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348825

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	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	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect the report of the Chilcot Inquiry to be published before the summer recess; and, if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Sir John Chilcot and the Prime Minister exchanged letters on 15 and 17 <ins class="ministerial">January</ins> <del class="ministerial">June</del>. In his letters, Sir John said that once the essential Maxwellisation process was complete, it was his intention to provide the Prime Minister with a timetable for the completion of the Inquiry’s report.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name 2015-01-20_Chilcot_to_Cameron.pdf title Sir John Chilcot to David Cameron Letter 2 file name 2015-01-20_Cameron_to_Chilcot.pdf title David Cameron to Sir John Chilcot Letter question first answered 23/06/2015 11:16:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2015 11:40:17 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley previous answer version 7535 answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name 2015-01-20_Chilcot_to_Cameron.pdf title Sir John Chilcot to David Cameron Letter 2 file name 2015-01-20_Cameron_to_Chilcot.pdf title David Cameron to Sir John Chilcot Letter answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

346793

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	General Election 2015: Absent Voting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, prior to the general election, what were the total and percentage figures for (1) the number of postal voters registered in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, and (e) Northern Ireland; and (2) the number of postal votes cast in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, and (e) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL31
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL32 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:59:27 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name ONS Reply HL31 and HL 32 Lord Larid.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

346794

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	General Election 2015: Absent Voting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which 20 constituencies had the highest number of postal votes in the United Kingdom during the general election; which five constituencies in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales and (4) Northern Ireland had the highest number of postal votes; and what percentage of the total number of postal voters these figures represent in each case.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL32
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL31 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:59:27 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name ONS Reply HL31 and HL 32 Lord Larid.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

346817

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current equivalent of the Cabinet Office’s Central Government War Book of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, if any.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
	uin	HL55
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>With the end of the cold war, separate arrangements for civil defence and emergency planning were combined and underpinned by the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA). The traditional Government War Books were archived.</p><p>Details of specific plans and arrangements are not held together in one compendium. The National Security Secretariat retains an overview to ensure that relevant material can be accessed quickly if needed.</p><p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review will, among other things, consider the changing risk picture and whether changes are needed to our current posture and arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/06/2015 12:24:24 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4189 label Biography information for Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield

346818

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Muslims
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the percentages of the Muslim populations in (1) Birmingham, (2) Blackburn, (3) Bradford, (4) Leicester, (5) Luton, (6) Manchester, (7) Slough and (8) the London Boroughs of (a) Newham and (b) Tower Hamlets; what was the percentage growth of those Muslim populations between 2004 and 2014; what percentages are under the age of 15; how these compare with the non-Muslim populations; and what were the comparative birthrates between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations in those areas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL56
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name ONS Reply HL56 Lord Pearson.pdf title UK Statistics Reply 2 file name HL56 Lord Pearson Population Tables.xlsx title Tables of Population Figures question first answered 10/06/2015 15:57:01 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

346819

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Muslims
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether employment in government departments has been given to Muslims with links to Islamic extremist groups.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL57
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>All Civil Servants are subject to recruitment checks (including of unspent criminal records) and the provisions of the <em>Civil Service Code. </em>Line managers report concerns about staff, including for example, expressions of support for extremist views, actions or incidents.</p><p>Civil Servants in sensitive roles are subject to national security vetting. Information is checked against records held by the Security Service and the police.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 10/06/2015 14:36:46 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

346848

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Chairman of the Chilcot Inquiry regarding the early publication of the final report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dykes
	uin	HL86
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Sir John Chilcot from January 2015 regarding the progress of the Inquiry. I have attached a copy for reference.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name 2015-01-20_Chilcot_to_Cameron.pdf title Letter from Sir John Chilcot to Prime Minister 2 file name 2015-01-20_Cameron_to_Chilcot.pdf title Letter from Prime Minister to Sir John Chilcot question first answered 09/06/2015 12:26:15 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	810 label Biography information for Lord Dykes

347242

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers did not receive Ministerial salaries in each Parliament since 1985.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL107 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

347243

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers in each House are unpaid; how this compares with the 2010–15 Parliament; and whether they plan to legislate for all Ministers to receive salaries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL106 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

347907

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Income
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures for gross value added per capita for (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland and (4) Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/06/2015 15:58:34 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL193 Lord Wigley ONS Reply.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley