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753905

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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the speech by the then Leader of the Conservative Party on 8 September 2009 linking the issue of cutting the cost of politics to the proposal to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 585, what recent estimate they have made of the annual savings that will result from the implementation of that reduction.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL1051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government's manifesto re-affirms the commitment to deliver equal and updated boundaries.</p><p>The current boundary review is proceeding in accordance with legislation passed in the 2010-15. The Boundary Commissions are required to submit their final reports in September 2018.</p><p>It is estimated that the reduction in the number of MPs will save approximately £13.1 million each year.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/09/2017 14:33:15 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

753906

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated costs of holding (1) the 2016 EU referendum, and (2) the 2017 general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL1052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In reference to the costs of the 2016 EU Referendum, please see the Written Statement, presented to Parliament on 23rd March 2016, Column 64WS, by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, John Penrose.</p><p>The Written Statement presented to Parliament on 13th September 2017, Column 24WS, gave the cost of the 2017 General Election.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:46:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

753937

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the duration and cost of the Chilcot Inquiry.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>A number of lessons about inquiry processes were learned from the Iraq Inquiry, and government has absorbed these so that future inquiries can benefit from the experience. Government has received the report of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Iraq Inquiry, and will be responding in due course, setting out the lessons learned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

753947

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HLWS37), what steps they have taken to seek explanations from Ministers and Agency Chief Executives in (1) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (2) the Department for Education, (3) the Home Office, (4) HM Revenue and Customs, and (5) Ofwat, in the light of the Minister's response that they have failed to answer one third of the correspondence within the target set for replies.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government takes seriously its responsibilities for providing timely replies to correspondence from MPs and Peers. The Departments in question are committed to improving their performance on replying to correspondence from MPs and Peers and have plans in place to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling