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819356

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will nominate a candidate to the UN Committee for Ending Discrimination Against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 members. There will be an election later this year to replace 12 of these members, whose terms of office expire on 31 December 2018. The Government is not currently planning to make nominations for this Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/01/2018 17:10:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

824029

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equal Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the gender pay gap.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL4772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The full-time gender pay gap is the lowest it has ever been but the Government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap entirely.</p><p>We introduced ground-breaking legislation last year requiring all large employers to report their gender pay gaps. The best employers will use this information to take action to close their gaps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2018 16:11:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

819359

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2017; and of those, what proportion was received in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL4561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>In total, 1,633,770 items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2017. The Administration does not count which House each item goes to but estimates that approximately 30 per cent of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 15/01/2018 14:57:52 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

820521

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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 what is the estimated earliest date by which both Houses of Parliament could decant the Palace of Westminster in the event of a decision so to do for the purposes of the restoration and renewal of the Palace; and what is the estimated cost to the public purse for the repair and maintenance of the Palace in the period between now and both Houses decanting.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL4602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Neither House has yet considered the recommendation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster (House of Lords Paper No. 41, HC 659, Session 2016–17), published in September 2016, that both Houses should leave the Palace temporarily while the essential restoration and renewal work is carried out. The future schedule for the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme will depend largely on when both Houses take a decision on the preferred delivery option, and on what that decision is. If both Houses accept the Joint Committee’s recommendation, then it will be necessary to acquire, design and fit out temporary accommodation, and to complete the refurbishment of the House of Commons Northern Estate, before decant can take place. There will also be several years of design work, including consultation with Members of both Houses and more widely, which will be followed by a procurement phase for the works. The Joint Committee recommended the establishment, by statute, of an independent Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority to deliver the Programme. Assuming that a decision on the future direction of the Programme can be taken soon, we expect that this work could be completed in time for decant to take place in 2025.</p><p>The forecast cost of repair and maintenance of the Palace of Westminster from 2017/18 to 2021/22, the end of the current Medium Term Investment Plan period, is set out in the table below. This includes both planned preventative and reactive maintenance, and current and planned Strategic Estates projects, including a further round of mechanical and electrical engineering work intended to keep the building habitable until 2025.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned preventative &amp; reactive maintenance</p></td><td><p>£10,950,421</p></td><td><p>£10,906,124</p></td><td><p>£11,044,424</p></td><td><p>£11,366,324</p></td><td><p>£10,969,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current &amp; planned Strategic Estates projects</p></td><td><p>£82,423,288</p></td><td><p>£106,455,026</p></td><td><p>£98,110,475</p></td><td><p>£35,684,761</p></td><td><p>£25,058,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medium-term mechanical and electrical works</p></td><td><p>–</p></td><td><p>£801,903</p></td><td><p>£3,494,211</p></td><td><p>£18,301,903</p></td><td><p>£18,301,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£93,373,709</p></td><td><p>£118,163,052</p></td><td><p>£112,649,110</p></td><td><p>£65,352,988</p></td><td><p>£54,329,923</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Costs include VAT and optimism bias where appropriate, but no allowance has been made for inflation. There is not yet a reliable forecast for routine maintenance beyond the end of the current Medium Term Investment Plan period in 2021/22. It is possible that reactive maintenance costs may rise in future as the condition of the Palace continues to deteriorate.</p><p>It is assumed that, as the start date for the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme approaches, wherever possible, work which can be deferred until the Programme starts will be.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 23/01/2018 15:53:38 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

823171

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Broadcasting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 19 July 2017 (HL599) concerning the resource costs of £1,104K to the House of Lords for Parliamentary Broadcasting, what amount of that sum, if any, is provided to the BBC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL4662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>None of the recharged resource costs referred to in HL599 is provided to the BBC.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 23/01/2018 14:15:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

823172

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Broadcasting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 19 July 2017 (HL599) concerning the resource costs of £1,104K to the House of Lords for Parliamentary Broadcasting, what proportion of the total cost of the shared service that sum represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL4663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The £1,104k represents 40% of the total Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit spend, excluding depreciation. This is in line with the agreed 40:60 split of broadcasting costs between the House of Lords and the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 23/01/2018 14:53:13 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

823191

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Independent Reporting Commission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Independent Reporting Commission will publish its first annual report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL4682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Reporting Commission (IRC), established by the UK and Irish Governments, was legally constituted in August 2017. It is required to report annually on progress towards ending paramilitary activity including the implementation of the relevant measures by the UK and Irish governments and the NI Executive’s action plan. I expect the first annual report to be published prior to August 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2018 14:49:59 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

819348

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the change of name of the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is their estimate of the cost of the resulting changes to signs, badges, stationery, and other matters.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum. This would of course be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/01/2018 17:52:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

819349

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the change of name of the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there have been any changes to the responsibilities of the Department.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/01/2018 17:31:20 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

819362

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to redress resource deficits faced by local authorities in deprived areas resulting from relatively weaker tax bases and having to respond to greater demands for social care provision, as evidenced by the most recent data from the official Health Survey for England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL4564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Funding baselines for local authorities in England are based on an assessment of their relative needs and resources, including deprivation levels and council tax income. Our fair funding review is looking again at how we do this and is working towards implementation in 2020/21.</p><p>A 12 week technical consultation on relative needs was published on 19 December 2017 which sets out the Government’s approach to the fair funding review and seeks views on what factors should be reflected by a new local government funding formula.</p><p>Furthermore, the improved Better Care Fund is allocated in such a way that the overall distribution of adult social care funding, including the council tax precept, will reflect adult social care pressures across the country and relative tax bases.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/01/2018 17:21:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley