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657737

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a public sector worker who earns less than £11,000 a year, and who contributes to a public sector pension scheme, receives the equivalent of basic rate tax relief on their contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4057 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657738

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers in the public sector earn less than £11,000.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL4057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4056 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

790395

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of interference by Russian sources with the referendum in the UK on 23 June 2016.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL3305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister made clear in her Mansion House speech, Russia makes aggressive use of cyber capability to mount sustained campaigns of espionage and disruption.</p><p>To date, we have not seen evidence of successful interference in UK elections or referendums. We take any allegations of interference in UK democratic processes by a foreign government extremely seriously.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2017 17:13:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

845398

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in reducing rates of economic inactivity due to disability caused by preventable chronic conditions among those aged over 50.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL5598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I will place a copy of their letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/03/2018 17:51:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQ HL5598.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

934640

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any attempts by foreign organisations or states to reverse the UK's decision to withdraw from the EU by funding or otherwise supporting domestic organisations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL9217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the security and integrity of our democratic processes extremely seriously but has not seen evidence of any successful interference in the EU Referendum by any foreign government.</p><p> </p><p>Political parties and referendum campaigners can only accept donations from “permissible donors” which includes individuals on the electoral roll, companies registered in and conducting business in the UK and a number of other UK-registered bodies. Accepting a donation that is not permissible is a criminal offence. The Electoral Commission has powers to fine parties or campaigners who accept impermissible donations. The Government will continue to work to strengthen our democratic processes.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant against attempts to erode trust in our democratic processes and institutions and will defend the UK from all forms of malign foreign state interference.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:04:17 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

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

658699

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to implement the proposal to limit child tax credits to the first two children in a household.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
	uin	HL4117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>In future, all families - those in receipt of benefits and those supporting themselves solely through work - will be faced with the same sorts of financial considerations when making decisions about having more children. At Summer Budget 2015 the Government announced that families will no longer be able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit (CTC) for third or subsequent children in a family where the child is born after April 2017. This policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform and Work Act which received royal assent in March and will come into effect from April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:36:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

711578

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many non-UK EU citizens currently live in the UK; and how many of those are married to UK nationals.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL6084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply, and I will place a copy of their letter in the House Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/03/2017 16:34:36 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL6084 v.04 (003).pdf title UKSA Response to HL6084
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

764314

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which non-governmental organisations have been established by secondary legislation in the last 30 years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL1651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>A list of non-governmental organisations established by secondary legislation is not held centrally and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/10/2017 16:02:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

775924

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Service: Ombudsman
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will bring forward a bill to create a Public Service Ombudsman.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government published a draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill in December 2016, setting out in detail its plans to introduce a new Public Service Ombudsman.</p><p>The draft Bill will be progressed as and when a legislative opportunity arises.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2017 12:24:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town