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650399

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the announcement on 7 October that they intend to remove the 15-year rule on British citizens living overseas voting in parliamentary elections, where, and how, expatriate UK citizens would vote.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL3789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Overseas electors will register in respect of their last UK address, and will cast their ballot in that constituency. They may choose to vote by postal ballot, in person (if they are in the UK on polling day) or by nominating a proxy to vote on their behalf (postal ballots are not available to overseas electors registered in Northern Ireland).</p><p>Full details are set out in the policy statement published on 7 October 2016 entitled ‘A democracy that works for everyone: British citizens overseas’ which can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-british-citizens-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-british-citizens-overseas</a></p><p>The franchise for any future referendum would be determined by Parliament in the primary legislation which provides for that referendum.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 14/12/2016 13:11:54 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name overseas_electors_policy_statement.pdf title Overseas electors policy statement
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1623922

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Exports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of UK exports derive from inward investment into the UK.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A holding response to the Noble Peer’s Parliamentary Question of 25th April is attached in the <del class="ministerial">answer.</del><ins class="ministerial">answer and the completed response will be deposited in the House of Lords Library.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Viscount Waverley<br />House of Lords<br />London<br />SW1A 0PW<br />11 May 2023</p><p><br />Dear Lord Waverley,</p><p><br />As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of UK exports derive from inwarde investment into the UK (HL7457). Statisticians at the Office for National Statistics are currently undertaking additional analysis to answer your question and will place a copy in the House of Lords Library as soon as it is complete.</p><p><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2023 17:03:47 question first ministerially corrected 19/05/2023 11:55:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7457HR (1) (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority previous answer version 74081 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7457HR (1) (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

892444

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 13 April (HL6781), how many of the “over 1,900 additional security and intelligence staff” stated in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 have been successfully recruited and trained and remain in the relevant organisations.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>For reasons of national security, It has been the policy of successive Government not to go into detail regarding the ongoing recruitment, training and retention profile of security and intelligence staff. However, progress against each of the commitments made in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 is closely monitored, and reported annually to Parliament. The Second Annual Report, included in the National Security and Capability Review, was published in March 2018 attached. The Second Annual Report set out that we remain on track to meet this commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 10/05/2018 16:05:47 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott attachment 1 file name National Security Capability Review .pdf title National Security Capability Review
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1132666

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what is the percentage breakdown of public sector employees by (1) gender, and (2) ethnicity, for each region of the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL16444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p>Dear Viscount Waverley,</p><p><br>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what the percentage breakdown of public sector employees is by (1) gender, and (2) ethnicity for each region of the United Kingdom (HL164444).</p><p><br>Estimates of employees by sector of employment are available from the Annual Population Survey (APS), a household survey of people in the UK. In the APS, the distinction between public and private sector is based on respondents’ views about the organisation for which they work. This may differ from how we would classify them for the headline measure of public sector employment. The APS also collects information regarding respondents’ sex and ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 contains estimates of the percentage of public sector employees broken down by sex within each region. Table 2 contains estimates of the percentage of public sector employees broken down by ethnicity within each region. Both breakdowns use APS data for April 2018 to March 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p>As the data are quite extensive, copy of both tables have been placed in the House of Commons Library.</p><p><br>Yours sincerely,</p><p><br><strong>John Pullinger</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/06/2019 13:49:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL16444 - Table.xlsx title UKSA Final Response
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

947133

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Tenders Electronic Daily only contains public sector tenders from within the EU; and if so, on what website or websites UK public sector tenders will be published after Brexit; and from what date will this take effect.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL9823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The awarding authorities that are eligible to publish notices on Tenders Electronic Daily can be found at the following link: <a href="https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement" target="_blank">https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement</a></p><p> </p><p>The future options for our procurement policies are being considered very carefully, but until that process is complete it would be premature to comment on the publication of UK tenders once we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2018 12:12:53 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Government Response to PACAC.pdf title Government Response to PACAC
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1152036

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Business Interests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether decision-making civil servants and local authority officials are currently required to disclose all interests to prevent any conflict of interest; and if so, whether those records are made public.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Civil Servants serve the government of the day and can only exercise power for and on behalf of the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Civil Service Management Code sets out regulations and instructions related to civil servants’ terms and conditions of service, including the declaration and management of private interests. HR in each Department will provide advice about the appropriate procedures to follow.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for the management of their own officials. Local government officers must act in conformity with the Nolan Principles.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 04/11/2019 12:18:09 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1227152

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Russia, published on 21 July, what assessment they made of the open source studies which found evidence to suggest that Russia was attempting to influence the outcome of the EU referendum and which “pointed to the preponderance of pro-Brexit or anti-EU stories and the use of ‘bots’ and ‘trolls’”.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>We have seen no evidence of successful interference in the EU Referendum. The Government has published its response to the Intelligence and Security Committee report.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7123 question first answered 03/08/2020 15:30:20 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1227153

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Russia, published on 21 July, what assessment they have made of why Russia may have attempted to influence the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>We have seen no evidence of successful interference in the EU Referendum. The Government has published its response to the Intelligence and Security Committee report.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7122 question first answered 03/08/2020 15:30:20 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1227155

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
	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 reasons why the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Russia, sent to the Prime Minister on 17 October 2019, was not published until 21 July.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Government has set out previously, the report is the property of the independent committee. It is for the Intelligence and Security Committee to lay their reports before Parliament and the reconstituted Committee did so on 21 July.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 03/08/2020 15:31:18 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1234972

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote public morale during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL8221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Coronavirus is the biggest challenge the UK has faced in decades – and we are not alone. All over the world we are seeing the devastating impact of this disease.</p><p>As the Prime Minister said in his recent address to the nation:</p><p>“This is a struggle that humanity will win, and we in this country will win… I know that we can succeed because we have succeeded before. When the sickness took hold in this country in March, we pulled together in a spirit of national sacrifice and community. We followed the guidance to the letter. We stayed at home, protected the NHS, and saved thousands of lives… There are unquestionably difficult months to come. And the fight against covid is by no means over. I have no doubt, however, that there are great days ahead. But now is the time for us all to summon the discipline, and the resolve, and the spirit of togetherness that will carry us through.”</p><p><strong><br></strong>Details of UK Government support and guidance available to the public are published on https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 01/10/2020 11:31:32 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley