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424142

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL): Redundancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many members of staff in Catering and Retail Services are being made redundant.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>There have been no redundancies in House of Lords Catering and Retail Services this year. Three sous chefs left via a voluntary exit scheme following a restructuring of back of house services.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 09/11/2015 15:21:18 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

427419

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Press Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many people are employed in, and what is the annual running cost of, the House of Lords Press Office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL3466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The House of Lords Press and Media Team has a staff of 3 Full Time Equivalents, and its estimated total running costs are £195,000 a year (based on this financial year’s forecast outturn), including salaries, pensions, employer National Insurance contributions and running costs. The Press and Media Team provides a 24/7 service, including dealing with urgent media issues overnight and at weekends.</p><p>The Press and Media Team promotes the Lords’ role, work and membership through the media. This includes promoting Select Committees’ work, supporting the outreach work of the Lord Speaker, responding to media stories on corporate issues and challenging inaccuracies in reporting both before and after publication, dealing with press enquiries and developing relationships with the press. The team also advises the House of Lords administration and domestic committees on media handling as well as contributing to wider Parliamentary communications work.</p><p>The Press and Media Team is part of the House of Lords Information Office which seeks to increase understanding of the role, work, membership and structure of the House of Lords, by means of outreach work, a public enquiry service, a team developing the Lords’ digital presence, and publications such as the Work of the House of Lords, as well as the Press and Media Team.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 24/11/2015 14:39:10 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

427962

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Peers: Attendance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees which peers who were Members of the House of Lords throughout the 2014–15 parliamentary session attended on fewer than 25 per cent of sitting days, indicating in respect of each peer the number of days attended.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL3552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The House sat for 126 days in the 2014/15 Session and therefore members needed to attend at least 32 times to reach an attendance rate of 25%. For the purposes of this answer: an attendance is counted as an attendance in the Chamber, in Grand Committee, in a Select Committee or a vote in the division lobbies.</p><p>The following members attended on fewer than 32 days. The figures do not include members who joined part way through the Session, members who died or retired part way through the session, or members who were disqualified or on leave of absence throughout the Session. Some of the Members listed were unwell and have since died, and some took leave of absence in the next Session. In discharging their parliamentary duties members of the House of Lords can draw substantially on experience and expertise gained outside Parliament. Therefore members may devote considerable time to maintaining and increasing that knowledge.</p><p><em>Members who took leave of absence for part of the Session and attended fewer than 25% of total days that they were eligible to attend:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>Days attended</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total sitting days that member was eligible to attend.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dixon, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mogg, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Janner of Braunstone, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hutton, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brooks of Tremorfa, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evans of Parkside, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thomas of Walliswood, B.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Other members who attended fewer than 32 times:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Days attended</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grabiner, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healey, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inge, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mayhew of Twysden, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neill of Bladen, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saville of Newdigate, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baldwin of Bewdley, E.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Browne of Madingley, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goldie, B.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King of Lothbury, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peel, E.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weidenfeld, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Williamson of Horton, L.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bell, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameron of Lochbroom, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbell of Loughborough, B.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ezra, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkender, B.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malloch-Brown, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turner of Ecchinswell, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolfson of Aspley Guise, L.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alliance, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burns, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carter of Barnes, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heseltine, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lloyd-Webber, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sacks, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tombs, L.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharman, L.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parkinson, L.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bamford, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coe, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feldman, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London, Bp.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smith of Kelvin, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waldegrave of North Hill, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wilson of Dinton, L.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York, Abp.</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collins of Mapesbury, L.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Freyberg, L.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fritchie, B.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guthrie of Craigiebank, L.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Williams of Oystermouth, L.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolfson of Sunningdale, L.</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haughey, L.</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rogers of Riverside, L.</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenson of Coddenham, L.</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester, Bp.</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young of Graffham, L.</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darzi of Denham, L.</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kestenbaum, L.</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nickson, L.</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherwick, L.</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford, Bp.</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hall of Birkenhead, L.</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myners, L.</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renwick of Clifton, L.</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richards of Herstmonceux, L.</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, Bp.</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rix, L.</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Browne-Wilkinson, L.</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>O'Donnell, L.</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vallance of Tummel, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carrington, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Browne of Ladyton, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drayson, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glendonbrook, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Green of Hurstpierpoint, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leach of Fairford, L.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield, Bp.</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Currie of Marylebone, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hattersley, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macfarlane of Bearsden, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandelson, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ryder of Wensum, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sassoon, L.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro, Bp.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackwell, L.</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury, Abp.</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>McCluskey, L.</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tordoff, L.</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Davies of Abersoch, L.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hogg, B.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leitch, L.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neuberger, B.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanlaw, L.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Willoughby de Broke, L.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falconer of Thoroton, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hardie, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haskins, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montagu of Beaulieu, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palumbo of Southwark, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saatchi, L.</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stair, E.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Levene of Portsoken, L.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edmiston, L.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imbert, L.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joffe, L.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester, Bp.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Bp.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kalms, L.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield, Bp.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Owen, L.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patten of Barnes, L.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young of Old Scone, B.</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feldman of Elstree, L.</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston of Parkhead, L.</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smith of Leigh, L.</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allan of Hallam, L.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chadlington, L.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chandos, V.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham, Bp.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester, Bp.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth, Bp.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenfield, B.</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macdonald of River Glaven, L.</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valentine, B.</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home, E.</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Howard of Lympne, L.</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomery of Alamein, V.</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester, Bp.</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richardson of Calow, B.</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rosslyn, E.</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stern of Brentford, L.</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alli, L.</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magan of Castletown, L.</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puttnam, L.</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cullen of Whitekirk, L.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Levy, L.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar and Kellie, E.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moore of Lower Marsh, L.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palumbo, L.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walker of Gestingthorpe, L.</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manningham-Buller, B.</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fellowes of West Stafford, L.</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turnbull, L.</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carswell, L.</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sugar, L.</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goldsmith, L.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry, Bp.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walker of Aldringham, L.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cohen of Pimlico, B.</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Judge, L.</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Krebs, L.</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shaw of Northstead, L.</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheldon, L.</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 25/11/2015 17:51:47 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

428934

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how much has been paid to Electoral Reform Services for their supervision of each hereditary peers by-election since the start of the 2014–15 session in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL3657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the date of the count of, those eligible to vote in the by-election and the amount paid to Electoral Reform Services in respect of each by-election since the start of the 2014–15 session.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of count</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Those eligible to vote </strong> <strong>in the by-election</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid to Electoral Reform Services</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 October 2014</p></td><td><p>All members of the House</p></td><td><p>£2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 December 2014</p></td><td><p>Crossbench hereditary members</p></td><td><p>£950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 February 2015</p></td><td><p>Crossbench hereditary members</p></td><td><p>£950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 July 2015</p></td><td><p>Crossbench hereditary members</p></td><td><p>£950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 September 2015</p></td><td><p>Conservative hereditary members</p></td><td><p>£950</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The by-election in October 2014 involved the manning of a polling station for a day.</p><p>Amounts are exclusive of VAT. The table does not include two recent by-elections in respect of which Electoral Reform Services has provided services but not yet been paid.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 25/11/2015 17:52:04 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

429214

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Living Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether any staff of the House of Lords are paid less than the recommended Living Wage for London, and if so, how many and in which departments they work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL3698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The House of Lords Administration was accredited as a London Living Wage employer in November 2013. We have kept in line with changes to the Living Wage since. No staff employed by the House Administration are paid below the London Living Wage.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 24/11/2015 11:54:03 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

429229

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Public Acts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what consultation there has been about the proposals for record copies of public acts to be printed on paper rather than vellum.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL3713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The House of Lords agreed to cease using vellum for public Acts in 1999, with a resolution to that effect being passed on 14 October 1999. At that time, the change was not agreed by the House of Commons.</p><p>Since then the House of Lords has continued to pay for the production of two copies of each public Act of Parliament, printed on vellum. (One copy is retained in the Parliamentary Archives; one copy is sent to the National Archives.) The Lords has done this even though it is not in accord with the October 1999 resolution of this House.</p><p>In the past six years (2009/10 to 2014/15) the Lords has spent a total of £620,440 on vellum Acts; an average of just over £103,000 per year.</p><p>This is despite the availability of archival paper which is of extremely high quality and durability. Private Acts of Parliament have been printed on archival quality paper since 1956, and I am not aware that vellum is now used for any other governmental or parliamentary records.</p><p>The National Archives have confirmed the view they took in 1999; that they do not require a vellum copy, and that archival quality paper is sufficient to maintain the public record.</p><p>Switching from vellum to high quality archival paper would, on a conservative estimate, save approximately 80% on current costs - or around £80,000 per year. The exact level of savings to public funds will depend on the number of Acts passed, and number of pages per Act, per year, and the precise specification and contractual arrangements agreed for future printing.</p><p>As well as being an expensive raw material, vellum requires a highly specialised form of printing which is not widely available, the machinery for which is expensive to maintain, and which is likely to be more difficult to procure on the expiry of the House’s current printing contract in March 2016.</p><p>As the start of a new Parliament seemed a natural point at which to implement the change previously agreed by this House, the main party Leaders, the Convenor and the Lord Speaker were consulted early in the present session, and the House Committee was informed in July 2015. I then wrote to the Chairman of the House of Commons Administration Committee on 17 September to invite that House to agree to the change.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 02/12/2015 17:55:35 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

431551

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL): Termination of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees on what basis the last Deputy Head of Catering and Retail Services left the employment of the administration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>It is not appropriate for me to answer questions on individual employment matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 01/12/2015 17:45:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

432093

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Gratuities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of gratuities paid by credit or debit card is distributed to staff in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>All Catering and Retail Services staff, with the exception of staff grade A and above, receive a share of gratuities and function service charges, including those paid on debit and credit cards. The formula for working out the share for each permanent member of staff is based on contracted hours and attendance. Gratuities are distributed three times a year through payroll after a 13.8% deduction for employer National Insurance, and individually-calculated deductions for employee National Insurance and income tax.</p><p>A proportion of gratuities and function service charges is paid to zero hour staff (none of whom has a contractual exclusivity clause) split on a pro-rata basis according to the number of hours they have worked. Since the review referred to in my predecessor’s answer of 26 March 2015 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2015-03-17/HL5819/" target="_blank">HL5819</a>), the House of Lords makes no deduction for card commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 03/12/2015 12:02:17 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

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	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether employees of public affairs companies can hold a House of Lords staff pass.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Yes. Members of the House of Lords may sponsor their staff for parliamentary photo-passes, provided the member certifies that the applicant for the pass genuinely provides parliamentary research or secretarial services for the member or acts as a carer or driver for them.</p><p>Members’ staff with parliamentary photo-passes are subject to the Code of Conduct for House of Lords Members’ Staff. This requires them to disclose in the Register of Members’ Staff Interests any employment they have outside the House of Lords. They must also register any financial interest in businesses or organisations involved in public affairs or parliamentary lobbying. The Code of Conduct prohibits members’ staff from making use of their access to the parliamentary estate to further the interests of an outside body from whom they receive payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 01/12/2015 17:46:20 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

432369

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Press Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to his Written Answer on 24 November (HL3466), whether the total of £195,000 for the estimated annual running costs of the House of Lords Press and Media Team includes the cost of office space and similar overheads, and if not, what are the estimated total running costs of that team including those overheads.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL3883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>No. The House of Lords has made no specific estimate of the cost of office space and similar overheads in respect of the House of Lords Press and Media Team; similar overheads apply to various Lords Departments and are part of the total running cost of Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 09/12/2015 12:04:29 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs