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1659851

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prisons: Domestic Visits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times a Prime Minister has visited one of His Majesty's prisons since 2010, and in which years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
	uin	HL10042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>This information is not centrally collated. However, information on the Prime Minister’s official visits can be found on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website as part of the government’s transparency agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/09/2023 15:10:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

1659867

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they define (1) a hostile state, and (2) which states they consider currently meet that definition.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL10058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>HMG does not have an agreed definition of the term ‘hostile state[s]’. While the term is sometimes used by officials and Ministers, it is not centrally defined and does not describe any specific category of states.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/09/2023 15:09:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

533046

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	United Arab Emirates: Qatar
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that non-UK EU citizens are reconsidering job offers from UK companies, what assessment they have made of whether prospective employers in the UK will have access to a more limited pool of skills.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
	uin	HL1009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>As my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has said, there will be no immediate changes as a result of the EU referendum, including in the circumstances of non-UK EU citizens working in the UK. The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK remains open for business and continues to grow and thrive. Ensuring our new relationship with the EU works for employees and employers will be important in the months ahead.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/07/2016 14:13:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

1659988

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the evaluation of their policies, and what progress has been made on the work of the Evaluation Task Force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL10098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF), set up in April 2021, has provided advice on 211 evaluations covering £115bn of Government spending. It has also launched the £15m Evaluation Accelerator Fund through which more than 20 evaluations have been funded in priority areas.</p><p>The ETF is currently updating the Government's major projects review with the hope that all new major programmes in Government will have a robust evaluation in place by 2023</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By launching the Evaluation Registry the ETF will provide a single repository of evaluations of UK Government programmes, policies and projects. The Registry has been preloaded with over 2,000 existing Government evaluation reports, making it one of the largest sources of policy evidence in the world.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Finally, the ETF has set up and delivered the Evaluation Academy to 42 Civil Servants in 13 ministerial departments and the Scottish Government. These delegates have gone on to share this expertise by training over 1,100 civil servants in their respective Departments, creating free and sustainable evaluation training.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/09/2023 15:49:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1659989

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security: China
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament China [HC 1605], published on 13 July; and whether they plan to hold a debate on the report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL10099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the written statement of 14 September 2023, Official Report, HLWS1012. I also refer to the answer of 11 September 2023, Official Report, Column 773.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/09/2023 15:51:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

533047

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much EU funding is currently accessible by UK universities and research bodies; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU on (1) such funding in the future, and (2) UK universities’ and research bodies’ ability to develop and sustain world-class research and educational programmes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
	uin	HL1010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>The main streams of funds available to UK universities and research bodies are Horizon 2020, Erasmus Plus and aspects of the European Structural and Investment Funds.</p><p>Under Horizon 2020, the current Framework Programme, the UK has been awarded €1.84bn to date[1] (excluding the Euratom nuclear research and training programme).</p><p>In 2014, the first year of the Erasmus Plus Programme, the UK obtained €79.08 million for mobility grants to 36,734 people from all educational sectors to study, train and volunteer abroad. A further €30.66m was obtained for cooperation projects<sup>[2]</sup>.</p><p>The UK’s strategy<sup>[3]</sup> for its 2014-2020 allocations from the European Structural and Investment Funds sets out that €1.6bn was earmarked for the theme of research, technological development and innovation.</p><p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. It will be for the Government under the new Prime Minister to begin the negotiation to leave, and set out arrangements for those currently in receipt of EU funds.</p><p> </p><p>The UK economy is fundamentally strong and our research and innovation are world leading. The Government intends to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>UK participation in H2020 and FP7, BIS occasional (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7</a>)</p></li><li><p>Ref: <a href="https://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/british-council-ecorys-uk-delighted-win-erasmus" target="_blank">https://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/british-council-ecorys-uk-delighted-win-erasmus</a>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368808/bis-14-1179-united-kingdom-partnership-agreement-part-one.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368808/bis-14-1179-united-kingdom-partnership-agreement-part-one.pdf</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2016 10:12:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

1660648

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) successful, and (2) unsuccessful, cyberattacks have been identified in each government department over the past 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL10126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>The government does not comment on issues concerning national security.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy, published in January 2022, sets out how we will build and maintain our cyber defences. A key objective of the strategy covers how the Government will minimise the impact of cyber security incidents. Departments will need to prepare for incidents, be able to respond and contain when they inevitably do happen and learn the lessons from them after the event.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/09/2023 14:37:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1660649

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Computer Viruses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, over the past 12 months, how many individual devices issued by government departments have been identified as containing malware.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL10127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>The government does not comment on issues concerning national security.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy, published in January 2022, sets out how we will build and maintain our cyber defences. The strategy outlines how departments must be able to minimise the impact when malware is found.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/09/2023 14:37:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1660673

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Legislation: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 7 August (HL9634), which Acts of Parliament are currently eligible for, but are not receiving, post-legislative review by their departments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL10153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. All bills that have reached Royal Assent are eligible for post-legislative scrutiny three to five years after they are enacted. Post-legislative scrutiny memoranda have been published on GOV.UK where bills have undergone the process. In addition, the Lords Special Inquiry Committee appointed to carry out post-legislative scrutiny on specific Acts publishes information on its inquiries on parliament.uk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>While all bills that have reached Royal Assent are eligible for post-legislative scrutiny enacted, it can be agreed between the department and the relevant Commons departmental select committee that a memorandum is not required.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/09/2023 14:34:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1660674

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	British Constitution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 June (HL8404), why the responsibility of the Deputy Prime Minister for constitutional policy is omitted from the updated list of ministerial responsibilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL10154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has oversight of all Cabinet Office policy and continues to maintain responsibility for constitutional policy, with support from a wider ministerial team within the Cabinet Office and across Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/09/2023 14:38:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth