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445751

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Homes and Communities Agency awarded in (1) 2012–13, (2) 2013–14, and (3) 2014–15 to the Empty Homes programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL5161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Homes and Community Agency made available £110.6 million to bring empty homes back into use over two rounds of funding:</p><ul><li>Round 1 (2012-13) £69,820,695; and</li><li>Round 2 (2014-15) £40,790,126.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Homes and Community Agency's Affordable Homes Programme will continue to provide funding to bring empty homes back into use. The Affordable Homes Programme is a competitive scheme and the amount of funding allocated to empty homes will depend on the quality of the bids received.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5164 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:23:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

445752

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many houses have been brought back into use through the Empty Homes programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL5162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Empty Homes Programme created 9,044 homes from empty properties between 2012-2015. The number of empty homes is now at its lowest level since records began.</p><p>Local authorities have powers and strong incentives to tackle empty homes, and through the New Homes Bonus they earn the same financial reward for bringing an empty home back into use as building a new one. In addition, councils may also charge up to 150 per cent council tax for homes empty for over two years. Given these levers, the Government has no plans for a further empty homes funding programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5163 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:24:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

445753

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many houses they expect to be brought back into use through the Empty Homes programme in 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL5163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Empty Homes Programme created 9,044 homes from empty properties between 2012-2015. The number of empty homes is now at its lowest level since records began.</p><p>Local authorities have powers and strong incentives to tackle empty homes, and through the New Homes Bonus they earn the same financial reward for bringing an empty home back into use as building a new one. In addition, councils may also charge up to 150 per cent council tax for homes empty for over two years. Given these levers, the Government has no plans for a further empty homes funding programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5162 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:24:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

445754

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the Affordable Homes Programme they expect to be spent on bringing empty homes back into use.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL5164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Homes and Community Agency made available £110.6 million to bring empty homes back into use over two rounds of funding:</p><ul><li>Round 1 (2012-13) £69,820,695; and</li><li>Round 2 (2014-15) £40,790,126.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Homes and Community Agency's Affordable Homes Programme will continue to provide funding to bring empty homes back into use. The Affordable Homes Programme is a competitive scheme and the amount of funding allocated to empty homes will depend on the quality of the bids received.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5161 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:23:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

445755

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Officers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) SO1, and (2) SO2, staff appointments are established at the British Army Headquarters, and of those, how many are gapped or unfilled, excluding short handover periods.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Army HQ in Andover is currently undergoing reorganisation. There are presently 221 SO1 and 375 SO2 established posts in Andover, but this includes elements of the Army that are not part of Army HQ, including Commander Field Army and parts of Personnel Support Command. Of these, seven SO1 and 13 SO2 posts are gapped. The final structure of Army HQ under the Army Command Review is not expected to be finalised until April 2016 at the earliest.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/01/2016 16:13:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

445756

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Police Interrogation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the implications of the police indicating to a person being interviewed under caution that no further action will be taken due to insufficient, or a lack of, evidence.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The implications in such circumstances are detailed in a written answer on 31 March 1993 by the then Attorney General (Sir Nicholas Lyell), as outlined below.</p><p><em>The fundamental consideration remains that individuals should be able to rely on decisions taken by the prosecuting authorities. The policy of the Director of Public Prosecutions is that a decision to terminate proceedings or not to prosecute should not, in the absence of special circumstances, be altered once it has been communicated to the defendant or prospective defendant unless it was taken and expressed to be taken because the evidence was insufficient. In such a case it would be appropriate to reconsider the decision if further significant evidence were to become available at a later date especially if the alleged offence is a serious one.</em></p><p><em>Special circumstances which might justify departure from this policy include: </em></p><p><em>(1) rare cases where reconsiderations of the original decision show that it was not justified and the maintenance of confidence in the criminal justice system requires that a prosecution be brought notwithstanding the earlier decision; and </em></p><p><em>(2) those cases where termination has been effected specifically with a view to the collection and preparation of the necessary evidence which is thought likely to become available in the fairly near future. In such circumstances the CPS will advise the defendant of the possibility that proceedings will be re-instituted. (Official Report, Col’s 200-201).</em></p><p>Following this written answer and further written ministerial statements, the Crown Prosecution Service has produced guidance for prosecutors to follow concerning the exercise of the CPS discretion to institute, reinstitute or continue proceedings after a suspect has been informed by the police or CPS of a decision not to prosecute. The above mentioned Written Statements are detailed below and are published in the Official Report.</p><p><strong>WMS – Crown Prosecutors Code - 22 February 2010. Column WS64, Baroness Scotland of Asthal. </strong></p><p><strong>WMS - Reconsidering a Prosecution Decision (CPS Guidance) - 31 October 2012, Col 15WS, Rt. Hon Dominic Grieve </strong></p><p><strong>WMS – Victim’s Right to Review - 5 June 2013, Col 99WS, Rt. Hon Dominic Grieve</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/02/2016 14:51:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

445314

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Primates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Home Office has received any applications from researchers at the Francis Crick Institute to study the impact on implantation or miscarriage of genetic alterations introduced by genome editing in non-human primates, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The use of non-human primates in scientific procedures is highly regulated and non-human primates can only be used where there is no other suitable animal and where a full harm-benefit analysis has been carried out. In 2014, the last year for which we have data, there was no use of genetically altered non-human primates.</p><p>The release of information on specific licence applications is restricted in order to protect the identities of people and places and to avoid the release of valuable intellectual property.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2016 17:14:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

445315

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Artificial Insemination
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 public policy implications arising from the recent reports that one 41-year old man has fathered up to 800 children by providing his gametes to women seeking to become pregnant.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>According to media reports, this particular case concerns private arrangements made between individual women seeking sperm for home insemination and the man providing the sperm. There is no third party involved. Such private arrangements between a man and a woman are not regulated. We understand that there is also no evidence to support the claim of up to 800 children having been born.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that women seeking sperm donation treatment fully understand the benefits of using clinics licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5080 HL5081 question first answered 01/02/2016 12:39:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

445316

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Artificial Insemination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is taking, if any, following the reports that one 41-year old man has fathered up to 800 children by providing his gametes to women seeking to become pregnant.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>According to media reports, this particular case concerns private arrangements made between individual women seeking sperm for home insemination and the man providing the sperm. There is no third party involved. Such private arrangements between a man and a woman are not regulated. We understand that there is also no evidence to support the claim of up to 800 children having been born.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that women seeking sperm donation treatment fully understand the benefits of using clinics licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5079 HL5081 question first answered 01/02/2016 12:39:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

445317

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Artificial Insemination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will commission an assessment of the implications for the mental and physical health of children conceived through the use of sperm from prolific, unregulated donors, and whether they intend to review the regulation of sperm donation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>According to media reports, this particular case concerns private arrangements made between individual women seeking sperm for home insemination and the man providing the sperm. There is no third party involved. Such private arrangements between a man and a woman are not regulated. We understand that there is also no evidence to support the claim of up to 800 children having been born.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that women seeking sperm donation treatment fully understand the benefits of using clinics licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5079 HL5080 question first answered 01/02/2016 12:39:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool