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1600153

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date	28/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all of the civil servants working in (1) the Department for Business and Trade, (2) the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, (3) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (4) the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, (5) the Department for Transport, (6) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and (7) the Department of Health and Social Care, who have regular access to top secret material have been cleared through Developed Vetting.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK government policy on National Security Vetting is outlined in the HMG Personnel Security Controls, which states the levels of clearance required for access to TOP SECRET material and the access controls in place. For long-term, frequent or uncontrolled access to TOP SECRET assets and/or access to TOP SECRET codeword material, the level of clearance required is Developed Vetting (DV). Occasional, supervised access to TOP SECRET assets is permitted for individuals with Security Check (SC) clearance.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/03/2023 14:43:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1520907

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Offshore Structures: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan (HL2382), whether the Cabinet Office coordination of departmental actions takes place from an operations room in real time; and whether this functions 24 hours per day.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Policy and National Security Secretariat (FPNSS) within the Cabinet Office works with responsible departments across Whitehall to coordinate policy on the resilience of subsea and offshore infrastructure. This policy coordination role compliments broader horizon scanning efforts within the department which aim to identify potential risks to infrastructure through early warning mechanisms or relevant intelligence.</p><p>Where crises impacting this infrastructure do materialise and could harm the UK’s national security, the Cabinet Office's National Security Watchkeepers, a team responsible for monitoring open source and government reporting tools on a 24/7 basis, alert the relevant teams within government.</p><p>Following any crisis notification, it is up to the relevant policy team in the FPNSS to work with the lead government department to assess the level of risk, identify any impacts and outline the appropriate next steps which HMG needs to take, including the activation of crisis machinery within the Cabinet Office where required.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/10/2022 15:42:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1520190

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	War Memorials: Greater London
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 7 October (HL2313), when they expect work to be completed so that planning for a recommissioning ceremony can begin.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Further to the last response from the Government Property Agency with regards to the Naval Monument, we can now confirm that all works have been completed and that it is now fully operational.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2022 12:23:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1506483

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	War Memorials: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 28 April (HL7898), whether the Government Property Agency has received the list of works needed on the Royal Naval Division war memorial from Heritage England; if not, why not; and whether they have been hastened.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2022 answer text <p>Remedial work has started and is ongoing. As our partners undertake remedial works, they have uncovered further defects and are continuing to carry out a full internal repair of the fountain and its pump system. Due to the location of the fountain, works were halted during the period of mourning, but have now resumed within the secure zone.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/10/2022 07:12:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead