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967485

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Philippines: Prosperity Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent or invested by the UK Prosperity Fund in the Philippines in the (1) current, and (2) previous two years; and what impact this has had on increasing employment, establishing minimum wages and conditions, and reducing the need for the emigration of workers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL9977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund (PF) has spent the following in the Philippines over the last three years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£507,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£58,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 (estimated up to Aug 2018)</p></td><td><p>£83,653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Project activity has covered a number of areas including health, urban development and disaster protection, and includes preparatory work for larger programmes shortly to be approved. It is too early to fully assess impact.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/09/2018 13:30:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

967449

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Cabinet Office policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p><strong>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/09/2018 13:30:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

947133

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Tenders Electronic Daily only contains public sector tenders from within the EU; and if so, on what website or websites UK public sector tenders will be published after Brexit; and from what date will this take effect.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL9823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The awarding authorities that are eligible to publish notices on Tenders Electronic Daily can be found at the following link: <a href="https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement" target="_blank">https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement</a></p><p> </p><p>The future options for our procurement policies are being considered very carefully, but until that process is complete it would be premature to comment on the publication of UK tenders once we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2018 12:12:53 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Government Response to PACAC.pdf title Government Response to PACAC
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

947120

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Gulf Strategy Unit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 19 October 2016 (HC47638), which department provided the funding for the administration costs of £70,004 for the Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Team in the financial year 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL9810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>Funding for the Integrated Delivery Team was allocated by the Treasury to the Cabinet Office in financial year 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2018 12:10:48 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1128140

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many European Union citizens whose names appear on the register of electors with a right to vote in the European Parliament elections were turned away from polling stations on 23 May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL15954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on people who are turned away from polling stations is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1127990

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 June 2018 (HL7937) and 20 November 2018 (HL11157), what is their proposed timetable for amending the secondary legislation on electoral registers in the light of the commitments made by Ministers during the Data Protection Bill; and what were the conclusions of the discussions with the Parliamentary Parties Panel on this matter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Gilbert of Panteg
	uin	HL15875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Parties Panel indicated broad support for the proposal to amend secondary legislation on electoral registers, in light of the commitments made during the Data Protection Bill to support democratic engagement. The Government intends to engage further with the appropriate stakeholders, with a view to then making any necessary amendments to secondary legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/06/2019 16:28:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4543 label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg

1127420

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Royal Commissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Commissions have been established since 1989; what was the topic of each; and what recommendations of each they adopted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL15831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Three Royal Commissions have been established since 1989:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Royal Commission on Criminal Justice</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Long-term Care of the Elderly</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Reform of the House of Lords</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Government departments will have responded to the relevant Royal Commission reports, and those responses are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1126735

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Limited Liability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which registered political parties in the UK have the status of also being companies with limited liability.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL15752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission registers political parties and maintains the registers of political parties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is independent of the Government and accountable to Parliament.</p><p>The Electoral Commission publishes a database of registered political parties on its website. This includes whether a political party is also a campaigner. Further information can be found at: http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/05/2019 16:15:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1126732

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Electoral Commission about putting in place safeguards to ensure that political parties do not receive donations from people promoting the interests of other countries during and between election campaigns.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL15749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission in its 2018 report ‘Digital campaigning - Increasing transparency for voters’, included recommendations relating to foreign donations and campaigning. The Government has discussed these with the Electoral Commission.</p><p>On 5th May 2019, the Government announced it will consult on safeguarding UK elections. The consultation may consider recommendations for increasing transparency on digital political advertising, including by third parties; closing loopholes on foreign spending in elections; preventing shell companies from sidestepping the current rules on political finance and on action to tackle foreign lobbying.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/05/2019 16:09:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1124856

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Torture
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a judge-led inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture overseas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL15531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the Prime Minister’s Written Statement of 22 November 2018 (HCWS1100), the Government continues to give serious consideration to the examination of detainee issues and whether any more lessons can be learned and, if so, how. This includes the question of whether or not there should be a further judge-led inquiry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/05/2019 14:28:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham