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940113

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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	Government Equalities Office: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Government Equalities Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text The Government Equalities Office does not hold this information<p /><p /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/07/2018 14:50:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

940112

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Wales Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/07/2018 15:21:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

938843

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews HM Treasury has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Treasury announced the launch of an independent review of the Co-operative Bank on 6 March 2018 and an independent review into build out of planning permissions into homes at the 2017 Autumn Budget.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past year, HM Treasury published the following:</p><ul><li><p>an update on the progress of the independent review into build out of planning permissions into homes, together with the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, on 13 March 2018</p></li><li><p>‘delivering better outcomes for citizens: practical steps for unlocking public value’, an independent review which investigated how central government can ensure it is delivering maximum value for every pound spent on public services, on 17 November 2017</p></li><li><p>‘growing a culture of social impact investing in the UK’, together with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport, on 14 November 2017</p></li><li><p>an update setting out the progress made on the recommendations put forward by the Insurance Fraud Taskforce, on 9 August 2017</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of the independent reviews is not held centrally by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2018 11:54:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

940110

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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 Office: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Northern Ireland Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not commissioned any independent reviews into its policy or administration over the last year.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 19/07/2018 15:35:40 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

694330

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of reoffending rates for (1) ex-prisoners who have undertaken enterprise courses, and (2) those who have not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL5604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Data published by my department on the impact of employment on reduced re-offending relies on data drawn together from across the Criminal Justice System, supplemented by data on the employment and benefit status of offenders from a data sharing agreement between MoJ, DWP and HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>That data does not enable any comparative assessment of reoffending rates for ex-prisoners who have or have not undertaken enterprise courses.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/03/2017 15:11:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

711607

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: New Businesses
	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 Keen of Elie on 8 March (HL5604), how many ex-prisoners have undertaken enterprise courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL6113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/03/2017 11:15:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

940108

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Ministry of Justice has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep a central record of information on commissioning of independent reviews into policy or administration. To collate this information from across the Department would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2018 11:28:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

938846

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Departments do not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/07/2018 09:09:34 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1694356

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on civil servants giving evidence to House of Lords committees, and under what circumstances a request for such evidence may be declined.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL3091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government, including the Civil Service, is committed to being as accommodating as possible when requests are made by Select Committees. The Cabinet Office has dedicated guidance for Civil Servants about giving evidence to House of Lords Select Committees. Officials will always carefully consider requests to give evidence. When they do accept such invitations, they require Ministerial agreement and are there to represent the Minister's views.</p><p>In the event that a Select Committee requests a named civil servant from a department and the department feels that they are not the most appropriate person to represent the Minister, the department has the right to suggest an alternative to the Committee. There may be rare examples where the Department and Ministers feel an official is unable to attend, but the guidance is clear that if a Department considers it is unable to meet any requests from the Select Committee, they should inform the Committee as soon as practicably possible and set out the reasons why.</p><p>As Leader of the House of Lords, I have made it clear to my Ministerial Colleagues, that Ministers in both Houses should make every effort to facilitate Select Committee requests, including evidence session attendance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 19/03/2024 16:38:16 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

1439979

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Remote Working
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office staff are working from home; and what proportion of the department this represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL6900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, all Civil Service employers have followed Government guidance in setting out their internal COVID-19 related policies. This includes complying with the Working Safely during Coronavirus: Guidance which sets out the key actions organisations should take to protect employees and customers in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in workplaces, along with carrying out health and safety risk assessments that include the ongoing risk from COVID-19.</p><p>On 21 February 2022, the Government published their 'Covid-19 Response: Living with Covid-19' This document sets out how and when the remaining restrictions will be lifted in England. Government guidance was subsequently amended, including the <em>Working Safely </em>guidance.</p><p>The Government’s <em>Working Safely</em> guidance continues to require organisations to carry out a risk assessment which includes the risk from COVID-19. It also sets out additional actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning, asking people to wash their hands frequently and asking people with COVID-19 to stay away. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high. Civil Service employers will continue to follow this guidance and align their policies accordingly.</p><p>Home Office staff conducts a wide range of roles requiring varying levels of attendance at the workplace. Our hybrid working model means that all staff, whose role permits, have the ability to work from home for a proportion of their working hours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/03/2022 18:01:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts