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1228029

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date	27/07/2020
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	Climate Change Convention: Travel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they are making, as hosts of COP26, to ensure that participants are able to travel to the conference in the lowest-carbon manner possible, including by (1) train from all parts of Europe, and (2) by sleeper trains.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>We will encourage all delegates to consider low-carbon travel options, such as rail, particularly those arriving from Europe. Rail travel within the UK will certainly be encouraged and we are in the process of developing a multifaceted transport plan that supports the delegate experience and has sustainability at the core.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/08/2020 11:13:38 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

892415

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date	26/04/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to verify the levels of bovine tuberculosis in badgers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL7322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2016 badger control operations we initiated development of a TB surveillance programme on a small sample of badger carcasses obtained from the culling operations. Tissue sampling, followed by culturing and genotyping is the most reliable method for diagnosing TB in badgers, but challenges remain with this technique when the quality of the carcasses is variable. More information on the 2016 TB surveillance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-wildlife-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-wildlife-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>. Further work is planned to refine our methodology.</p><p> </p><p>During the Randomised Badger Culling Trial, detailed post-mortems of culled badgers in the High Risk Area found that approximately one-third of badgers were infected. In addition, the APHA have a long running study of the wild badger population at Woodchester Park in Gloucestershire where 25% to 30% of the population test positive for Tuberculosis. A separate study in a different part of Gloucestershire in 2006 found that 53% of wild badgers tested positive.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL7321 question first answered 09/05/2018 11:36:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

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date	22/03/2016
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost to the public purse in each of the last five years of the winter fuel allowance; and what would be the tax receipt if it were subject to the same tax as retirement pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL7322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to keeping the Winter Fuel Payment for the lifetime of this Parliament. The cost over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m 2,759</p></td><td><p>2,149</p></td><td><p>2,144</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>2,117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the corresponding tax receipts had the Winter Fuel Payment been taxable.</p><p> </p><p>There is a total of 11.4 million pensioners in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics, published by HMRC, show that in 2013/14, there were 6.12 million taxpayers whose main source of income is from pensions, of which 90 per cent pay the basic rate of tax and 6 per cent pay the higher rate of tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 07/04/2016 15:27:09 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford