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58567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:08:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:01
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Food
	house id	2
	identifier	HL92
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 16:40:59
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of the food used in the House of Lords is (1) grown in the home counties; and (2) drawn from organic and whole-food sources.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL92
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL92
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Lords does not draw any of its food from organic sources nor is any of the food offered categorised as “whole-food”. Fruit and vegetables used by the House sourced from the home counties are set out in the table below. Free-range chicken served in the House is mostly from Gloucestershire and Essex. The Salt Marsh lamb is from the Romney Marsh in Kent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Produce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Source county</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asparagus</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beetroot</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bramley apple</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cauliflower</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herbs (potted)</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacket potatoes</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Raspberries</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spring greens</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strawberries</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tomatoes (gourmet)</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vitelotte potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 17/06/2014 16:40:59 answering member 2124
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

61253

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 23:19:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:16:54
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	identifier	HL213
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:07:15
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL213
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL213
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:</p><p>“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.</p><p>The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.</p><p>This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.</p><p>Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:15 answering member 2124
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

41377

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	05/03/2014
	date tabled	05/03/2014
	ddp created	05/03/2014 22:41:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:22:59
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	190834
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190834
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190834
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs when in opposition.</p> question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16
	creator	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

42638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 22:34:37
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:56:48
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5907
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Attorney General's Office and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5907
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5907
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), which provides legal services to a number of government departments and bodies, conducted an annual client satisfaction survey in January 2014 The outcome of the survey was reported to the TSol Board and is one of the measures agreed with TSol by HM Treasury.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are conducting a survey of victims of crime who had received the revised victim communication and liaison scheme which is currently being piloted by three CPS Areas. The survey is still ongoing but will feed into the evaluation of the pilots later this year.</p><p>There have been no other external customer, user or satisfaction surveys conducted by the Law Officers' Departments during the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 630
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

42684

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:10:28
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:36:31
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191801
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) any executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies of the Law Officers' Departments in the current financial year.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191801
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191801
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Law Officers' Departments have been actively reducing their estate running costs since 2010 in line with Government policy and have already made significant savings.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) estate rationalisation programme began in 2009 and is set to be completed in 2016, with most of the leases on empty property having expired by then. This programme has already led to a reduction in expenditure and increased efficiency. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has paid £320,178.38 in property business rates in the current financial year on the properties which are currently recorded as vacant on the ePIMS database as at 14 March 2014. The costs figure has been produced by DTZ who are CPS' managing agents and has not yet been audited.</p><p>The Treasury Solicitor's Department owns a lease on a building which has some vacant space. This building attracts full business rates in the current financial year. This lease is due to expire in 2016. The estimated business rates for the vacant proportion of the property for 2013/14 are £59 372.71</p><p>The remaining Law Officers' Departments do not have any vacant properties.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16
	creator	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

10021

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:03:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:47:35
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	154017
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of losses to the public purse arising from applying the current accounting officer conventions in the period leading up to the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 154017
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	154017
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.</p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535
	creator	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

10022

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:03:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:47:36
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	154018
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with officials in his Department on how the accounting officers' conventions would apply to investment in Scotland in advance of the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 154018
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	154018
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.</p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535
	creator	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

35088

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/02/2014
	date	24/01/2014
	date tabled	24/01/2014
	ddp created	24/01/2014 20:54:36
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:47:50
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4953
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/03/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL4953
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4953
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

39428

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:22
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:14
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189004
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library all correspondence between his Department and other departments on the matter of union subscription check off.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189004
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189004
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions and correspondence are not usually disclosed.<strong> </strong></p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

39429

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:15
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189056
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were on maternity leave in each of the last five years returned to work.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189056
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189056
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Cabinet Office staff are entitled to take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. </p><p>Staff who have been continuously employed by the Civil Service for 26 weeks prior to the 15th week before the expected date of childbirth are eligible for maternity pay.</p><p>Within the Cabinet Office maternity pay is equivalent to full pay for the initial 26 weeks (ordinary maternity leave). During the following 26 weeks (additional maternity leave) Statutory Maternity Pay is given for the first 13 weeks. The remaining 13 weeks are unpaid.</p><p>Individuals who resign and do not return to work following maternity leave are usually required to refund any contractual element of maternity pay they have received. </p><p>Cabinet Office systems do not hold specific information on staff who depart after periods of maternity leave. However, over the last 5 years, we estimate that 96% of staff who were on maternity leave returned to work. </p><p> </p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson