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1504669

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date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the restrictions contained within the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 are a factor in their consideration of recommendations for the appointment of new peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Life peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission for matters of propriety, who seek advice from Government Departments and Agencies where appropriate.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2166 question first answered 10/10/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504670

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the application of the restrictions imposed by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 in relation to recommendations for the appointment of new peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Life peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission for matters of propriety, who seek advice from Government Departments and Agencies where appropriate.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2165 question first answered 10/10/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1504681

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have ceased publishing the responsibilities and names of all senior civil servants, including those at the SCS1 grade, in all departments of central government.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL2192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The guidance for departments to publish their SCS transparency data remains in place, and all departments have published at least once since 1st April 2022.</p><p>Each department publishes its departmental organograms on <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76be1f-4f37-4bef-beb7-32b259413be1/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries" target="_blank">data.gov.uk</a> as part of the Government’s commitment to transparency. In order to do so, departments individually collect and present data including names, grades, job titles, and annual pay ranges from Permanent Secretary through to SCS2. Information for those at SCS1 is anonymised.</p><p>The decision to only publish names for SCS2 and above dates back to 2010, and was made on the grounds of proportionality and reasonable expectations of privacy. The guidance for publication of SCS transparency data was reconfirmed in 2017, and has been reviewed regularly to ensure that it is still appropriate and provides the information that the public might reasonably need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2193 question first answered 26/09/2022 14:29:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

1504682

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether Freedom of Information principles require the release of the responsibilities and names of all senior civil servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL2193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The guidance for departments to publish their SCS transparency data remains in place, and all departments have published at least once since 1st April 2022.</p><p>Each department publishes its departmental organograms on <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76be1f-4f37-4bef-beb7-32b259413be1/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries" target="_blank">data.gov.uk</a> as part of the Government’s commitment to transparency. In order to do so, departments individually collect and present data including names, grades, job titles, and annual pay ranges from Permanent Secretary through to SCS2. Information for those at SCS1 is anonymised.</p><p>The decision to only publish names for SCS2 and above dates back to 2010, and was made on the grounds of proportionality and reasonable expectations of privacy. The guidance for publication of SCS transparency data was reconfirmed in 2017, and has been reviewed regularly to ensure that it is still appropriate and provides the information that the public might reasonably need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2192 question first answered 26/09/2022 14:29:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire