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1050810

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date	29/01/2019
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12844), what is the data source for their claim that the amount owed to smaller businesses in late payments has more than halved in the past five years; and what was the amount owed to small businesses in late payments in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The statement in HL12844 was from Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy, and can be viewed<br>at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ending-late-payments-to-small-businesses</p><p><br>The overall level of late payment debt owed to small and medium sized businesses is reported by BACS Late Payment Data. In July 2017, this was reported as £14.2bn, more than halving from £30.2bn in 2012.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:37:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050811

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 23 January (HL12960), how many spot checks the Public Procurement Review Service will undertake to ensure public bodies are complying with their duty to report late payment performance, and by what date; and how many spot check exercises were previously completed by its predecessor the Mystery Shopper Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>There were 52 spot checks completed by the Mystery Shopper Service since the introduction of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Public Procurement Review Service has completed 88 checks within this financial year. There is an ongoing programme of spot checks which we target to the trends identified. We report findings from our spot check programme in the Public Procurement Review Service progress report which is produced annually.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:37:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050812

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), how many businesses had their late payment cases resolved by the Mystery Shopper Service in 2018; and what was the average value of those cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the service resolved 54 payment cases for 22 different businesses. The mean value of outstanding amounts was £31,599.58. (Total range in values is from £98.65 to £275,112.00).</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:37:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050813

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Procurement Review Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the annual budget, and (2) the staffing level of the Mystery Shopper Service; and what are the planned annual budget and staffing level of its successor body, the Public Procurement Review Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Mystery Shopper was renamed the Public Procurement Review Service on 29 November 2018</p><p><br>The budget for the Public Procurement Review Service is allocated within the overall budget for the Small Business Policy Team in the Cabinet Office. At present there are four full time members of staff and one part time (0.6 FTE) member of staff working on the Public Procurement Review Service</p><p><br>The staffing budget for the Small Business Policy Team in 2017/18 was £847,000, and the total spend for the Small Business Policy Team was £968,000</p><p><br>The staffing budget for the Small Business Policy Team in 2018/19 is £971,900, and the total spend for the Small Business Policy Team is £1,094,700</p><p><br>The number of staff who worked in the Mystery Shopper team since the service commenced in 2011 can be viewed at the following link: https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-18/210027/</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/02/2019 16:11:51 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050814

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), what is their estimate of the total value of overdue payments owed to UK businesses in 2018; and what proportion of the total value they estimate is represented by the £1.7 million resolved by the Mystery Shopper Service in that period.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Public Procurement Review Service does not hold this data and is not able to estimate the total value of overdue payments owed to UK businesses. The service is only aware of the late payments owed to suppliers who contact PPRS for help. In 2018 the amount recovered for UK businesses in resolved cases totalled £1,706,377.13.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:34:23 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050843

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the scope of freedom of information laws to include bodies in the private sector that provide public services.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced a range of measures to increase transparency in public sector contracts and is publishing more data than ever before. At present, the Government has no plans to legislate in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:33:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1047558

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage departments, including the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, to make freedom of religion or belief literacy training available for their staff; and whether they will produce strategies which show how they aim to promote freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion Strategy makes clear our commitment to addressing issues of faith and belief as part of our wider approach to inclusion. The strategy also makes clear our commitment to working with all government departments to achieve this goal.</p><p>We have a Civil Service Faith and Belief Champion in place (Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary DEFRA), and Faith and Belief departmental Champions in 26 departments (across Whitehall and agencies - including the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development), tasked with promoting faith literacy and inclusion in their departments.</p><p>The Champions and networks across Government have agreed a narrative that will underpin our work towards greater faith literacy.</p><p>Faith and Belief training is currently being developed for use by line managers, Champions and networks to support more inclusive environments for faith and belief in the Civil Service.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/01/2019 14:54:19 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1046306

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce staff turnover in Government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL13015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Activity to address high staff turnover, which runs the risk of losing corporate memory, includes: using career pathways and frameworks to support the development of expertise for roles and professions; pay related solutions for both the Senior Civil Service and delegated grades, including enabling departments to give capability based pay rewards at the delegated grades; and, encouraging the use of Pivotal Role Allowances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/01/2019 14:48:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1043764

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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 processes are in place to monitor compliance with regulation 113 paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which require contracting bodies to publish data online regarding their late payment of invoices; and what assessment they have made of compliance with those Regulations by public authorities since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL12959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>All public bodies in scope of this regulation are responsible for publishing their own payment performance data. We do not currently hold this information centrally; however the Public Procurement Review Service plans to undertake a series of ‘spot checks’ on a number of public bodies to monitor compliance in coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL12960 question first answered 23/01/2019 11:49:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1043765

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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 which public authorities have (1) complied, and (2) not complied with regulation 113 paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which require public authorities to publish data online regarding their late payment of invoices.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL12960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>All public bodies in scope of this regulation are responsible for publishing their own payment performance data. We do not currently hold this information centrally; however the Public Procurement Review Service plans to undertake a series of ‘spot checks’ on a number of public bodies to monitor compliance in coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL12959 question first answered 23/01/2019 11:49:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn