of-gluten-free-foods-on-nhs-prescription</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 27/04/2017 08:45:17 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

723904

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many defendants received the maximum permissible sentence under section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	71742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2017 06:59:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson