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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

39768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 16:31:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:52:44
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5482
	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 what is their policy on the relocation of civil servants from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5482
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5482
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 16:31:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:52:45
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5483
	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 how many civil servants have been transferred from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country since May 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5483
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5483
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39770

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 16:31:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:52:46
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5484
	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 how many civil servants have been transferred from London and the South-East of England to the West Midlands since May 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5484
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5484
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39789

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 16:31:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:52:56
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5503
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Prime Minister on 15 June 2009 (HC Deb, col 21–38) that the final report of the Chilcot Inquiry would be able to "disclose all but the most sensitive information—that is, all information except that which is essential to our national security", whether the Inquiry continues to operate under those terms.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5503
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5503
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty&rsquo;s Government regarding documents and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry&rsquo;s inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry&rsquo;s website:</p><p><a href="http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Each request under the Freedom of Information Act is considered on its merits and handled accordingly. The reasons for the use of the veto on the disclosure of Cabinet minutes prior to the Iraq war are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

39791

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 16:31:41
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:52:58
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5505
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the ministerial veto was used to overturn the Information Commissioner's ruling on the disclosure of the minutes of Cabinet meetings prior to the Iraq war; and why that route was preferred to an appeal to the courts as in the case of Plowden.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL5505
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5505
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty&rsquo;s Government regarding documents and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry&rsquo;s inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry&rsquo;s website:</p><p><a href="http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Each request under the Freedom of Information Act is considered on its merits and handled accordingly. The reasons for the use of the veto on the disclosure of Cabinet minutes prior to the Iraq war are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816
	creator	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon