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1005633

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:55
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	15/11/2018 21:55:05 26/11/2018 13:41:01
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11404
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 13:40:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the legal advice prepared by the Attorney General for the Prime Minister on the Irish backstop proposals for the Brexit negotiations; whether the full advice was made available to members of the Cabinet; and if not, why not.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11404
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11404
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the legitimate desire in Parliament, from Members on all sides and in both Houses, to understand the legal implications of the final Withdrawal Agreement. The Government will therefore make available to all members of Parliament a full, reasoned position statement, setting out the Government’s agreed legal position on the Agreement, including the Irish backstop proposals. The Attorney will also make a statement to the House of Commons and take questions. This will help to ensure Parliament has all appropriate information ahead of the vote on the final deal.</p><p> </p><p>We expect the Attorney General’s statement to be repeated in the Lords, with questions.</p> question first answered 26/11/2018 13:40:39 answering member 4538
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1003680

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/11/2018
	date	09/11/2018
	date tabled	09/11/2018
	ddp created	09/11/2018 16:43:06
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	09/11/2018 16:57:54 23/11/2018 14:44:03
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	189562
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 14:12:04
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 189562
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189562
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Wherever possible the Attorney General’s Office and the Law Officers Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, The Government Legal Department and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) let contracts over £10,000 using call-off contracts from frameworks procured by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). These frameworks include provision for payments to sub-contractors within 30 days of receipt of undisputed invoice.</p><p>Central records are not held for procurements partially, or fully, managed outside the procurement service. To confirm that these contracts include provisions for prompt payment of sub-contractor invoices would require a manual check of all procurement records, which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 14:12:04 answering member 4106
	creator	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1005646

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:06:10
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:17:29 22/11/2018 17:14:01
	hansard heading	Electricity: Meters
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11417
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 16:42:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of current smart meter technology accurately to account for energy generated by domestic solar panels.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11417
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11417
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Both SMETS1 and SMETS2 smart meters are compatible with microgeneration, including solar panels.</p><p> </p><p>All SMETS compliant electricity meters are capable of recording any electricity that is exported to the grid from onsite renewable generation sources, such as solar panels.</p> question first answered 22/11/2018 16:42:45 answering member 2616
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1005600

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:16
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:15:57 23/11/2018 11:42:02
	hansard heading	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11371
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 11:41:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the framework document for the Financial Reporting Council as agreed with its sponsoring department, as required by the HM Treasury document, Managing Public Money, published in July 2013.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11371
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11371
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Framework Document between the Financial Reporting Council and the Department is in the process of being agreed. Once agreed, it will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 11:41:33 answering member 2616
	creator	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1005599

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:15:55 22/11/2018 16:33:01
	hansard heading	Financial Reporting Council: Audit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11370
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 16:32:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s Practice Note 10 Audit of financial statements of public sector bodies in the UK as applicable to public bodies should have been applied to the FRC's accounts for the year ended 31 March, given that the FRC was itself a public body for all that period.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11370
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11370
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s Practice Notes contain auditing rather than accounting guidance, so are not directly applicable to the preparation of the FRC’s accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Practice Notes contain best practice guidance to help auditors apply auditing standards in the context of particular kinds of engagement (including public sector bodies, charities and banks). They do not contain additional requirements to those in auditing standards (ISAs (UK)), Practice Note 10 provides relevant context and application guidance for any audit engagement for a public sector body, including the FRC.</p><p> </p><p>The audit of the FRC is carried out in accordance with auditing and ethical standards used by all auditors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Practice Note 10 provides guidance on regularity. Regularity is the concept that transactions recorded in the financial statements of an audited business must be in accordance with the relevant framework. These frameworks are specific to the audited business and set out the requirements their transactions must comply with.</p><p> </p><p>The FRC auditor is not required to give a separate opinion on regularity because the FRC is required to prepare its accounts in accordance with Companies Act requirements and uses FRS 102.</p> question first answered 22/11/2018 16:32:45 answering member 2616
	creator	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1005615

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:34
	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 22:16:26 26/11/2018 12:39:01
	hansard heading	G20: Buenos Aires
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11386
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 12:07:51
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the Prime Minister’s key strategic priorities for the G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place in Buenos Aires on 30 November–1 December 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11386
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11386
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prime Minister will attend the G20 Summit to discuss a range of global issues and meet with leaders.</p><p>The G20 will be an opportunity to push for progress on shaping the rules governing the global economy and advance UK priorities such as ​agreeing ​an ambitious and urgent process for reform of the World Trade Organisation, making the global economy work for everyone, climate change and Modern Slavery.</p> question first answered 26/11/2018 12:07:51 answering member 57
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1005590

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:04:58
	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 22:15:36 26/11/2018 17:48:01
	hansard heading	Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11361
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:47:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from measures to improve social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being undertaken by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11361
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11361
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are a number of similarities in what Wales are currently doing in relation to the Future Generations Act, and what the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) proposes to do within the Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill, which they will publish before Christmas. This includes setting out environmental principles in primary legislation and monitoring the application of the principles. However, the main focus of the Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill is to be broadly equivalent to the governance provided by Europe relating to the environment and this is wider than just considering principles.</p><p> </p><p>We have learnt a great deal from the good work that Wales has done on the Well-Being of Future Generations Act and will continue to do so as we develop our policy statement on the principles as well as wider considerations on environmental governance. This includes reflecting on how the legislative framework is set out and the outcomes that they seek to achieve.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/11/2018 17:47:04 answering member 57
	creator	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1005903

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:33:20
	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 23:42:28 22/11/2018 11:12:02
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cryptography
	house id	1
	identifier	190571
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 10:40:07
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 51 of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, what recent estimate he has made of the cost per annum to Government of procuring private sector cryptography skills and technologies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190571
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190571
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><em>Due to national security reasons we cannot comment on the cost of procuring cryptography skills and technology to Government.</em></p> question first answered 22/11/2018 10:40:07 answering member 15
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

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

1003888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/11/2018
	date	09/11/2018
	date tabled	09/11/2018
	ddp created	09/11/2018 16:51:08
	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	09/11/2018 17:04:50 28/11/2018 14:57:03
	hansard heading	Offices: Wales
	house id	1
	identifier	189829
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/11/2018 14:25:01
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to close the office of the (a) Boundary Commission for Wales in Fitzalan Court, Cardiff, (b) Company Names Tribunal on Cardiff Road, Newport, (c) Estyn office on Keen Road, Cardiff, (d) Forest Research on Cefn Gethiniog, Powys, (d) Office for National Statistics on Cardiff Road, Newport, (e) Public Health Wales on Tyndall Street, Cardiff, (f) Wales Audit Office at 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff (g) Wales Audit Office at North Wales Business Park, Conwy and (h) Wales Audit Office on Penllergaer, Swansea.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 189829
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189829
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Following consultation with the Government Property Agency who now manage the Cabinet Office estate, I can confirm that none of the locations referred to in the above question are owned or managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>The civil service is going through a fundamental transformation in the way that we work and deliver services, not least through advances in technology. The future civil service will be more efficient, more highly skilled and agile.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with departments to deliver our commitments within the Government Estates Strategy and to ensure that we make the best use of our Government Estate assets, including the office estates. We have a particular commitment to consider locations outside of London as identified through our Places for Growth programme.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/11/2018 14:25:01 answering member 4441
	creator	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake