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825644

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information: Scotland
	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 procedures being followed by civil servants in Scotland for maintaining records of meetings with ministers which may be subject to freedom of information requests.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL4885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>All UK Government civil servants are expected to adhere to the principles set out in the Civil Service Code. Civil servants working for the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and their agencies, have their own versions of the code. As stated in the Civil Service Code all UK officials are required to 'keep accurate official records and handle information as openly as possible within the legal framework'.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/02/2018 12:01:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

829051

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Crown Representatives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last published a list of Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers; whether the published listed is updated when appointments cease or new ones are made; and if not, when that list will next be published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL5030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers is attached.</p><p>This list is updated periodically.</p><p>Crown representatives are contractors assigned to companies where they have knowledge of the sector, but where there is no conflict with other concurrent roles. They are not political appointees and they have no authority to take procurement decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/02/2018 15:26:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers- January 2018 .docx title Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

829052

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who were the Crown Representatives named for Carillion; what was their period of service; and what was their previous relevant experience.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL5031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers is attached.</p><p>This list is updated periodically.</p><p>Crown representatives are contractors assigned to companies where they have knowledge of the sector, but where there is no conflict with other concurrent roles. They are not political appointees and they have no authority to take procurement decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/02/2018 16:15:26 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers- January 2018 .docx title Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers- Jan
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

829548

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of deaths in the UK in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 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 question first answered 01/02/2018 12:03:13 question first ministerially corrected 20/02/2018 17:30:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL5053 (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 38579 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL5053 LY.doc title UKSA Response
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

829575

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Statistics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to publishing student and non-student immigration figures separately.
	tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
	uin	HL5077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 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 question first answered 01/02/2018 11:59:51 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL5077.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

825634

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to refer Carillion’s tendering activities and the connected actions of relevant officers of the company over the past three years to the Serious Fraud Office for inquiry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
	uin	HL4875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has written to the Insolvency Service and the Official Receiver to ask it to fast track its investigation into Carillion’s directors, and to broaden the scope of this to include former directors, to determine whether their actions caused detriment to creditors, employees and the pension schemes. He has also written to the chairman of the Financial Reporting Council and asked it to conduct an investigation into the preparation of Carillion’s accounts past and present, as well as the conduct of the company’s auditors.</p><p> </p><p>If in the course of the Official Receiver’s investigation he discovers any indication of criminal offences having been committed, he can refer them to a prosecuting authority including the Serious Fraud Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 12:04:23 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

829004

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 16 January (HL4540 and HL4541) confirming the classification of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a public body, why the Memorandum of Understanding of July 2010 between Baroness Hogg, then chair of the FRC, and an official of the Department of Innovation and Skills, stated that the FRC was a private body.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL4990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As explained in the reply given to the noble Baroness on 16<sup>th</sup> January 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-01-09/HL4540/" target="_blank">HL4540</a>, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) was signed before the Office of National Statistics’ confirmation in 2014 that the FRC would remain a public body and was based on the expectations at that time.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:46:06 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

829005

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 16 January (HL4541) confirming the classification of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a public body, whether direct ministerial approval was given, at any time, to allow the FRC to operate without adhering to all of the obligations of being a public body set out in Cabinet Office rules; if so, when and by whom; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL4991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics concluded in December 2014 that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) was a public body within central government. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (as it then was) examined whether there was scope for further review. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy concluded in 2017 that they should work with the FRC on the application of all relevant guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Up to that point the FRC determined its own policies on these matters. This is with the exception of the appointment of its Chair and Deputy Chair by the Secretary of State, which followed best practice for ministerial appointments.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the application of the guidelines, during the prolonged period in which the status of the FRC as a public body was the subject of or pending review, were taken by Departmental officials under the delegated authority of the responsible departmental accounting officer.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4993 question first answered 01/02/2018 15:44:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

829006

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 16 January (HL4540) confirming the classification of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a public body, what reports have been made by, and to, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and its predecessor departments, on the status, classification, reclassification, and governance of the FRC since the beginning of 2004; and whether they will place copies of all such reports in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL4992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reported annually to the Secretary of State since 2013 in compliance with requirements in Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006 on reporting by the Secretary of State’s delegate. Those reports have been laid before both Houses of Parliament and include discussions of the governance of the FRC.</p><p> </p><p>The joint consultation by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and the FRC in 2012 on proposals to reform the FRC considered its governance arrangements and led, among other changes, to the application of these reporting requirements.[1] Before that time the FRC produced an annual report and accounts as a private company which was filed at Companies House. It also published an annual report for its stakeholders on its work.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2006 and 2012, the requirements of the Companies Act on reporting by the Secretary of State’s delegate applied to the Professional Oversight Board, an operating board of the FRC. Its functions were transferred to the FRC in 2012. It’s reports were also laid before both Houses of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/financial-reporting-council-reform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/financial-reporting-council-reform</a></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:28:10 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL4992.pdf title Consultation document 2012
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

829007

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 16 January (HL4542) concerning the obligations of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), what are the differences between the obligations that have been, since 2004, placed on the FRC by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the obligations set out by the Cabinet Office for non-departmental public bodies; in particular relating to (1) procurement, (2) recruitment, (3) remuneration of FRC executives, and (4) conflicts of interest.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL4993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics concluded in December 2014 that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) was a public body within central government. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (as it then was) examined whether there was scope for further review. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy concluded in 2017 that they should work with the FRC on the application of all relevant guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Up to that point the FRC determined its own policies on these matters. This is with the exception of the appointment of its Chair and Deputy Chair by the Secretary of State, which followed best practice for ministerial appointments.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the application of the guidelines, during the prolonged period in which the status of the FRC as a public body was the subject of or pending review, were taken by Departmental officials under the delegated authority of the responsible departmental accounting officer.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4991 question first answered 01/02/2018 15:44:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted