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1600588

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps were taken to inform members of the Privy Council that they had been unsuccessful in the ballot to attend the meeting of the Accession Council on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>Privy Counsellors who applied to enter the ballot to attend the meeting of the Accession Council and were unsuccessful were advised individually of the outcome by the Privy Council Office shortly after the ballot was conducted.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/03/2023 09:42:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1541051

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 8 November (HL2955), what criteria they used to decide which privy councillors would be given ex officio status and were therefore invited to attend the Accession Council on the 10 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The criteria for ex-officio eligibility to attend the Accession Council was based primarily on whether Privy Counsellors were serving in a senior parliamentary, judicial or Church post at the time of Demise. This was the most practical way to reflect the fact that the role of the Privy Council is to advise on the exercise of prerogative powers and certain functions assigned to The King and the Council by Act of Parliament.</p><p>There are over 720 Privy Counsellors but only those currently serving in senior parliamentary, judicial and Church roles play an active role in Privy Council business. The majority of Privy Counsellors have no active involvement in Privy Council business; some Counsellors have not been actively involved in Privy Council business for decades.</p><p>Additional criteria used to determine ex-officio eligibility included:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>Privy Counsellors who were senior, full-time Members of the Royal Household at the time of Demise.</p></li><li><p>Former office holders who had a close working relationship with the Sovereign (former Prime Ministers, Archbishops and Lord Presidents).</p></li><li><p>Former opposition leaders (representing Privy Counsellors from all political parties who no longer have an active role in Privy Council business).</p></li></ol><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/11/2022 12:07:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1538938

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 1 November (HL3037), who at Number 10 was involved in the decision not to summon all Privy Counsellors to the next Accession Council; and what position was held by any such individual at the time.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The decision from Number 10 was made by the Prime Minister in office at the time (The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP).</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 12:26:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1538944

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were given an automatic invitation to the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and what criteria they used in choosing them.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL3148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>A total of 158 Privy Counsellors were eligible on an ex-officio basis to be summonsed to attend the Accession Council on 10th September 2022.</p><p>The criteria for ex-officio eligibility was based primarily on whether individuals were serving in a senior parliamentary, judicial or Church post at the time of Demise. Privy Counsellors selected using this criteria included the Great Offices and Great Officers of State; Cabinet ministers; the Leader of the Opposition; shadow Cabinet Ministers who are Privy Counsellors; the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; leaders of the political parties in the House of Commons; the First Ministers of the Devolved Governments; the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker; and representatives of the senior judiciary.</p><p>Former Prime Ministers, former Lord Presidents, former Archbishops, and Privy Counsellors who were formerly leaders of political parties in the House of Commons were also summonsed to attend on an ex-officio basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 13:11:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1538945

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were put into the ballot for the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and how many of those entered in the ballot received an invitation.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL3149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>All Privy Counsellors who were not eligible to attend the Accession Council on an ex officio basis were invited to apply by ballot for a summons to attend the Accession Council. The ballot was conducted on an annual basis and took place in April 2022. A total of 236 Privy Counsellors chose to apply this year; all of those who applied were entered into the ballot. Thirty summonses were available in this year’s ballot.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 12:26:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1537284

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 October (HL2521), who, other than the Leader of the House of Commons and the President of the Council, was involved in taking the decision to reduce the Accession Council to 200 attendees on 10 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The decision not to summon all Privy Counsellors to the next Accession Council was taken on the advice of the Privy Council Office and with the collective agreement of the Lord President and Number 10. The Royal Household was also consulted on the basis of this collective advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/11/2022 17:14:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1537285

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 October (HL2390), how many members of the House of Lords were present at the Accession Council on the 10 September, broken down by (1) the Conservative, (2) Labour, (3) Crossbench, and (4) Liberal Democrat, benches.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The published list of attendees at the Accession Council held on 10th September 2022 is available on the Privy Council website, and can be found <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes both members of the House of Lords and non-members. Attendees were identified on an ex-officio basis, or by ballot, and we do not hold a separate list identifying those who were members of the House of Lords or their affiliates.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not record information relating to past or present political party memberships held by Privy Counsellors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/11/2022 14:56:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name 2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council (1).pdf title List of those present at the Accession Council
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1537001

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 October (HL2522), what criteria were used to restrict the number of Privy Councillors eligible to attend the Accession Council on the 10 September to the figure used.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL2955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The exact number of Privy Counsellors eligible to be summonsed to the Accession Council on 10th September 2022 was determined in accordance with revised attendance arrangements set out in a letter from the Clerk of the Council to Privy Counsellors in March 2022. The majority of Privy Counsellors were selected on an ex officio basis. In addition, a small number of Privy Counsellors not eligible to attend on an ex officio basis were selected via an annual ballot.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 13:22:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1520195

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, of the 200 members of the Privy Council invited to attend the Accession Council on Saturday 10 September, how many of those past and present politicians were (1) members of the Conservative Party, (2) members of the Labour Party, (3) members of the Liberal Democrat Party, and (4) members of other parties.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL2390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The published list of attendees at the Accession Council held on 10th September 2022 is available on the Privy Council website, and can be found <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes both members of the Privy Council and non-members. We do not hold a separate list identifying those who attended who were not Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not record information relating to past or present political party memberships held by Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not hold information related to a Privy Counsellor’s ‘defined disability’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2391 HL2392 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:45:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name 2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf title List of those present at the Accession Council
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1520196

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many of those invited to attend the Accession Council had a defined disability.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL2391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The published list of attendees at the Accession Council held on 10th September 2022 is available on the Privy Council website, and can be found <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes both members of the Privy Council and non-members. We do not hold a separate list identifying those who attended who were not Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not record information relating to past or present political party memberships held by Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not hold information related to a Privy Counsellor’s ‘defined disability’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2390 HL2392 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:45:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name 2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf title List of those present at the Accession Council
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett