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1196898

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House who is responsible for ensuring that ministers adhere to paragraph 6.14 of the Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to the Proceedings in the House of Lords which specifies that they should give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, and be as open as possible in answering questions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL4609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Individual Ministers are responsible to the House for the answers they provide. As Leader of the House I regularly remind Ministers of the importance of their obligations to the House and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/06/2020 12:59:30 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1200325

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 2 June (HL4609), when she last reminded Lord Bethell of his responsibility to adhere to paragraph 6.14 of the Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to the Proceedings in the House of Lords; and what assessment she has made of whether the Written Answers by Lord Bethell on 14 May (HL3016) and on 28 May (HL4613) were consistent with that responsibility.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL5189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Since I gave my answer to HL4609 all Ministers have been reminded of their obligations to the House in respect of written questions. Individual Ministers are responsible to the House for the answers they provide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 16/06/2020 11:14:37 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1220761

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House why the question for Topical Written Answer HL4504, tabled on 14 May and due for answer on 21 May, has not yet been answered; what are the reasons for the delay in responding to that question; what steps have been taken to investigate those reasons; and what measures have been put in place to ensure that the written questions that are currently overdue for reply will receive timely answers that address the substance of the questions tabled. [T]
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has received 6240 written Parliamentary Questions between 1 January and 8 July, of which 4496 have been answered up to 8 July. My office regularly speaks with departments about late responses and I have raised lateness of written questions with my counterparts in the Department of Health and Social Care. This has resulted in Ministers asking teams to redouble their efforts in making sure that written parliamentary questions are answered as quickly as possible.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 13/07/2020 15:00:43 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

657749

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what arrangements are in place to ensure that, in answering Questions for Written Answer, government departments are, as required by the Ministerial Code, "accurate and truthful" and as "open as possible" in the answers they provide to members of the House of Lords; whether she has put in place a system to provide quality assurance of the answers provided by government departments to members of the House of Lords; and if so, what..
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL4068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House I take very seriously the responsibility incumbent on all Ministers to provide full, timely and comprehensible answers to Questions for Written Answer. This is something I stress regularly to frontbench colleagues and which I will certainly reiterate in the light of the Noble Lord’s question. My office also engage regularly with private offices and Parliamentary teams when issues arise, both proactively and in response to concerns raised by individual members. It is for Ministers, though, to be directly accountable for the content of their answers, which is why I fully support the rule that Ministers must personally sign all answers to members of the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 20/12/2016 17:18:58 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

788899

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Confiscation Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any confiscation orders have been made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 relating to sums held in digital currencies; and if so, whether those orders required payment in the relevant digital currency or in pounds sterling.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL3208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has obtained one confiscation order to the value of £2.2m, of which approximately £26,000 (1% of the total) is held in a digital currency. The confiscation order must be paid in pounds sterling. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has not obtained any confiscation orders of this type. Other prosecutors outside of the CPS and SFO have powers to obtain confiscation orders; data for those prosecutors is not known.</p><p>The CPS has successfully obtained 5 restraint orders where the assets restrained include digital currency. The CPS has obtained ancillary orders from the Crown Court to make those restraint orders more effective by requiring suspects or defendants to repatriate digital currencies held abroad to the UK, to disclose the full particulars of digital currencies held and to allow the digital currency held to be converted to a flat currency, namely pounds sterling.</p><p>The CPS is considering the execution of a mutual recognition request from an EU Member State, which has sought recognition of a freezing order over digital currency held in digital currency exchange accounts.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/11/2017 14:21:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

347614

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	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	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their latest estimates of the number of rough sleepers in the London area; and what was the equivalent figure five years ago.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities provide a snapshot of the number of rough sleepers on a single night each Autumn. Based on these figures, the number of rough sleepers in the London area in Autumn 2014 was 742. A corresponding figure for 2009 is not available because of a new more robust assessment methodology was introduced in 2010 to provide a more accurate picture of rough sleeping across England.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the latest Statistics Release on rough sleeping is attached and further, detail, including figures for individual local authority areas, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/06/2015 15:45:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150226 Rough Sleeping Autumn 2014 Stats Release.pdf title Autumn 2014 Rough Sleeping data
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

428867

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	Council Tax: Non-payment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have issued any guidance on the circumstances in which an individual should be imprisoned for defaulting on their council tax.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL3590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>In June 2013, DCLG issued 'Guidance to Local Councils on Good Practice in the Collection of Council Tax Arrears'. The document (attached) provides guidance to local authorities on enforcement and clearly sets out the Government’s position. It is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdfhttps:/www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210478/Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears.pdf</a></p><br /><p>Collection and enforcement of unpaid council tax is a matter for local authorities. They are best placed to consider the circumstances of the taxpayer who has fallen into arrears and to decide what action to take.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/11/2015 16:37:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151124 Guidance_on_enforcement_of_CT_arrears HL 3590 (2).pdf title Guidance to Local Council on good practice
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

890703

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Databases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL7224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>All of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data servers are located in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 01/05/2018 14:26:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

899947

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL7610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG have not used any cloud services prior to current providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/05/2018 15:17:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012112

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 5 November (HL1078), when they anticipate the public consultation on revised school security guidance to commence; and whether the revised guidance will specifically address the issue of school premises coming under attack.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL11639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The department published its draft school security guidance and launched a public consultation on 26 November 2018 which will run until 18 February 2019. Both documents are attached.</p><p>The draft guidance sets out the importance of having policies in place and plans to identify, manage and respond to a range of security incidents, including preparing for an attack on school premises.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL11639_School_security_draft_non-statutory_guidance.pdf title HL11639_School_security_non-statutory_guidance 2 file name HL11639_School_security_government_consultation.pdf title HL11639_School_security_government_consultation question first answered 30/11/2018 14:28:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey