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1059216

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL13602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1059182

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the performance, and (2) the future of Interserve in the delivery of services commissioned by them or public bodies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL13572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The various contracting authorities, such as individual departments, manage their contracts with Interserve including monitoring of performance against each contract.</p><p>The Cabinet Office monitors the financial health of all of our strategic suppliers, including Interserve, and have regular discussions with the company’s management. Interserve announced on 06 February 2019 that it had agreed the key commercial terms of its deleveraging plan with its lenders, bonding providers and Pension Trustee. We welcome this announcement and recognise that it is a key milestone for the company in delivering the long term plan that it set out in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/02/2019 17:38:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1059184

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the current (1) number, and (2) value of contracts between Interserve and (a) government departments, (b) local authorities, and (c) other public agencies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL13573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 and wider public sector contracts above the value of £25,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 12:09:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1059208

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year for which records are available, broken down by cancer type and Cancer Alliance area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL13595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Baroness Jolly,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year available, broken down by cancer type and cancer alliance area <strong>(HL13595)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in collaboration with Public Health England publishes the number of cancer diagnoses registered in England in each calendar year, as part of its Cancer Statistics Registrations, England release. The latest available cancer incidence data is available for 2016 and was published by ONS in June 2018[1].</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the number of cancer registrations in 2016 for each cancer type that we normally publish, for each of the nineteen cancer alliance areas in England. These figures are for all ages and both sexes combined. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>While ONS does not hold cancer registrations data for Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, similar figures are published by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry[2], the Scottish Cancer Registry[3] and the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit[4], respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016</a></p><p>[2]<a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/" target="_blank">http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/</a></p><p>[3]<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/" target="_blank">http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/</a></p><p>[4]<a href="http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home" target="_blank">http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 11:31:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL13595 - Table 1 (3).xlsx title UKSA Response - Table 1
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1059215

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours Forfeiture Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Honours Forfeiture Committee met in each of the last eight calendar years; and when that committee last met.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL13601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Prior to 2017, the Forfeiture Committee met to consider cases on an ad-hoc basis, or by correspondence as business required. The Committee now only meets formally and in person. Since 2017 has met on three occasions, and it last met in September 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 13:53:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1059186

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the closure of the Rough gas storage facility, how many days’ worth of natural gas can now be stored in the UK, based on the UK’s average daily consumption.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL13575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK currently has a total gas storage capacity of 2.5 billion cubic metres (bcm), in the form of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) stored at terminals (1.2bcm) and gas stored underground (1.3bcm)[1].</p><p> </p><p>Based on the average daily demand (209 million cubic metres/day)<sup>1</sup>, the UK’s total gas storage capacity is equivalent to 12 days of average demand (6 days from LNG stocks, and 6 days from underground storage).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <em>Capacity and demand data sources: </em><a href="https://www.nationalgridgas.com/data-and-operations/transmission-operational-data" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgridgas.com/data-and-operations/transmission-operational-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2019 13:13:40 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1059187

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Petrol
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days of reserve petrol stock are currently held by the UK, both inside and outside its borders; and how many days of stock will be held within the UK post-Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL13576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK currently holds 39 days of petrol stocks. The UK is also currently a net exporter of petrol as our refineries produce more than the UK consumes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has two international obligations to hold emergency oil stocks that can be released in response to disruptions to the oil market, as required by the EU Oil Stocking Directive (2009/119/EC) and under International Energy Agency (IEA) rules. The EU Oil Stocking Directive requires Member States to maintain stocks at the higher of 90 days of net imports or 61 days of inland consumption. The IEA obligation requires 90 days of net oil imports.</p><p> </p><p>UK oil stocking obligations after we exit the European Union will depend on the terms of our exit, including whether there is a transition period. Under any scenario, the UK will continue to be bound by the IEA requirement to hold oil stocks equal to 90 days of net imports. Many countries around the world subscribe to the same obligation, a level widely considered appropriate to protect against oil disruption.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/02/2019 12:10:36 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1059188

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Company Accounts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) is the composition, and (2) are the terms of reference of the working group that has been set up to look at requirements for companies to disclose distributable reserves.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL13577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not established a working group to look at this matter.</p><p> </p><p>In its response to the Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation last year the Government said that it would explore the strength of the case for a comprehensive review of the UK’s dividend regime, including whether any such review should consider the option of requiring companies to disclose their distributable reserves. That consideration is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/02/2019 12:14:27 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1059226

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
	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 impact of falls in factory output on the recent growth slowdown in the UK manufacturing sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the latest Index of Production figures for December 2018 show that manufacturing output fell by 0.7% on the previous month, in fact, manufacturing output for the entirety of 2018 rose by 0.9% compared to 2017 levels.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that the manufacturing sector remains a vital contributor to the economy of the UK, driving innovation, exports, job creation, and productivity growth. The sector supports 2.7 million jobs, generates 49% of the UK total exports of goods and services, and accounts for 66% of all business expenditure on UK R&amp;D. Through our modern Industrial Strategy and Made Smarter – our key national industrial digitalisation programme – we are building an economy fit for the future. In the process, we are exploiting the wealth of opportunities from next generation technologies that foster competitive business environments, allowing for UK manufacturing to flourish. As the 9<sup>th</sup> largest global manufacturing economy, we are – and will continue to be – a major manufacturing nation.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/02/2019 14:16:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1059227

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) protect jobs, and (2) boost productivity, in the UK shipbuilding industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy published in 2017 set out how the Ministry of Defence would transform the way it procures naval ships. The Strategy committed the government to work with the industry to improve public procurement, increase trade and drive innovation.</p><p>An industry led Maritime Enterprise Working Group is undertaking a long-term programme of improvements for the UK shipbuilding industry. Its membership includes the major UK shipbuilders, government and universities.</p><p>The Group commissioned a Shipbuilding Market Evaluation and Competitiveness Study that is due to report shortly. The findings of the study will enable the UK shipbuilding industry to focus on specific productivity improvements based on the opportunities for the industry in terms of the domestic and international markets for commercial and naval ships, which could secure jobs for the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/02/2019 14:16:56 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick