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registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the UK population identifies as being LGBT or transgender.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL9192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><strong><br>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Lord, dated 9 July 2018.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Stoddart,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of the UK population identifies as being LGBT or transgender <strong>(HL9192)</strong>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that 2% of the UK population aged 16 and over in 2016 identified as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB). LGB refers to sexual orientation, which is an umbrella concept encompassing sexual identity, attraction and behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Trans or Transgender are terms used to refer to people whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.</p><p> </p><p>ONS does not currently collect any information on gender identity on any of our social surveys.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2021 Census Topic Consultation, data users showed a clear requirement for gender identity for policy development and service planning; especially in relation to the provision of health services. In addition, respondents also identified a requirement for the protected characteristic of gender reassignment in relation to fulfilling equality duties under the Equality Act 2010. The Gender Identity topic report[1] on the consultation findings provides further information.</p><p> </p><p>ONS is currently undertaking work, research and testing to inform our position on this topic and help us to determine whether and how best to meet user needs for information on gender identity. Plans and current work are detailed on our website[2].</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) have recently published an LGBT action plan following the Government’s national survey of LGBT people. The action plan and results from the survey can be found on their website[3].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>John Pullinger</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales/topicreport03genderidentity.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales/topicreport03genderidentity.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/measuringequality/genderidentity" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/measuringequality/genderidentity</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lgbt-action-plan-2018-improving-the-lives-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lgbt-action-plan-2018-improving-the-lives-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-people</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 10:59:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

932375

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Supply Chains
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the findings of The Sancroft-Tussell Report: Eliminating Modern Slavery in Public Procurement, published on 22 March, whether they will terminate contracts with companies that have failed to comply with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what other actions, if any, have been or will be taken against those Government suppliers failing to meet the requirements of section 54; whether contracts to supply Government departments include obligations to demonstrate compliance with section 54; and what steps, if any, they have taken to ensure that their suppliers are taking steps to reduce modern slavery in their supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL9087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide various grounds on which contracting authorities must or may exclude suppliers from a public procurement process. Mandatory exclusion grounds include convictions for forced labour and human trafficking offences. Discretionary grounds include violations of obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour laws.</p><p>It is the responsibility of individual contracting authorities to ensure suppliers meet their contractual obligations and this is achieved through effective contract management. Such contracts have a range of mechanisms to enable performance to be managed and issues to be addressed, which includes termination.</p><p>The Home Office have developed and piloted a modern slavery supplier assessment tool to assess risk of modern slavery in supply chains, which has been trialled in five departments and is currently being updated prior to further roll-out. The Cabinet Office is also working with the Home Office to develop guidance for departments in identifying and tackling modern slavery, particularly in high risk sectors.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2018 15:16:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

932035

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who was (1) invited, and (2) accepted invitations, to the Prime Minister’s reception in 10 Downing Street on 26 June to mark the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL9010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is customary for departments to mark the passage of a significant piece of legislation with an occasion within a government building to thank Ministers and officials who worked on the Bill. The Prime Minister did not attend this particular event. Costs of hospitality for the Cabinet Office are published in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL9011 HL9012 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:25:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

932037

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of the Prime Minister’s reception in 10 Downing Street on the 26 June to mark the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL9011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is customary for departments to mark the passage of a significant piece of legislation with an occasion within a government building to thank Ministers and officials who worked on the Bill. The Prime Minister did not attend this particular event. Costs of hospitality for the Cabinet Office are published in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL9010 HL9012 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:25:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

932038

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice was given by the Cabinet Secretary on the appropriateness of 10 Downing Street being used as a venue for a party on the 26 June marking the enactment of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL9012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is customary for departments to mark the passage of a significant piece of legislation with an occasion within a government building to thank Ministers and officials who worked on the Bill. The Prime Minister did not attend this particular event. Costs of hospitality for the Cabinet Office are published in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL9010 HL9011 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:25:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

931637

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Gender Recognition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on appointments to the House of Lords; what title a non-binary person, who does not identify as a man or woman, would have to take upon appointment to the House of Lords; and whether they intend to legislate to create gender neutral peerages.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL8985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The style and titles of a peerage are determined by letters patent. Although based on traditional forms, these are adapted to reflect the individual circumstances of the person on whom the peerage is conferred.</p><p>No assessment of impact of the Gender Recognition Act on appointments to the House of Lords has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not have any plans to introduce gender neutral titles for peers or members of the House of Lords at the present time.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/07/2018 15:19:23 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

931661

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Impact Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are employed by departments when deciding whether or not to undertake an impact assessment on (1) primary egislation, (2) secondary legislation, and (3) other new policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL9007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Making Legislation sets out that an impact assessment is generally required for any primary legislation that is of a regulatory nature that affects the private sector and/or civil society organisation or public services.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for government departments on undertaking these regulatory impact assessments is published online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-regulation-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-regulation-framework</a> This covers policies that have a regulatory impact on businesses or civil society organisations. The better regulation framework requires departments to produce a regulatory impact assessment if the annual net impacts of a measure are greater than £5 million a year.</p><p> </p><p>Where a policy does not have a regulatory impact over £5 million a year, departments should still consider undertaking an impact assessment in order to support Parliamentary scrutiny. The Chief Analyst in each department is responsible for providing direction on the production of these impact assessments. Where an impact assessment is not produced, Departments must still develop appropriate analysis to inform policy development and decision-making.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/07/2018 11:09:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

930925

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who the members of the committees which agreed honours for non-political recipients were (1) in 2004, and (2) this year.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information would exceed the word limit for responses to Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>Full details of the membership of the specialist honours committees in 2018 can be found on the GOV.UK website at www.gov.uk/guidance/honours-committees</p><p>Membership of the specialist honours committees was routinely made public from 2005.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/07/2018 11:37:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

930945

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Reviews
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 5 June (HL8390), how many independent reviews each department has commissioned into Government policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL8945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given to HL8390 on 5 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2018 10:32:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

926492

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often the two Cabinet Sub-Committees which are currently examining the two proposed models for future customs cooperation with the EU have met; and when they are expected to reach a conclusion.
tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
uin	HL8742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has established two working groups to consider the Government’s options for future customs arrangements. We do not comment on the details of work that relates to Cabinet or its sub-Committees.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out two potential models for the UK’s future customs relationship – a new customs partnership and a highly streamlined customs arrangement, and will set out further detail on its preferred customs model in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 26/06/2018 16:37:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie