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1663023

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate self-reports the Serious Fraud Office has received in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	200877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>In financial year 2018/19 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">8</del><ins class="ministerial">7</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2019/20 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">17</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2020/21 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">11</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2021/22 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2022/23 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 18/10/2023 09:37:34 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2023 15:52:36 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 98035 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1671388

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Good Law Project: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what was the total sum (a) paid to and (b) received from the Good Law Project by HM Government in respect of legal costs in each financial year since 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	2472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There were 52 cases against His Majesty’s Government in which the Good Law Project were involved as a party which concluded in the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 14 and lost 2 of those cases, 15 cases were settled, and 31 cases withdrawn by the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In total, the Good Law Project has paid £539,766.19 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £63,738.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000.00 was paid to, and £4,753.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £0 was paid to, and £10,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £270,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £23,738.71 was paid to, and £196,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024 to date, no payments have been made or received.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 42 case files opened in respect of actual court proceedings between His Majesty’s Government and the Good Law Project during the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 19 and lost 6, 7 cases were settled, and 9 cases were withdrawn by the Good Law Project. One has yet to deliver an outcome.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In total, in regard to these 42 cases:</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Good Law Project has paid £984,098.45 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £160,925.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000 was paid to, and £4,753 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £85,000 was paid to, and £10,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £286,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £35,925.71 was paid to, and £544,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024, £0 has been paid to, and £80,332.26 has been received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2023 17:25:30 question first ministerially corrected 04/12/2023 15:24:45 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 3541 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1566574

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) UK citizens who have returned from the EU to the UK and (b) EU citizens who have returned to EU countries who are over the age of 60 in the period since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	122030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Gentlemen’s Parliamentary Questions of 12 January is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2023 17:36:29 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2023 18:16:48 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ122030_122031.pdf title UKSA Full Response to 122030/122031 previous answer version 47754 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ122030_122031 HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to 122030/122031
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1589092

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Key Workers: Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to record data on the number of keyworkers who have (a) been affected, (b) taken early retirement, (c) lost their jobs and (d) become reliant on benefits due to long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	152238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24 February is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/03/2023 17:35:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238 previous answer version 59811 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1607924

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the level of foreign direct investment into Bolton in the period since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	174258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Lady’s Parliamentary Question of 27 March is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/03/2023 14:42:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 66499 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1680496

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were employed at Queen Elizabeth House in each UK Government department or arms-length body (a) full time, (b) part time, (c) on a consultancy basis and (d) as civil servants as of 8 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	8470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of civil servants reported in post by government departments and executive agencies as at 31 March 2023 based in Queen Elizabeth House is presented in the table below. The postcode for Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald, Edinburgh is EH8 8FT.</p><p> </p><p>Information on consultants based or employed at Queen Elizabeth House is not centrally available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Civil Servants whose postcode of government establishment or other workplace where employed or based is EH8 8FT, by civil service organisation and working pattern, as at 31 March 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Civil Service Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants in full-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of all civil servants working in a part-time role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total headcount of all civil servants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Digital UK</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Civil Service Fast Stream</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Actuary’s Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Commercial Organisation</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>1,825</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (incl. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland)</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del> <ins class="ministerial">80</ins><del class="ministerial"><br /></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government (excl. agencies)</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>[s]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,655</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Statistics (ACSES), Cabinet Office<strong><br /></strong></p><p>[s] = confidential and suppressed due to small numbers of between 1 and 4.</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p>Additional departments and their civil servants may be based/employed at Queen Elizabeth House but may not show in the data due to non-reporting of postcode information when reporting their locations information to Cabinet Office through ACSES.</p><p>The data in the table refers to civil service organisations and civil servants only. Data for non-civil service organisations are not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/01/2024 12:03:26 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2024 15:32:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen previous answer version 11377 answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1612092

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sharing Economy: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many "gig economy" workers there are in the UK workforce at present; and how many there were in each of the previous five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL7206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A holding response to the Noble Peer’s Parliamentary Question of 18th April is attached in the <del class="ministerial">answer.</del><ins class="ministerial">answer and the completed response will be deposited in the House of Lords Library.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Field of Birkenhead<br />House of Lords<br />London<br />SW1A 0PW<br />03 May 2023</p><p><br />Dear Lord Field,<br />As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many &quot;gig economy&quot; workers there are in the UK workforce at present; and how many there were in each of the previous five years (HL7206). Statisticians at the Office for National Statistics are currently undertaking additional analysis to answer your question and will place a copy in the House of Lords Library as soon as it is complete.</p><p><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/05/2023 16:53:03 question first ministerially corrected 19/05/2023 14:34:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7206HR.pdf title UK Statistics Authority previous answer version 72923 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7206HR.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1623922

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Exports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of UK exports derive from inward investment into the UK.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL7457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A holding response to the Noble Peer’s Parliamentary Question of 25th April is attached in the <del class="ministerial">answer.</del><ins class="ministerial">answer and the completed response will be deposited in the House of Lords Library.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Viscount Waverley<br />House of Lords<br />London<br />SW1A 0PW<br />11 May 2023</p><p><br />Dear Lord Waverley,</p><p><br />As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of UK exports derive from inwarde investment into the UK (HL7457). Statisticians at the Office for National Statistics are currently undertaking additional analysis to answer your question and will place a copy in the House of Lords Library as soon as it is complete.</p><p><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2023 17:03:47 question first ministerially corrected 19/05/2023 11:55:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7457HR (1) (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority previous answer version 74081 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7457HR (1) (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1674192

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe of 28 November (HL 277), whether they will now answer the question put, namely to list the ministers and whips in the House of Lords alongside their respective salaries and allowances.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The ministers and whips in the House of Lords and their respective claimed salaries for financial year 2023-2024 are as follows:</p><table><thead><tr><th scope="col"><p>Minister</p></th><th scope="col"><p>Salary</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord True</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Benyon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Sharpe of Epsom</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Minto</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Bellamy KC</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Camrose</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Scott of Bybrook</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Penn</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Markham</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbie Douglas-Miller</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Johnson</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Offord of Garvel</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£70,969</del><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Callanan</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Younger of Leckie</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Barran</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Davies of Gower</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Caine</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC</p></td><td><p>£94,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Baroness Williams of Trafford</p></td><td><p>£81,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Courtown</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Gascoigne</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Harlech</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Evans of Rainow</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Roborough</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Baroness Swinburne</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions Act 1991, Lords ministers are able to claim the Lords Office-Holders Allowance (LOHA). There are two rates for LOHA: Lords ministers living in London can claim £4,435 for the financial year 2023-2024, and Lords ministers living outside of London can claim £36,366 per year.</p><p> </p><p>Lords ministers who are unpaid may choose between claiming either LOHA or the Lords Daily Allowance. Lords ministers who receive a salary are not permitted to claim the Lords Daily Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2023 11:41:08 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2023 15:35:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 5576 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1679281

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Assistance: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many approvals have been sought from the European Commission for state aid in Northern Ireland since the coming into force of the Northern Ireland Protocol; what are these approvals; and what estimate they have made of the total amount of funds for which approval has been sought.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL1330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework addressed the risk of &quot;reach back&quot; of EU state aid rules and, based on past experience, ensures that more than 98% of aid can be granted without notification, preserving the functioning of the UK internal market. This sits alongside the uniquely generous arrangements for agricultural subsidies in Northern Ireland under the Framework. Under the old Protocol, there were 11 cases that required EU approval. Since the Windsor Framework, there has been only one such case, the Energy <del class="ministerial">Business</del> <ins class="ministerial">Bills</ins> Discount Scheme, which was resolved in order to ensure a UK-wide subsidy scheme, and continuing access to the EU market for all manufacturers in scope.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2024 11:19:02 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 15:49:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 9756 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn