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759117

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the question for written answer on whether they have any plans to commemorate in October the many millions who have died since the October Revolution 1917 which was asked on 13 July (HL791) has not yet been answered; and when they expect to answer that question.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL1486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>I refer my noble Friend to the answer I gave on the 14<sup>th</sup> September 2017. </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/10/2017 16:45:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

638273

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Bank of England
	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 extent to which the Bank of England should be independent of the Government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>A comprehensive Review of the Monetary Policy Framework was published in 2013, considering the benefits and costs of a number of different monetary policy frameworks. The review concluded that operational independence has helped improve credibility and accountability of monetary policy, leading to stable inflation and inflation expectations, and in turn macroeconomic stability.</p><p> </p><p>The current remit for the Monetary Policy Committee reflects the assessment set out in the 2013 Review, which reaffirms the Bank of England’s operation independence and a flexible inflation targeting framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/11/2016 17:30:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

603970

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Inflation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will explain the basis on which the inflation target for the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is set; and the circumstances in which that figure would be raised above two per cent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL2366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>A comprehensive Review of the Monetary Policy Framework was published in 2013. The current remit for the Monetary Policy Committee reflects the assessment set out in the 2013 Review, which includes retaining a flexible inflation targeting framework, with a 2 per cent symmetric inflation target. The remit also states that the MPC may allow inflation to deviate from this target temporarily in order not to cause undesirable volatility in output due to the short-term trade-offs involved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 31/10/2016 15:30:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

777560

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to appoint a new anti-corruption champion; and whether the champion will be a Cabinet-level position.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL2558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>A decision on the anti-corruption champion appointment will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2017 12:39:38 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

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

757330

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making it possible for citizens to make freedom of information requests to UK-based registered charities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL1315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>A small number of public authorities subject to the FOI Act are also registered as charities. Other charitable bodies do not meet the conditions for inclusion within Schedule 1 of the FOI Act. However, the Government keeps the scope of the Act under constant review.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:50:34 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

772456

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Subversion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to ensure that other states do not interfere improperly in the UK’s democratic process.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL2149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Ahead of the 2017 General Election, a series of protective measures were put in place to mitigate or reduce risks to the UK’s democratic process. The Cabinet Office, with the National Cyber Security Centre, continues to monitor the threat to all UK democratic processes whether at a national, regional or local level.</p><p>All Government Departments, organisations and institutions have a role to play in protecting their data and preventing adversaries obtaining information they could misuse.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/10/2017 16:12:15 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

637298

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	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 Local Government Association’s submission to the Autumn Statement 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Ahead of the Autumn Statement, HM Treasury received submissions from a range of stakeholders. While it would not be appropriate to respond in detail to each individual proposals, the government did carefully consider all submissions.</p><p> </p><p>In particular the Treasury responded to calls for more to be done on housing. The Chancellor announced at the Autumn Statement that government would invest an additional £5.3bn in housing. This includes a £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund to deliver infrastructure to unlock 100,000 homes and £1.4bn to deliver 40,000 new affordable homes. Government also announced that it would relax restrictions on existing affordable housing funding to deliver a wider variety of affordable housing tenures to help people at different stages in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>Further reforms to increase housing supply will be brought forward through the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Housing White Paper, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:48:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

671907

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have advised UK political parties of the potential threat of cyber-attacks of the kind allegedly made recently by foreign security services in countries such as the USA, Sweden and Germany.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL4576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>All UK organisations are responsible for protecting their information and preventing hostile actors from acquiring that data. Political parties can, and should, take steps to ensure their systems are suitably protected. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers UK organisations access to the best cyber security advice and support. This advice, if correctly implemented, goes a long way to reducing the prospect of compromise or data loss.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/01/2017 16:17:08 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

714770

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government departments are responsible for their own procurement.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>All central government departments are responsible for their own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) provides a range of commercial services to the public sector to enable departments to achieve best value for money from their procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley