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838333

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in the light of the resolutions on Restoration and Renewal passed by both Houses, what are the likely next steps; and what will be the mechanism for Peers to submit suggestions and ideas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL5466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Both Houses have decided that the next steps of the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme should be overseen by a Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority. It is expected that the Commission of each House will therefore immediately focus on establishing those bodies in shadow form. Until the shadow Sponsor Board has been appointed, the Programme will continue to be delivered under the governance of the bicameral Programme Board, which consists of officials from both Houses plus two external members, and acts with authority delegated from the Board and Accounting Officer of each House. Establishing both bodies in substantive form will require primary legislation.</p><p>The Programme Team, supported by its client advisory services consultants, CH2M and BDP, will continue work in the following areas:</p><ul><li>further investigation and documentation of the current physical condition of the Palace of Westminster and its building services;</li><li>further studies on the feasibility of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre as temporary accommodation for the House of Lords;</li><li>design of Richmond House as temporary accommodation for the House of Commons, which is being taken forward as part of the Commons’ Northern Estate Programme;</li><li>development of a client brief for the design of the works to the Palace of Westminster;</li><li>the development of the required Outline Business Cases (OBCs), compliant with HM Treasury’s <em>Green Book</em>; and</li><li>a further round of medium-term mechanical and electrical, public health and conservation work to mitigate the operational risks to Parliament presented by the condition of the building between now and the commencement of the construction phase of the R&amp;R Programme.</li></ul><p>The design phase will require extensive consultation with Members of both Houses, as well as a wide range of other stakeholders including staff, third-party occupants of the Parliamentary Estate, visitors and other members of society throughout the United Kingdom. It is anticipated that this engagement work will be developed and taken forward by the shadow Sponsor Board once it is established later this year.</p><p>In the meantime, members of the Programme Team would be happy to receive suggestions and ideas from Members of both Houses. They can be contacted via <a href="mailto:restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk" target="_blank">restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 21/02/2018 16:07:39 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

838346

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the failure of the political parties in Northern Ireland to reach an agreement on the restoration of a devolved administration, what assessment they have made of the introduction of direct rule for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL5475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s focus now is on the re-establishment of inclusive devolved government in Northern Ireland. This is clearly in line with what the people of Northern Ireland voted for in the Assembly elections in March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has been clear that if we do not see resolution shortly the UK Government will need to take some tough decisions in the coming months. This would include, but not be limited to, setting a budget in Northern Ireland, responding to the Reaney recommendations on MLA pay, considering the prospect of a further election and ultimately other arrangements.</p><p> </p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL5476 question first answered 21/02/2018 16:10:42 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

838390

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 6 February (HL Deb, col 1910), why 89 schools that have been identified as unregistered are continuing to operate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Between January 2016 and August 2017, with additional funding from the department, Ofsted visited 125 suspected unregistered schools. Of those visited, inspectors determined that 38 of those were operating as schools; the other 87 were found not to be operating as schools. As at August 2017, 34 of the 38 have closed or amended their operation so that it complies with the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/02/2018 14:53:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

838331

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Learning Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the first Secretary of State on 16 November 2017 (HCWS25), what progress they have made on the parallel programme of work for the care of younger adults, in particular those with learning disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bertin
	uin	HL5465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The programme of work on adults of working age with care needs, which is led jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, has begun initial engagement with stakeholders. Later this month, the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government (Rishi Sunak) will jointly host a roundtable discussion to bring together views from across the sector on the issues facing adults of working age with care needs.</p><p>It is important that this work is informed by a range of perspectives and there will be further opportunities for interested stakeholders to feed in their views in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/02/2018 14:32:41 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4577 label Biography information for Baroness Bertin

838370

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 1 February (HL5031), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely 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	HL5492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>​Julie Scattergood was the Crown Representative for Carillion from April 2014 to August 2017.</p><p>We do not publish officials’ CVs. However, we believe she had the necessary qualifications for the appointment.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 26/02/2018 12:16:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

838337

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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: Public Appointments
	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 22 January (HL4661), in assessing the transparency of the process of reappointing Sir John Sunderland to the Board of the Financial Reporting Council, what account they took of the fact that he was reappointed by the Temporary Nominations Committee (TNC), as set out in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request ONS/FOI/2017/3410 in late 2017; whether the existence of the TNC had been made public prior to the release of that FOIA response; if so, when; and what was the composition of the TNC at the time of Sir John’s reappointment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) consulted on proposed governance changes in 2007 including the role of the Temporary Nominations Committee (TNC). The role and work of the TNC was then reported in the FRC’s 2007/08 Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 June 2007 the Appointing Group appointed the following to the TNC:</p><p>- the FRC Chair, Sir Christopher Hogg;</p><p>- two members of the then Board: Paul Druckman and Barbara Thomas Judge; and,</p><p>- 10 other senior representatives of private sector stakeholders: Alastair Clark, Richard Dyson, Douglas Ferrans, Keith Jones, Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Michael Pomery, Sir Nigel Rudd, Gerald Russell, Miles Templeman and Tony Watson.</p><p>- Elizabeth Filkin was also appointed to the TNC as assessor.</p><p> </p><p>The processes and functions of the TNC were endorsed by the Department for Business, Energy and Regulatory Reform (BERR). BERR considered the reappointment of Sir John Sunderland to the Board of the FRC followed a fair and transparent process.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2018 14:10:04 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

838334

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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 1 February (HL5095), for which periods, from 2004, the word “required” was used in the factsheet accompanying notices requesting payment by the Financial Reporting Council; and when, and for what reason, the wording was changed to “requests”.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Fact sheets for the preparers levy were used from 2009/10 when the preparers levy was extended to cover large private companies and public sector organisations. The fact sheets used the word “required” in explaining the rates applied to different categories of preparers. They also included similar wording to that included in the 2018/19 fact sheet which was <del class="ministerial">placed in the Library of the House in</del> <ins class="ministerial">attached to the</ins> response <ins class="ministerial">given</ins> to question HL5095. This makes clear that the Financial Reporting Council collects the levy from all preparers on a voluntary basis. The word “required” was replaced with the word “requested” to improve clarity in 2018/19.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2018 16:58:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2018 12:34:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 41938 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

838335

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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 1 February (HL4990), what factors made it reasonable to expect that reclassification of the Financial Reporting Council would occur; and what assessment they have made in this respect of internal correspondence from the Office of National Statistics on 6 February 2007 which stated that  “Since then there have been a few 'false starts' and a lot of wasted time on the classification of the FRC. We have now been approached three times to consider the classification of the FRC under new arrangements. On the first two occasions (August 05 then May 06) we have put the case document together and been almost ready to consult NACC when the request has been 'pulled' because the arrangements 'might be changing. (Usually following requests for further information from us that might have lead them to believe that a public sector classification would result)'; and HMT are not happy with the way DTI / FRC are taking this forward and we cannot consider the classification further until arrangements have been finalised.”
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Up to 2014, the assessment of the Financial Reporting Council’s classification was undertaken based on consideration of the categories set out in the European System of Accounts 1995. This was replaced by European System of Accounts 2010, which is what was used when the Office for National Statistics considered FRC’s status in 2014 and confirmed it as a public body within central government.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2018 14:10:45 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

838373

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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 whether, prior to the Prime Minister’s letter of 29 March 2017 notifying the European Council, in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the EU, they gave any consideration to the possibility of withdrawing from the EU in accordance with Article 50(1) without being bound by Articles 50(2) and 50(3); and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL5494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a law abiding country. We have made undertakings and commitments which we will honour. The country voted to leave the EU, and this Government respects that. A smooth and orderly exit is in the interest of both the UK and the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/02/2018 17:17:20 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

838374

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Total Allowable Catches
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to use zonal attachments to determine internationally agreed total allowable catches of fish after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL5495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>On leaving the European Union, the UK will become an independent coastal state with responsibility for controlling and managing our Exclusive Economic Zone. This will provide an opportunity to reach new agreements on the sharing of fishing opportunities. On average between 2013 – 2015, other EU Member States’ vessels landed around 750,000 tonnes of fish (£575 million revenue) caught in UK waters per year whereas UK vessels landed 100,000 tonnes (£100 million revenue) of fish caught in other Member States’ waters per year in the same time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will have international obligations to cooperate with other coastal states over the sustainable management of shared stocks; we remain committed to sustainable fishing. We are looking at a range of data to support consideration of future fishing opportunities, including catches and zonal attachment of stocks in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL5496 question first answered 19/02/2018 13:33:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch