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35088

registered interest
date	24/01/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the £108 million allocated in the 2010 Spending Review to cover the costs of introducing individual electoral registration, how much was spent in (1) 2010–11, (2) 2011–12, and (3) 2012–13; and how much is planned to be spent in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL4953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The spend to date and budgeted amounts are in the table below. The budget for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) was set in 2010, based on robust cost projections and included optimism bias in line with best practice. Careful management of budgets, combined with an agile approach to the development of the IT supporting the move to IER has helped to ensure that, to date, the programme has come in under budget. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The budget for IER has supported three rounds of pilots since 2011 and a complete national test of the IT that will support the automatic confirmation of at least 78% of current electors. It has enabled the allocation of resources to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and partner organisations (&pound;4.2m in the current financial year) to improve the completeness and accuracy of the Electoral Register. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual:</p><p>&pound;2,369,719</p></td><td><p>Actual:</p><p>&pound;5,074,446</p></td><td><p>Budget:</p><p>&pound;26,148,664</p></td><td><p>Budget:</p><p>&pound;65,478,868</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For financial year 2015/16, &pound;148 million has been set aside for the costs of Individual Electoral Registration, the General Election and the 2015/16 Boundary Commission; specific budgets for each of these areas are yet to be allocated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

39768

registered interest
date	24/02/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the relocation of civil servants from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5483 HL5484 question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39769

registered interest
date	24/02/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants have been transferred from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5482 HL5484 question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39770

registered interest
date	24/02/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants have been transferred from London and the South-East of England to the West Midlands since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5482 HL5483 question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

40536

registered interest
date	27/02/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
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house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Ministry of Justice with regard to the 13 questions asked of that department out of the 27 which remained unanswered after 10 working days on 27 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2014 answer text <p>Of the 13 questions to the Ministry of Justice that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 27 February, all but one have now been answered. <br><br>I take the matter of late answers to Questions for Written Answer very seriously. My office reviews the &lsquo;Questions unanswered after 10 working days&rsquo; in <em>House of Lords Business </em>every day. As soon as a question appears in this section of <em>House of Lords Business</em>, my office contacts the relevant department&rsquo;s Parliamentary Team, and they remain in contact with the Parliamentary Team and the Minister&rsquo;s Private Office until the question is answered. <br><br>I have also recently taken the opportunity to discuss the need for timely answers with members of the front bench in this House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hill of Oareford question first answered 13/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4144 label Biography information for Lord Hill of Oareford
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

40871

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what penalties can be applied to charities that break charitable law by publishing party political advertisements or making misleading claims; and whether they have plans to introduce further penalties for such breaches of charitable law.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL5721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Charity Commission guidance makes clear that charities must never engage in any party political activity, and that it is for charity trustees to ensure that their charity does not engage in any party political activity. </p><p> </p><p>Where a charity's trustees fail to do this it is for the Charity Commission for England and Wales to investigate and take proportionate action. Depending on the circumstances, the Charity Commission's response could range from seeking assurances from the trustees, through to removing and replacing the charity's trustees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

40875

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 24 February (WA 222), what has been the financial saving arising from the reduction and merger of quangos since 2010; and how many jobs have been lost.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Government has reduced the administrative cost of public bodies by over £1bn and remains on track to achieve reductions of at least £2.6bn by 2014/15. By the end of the Spending Review Period, it is estimated that there will an ongoing saving from the public bodies landscape of over £900 million per annum. </p><p> </p><p>Workforce numbers are published in the annual reports into Public Bodies, the most recent of which can be found online here:</p><p> </p><p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2013</p><p> </p><p>This Government's reforms represent the largest restructuring of public bodies in a generation, making the landscape smaller, more accountable, more efficient, less costly, and offering better value for money to the public.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

41344

registered interest
date	04/03/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 impact on individuals and local authorities of their recently-announced decision to end the Local Welfare Assistance Fund of £347 million in 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my noble Friend, the Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department for Communities and Local Government, Baroness Stowell of Beeston, to the noble Lady, Baroness King of Bow, on 3 Mar 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, columns WA278. </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/140303w0001.htm#14030332000452" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/140303w0001.htm#14030332000452</a></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

41678

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought in the last 10 years under sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E and 29F of the Public Order Act 1986 and under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice in May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5770 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL5769 5770 - Lord Lester.XLS title HL5769 & 5770 table refered to in answer.
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

41679

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions brought in the last 10 years under sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E and 29F of the Public Order Act 1986 and under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have resulted in a guilty verdict.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice in May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5769 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL5769 5770 - Lord Lester.XLS title HL5769 & 5770 table refered to in answer.
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill