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registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Resilience Forums: Emergencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reasonable worst-case scenarios that they have asked local resilience forums to work on.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL11263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Local Resilience Forums are required under the Civil Contingencies Act to compile and publish community risk registers setting out the main risks in their areas to both raise awareness and guide contingency planning. In doing this, they are guided by, among other things, the National Risk Assessment (NRA) which covers the range of risks that could cause a civil emergency in the UK, and provides a list of the common consequences of these risks in the form of planning assumptions. These cover the maximum scale, duration and impact that could reasonably be expected to occur as a result of emergencies.</p><p>The NRA is classified for national security reasons, and it is therefore not possible to share details of the reasonable worst-case scenarios or planning assumptions. A declassified version is available in the form of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition" target="_blank">National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies</a> (NRR). This is also provided to the local planning community, and has been placed in the House of Lords Library. Most Community Risk Registers are also available online.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/11/2018 16:52:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

994364

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of what constitutes a cyber attack.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 defines a cyber attack as the deliberate exploitation of computer systems, digitally dependent enterprises and networks to cause harm.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:54:07 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

994365

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how any response to a cyber attack against the UK is decided.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), National Crime Agency (NCA) and regulators together agree the immediate response to a cyber incident, seeking to reduce harm and aid recovery within victim organisations. In April 2018, the NCSC in partnership with UK law enforcement introduced a new cyber attack categorisation framework to drive consistency and support improvements in the UK’s response. The framework encompasses cyber incidents in all sectors of the economy and gives consistency and clarity to response mechanisms for incidents. In those cyber incidents affecting UK infrastructure or critical services, the COBR crisis response mechanism is activated to coordinate incident management actions and priorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:51:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

994366

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure there are consistent responses to cyber attacks across government departments.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office published the HMG Minimum Cyber Security Standard in 2017, providing Departments with clear guidance on how they should plan for, and respond to, cyber incidents in a consistent manner. The Cabinet Office requires an annual update from Departments on how they meet the expectations as set out in the standard including a defined response plan to cyber security incidents.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:53:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

994367

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what role private sector organisations will have in the Government’s cyber security work.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS) seeks to ensure that the UK is the safest place to live and work online. As such, the Strategy sets out action aimed at all sectors of society. Partnership with private sector organisations of all sizes is critical to HM Government’s ability to deliver on the ambition of the NCSS.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government provides support through the NCSS to stimulate the sector of specialist cyber security companies, working to create a domestic pipeline of development and investment in products and services that will make systems and infrastructure more resilient. Together with private sector manufacturers, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has recently published the Code of Practice for Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) Security to ensure that this emerging technology is secure by design. The private sector also contributes to the Government’s ambition of creating a sustainable pipeline of home grown cyber security professionals, playing a partnership role in programmes such as Cyber First and wider skills based initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) works directly with the private sector on the cyber threat and how to counter it, and companies act on advice from the NCSC to help them prepare for - and to respond and recover from – cyber incidents.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:55:08 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

994368

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in response to the report by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, Cyber Security Skills and the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (HL 172), published on 19 July.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has submitted its response to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy’s report on Cyber Security Skills and the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure and we look forward to its publication.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2018 12:37:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

993823

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to public authorities to ensure that suppliers who pursue late payment claims against them are not disadvantaged in future public procurement exercises with those authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL10956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Guidance for central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies on prompt payment policy is available in Procurement Policy Note – Prompt Payment Policy and Reporting of Performance:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0515-prompt-payment-and-performance-reporting" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0515-prompt-payment-and-performance-reporting</a></p><p> </p><p>If a supplier feels that they are being disadvantaged in a procurement exercise having made a late payment claim against the contracting authority, contrary to relevant laws, they should raise this issue with the government’s Mystery Shopper service.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2018 17:01:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

993843

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Non-departmental Public Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, they have given to employees of non-departmental public bodies about their rights to express concerns about the impact of Brexit on their ability to perform their roles successfully.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL10976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>No guidance has been provided on the rights of NDPB employees to raise concerns specifically about EU Exit. We would expect NDPB employees to be able to raise any such concerns through their organisation’s existing systems, as they would any other issue that may affect them.</p><p> </p><p>Policy and products about whistle-blowing and raising a concern have been made available to Civil Service departments. The products include a specific policy and FAQs for employees of Non-Departmental Public bodies (NDPBs). The guidance encourages employees of NDPBs to report perceived wrongdoing within their organisation, including a breach of the organisation's core values. An employee should raise these types of concern with their line manager straight away. If the employee feels that it is not appropriate to raise a concern with their manager, they can raise it with another senior manager or directly with a Nominated Officer within their parent department. Concerns can be raised confidentially and investigations will be conducted sensitively and as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2018 17:03:42 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

984267

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Government controlled data sets are cited as capital assets on the National Balance Sheet; and if so, which ones.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL10475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Freyberg, dated 15 October 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Freyberg,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking if any Government controlled datasets are cited as capital assets on the National Balance Sheet; and if so, which ones <strong>(HL10475)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>No datasets are individually cited within the National balance sheet. Using data sourced from the capital stocks perpetual inventory model (PIM), a depreciated estimate for the total value of computer software and databases for Central Government is produced and published within the National balance sheet[1]. This estimate would include all purchased software, such as spreadsheet or e-mail systems, as well as databases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/bulletins/nationalbalancesheet/2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/bulletins/nationalbalancesheet/2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2018 12:41:49 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

980168

registered interest
date	01/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the actual UK Official Development Assistance expenditure on sexual and reproductive health and rights from (1) the cross-government funds, (2) the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, and (3) the Prosperity Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and the Prosperity Fund are both cross-Government funds. Neither has programmes specifically supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights. The CSSF’s portfolio includes programmes which seek to prevent sexual violence in conflict situations and which empower women to seek justice. The Prosperity Fund portfolio will include programmes in the health sector.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, all ODA funded CSSF and Prosperity Fund programmes must comply with the 2014 International Development (Gender Equality) Act. This means integrating activities which are likely to contribute to reducing gender inequality.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the CSSF, including details on spend broken down by theme, can be found in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727383/CSSF_Annual_Report_2017_to_2018.pdf" target="_blank">CSSF annual report</a>. Information on the Prosperity Fund can be found in its <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/670103/FCO-Prosperity-Report-2016-2017.pdf" target="_blank">2016/17 annual report</a>, with updated information available in the next annual report, due later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/10/2018 11:12:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge