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registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ministerial Powers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times Ministerial Directions have been issued in each of the last five years; and from which departments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL16611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministerial Directions are published on gov.uk.</p><p>There have been nineteen Ministerial Directions in total in the last five years. Details of these Ministerial Directions are set out in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 02/07/2019 16:13:25 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name LWPQ Template_PQLW_17-19_2019_09503.docx title Ministerial Directions
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

1061380

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice and guidance is available to ministers about answering written parliamentary questions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL13760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Guidance on responding to Parliamentary Questions, and details of ministerial responsibilities, can be found on Gov.uk. This guidance states that Ministers must:</p><ol><li>Adhere to the Ministerial Code</li><li>Give relevant information fully, as concisely as possible and in accordance with guidance on disproportionate cost.</li><li>Not omit information sought merely because disclosure could lead to political embarrassment or administrative inconvenience.</li><li>Provide an explanation if it is concluded that information should be withheld.</li><li>Take care to avoid answers which are literally true but likely to give rise to misleading inferences.</li><li>Provide responses to answers as follows:</li></ol><ul><li>Named Day – on the day specified</li><li>Ordinary Written – within 5 working days</li><li>House of Lords Written – within 10 working days</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/02/2019 14:32:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

778040

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Advertising
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they and their agencies spent on commercial advertising on (1) TV, and (2) radio, in each year since 2009, broken down by region.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government only holds this information from 2011. The majority of spend is conducted on a network (national) basis and splitting this spend by region is not possible.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TV</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Radio</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£33,379,859</p></td><td><p>£9,186,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£48,351,924</p></td><td><p>£15,243,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£39,254,363</p></td><td><p>£17,577,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£32,729,643</p></td><td><p>£14,308,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£51,729,850</p></td><td><p>£18,884,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£48,669,686</p></td><td><p>£11,927,962</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 09/11/2017 16:06:55 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

778041

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of advertising the boundary commission consultations on commercial radio.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>None. The conduct of the boundary review is a matter for the four independent and impartial Boundary Commissions.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2017 12:41:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

705825

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL Deb, col 661), when they will publish analysis of the voter registration initiative trialled at Sheffield University; and what criteria will be used to determine the success of the initiative.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently evaluating the initiative trialled at the University of Sheffield and will be publishing its findings in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 09/03/2017 14:27:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

694347

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Schools: Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, schools in the UK work in partnership with electoral registration offices.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this data. Responsibility for such partnerships rests with local Electoral Registration Officer’s.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 09/03/2017 17:08:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon