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714930

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Inflation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to harmonise the various indices used to calculate inflation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL6417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and will place a copy of their letter in the House library.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/04/2017 15:45:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name PQHL6417.pdf title UKSA Response to HL6417
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

717272

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they assess the risk of terrorist attacks in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre produces regular detailed assessments of the international terrorist threat to both the UK and its interests abroad, which inform the UK’s threat levels. Information on the UK’s threat levels is available online.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, the Government assesses the most significant risks facing the UK over the next five years, including terrorism, through the National Risk Assessment (NRA). The National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, the public version of the NRA (copy attached), is available online and has been placed in the House of Lords Library. This in turn helps Government and emergency responders to prepare for and respond to potential incidents.</p><p> </p><p>In order to assess the risk of a terrorist attack, Government works with the intelligence community to gather information about the intent and capability of potential adversaries. Together with information about potential targets, this enables the Government to assess how plausible an attack might be and what effects it may have.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/04/2017 15:43:30 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name 20150331_2015-NRR-WA_Final.pdf title National Risk Register
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

717793

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 21 March (HL5826), what messaging applications are specifically approved for use on Cabinet Office-issued official smartphones issued to Ministers and Civil Servants; whether they will publish the acceptable use guidelines and departmental records management policy; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The departmental records policy, which is in line with the requirements set out in the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice and the Civil Service Code, is currently subject to its annual review and, in the interests of transparency, will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the interests of departmental security, the Cabinet Office does not publish details of applications that are authorised for use on Government smartphones.</p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on use of social media have been published on GOV.UK and can be found at the following: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/04/2017 15:38:33 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

541214

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	BBC Monitoring
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 19 July (HL Deb, col 525), what assessment the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence, National Security Council, Joint Intelligence Committee and National Crime Agency have made of the suitability of the planned changes to the provision of reporting by the BBC Monitoring Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>Government has been working closely with the BBC to ensure the requirements of the MOD, FCO, Cabinet Office, and the intelligence agencies can continue to be met by BBC Monitoring.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:45:03 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

541213

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ministers (1) in the House of Lords, and (2) in the House of Commons, are presently unpaid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>In the present Government there are five unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Lords and three unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:48:50 question first ministerially corrected 03/08/2016 13:57:24 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown previous answer version 8779 answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen answering member 4330
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

541767

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Monarchy: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the heir to the throne is subject to EU law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL1443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>In general, under UK law the Heir Apparent occupies the same legal status as a private citizen. The European Court of Justice has held that EU law must be interpreted in the light of the relevant rules of international law. As such, when abroad, the Heir Apparent may enjoy a specific status accorded to Heads of State and to the members of their family and household.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:49:14 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

753341

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which detecting incidents of the same person voting more than once in the same election from different addresses will (1) require the creation of a national database based on collating the local electoral registers as maintained by each Electoral Registration Officer, (2) compilation of the marked registers from each election in electronic format, and (3) enabling such information to be used by those investigating such allegations
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL1029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Voting more than once at a General Election is a crime which carries an unlimited financial penalty. Any evidence of an individual who is suspected to have voted twice at the General Election should be reported to the Police for investigation. In addition, the presiding officer at a polling station may ask any elector if they have already voted, and may withhold a ballot paper from an elector if they do not answer the question satisfactorily. The electoral register is marked to record the issuing of ballot papers to individuals at polling stations; there are electronic records of the issuing of postal votes representing an equivalent to the marked register for some electors. These records can already assist with an investigation should any voting irregularities be suspected.</p><p>There are a number of significant technical and practical barriers, as well as security and privacy concerns, relating to implementing a national electoral registration database. The Government has no plans to create such a database.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL1030 question first answered 06/09/2017 12:52:14 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

755105

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Social Mobility
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to measure the progress of the UK's development other than by the measurement of GDP per capita, as set out in the Social Progress Imperative report, Social Progress Index 2017; and what assessment they have made of the UK's ranking in that report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL1113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and will place a copy of their letter in the house library.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 06/09/2017 12:50:40 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown attachment 1 file name HL1113 Final (2) (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

514355

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security Secretariat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many National Security Secretariat staff have served continuously in that Secretariat since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	34851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The National Security Secretariat (NSS) supports the National Security Council and provides advice on national security and foreign policy to the Prime Minister and other senior ministers. Staff in the NSS are drawn from the Cabinet Office and across Government including the MOD, FCO, and Armed Forces. They are employed on a range of terms and conditions including formal and informal, short and long term secondments. They also regularly call on augmentees and expertise from across Government to work on particular projects or issues. Since 2010 the organisation has also undergone a number of organisational changes. Given the organisational changes and the flexible approach to resourcing we do not hold the data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 34843 34849 question first answered 26/04/2016 09:33:09 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

514356

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security Secretariat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff in the National Security Secretariat are seconded from (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) the Ministry of Defence, (c) the Armed Forces and (d) outside Government.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	34849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The National Security Secretariat (NSS) supports the National Security Council and provides advice on national security and foreign policy to the Prime Minister and other senior ministers. Staff in the NSS are drawn from the Cabinet Office and across Government including the MOD, FCO, and Armed Forces. They are employed on a range of terms and conditions including formal and informal, short and long term secondments. They also regularly call on augmentees and expertise from across Government to work on particular projects or issues. Since 2010 the organisation has also undergone a number of organisational changes. Given the organisational changes and the flexible approach to resourcing we do not hold the data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 34843 34851 question first answered 26/04/2016 09:33:09 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake