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1141168

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 July (HL16983), whether the Trade Envoys are answerable to Parliament either (1) directly, (2) via a minister, or (3) not at all.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL17351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/08/2019 answer text <p>Trade Envoys comprised of parliamentarians drawn from both Houses are answerable to Parliament via direct line of report to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade who is accountable for the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Trade Envoy role is not a ministerial appointment and does not carry formal policy responsibility the Trade Envoys are under the same obligation as Ministers to adhere to the relevant departmental restrictions, guidelines and confidentiality clauses.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/08/2019 10:53:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1141167

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 July (HL16983), what are the job descriptions of each Trade Envoy; whether any assessment has been made of their effectiveness in relation to the terms of their appointment; and whether those envoys are accountable to (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Secretary of State for International Trade, (3) the Foreign Secretary, or (4) another Cabinet minister.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL17350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/08/2019 answer text <p>The Terms of Appointment for the Programme provide the framework to which Trade Envoys work to. They outline Trade Envoys’ roles and responsibilities when undertaking Trade Envoy duties, as well as outlining the Department for International Trade commitment to them. Under the Terms of Appointment, they are appointed for the term of a parliament, after which the sitting Prime Minister will decide whether to keep the current cadre in their role.</p><p> </p><p>Trade Envoys regularly help UK business secure export successes, by either lobbying on their behalf, or helping to create the environment for them to succeed.</p><p> </p><p>Trade Envoys are appointed by the Prime Minister and are ultimately accountable to the Prime Minister, though they regularly report specific issues to other Ministers as necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/08/2019 10:53:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1141169

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 July (HL16983), what has been the total cost of the Trade Envoy system since 2012 including staffing support and travel costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL17352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>Since the Programme was launched in November 2012 the cumulative cost of travel and subsistence has been £848,962.</p><p> </p><p>Accurate staffing support figures for the programme are not available as the programme pre-dates the formation of the Department and has changed as the programme has evolved.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018/19 the programme’s staffing costs were approximately £551,000. This is based on the average salary costs for the current staffing level.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2019 14:24:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1140014

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie (HL16983), whether they will include the list of Trade Envoys and appointment dates in the text of the Written Answer for inclusion in Hansard.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL17249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement given by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade on 18 July 2019, HCWS1760.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=HCWS1760" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=HCWS1760</a></p><p> </p><p>On the 18 July 2019 my Noble Friend Lord Risby was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Lebanon which is in addition to his current role as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Algeria. Also on the 18 July 2019 the Hon. Member for Dudley North, Ian Austin MP, was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Israel. These two new appointments take the total number of Trade Envoys to 27 parliamentarians covering 58 markets.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full List of Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys, their Markets and date of appointment</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Envoy Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Designated Markets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of PM Appointment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Risby</p></td><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>July 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Morris</p></td><td><p>Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Bonham Carter</p></td><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Graham MP</p></td><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Trade Envoy to the ASEAN Economic Community</p></td><td><p>July 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Philippines, Malaysia</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Nicholson</p></td><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>January 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>April 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Janvrin</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>January 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Prisk MP</p></td><td><p>(Investment Envoy) Nordic and Baltic Region</p></td><td><p>April 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>March 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>November 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adam Afriyie MP</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Popat</p></td><td><p>Uganda, Rwanda</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Howell MP</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushanara Ali MP</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>March 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Astor of Hever</p></td><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Faulkner</p></td><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Lamont</p></td><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Northover</p></td><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paul Scully MP</p></td><td><p>Myanmar, Brunei, Thailand</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeremy Lefroy MP</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Selous MP</p></td><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Pritchard MP</p></td><td><p>Georgia, Armenia</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Menzies MP</p></td><td><p>Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Hart MP</p></td><td><p>Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ed Vaizey MP</p></td><td><p>Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir Henry Bellingham MP</p></td><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>June 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pauline Latham MP</p></td><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>August 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Rosindell MP</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>September 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ian Austin MP</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>July 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2019 14:22:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

901412

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the role of the House of Lords Appointments Commission in relation to the forthcoming hereditary by-election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL7739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The House of Lords Appointments Commission does not have a role in the hereditary by-election process. Under the Standing Orders of the House, this process is conducted in accordance with arrangements made by the Clerk of the Parliaments.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/05/2018 15:01:16 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

788292

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Ministers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, since 2010, how many House of Lords ministers have been appointed to their posts prior to their introduction to the House of Lords; and, of those who are no longer ministers, what was the average length of their tenure in ministerial office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL3084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, nine ministers have been appointed to their posts prior to their introduction to the House of Lords. Of those who are no longer House of Lords Ministers, the average length of tenure in ministerial office was 23 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 27/11/2017 17:04:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

732740

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham (HL Deb, col 1269–1271), what would be the estimated administrative costs of extending the voting rights from 15 years to life for UK citizens permanently resident abroad.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen gave him on Wednesday 9 November 2016 to HL2721 and HL2722.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL177 question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

732739

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham (HL Deb, col 1269–1271), how many additional people would be enfranchised by extending voting rights from 15 years to life for UK citizens permanently resident abroad.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen gave him on Wednesday 9 November 2016 to HL2721 and HL2722.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL178 question first answered 04/07/2017 11:04:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

657411

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility
	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 Young of Cookham on 12 December (HL3687), whether they have made a separate assessment of the accuracy of the forecasts for the economy and public finances made by the Office for Budget Responsibility since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 requires the Non-executive members of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to commission an external review every five years, to examine the content and quality of the reports published by the OBR. To this end, the Page review was published in September 2014. HM Treasury published its own review of the OBR in 2015, building on evidence from the Page review.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:33:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

647991

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Growth: Forecasts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the growth forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility since 2010; and what assessment they have made of the accuracy of each of those forecasts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL3687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibilities (OBR) forecasts for the economy and public finances are available in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook publications. The OBR regularly publishes Forecast Evaluation Reports, in which they compare their forecasts to subsequent outturns and explain any forecast errors.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/12/2016 14:59:26 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott