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40121

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 women to apply for senior posts in the Civil Service.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL5590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Women comprise over a third of the Senior Civil Service.</p><p>Work commissioned through the Contestable Policy Fund begins in March and will identify and help to remove the blockages faced by women when applying for senior posts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

607597

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total anticipated cost of salaries for new members of staff recruited to work in the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for International Trade for 2016–17 and 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL2529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The budget required to fulfil both the Department for International Trade’s and the Department for Exiting the EU’s set-up and responsibilities, including staffing budget, will be presented to the House of Commons and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the New Year, as is standard practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 31/10/2016 15:29:46 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

926492

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often the two Cabinet Sub-Committees which are currently examining the two proposed models for future customs cooperation with the EU have met; and when they are expected to reach a conclusion.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL8742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has established two working groups to consider the Government’s options for future customs arrangements. We do not comment on the details of work that relates to Cabinet or its sub-Committees.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out two potential models for the UK’s future customs relationship – a new customs partnership and a highly streamlined customs arrangement, and will set out further detail on its preferred customs model in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 26/06/2018 16:37:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

432408

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure that the Homelessness Prevention Grant continues after its current funding ends.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions around locally funded services will be set out in the provisional Local Government Settlement, which we intend to announce before recess.</p><p>Local authority expenditure on homelessness is recorded in the Revenue Outturn tables which are published annually (attached) and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls</a></p><p>National homelessness statistics record detailed information on local housing authority homelessness activity. This includes the number of homelessness households, how many had their homelessness prevented and also the reason for the loss of their last settled home.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3923 HL3924 HL3925 question first answered 08/12/2015 15:02:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151201 Copy of Revenue Outturn - HL3922.xls title Revenue Outturn table
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

432409

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with stakeholders about the implementation of a monitoring system to track how the Homelessness Prevention Grant is spent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions around locally funded services will be set out in the provisional Local Government Settlement, which we intend to announce before recess.</p><p>Local authority expenditure on homelessness is recorded in the Revenue Outturn tables which are published annually (attached) and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls</a></p><p>National homelessness statistics record detailed information on local housing authority homelessness activity. This includes the number of homelessness households, how many had their homelessness prevented and also the reason for the loss of their last settled home.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3922 HL3924 HL3925 question first answered 08/12/2015 15:02:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151201 Copy of Revenue Outturn - HL3922.xls title Revenue Outturn table
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

432410

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to bring forward proposals to develop a funding formula in order to allocate the Homelessness Prevention Grant to local authorities based on the extent of homelessness and rough sleeping, including the number of people at risk of homelessness, in their area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions around locally funded services will be set out in the provisional Local Government Settlement, which we intend to announce before recess.</p><p>Local authority expenditure on homelessness is recorded in the Revenue Outturn tables which are published annually (attached) and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls</a></p><p>National homelessness statistics record detailed information on local housing authority homelessness activity. This includes the number of homelessness households, how many had their homelessness prevented and also the reason for the loss of their last settled home.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3922 HL3923 HL3925 question first answered 08/12/2015 15:02:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151201 Copy of Revenue Outturn - HL3922.xls title Revenue Outturn table
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

432411

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to take steps to increase the Homelessness Prevention Grant, in the light of the reported increase in the number of rough sleepers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions around locally funded services will be set out in the provisional Local Government Settlement, which we intend to announce before recess.</p><p>Local authority expenditure on homelessness is recorded in the Revenue Outturn tables which are published annually (attached) and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls</a></p><p>National homelessness statistics record detailed information on local housing authority homelessness activity. This includes the number of homelessness households, how many had their homelessness prevented and also the reason for the loss of their last settled home.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3922 HL3923 HL3924 question first answered 08/12/2015 15:02:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151201 Copy of Revenue Outturn - HL3922.xls title Revenue Outturn table
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

1174493

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Beaches: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain the current standards of cleanliness on UK beaches after Brexit; and, in particular, whether they intend to maintain the standards set out in the EU's Bathing Water and Water Framework Directives.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>Leaving the EU does not change the UK’s ambition on the environment; the Government has no intention of weakening our current environmental protections now that we have left the EU. The UK has a long history of environmental protection, supported by a strong legal framework which predates our membership of the EU, and we will safeguard and improve on this record.</p><p> </p><p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will ensure that the body of existing EU environmental law, including our Water Framework Directive regulations and the Bathing Water Regulations, continues to have effect in UK law now that we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities’ existing statutory duties to remove litter and refuse from beaches above the high-water mark are unaffected by our departure from the EU. The statutory Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse sets out the standards that local authorities are expected to achieve in doing so.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 06/02/2020 16:28:42 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

607595

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the new members of staff appointed to work in the Department for Exiting the European Union have been recruited from outside the civil service; and what proportion of those staff are consultants on fixed-term contracts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL2527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union used the services of a number of consulting firms to help with departmental set-up and planning. A small number of individuals are also on secondment from consultancy firms and external organisations. The Department will make further use of external support and recruitment as appropriate to ensure it has the right expertise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 02/11/2016 17:19:12 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

810038

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the context of the negotiations on leaving the EU, on what date they expect the negotiations dealing with issues relating to the UK's future relations with the EU on matters relating to (1) the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and (2) the Common Security and Defence Policy, to begin.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL4384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2018 answer text <p>On 15 December the European Council formally confirmed that sufficient progress had been made to move onto the second phase of negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Council has also confirmed that discussions will now begin on trade and our future security partnership, including foreign and defence policy cooperation.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister has stated, the UK is unconditionally committed to maintaining Europe’s security. The UK seeks to develop a deep and special security partnership with the EU that goes beyond any existing third country arrangements, and which builds on the breadth and depth of our shared interests and values.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 03/01/2018 16:07:38 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie