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1667030

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date	25/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which surveillance technology companies the Cabinet Office has shared its definition of "sensitive sites" with, as outlined in the Procurement Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10804 question first answered 26/10/2023 11:49:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1667031

registered interest
date	25/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement Bill (HL)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether officials have met with Hikvision in the last year to discuss the Procurement Bill; and if so, what was discussed.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10803 question first answered 26/10/2023 11:49:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1666941

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what grant schemes are ringfenced solely for military veterans; and whether those grants are available for all military veterans across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs, based in the Cabinet Office, administers a range of grant schemes for veterans organisations and charities. These cover support in areas such as health, housing, employment, and combating stress, and are typically available UK wide.</p><p> </p><p>The OVA was established in 2019 and has become more established over time, meaning comparable figures for each of the last five years are not available. However, in 2023/24, over £6 million was awarded to veterans organisations and charities.</p><p><strong><br></strong>The latest information on the work of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10797 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:09:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1666942

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total funding provided for grant schemes for military veterans for each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs, based in the Cabinet Office, administers a range of grant schemes for veterans organisations and charities. These cover support in areas such as health, housing, employment, and combating stress, and are typically available UK wide.</p><p> </p><p>The OVA was established in 2019 and has become more established over time, meaning comparable figures for each of the last five years are not available. However, in 2023/24, over £6 million was awarded to veterans organisations and charities.</p><p><strong><br></strong>The latest information on the work of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10796 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:09:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1666465

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 November 2022 (HL Deb, col 1170), whether they update the House on claims made as a result of the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA); when and how a review of the PDCA will take place; and how the National Audit Office is able to distinguish between the costs of paying staff, travel, and accommodation expenses etc. occurring as a result of them working on commercial projects such as memoirs, paid speaking engagements etc. and costs which arise wholly and exclusively as a result of being an ex-Prime Minister.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL10740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Public Duty Cost Allowance is specifically reviewed by the National Audit Office (NAO) as part of its annual audit of the Cabinet Office. The 2022-23 NAO audit review was completed in October 2023. The 2023-24 audit review will commence in May 2024.</p><p>The offices of the former Prime Ministers receive guidance which stipulates what type of expenses can be reimbursed by the Allowance. Claims, including those for office staff time, are then received by Cabinet Office Finance and include supporting evidence showing how much is related to the Allowance and how much is not.</p><p>I would note that the same audit provisions applied when former Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, claimed the Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 13:34:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1665568

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what standard of scientific evidence they require when commissioning internal and external evaluations of their policies and programmes; and whether they routinely require that an objective standard of evidence be met by, for example, mandating use of the Maryland Scientific Methods Scale or similar.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL10625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Evaluation is a Treasury requirement for all Government policies and programmes. All evaluations of Government policies and programmes must be carried out in line with the evaluation standards in the Magenta Book (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-magenta-book), which is Treasury guidance on how evaluations should be undertaken. Annex A of the Magenta Book details the analytical methods which can be used. All Ministerial Departments have published an evaluation strategy on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/evaluation-strategies-from-uk-government-departments), publicly setting out how they will meet the required standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) was established in 2021 with the aim of increasing the quality and quantity of evaluations conducted across Government. The ETF works closely with evaluation leads within Departments to advise on evaluation designs and application of evaluation methods and to ensure that Government evaluations are robust and are delivered to a high analytical standard. This involves identifying the most proportionate and robust method(s) suitable for each policy or programme in question.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF does not have a routine set of requirements which Departments are held to, because the most appropriate method for each evaluation is specific to the policy and programme context. In some cases methods which score lower on the Maryland Scientific Methods Scale may represent the most robust and proportionate approaches for a Government policy or programme. While the ETF works with Departments to ensure that the most robust methods possible are applied to each policy or programme, this is done on a case-by-case basis rather than through the application of a scale or framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 16:37:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1665571

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Crown Dependencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are offering each of the Crown Dependencies in building cyber-resilience, broken down by dependency.
tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
uin	HL10627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the Crown Dependencies in deterring and defending against state and non-state threats. Since its creation in 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has supported the Crown Dependencies in building their cyber resilience. The NCSC supports the governments, police and communications service providers of the Crown Dependencies, engaging with them on a regular basis to provide expert advice, guidance, the latest threat assessments and support related to incidents affecting their networks. The governments of the Crown Dependencies also use a range of Active Cyber Defence tools and services provided by the NCSC.</p><p> </p><p>Although a breakdown of costs is not available, examples of support includes:</p><ul><li><p>The NCSC supported and advised on the formation of Cyber Security Incident Response Teams in the Crown Dependencies. Jersey Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) has now been established and is responsible for promoting and improving the cyber resilience across the Island’s critical national infrastructure.</p></li><li><p>The NCSC have attended events on each of the Crown Dependencies in recent years, presenting at the Isle of Man’s Cyber Isle cyber Conference in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Attendees were informed about the NCSC’s free products and services available to all Crown Dependencies covering public, private and third sectors;</p></li><li><p>The Governments of the Crown Dependencies, are eligible for and are using NCSC Active Cyber Defence services including Mail Check, Web Check, Early Warning and Protective DNS. These are the same tools used by HMG to help protect our networks.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 16:38:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1665592

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what processes are in place to monitor the implementation of the Green Lane system for trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to identify any practical issues for businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is conducting regular monitoring of the UK Internal Market Scheme and Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme and there are clear signs of new traders taking advantage of these new arrangements.</p><p>With respect to the UK Internal Market Scheme, as set out to the Northern Ireland Protocol Sub-Committee on 12 October, there are now more than 6,200 businesses registered - 2,200 of which (more than a third) are companies who were not members of the previous UKTS scheme. This list is dynamic, meaning more businesses moving goods in Northern Ireland will benefit over time.</p><p>With respect to the new Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme, the broader eligibility coupled with the certainty provided to businesses, mean that we have seen welcome signs of new traders taking advantage of the scheme. For example, wholesalers have written to customers noting that they are now able to “bring back some of your favourite products that we had to remove due to the previous Northern Ireland Protocol”. Consumers in Northern Ireland are also able to see the broader reach of the green lane, with for example shelf labelling in place in major food service outlets, which were excluded from the scope of the old grace periods.</p><p>The Government continues its extensive programme of engagement with businesses to identify any practical issues and ensure that the new Green Lane system continues to be implemented in a seamless manner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 14:00:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1664793

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT: Public Opinion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have used or tested tools, such as Pol.is or CitizenOS, as a way of gathering public opinion on different issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Holmes of Richmond
uin	HL10544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>There is no centrally held record of government use of tools such as Pol.is or CitizenOS used as ways of gathering and understanding public opinion. The use of such is devolved to individual departments.</p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), within Cabinet Office, is responsible for supporting departments to build and operate modern, state of the art, highly responsive, cost-effective technology that meets the needs of our end users and delivers the cross-government digital strategy.</p><p>CDDO is working with departments to establish the frameworks and policies to guide the responsible adoption of new technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 16:37:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4294 label Biography information for Lord Holmes of Richmond

1664822

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths occurred in each of the last 12 months where the cause of death was listed as COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL10538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Hain</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>20 October 2023</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Hain,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths occurred in each of the last 12 months where the cause of death was listed as COVID-19 (<strong>HL10538</strong>).</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales [1]. Figures for Scotland [2] and Northern Ireland [3] are the responsibility of National Records for Scotland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Causes mentioned on the death certificate are converted to International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10) codes, with the underlying cause of death defined as the disease or injury that initiated the events that directly lead to the death. The ICD-10 codes for COVID-19 are U07.1, U07.2, U10.9, U09.9.</p><p>Table 1 shows the number of deaths due to COVID-19 registered in England and Wales by month registered between October 2022 and September 2023.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Deaths due to COVID-19 by month and year of registration, England and Wales, registered October 2022 and September 2023 [4,5,6,7,8].</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month of registration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deaths due to COVID-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>1,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>1,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>2,321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>1,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>1,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics</em></p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths" target="_blank">https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths" target="_blank">https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths</a></p><p>[4] Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each period.</p><p>[5] Figures are based on provisional data.</p><p>[6] Figures include the deaths of usual residents of England and Wales as well as those of nonresidents.</p><p>[7] Figures are based on deaths where COVID-19 (ICD-10 codes U07.1, U07.2, U10.9, U09.9) was the underlying cause of death.</p><p>[8] Deaths due to COVID-19 refers to deaths where COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death. The underlying cause of death is defined by WHO as the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 13:48:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL10538 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain