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1490831

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hammersmith Bridge Task Force
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Hammersmith Bridge Task Force will next meet; and when the agenda for that meeting will be published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL1907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The focus for the Government, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and TfL is delivering and monitoring the stabilisation works and developing a business case for the second stage of works. A further meeting of the Taskforce will be considered when members put forward substantive agenda items for discussion.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce publishes a report of each meeting on the Government website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/07/2022 11:41:51 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1470898

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what ministerial directions they have given to the British Business Bank; and what were the contents of those directions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>A Ministerial Direction is a formal instruction by a Minister to the Chief Accounting Office of their department to proceed with a spending proposal. These are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the British Business Bank plc, a Written Direction is a formal instruction issued by or on behalf of the British Business Bank’s Shareholder, the Secretary of State for BEIS, to proceed with a requested course of action after the Board has raised its concerns through a Reservation Notice. With respect to the Government’s Covid-19 Loan Schemes, all these notices are publicly available to view on the Bank’s website and GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 16:53:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245658

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>Less than Five</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS3</p></td><td><p>Less than Five</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS4</p></td><td><p>Less than Five</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As of September 2020, the department’s declaration rate for ethnicity is 77.2%, meaning that the figures in the table above are based on the percentage that was declared and not the department’s true population.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/11/2020 12:05:01 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245659

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Northern Ireland Office at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is a small department with less than 200 staff. As there are fewer than five BAME SCS members in the total cohort of 16 SCS grades in the department, figures cannot be provided in order to protect the privacy and identity of individuals concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/10/2020 16:21:55 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245660

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Office of the Advocate General for Scotland: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>In line with reporting protocol and for disclosure control purposes, BAME figures for the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland cannot be disclosed due to the small population. The Office of the Advocate General for Scotland has 5 members of staff total at SCS grade.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 26/10/2020 13:02:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245661

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The Civil Service publishes details of the percentage of senior civil servants from an ethnic minority background in the diversity and inclusion dashboard, which can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-inclusion-dashboard/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-dashboard" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-inclusion-dashboard/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-dashboard</a></p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has no staff at SCS3 or SCS4. The number of staff in SCS1 and SCS2 is five or fewer. We are unable therefore to confirm the number of BAME staff to prevent potential identification of individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 27/10/2020 13:27:51 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245662

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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	Leader of the House of Lords: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Leader of the House of Lords at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>In line with reporting protocol and for disclosure control purposes, figures are suppressed where base headcounts include less than five individuals. BAME figures for the Leader of the Lords office cannot be disclosed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 26/10/2020 17:39:55 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1245663

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given to PQs HL8861 and HL8862 as below -</p><p>Cross civil service information can be found at the Diversity and Inclusion dashboard at: <a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/cabinet.office.diversity.and.inclusion#!/vizhome/CivilServiceDiversityandInclusiondashboard/Introduction?publish=yes" target="_blank">https://public.tableau.com/profile/cabinet.office.diversity.and.inclusion#!/vizhome/CivilServiceDiversityandInclusiondashboard/Introduction?publish=yes</a></p><p>As the dashboard’s data tables show 7% of Cabinet Office Senior Civil Servants declared that they were from an ethinic minority.</p><p>18% of Cabinet Office overall civil servants declare that they are from an ethnic minority. Details of individual grades will not be disclosed to avoid identifying individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 05/11/2020 16:53:52 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1242800

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 7 October that they intend to legislate to change the language and presentation of information in debt letters, what changes they plan to make to letters and notices from HMRC to taxpayers deemed to be in default on tax payments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The changes referred to in the legislation apply to lenders in the credit industry, rather than Government departments. HMRC’s letters are always being reviewed and improved to follow best practice in debt collection. At the start of the pandemic, HMRC reviewed and amended the majority of their debt collection letters so they were tailored to taxpayers’ changing circumstances and to promote the support available to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/10/2020 13:14:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1242801

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Department for Transport at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and its Executive Agencies employ the following numbers of BAME Civil Servants at the grades listed:</p><p> </p><p>SCS1: 6</p><p>SCS2: 2</p><p>SCS3: 0</p><p>SCS4: 0</p><p> </p><p>These figures only include individuals who have self-identified as being of a BAME background; there are other individuals who have either not made a declaration or have indicated that they prefer not to disclose this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/10/2020 13:29:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer