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714770

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government departments are responsible for their own procurement.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>All central government departments are responsible for their own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) provides a range of commercial services to the public sector to enable departments to achieve best value for money from their procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

714771

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which professional bodies the civil service seeks support to discharge procurement responsibilities, broken down by department.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Government works with a number of professional bodies to discharge its procurement and commercial activities, principally the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM).</p><p> </p><p>A detailed breakdown of departments’ dealings with these organisations is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

713683

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to assist electors without a permanent address to register to vote, including registering online; and whether any forthcoming review of electoral law will address and include measures to reduce the proportion of homeless and vulnerably housed electors who are not registered to vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL6280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to a democracy that works for everyone, including homeless people. The Minister for Constitution has gathered specific evidence on the registration barriers faced by homeless people as part of his Every Voice Matters tour.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, the Minister for the Constitution met with homelessness organisations and their clients to hear how the electoral registration system could better respond to their needs. We will continue to work with homelessness charities, such as Shelter and others, to overcome barriers and help those with no fixed address to register to vote.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 14:12:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

713697

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Former Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has ever advised a former minister not to accept an appointment.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL6294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments provides its advice direct to the former Minister in question.</p><p>The Committee’s final advice is published online when an appointment has been taken up and/or publicly announced. Until this point, the process is confidential between the Committee and the former Minister in question, to allow for free and frank discussion.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:15:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

713095

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the effectiveness of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL6215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments discharges its remit effectively and efficiently.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 14:11:51 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

712595

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average per capita contribution to GDP in each of the last five years, broken down by electoral division in the 23 June 2016 referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
uin	HL6190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply, and I will place a copy of their letter in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 14:02:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQHL6190 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to HL6190
tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

711578

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many non-UK EU citizens currently live in the UK; and how many of those are married to UK nationals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply, and I will place a copy of their letter in the House Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/03/2017 16:34:36 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL6084 v.04 (003).pdf title UKSA Response to HL6084
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

711187

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Oral Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they use a system to monitor commitments by Ministers to write to members if they are unable to answer the oral question at the time it is asked in the House of Lords Chamber; and if so, how many replies are currently outstanding.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL6075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The content of answers to Oral Questions is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is accountable to the House for the answers they provide. As such it is for individual departments to ensure commitments made by Ministers to write to members meet the Minister's responsibilities under section 1 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/03/2017 16:16:37 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

708694

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many smartphones have been issued to (1) ministers, and (2) senior civil servants, from public funds in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL5825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/03/2017 16:44:58 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

708695

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether WhatsApp and other instant messaging applications are enabled on smartphones issued to ministers and senior civil servants; and if so, what guidance is provided for their use.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL5826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Only applications specifically approved for use on Cabinet Office-issued OFFICIAL smartphones are accessible to Ministers and Civil Servants within the department.</p><p>The use of such applications is subject to strict conditions of use including acceptable use guidelines and departmental records management policy, which govern what systems may be used for and how records of such communications are retained, in line with our legal obligations and the Civil Service code.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/03/2017 16:44:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey