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	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether House of Lords catering services are subject to food hygiene inspections by Westminster Health Authority; and if so, (1) what Food Hygiene Rating each Lords catering outlet achieved at their most recent inspection, and (2) whether outlets are required to display a Food Hygiene Rating Sticker.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL11759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>As registered food premises, the House of Lords catering facilities are subject to inspections from Westminster City Council (WCC). At the last inspection in November 2017, the Environmental Health Officer from WCC Food Safety Team awarded the highest rating of 5 for all House of Lords catering outlets in the Palace of Westminster; Millbank House facilities were inspected in November 2016 and also received a 5 rating. It is a recommendation but not a legal requirement to display the food hygiene rating sticker. The House of Lords rating stickers are currently displayed in the River Restaurant and Millbank House Cafeteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 29/11/2018 11:48:49 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1028340

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Abingdon Green
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the House Authorities were consulted on the decision to close College Green to the public; and whether broadcasters using the Green pay the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL12414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Yes, Black Rod was consulted on the closure of College Green. The Green is owned by the House of Commons but day to day access is delegated by the Clerk of the House to Black Rod. Current policy is to allow public access to the Green to enable the public to pass through on the paths or to use it as a recreational space. It is also longstanding policy also to allow the media to use the Green for the contemporaneous news reporting of events within Parliament. Broadcasters are not charged to use the Green as is it considered to be in Parliament’s and the national interest that they should be facilitated to report on Parliament. As the Green is owned by the House of Commons, the question of charging would be a matter for them, not the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 03/01/2019 14:05:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

655757

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Emergencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many evacuation procedures have been carried out in the Palace of Westminster and other parts of the Lords estate in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The table below shows the evacuations from Lords parts of the Parliamentary Estate in the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Evacuations due to false alarms</p></td><td><p>Evacuation drills</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 6; Victoria Tower 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 5; Victoria Tower 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 1; Fielden House 3; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1; Victoria Tower 2</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 3; Fielden House 3</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Jan – Nov)</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 8; Fielden House 10; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 2; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 21/12/2016 12:42:07 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

657417

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Chairman of Committees on 8 April 2014, which museums or related institutions have received encaustic tiles from the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Following the decision by the Administration and Works Committee in the Lords and the Administration Committee in the Commons that in cases where encaustic tiles from the Palace of Westminster cannot be re-used elsewhere, some of these should be donated to museums or related institutions, encaustic tiles have been donated to the Tile Trail in Stoke on Trent; to a recycled mosaics project to commemorate the pottery works in Stoke on Trent; and to St Augustine’s Church in Ramsgate.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 19/12/2016 14:12:45 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

838118

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many women are employed in construction works (1) on the House of Lords Estate, and (2) for bicameral projects on the Parliamentary Estate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The House of Commons and the House of Lords are jointly responsible for the Palace of Westminster. The Strategic Estates department is a bicameral department and is responsible for delivering capital investment across the Parliamentary Estate. As at 14 February the department consisted of 64 (47%) women and 72 (53%) men. These staff work on a bicameral basis and it is not possible to allocate specific figures to those working on each part of the Estate. In addition to these staff, as at 14 February there were 2,620 contractor passes issued to the teams responsible for construction works and maintenance of the Palace and other areas of the Parliamentary Estate. Of these, 312 (11.9%) were issued to women.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 19/02/2018 12:18:59 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

655758

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Rejuvenate Your Business
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with, and what representations they have (1) sent to, and (2) received from, Liverpool City Council concerning (a) Rejuvenate your Business Limited, (b) the Project Enterprise Village initiative, and (c) the Insolvency Service investigation and subsequent disqualification undertaking banning Shazan Qureshi from acting as a company director.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s Insolvency Service investigated Mr Qureshi’s conduct as a director of Rejuvenate Your Business Ltd on half of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. There was no contact between the investigation team and Liverpool City Council in relation to that company or the Project Enterprise Village initiative. Details of the investigation, disqualifications obtained and matters of misconduct can be found in the Insolvency Service’s press release on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/12/2016 13:50:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

830519

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Construction: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the creation of jobs for women in the construction industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the construction sector to increase the gender diversity of its workforce. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has taken practical steps by developing a ‘Be Fair’ framework, including freely available fairness and inclusion training modules for construction firms. In addition, CITB’s careers hub, ‘Go Construct’, provides online guidance and case studies for prospective employees - and employers - on a range of diversity topics, including gender.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, more work is needed to improve the diversity of the construction sector. We are engaging with the industry as to how further improvements can best be achieved and we expect to see this agenda being driven forward through the Sector Deal for construction that was announced in our Industrial Strategy White Paper on 27 November.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/02/2018 13:28:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1024862

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Speeches
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the protocols governing the redaction of parts of ministerial speeches that appear on Government departments' websites.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL12303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Individual government organisations publish speeches to GOV.UK. The Government Digital Service, part of Cabinet Office provides guidance on how speeches should be presented. This guidance is published in content design guidance on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/content-types#speech). GOV.UK supports both ‘draft text’ and ‘speaking notes’, neither of which are verbatim records of ministerial speeches.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/12/2018 14:35:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

655759

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Private Sector
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of (1) Liverpool City Council support for the Project Enterprise Village initiative, and (2) the Insolvency Service investigation and subsequent disqualification undertaking banning Shazan Qureshi from acting as a company director, whether they will issue guidance to local authorities to ensure that a local authority acting as an accountable body in any private company-led funding application undertakes full background and bankruptcy checks on all company directors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>All local authorities should act responsibly when entering into business with, or supporting, independent organisations or businesses. Local authorities are stewards of public assets, including taxpayers’ money, and should demonstrate due diligence and secure value for money for the taxpayer when using public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2016 17:25:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

679327

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many rough sleepers there were in the UK for each of the last three years; and what plans they have to tackle this issue.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many and we are committed to doing all we can to prevent homelessness. This government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society, which is why we're investing £550 million until 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p>As part of this, in December we announced 84 successful bids to our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme. This will help those people at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or those with complex needs, to get back on their feet.</p><p>We are going even further and changing the law by backing Bob Blackman MP's Homelessness Reduction Bill. This will mean that people across the country get the help they need to avoid becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>DCLG publishes annual statistics on the number of people seen sleeping rough on a single night in England by local authority. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p><p>As Housing is a devolved matter, rough sleeping statistics for Wales are available here:</p><p><a href="https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Homelessness/Rough-Sleepers" target="_blank">https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Homelessness/Rough-Sleepers</a></p><p>Rough sleeping statistics for Scotland can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/02/2017 13:50:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey