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1006673

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2018
	date	13/11/2018
	date tabled	13/11/2018
	ddp created	13/11/2018 21:55:28
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	13/11/2018 22:05:44 26/11/2018 16:13:01
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11453
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 15:41:56
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker who tendered for the contract to supervise by-elections for hereditary peers; and which tender was successful.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11453
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11453
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>ERS, Kanto Elect and UK Engage responded to the invitation to tender. ERS was the successful applicant.</p> question first answered 26/11/2018 15:41:56 answering member 4148
	creator	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1006674

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2018
	date	13/11/2018
	date tabled	13/11/2018
	ddp created	13/11/2018 21:55:29
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	13/11/2018 22:05:46 26/11/2018 16:13:03
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11454
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 15:41:39
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the overall cost, including the cost to the House Authorities, of the contract to supervise by-elections for hereditary peers; whether that cost is paid annually or per by-election; and whether the cost is dependent on the number of candidates or electors.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11454
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11454
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The costs are paid per by-election. Costs vary according to the number of electors. The current cost of a whole House by-election is £1440; a Labour or Liberal Democrat by-election costs £570, and a Conservative or Crossbench by-election costs £600; all costs are inclusive of VAT. This is in addition to the cost of House of Lords staff time spent organising the by-election which forms part of their normal duties and is not costed separately.</p> question first answered 26/11/2018 15:41:39 answering member 4148
	creator	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1006675

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2018
	date	13/11/2018
	date tabled	13/11/2018
	ddp created	13/11/2018 21:55:30
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	13/11/2018 22:05:47 26/11/2018 16:13:04
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11455
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 15:41:08
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether arrangements will be made to enable members of the House who wish to observe the count of the votes cast for the hereditary peer by-election scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 November.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11455
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11455
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>A member of the relevant party or group is appointed to act as scrutineer at each count, and this will happen on 28 November when the votes (all of which will be cast by post) will be counted. There is no count on 27 November. There are no plans to make further arrangements to enable more members of the House to observe the count of the votes cast.</p> question first answered 26/11/2018 15:41:08 answering member 4148
	creator	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1002220

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:43:19
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 22:55:54 04/12/2018 13:43:03
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11241
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 13:10:58
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the estimated cost to the House of (1) restoration, (2) repair, and (3) fire protection work underway in (a) the Palace of Westminster, (b) Fielden House, and (c) Millbank House.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11241
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11241
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>‘Restoration’ has been taken to include work currently underway on the Estate to restore or conserve areas of the historic building fabric, including but not limited to the restoration work in Westminster Hall and the Encaustic Tile project. It does not include the estimated costs of the Restoration and Renewal Programme. ‘Repair’ includes project works underway on the estate but does not include general day to day maintenance. Fire protection work costs are based on the Fire Life Safety Works Programme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster</p></td><td><p>Millbank House</p></td><td><p>Fielden House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restoration</p></td><td><p>External Courtyards Conservation work (Phase 1) current approved cost: £20.2m; Westminster Hall current approved cost: £12.1m (subject to review); Elizabeth Tower current approved cost: £61.1m (subject to review); Cast Iron Roofs current approved cost: £84.4m; Encaustic Tiles current approved cost: £14.3m.</p></td><td><p>There is no restoration work currently underway.</p></td><td><p>There is no restoration work currently underway.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Repair</p></td><td><p>Works to the Palace in 2017/18 totalled £2m; works in 2018/19 are forecast to cost £2.8m.</p></td><td><p>Works to 5 Great College Street and its integration into Millbank House total £42.9m.</p></td><td><p>Planning is underway for the refurbishment of Fielden House. Surveying work is expected to commence in December 2018. The surveying working is required to finalise the business case. Until it is finalised it is not possible to provide an estimate.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire Protection</p></td><td><p>The approved business cases forecast expenditure of £90m for fire safety work underway in the Palace of Westminster. The forecast expenditure of a project within the Fire Safety programme is currently being revised.</p></td><td><p>The cost of fire protection in the Great College Street area of Millbank House has been integrated into the project itself and therefore is included in the repair figure above. The cost of Fire Protection in 1&amp;2 Millbank is currently forecast at £1.6m excluding risk and optimism bias (OB) and £2.1m including risk and OB.</p></td><td><p>The cost of making Fielden House Fire Life Safety compliant will form part of the refurbishment project. Therefore, it is not possible currently to confirm how much it will cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 04/12/2018 13:10:58 answering member 4148
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1002567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 21:46:48
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 16:45:13 15/05/2019 18:19:02
	hansard heading	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Energy
	house id	1
	identifier	188843
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 17:47:49
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) Cabinet Office, (ii) 10 Downing Street, (iii) the Crown Commercial Service, (iv) Government Property Agency, (v) the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and (vi) the Privy Council Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188843
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188843
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Cabinet Office electricity and natural gas consumption and costs are detailed below. 10 Downing Street is an integral part of the Cabinet Office, and therefore their consumption and costs are included in Cabinet Office consumption and costs below. The Crown Commercial Service, Government Property Agency, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and the Privy Council Office are occupiers within other buildings and would be recharged via their service charges.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Usage (kWh)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,372,255</p></td><td><p>317,656</p></td><td><p>236,058</p></td><td><p>£12,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4,656,054</p></td><td><p>1,476,212</p></td><td><p>293,939</p></td><td><p>£44,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,649,731</p></td><td><p>1,513,230</p></td><td><p>378,811</p></td><td><p>£42,258</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p /> question first answered 15/05/2019 17:47:49 answering member 15
	creator	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002568

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 21:46:50
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 16:45:15 15/05/2019 18:20:03
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Energy
	house id	1
	identifier	188844
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 17:48:24
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) Cabinet Office, (ii) 10 Downing Street, (iii) the Crown Commercial Service, (iv) Government Property Agency, (v) the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and (vi) the Privy Council Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188844
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188844
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Cabinet Office electricity and natural gas consumption and costs are detailed below. 10 Downing Street is an integral part of the Cabinet Office, and therefore their consumption and costs are included in Cabinet Office consumption and costs below. The Crown Commercial Service, Government Property Agency, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and the Privy Council Office are occupiers within other buildings and would be recharged via their service charges.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Usage (kWh)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,372,255</p></td><td><p>317,656</p></td><td><p>236,058</p></td><td><p>£12,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4,656,054</p></td><td><p>1,476,212</p></td><td><p>293,939</p></td><td><p>£44,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,649,731</p></td><td><p>1,513,230</p></td><td><p>378,811</p></td><td><p>£42,258</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 15/05/2019 17:48:24 answering member 15
	creator	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

964005

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	24/07/2018
	date tabled	24/07/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:16:43
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 14:55:04 07/01/2019 17:49:01
	hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
	house id	1
	identifier	169344
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/01/2019 17:17:35
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions officials in his Department's Europe Unit had with representatives of EU member states and EU institutions prior to 12 July 2018 on the content of the White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169344
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169344
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the run up to the publication of the White Paper, there was regular engagement with our EU counterparts, but no copies were shared with other Member States.</p><p> </p><p>Work to support this required a cross-government effort, including close collaboration the Cabinet Office Europe Unit, the Department for Exiting the European Union and other Government departments.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/01/2019 17:17:35 answering member 15
	creator	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

895255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2018
	date	01/05/2018
	date tabled	01/05/2018
	ddp created	01/05/2018 20:01:17
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 16:45:08 15/05/2019 18:07:02
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	identifier	139991
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 17:35:36
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136367 on Fuels: Tax Evasion, whether any legal action followed those arrests.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 139991
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	139991
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Of the three arrests made between 01 January 2017 and 31 March 2018 for fuel fraud, two were reported to the Public Prosecution Service in December 2018 while one remains under investigation pending report.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 17:35:36 answering member 15
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1005697

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:25:14
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 23:35:07 18/12/2018 16:45:09
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	190516
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/12/2018 16:13:36
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of Departments with their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide accessible documents for disabled people.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190516
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190516
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Monitoring of compliance with the Equality Act 2010 is a matter for individual departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) is working with external stakeholders to review and bring up to date guidance on accessible communications. The guidance will cover language, communications channels and accessible formats for publications, meetings and consultations. The guidance is aimed at supporting government communicators to help all parts of government improve their communications with disabled people. This updated guidance will be available by Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) helps departments to ensure their online content and services are accessible. GDS sets standards, provides assurance around these (through spend control and service assessment processes), publishes guidance on how to meet the standard (e.g. service manual), develops tools to do this well and quickly (e.g. Government as a Platform components, toolkits and patterns), and supports the departments in using them, collating and curating lessons learned.</p><p> </p><p>New Regulations will enhance this activity through the introduction of a central monitoring system and increased guidance and support for public sector bodies. Cabinet Office introduced The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. These regulations build on existing equalities legislation by making it easier for users to report issues about the accessibility of public sector websites, backed up by proportionate monitoring and enforcement. GDS supports departmental compliance with the regulations and produces guidance and training, including on how to make documents accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the Minister for Disabled People also convenes a cross sector group on accessible communications.</p> question first answered 18/12/2018 16:13:36 answering member 4441
	creator	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

964398

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	03/09/2018
	date tabled	03/09/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:31:11
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	03/09/2018 18:05:09 10/01/2019 13:09:01
	hansard heading	Lutfur Rahman
	house id	1
	identifier	169062
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/01/2019 12:38:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister authorised the press statement issued by the Cabinet Office Press Department on 15 July 2018 on the legal costs associated with the Tower Hamlets Election Court case against Lutfur Rahman.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 169062
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169062
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In order to satisfy the high volume and varied nature of media queries in a prompt manner, not all responses issued by departmental spokespeople to journalists are required to be individually approved by ministers. Information is routinely provided by government media officers to help journalists understand the policies and the background of the department’s policy</p> question first answered 10/01/2019 12:38:00 answering member 1609
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead