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658711

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Service: Ombudsman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill, Cm 9374, published on 5 December, does not make provision for findings of maladministration and recommendations to be made binding on government departments and other public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The draft Bill requires the Ombudsman to send a statement setting out her findings and any recommendations to the department or public body in question. As now, it will be for the department or public body to decide whether and how to give effect to any such recommendations. The legislation retains existing powers that allow the Ombudsman to draw attention to unremedied hardship or injustice where she considers it has not been or will not be put right.</p><p>This is a significant power that includes the ability to require information about how a designated authority will respond to the Ombudsman's findings and to bring that information to the attention of others – for example, by laying the report before Parliament or sending it to members of a local authority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 21/12/2016 13:17:07 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

658712

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Service: Ombudsman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to provide for a member of the House of Lords, as well as members of the House of Commons, to be entitled under the draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill to make a complaint to the Ombudsman if authorised by the affected person to act on the affected person's behalf.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Clause 5 of the draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill entitles any person who is authorised by the affected person to make a complaint to the Ombudsman on their behalf, including a member of the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 21/12/2016 13:18:24 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

658726

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they contribute to the EU to support political parties, movements or campaigns across the member states; and how much financial support British political parties, movements or campaigns receive from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, and not to individual programmes within it.</p><p>Financial support from the European Parliament is available to political parties at European level, in the form of operating grants. These grants cannot be used to fund national parties or candidates. Full details of the amounts awarded to European-level political parties are published by the European Parliament [1].</p><p>We are focussed on securing the best possible deal for the United Kingdom as we leave the European Union. Once we have left it will be for the United Kingdom to decide how taxpayers' money is spent.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Data on grants paid since 2004 is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 20/12/2016 16:43:49 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Grant_amounts_parties_09-2016.pdf title Data on grants paid since 2004
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

657750

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement in the <i>Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to Proceedings of the House of Lords</i> that "A parliamentary question is not a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000", whether answers to parliamentary questions should contain more or less information than a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL4069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Section 1 of the Ministerial Code states that Ministers have a duty to be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest. This should be decided in accordance with the relevant statutes and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 20/12/2016 15:38:37 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

657784

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK regulators follow the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics in their collection and publication of statistics.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL4103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL4104 HL4105 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:27 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Reply to Baroness Wolf (HL4103-HL4105) AD3 (1) (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response to HL4103, HL4104,HL4105
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

657785

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK regulators publish statistical releases that have National Statistics status.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL4104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL4103 HL4105 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:27 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Reply to Baroness Wolf (HL4103-HL4105) AD3 (1) (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response to HL4103, HL4104,HL4105
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

657786

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which UK regulators are, as part of their statutory remit, required to follow the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL4105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL4103 HL4104 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:27 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Reply to Baroness Wolf (HL4103-HL4105) AD3 (1) (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response to HL4103, HL4104,HL4105
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

657396

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 6 December (HL3463), whether they will establish a cross party commission with representatives from national and local government to create an action plan to reduce the incidence of threatening behaviour against those holding public office.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL4029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>We note the issue raised and will continue to consider whether any appropriate steps need to be taken in light of any developments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 20/12/2016 16:44:30 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

653006

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they use responses to questions about gender identity in some civil service job applications to determine the best-qualified candidate, and if such a question is not answered how detrimental this would be to the application.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL3895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service recruits on the basis of merit and assesses on the basis of evidence supplied by the candidate. This is in line with fair and open competition rules as laid out in the recruitment principles upheld by the Civil Service Commission.</p><p>Gender identity is not used as part of the sifting process of job applications within the Civil Service. Candidates are asked this information for diversity monitoring purposes only.</p><p>The Civil Service aims to become the most inclusive employer in the UK, with the Talent Action Plan focussing on removing barriers for those from underrepresented groups.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 19/12/2016 17:30:28 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

653007

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the ratio between the salary of a civil servant on the lowest grade to the Permanent Secretary in each of the Government departments represented in the Cabinet.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL3896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Government departments do not publish details of the salary ratio of their highest to lowest paid employees. The Office for National Statistics do publish the salary ratio of highest to median earners for each Civil Service organisation. These ratios are published annually as part of <em>Civil Service Statistics </em>and can be found attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 19/12/2016 17:40:06 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Civil Service statistics 2016.pdf title Civil Service Statistics 2016
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie