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794226

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Married People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single earner married couples there are in (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland, and (4) Northern Ireland, broken down as a percentage of the total number of married couples in each nation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL3544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 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 Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3627 question first answered 05/12/2017 11:59:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL3544, HL3627 Lord Morrow .pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

795225

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Married People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single-earner married couples there are in each local authority area in the UK, broken down as a percentage of the total number of married couples for each area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
	uin	HL3627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 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 Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3544 question first answered 05/12/2017 11:59:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL3544, HL3627 Lord Morrow .pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

793527

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Governance Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often the UK Governance Group has met in 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Elystan-Morgan
	uin	HL3491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK Governance Group brings together under one command the Cabinet Office Constitution Group, the Scotland Office, the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland and the Wales Office. This Group leads the UK Government’s work on constitutional and devolution issues, and is the primary source of advice to UK Government Ministers and Departments for this area.</p><p>Activities and performance of the Group are reported in the Cabinet Office annual report and the annual reports of the other departmental constituent parts of the Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3490 question first answered 05/12/2017 12:00:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2809 label Biography information for Lord Elystan-Morgan

792465

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Turkey: LGBT People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken following the announcement by the Ankara governor's office on 19 November that all events by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights groups in Ankara have been banned.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL3404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We fully support the rights of LGBTI groups in Turkey. We regularly urge Turkey to work towards full protection of fundamental rights, including with respect to freedom of expression and assembly, and will continue to do so. The British Embassy in Ankara provides project support to a number of Turkish civil society organisations working in the area of fundamental freedoms. In recent years we have funded projects on supporting freedom of expression, promoting women's and minority rights and LGBTI issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/12/2017 16:53:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

792892

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University of Bath: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following the report on governance surrounding senior pay at Bath University by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, published on 20 November, which found that Bath university has “a significant distance to travel” to open its remuneration committee’s work to legitimate scrutiny through enhancing its use of various measures of transparency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Under existing legislation, it is the Privy Council that has a role in approving the governing documents, and amendments to them, of publicly funded higher education providers.</p><p> </p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers are expected to comply with the Committee of University Chairs’ Code, “The Higher Education Code of Governance” as part of their conditions for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding (copy attachment).</p><p> </p><p>As such, it is for HEFCE as the regulator to take any action necessary in response to the report. We understand that HEFCE intends to follow-up its recommendations in this report. The university has agreed to provide HEFCE with a report on progress with the recommendations in December. There is also a planned periodic HEFCE Assurance Review of the University of Bath due to take place early next year.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers in the approved categories to operate openly, honestly, accountably and with integrity, and publish a statement on the steps they have taken to ensure value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our proposals are designed to ensure sufficient transparency around senior staff pay, by requiring providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL3419 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:36:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL3416, HL3419 - Attachment - 241117.pdf title The Higher Education Code of Governance
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

794207

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they are making to ensure that the roles of (1) the intelligence services, and (2) the police, including community policing, are taken fully into account in the Strategic Defence Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL3525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government remains focused on implementing the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), which was published in 2015. In July the government announced a review of national security capabilities, in support of SDSR implementation, to ensure that we have a full suite of effective and efficient national security capabilities to achieve our three national security objectives: protecting our people, projecting our global influence and promoting our prosperity. The work is being coordinated by the National Security Adviser, with individual strands taken forward by cross-departmental teams, which has involved a range of Government departments and our law enforcement and intelligence agencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/12/2017 12:04:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

795198

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	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 findings released by the European Commission on 30 October showing that industry and consumer confidence in the Eurozone economies is at its highest level for 17 years, and (2) prospects for growth in the those economies; and what comparative assessment they have made of (a) confidence in the economy, and (b) prospects for growth, in the UK, following the Office for Budget Responsibility's announcement that the UK economy will not grow as fast as previously forecast.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury continuously monitors global and European economic developments as part of the normal process of domestic policy development.</p><p> </p><p>Euro area growth has become increasingly robust in recent quarters. This has helped boost economic sentiment, as the European Commission’s publication on 30 October notes. They consider that the outlook for euro area growth remains positive; growth forecasts were revised up for the euro area in the Autumn Forecast, released November 9.</p><p> </p><p>The UK economy is also fundamentally strong. The economy has grown for 19 consecutive quarters, employment is close to a record high and the deficit has been cut by three quarters. UK consumer confidence has been relatively stable over the last six months. However there is more to do: improving our productivity remains the key to raising living standards over the long term. That is why we have invested over a quarter of a trillion pounds in infrastructure, cut taxes to support business investment and reformed technical education.</p><p> </p><p>The UK welcomes the stronger macroeconomic outlook for the euro area. It is in Britain’s interest to see a stable and prosperous euro area</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2017 16:18:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

792893

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of increases in Vice-Chancellors’ salaries since the announcement by the Minister of State for Universities and Science on 7 September that they would “unveil a series of new measures designed to curb spiralling vice-chancellors’ pay”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation has been clear that he wants to see an end to the upwards trend in senior staff pay. Since his announcement on 7 September, the government has published details of its proposed measures.</p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p><p>We also called on the sector to work through the Committee of University Chairs (CUC) to develop and introduce its own fair remuneration code, and are pleased that the CUC is taking forward the development of this code.</p><p>These measures, once implemented, will deliver greater transparency and accountability, as well as improved value for money for taxpayers and for students.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:22:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792899

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Cameroon: Human Rights
	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 call by UN human rights independent experts on 17 November for the government of Cameroon to “ensure a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into all allegations of human rights violations”, killings, and arrests perpetrated since 1 October in the country’s Anglophone regions; and whether they intend to make representations to that government to conduct such an investigation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL3423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The High Commissioner in Yaoundé has been following events in the Anglophone regions closely and has actively raised the need for dialogue and restraint with the Cameroonian authorities, including their obligations under international law in respect to human rights. We continue to call for restraint, for all parties to reject violence, pursue dialogue and urgently take action to reduce tensions.</p><p>We encourage the Government of Cameroon to accept the United Nation's offer of help to support dialogue with the Anglophone community.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:03:15 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

795199

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	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 the comments by the Director-General of the CBI on the impact of Brexit on investment and jobs in the UK that progress must be made on the Brexit negotiations or “a trickle of lost opportunities could become a flood”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains open for business and has been ranked as the seventh best place to do business in the world by the World Bank. Since the referendum we have seen companies showing their confidence in the UK, with major investments announced by GlaxoSmithKline, Google and Apple, among others. The unemployment rate is at a 42 year low while the employment rate is near record highs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have been engaging with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We must now look ahead to moving our discussions onto our future relationship. For this to happen, both parties need to build confidence in both the process and indeed in the shared outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are ready to move these negotiations on. Doing so will allow us to best achieve our joint objectives and move towards a deal that works for both the UK and the EU, and for all our businesses and citizens.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We remain ready and willing to engage as often and as quickly as needed to secure this outcome over the weeks remaining ahead of the December European Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/12/2017 17:47:38 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt