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923151

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Parents: Suicide
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 number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">and I will place the response in the Library of both houses.</ins></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Pearson of Rannoch, dated 15 June 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking about the number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers <strong>(HL8615)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes suicide rates for the UK, constituent countries, regions and local authorities in England and Wales in an annual bulletin[1].</p><p>The information we hold on deaths is limited to what is recorded on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death by a doctor, provided to the registrar by the informant at the time of death registration, or recorded by a coroner following their inquest into the cause and circumstances of the death. We can provide the number of suicides per year by legal marital status, but we have no available information on whether the deceased was (a) separated at the time of death, that is, living apart from their partner; or (b) was a father or mother.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the numbers and crude rates per 100,00 persons of deaths due to suicide, by sex, for each year between 2000 and 2016 in England and Wales. The rates are broken down by marital status recorded at death. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2018 15:35:32 question first ministerially corrected 22/06/2018 13:43:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham previous answer version 64664 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

923005

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many regulatory agencies were operating in the UK in 2017–18; and what was the total annual running cost of those agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL8578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>61 Arm’s Length Bodies with regulatory functions are listed in the Cabinet Office publication <em>Public Bodies 2017</em>. Many of these bodies also have non-regulatory functions. This publication does not include regulators operating as part of Government departments, outside central government, in devolved or local government, nor those which remain unclassified. The running cost of these bodies is set out in <em>Public Bodies 2017</em>, but this includes the cost of non-regulatory functions – the running cost of regulatory functions is not separately identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/06/2018 14:06:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

917752

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what professional standards are required of employees of public sector commercial enterprises; and whether these comply with the standards of the Civil Service Code.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office is not involved with setting the professional standards or terms and conditions for these organisations. We are therefore not able to provide a response.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2018 15:37:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

917796

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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 how many independent reviews they have 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	HL8390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL8391 question first answered 14/06/2018 13:39:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

917797

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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 how many reviews commissioned into Government policy or administration in the last year have been published; and what is the criteria used to decide whether such reviews should be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL8391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL8390 question first answered 14/06/2018 13:39:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

916533

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances information gathered during the developed vetting security clearance process can be released to the police or the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Information provided as part of the Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance process is subject to a high degree of data privacy protections. The DV process is structured to facilitate the safeguarding of national security while maintaining tight control and limited distribution of applicants’ personal data. The DV process conforms to the UK’s data protection legislation.</p><p> </p><p>On the basis of this legislation, personal data can be shared with external agencies such as the police only in specific circumstances. These are:</p><ul><li>where the data subject may have committed a previously undetected criminal offence, or where an offence may be about to be committed;</li><li>where people may be at risk of harm; and</li><li>where action is required to safeguard national security.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the event that, for example, the Crown Prosecution Service is pursuing a criminal trial against an individual, one or more of these conditions may be met. In such circumstances judicial authorities will submit a formal application to the data controller for disclosure. Such applications are scrutinised on a case by case basis and strict conditions are placed on the degree to which personal data is shared and with whom.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/06/2018 15:59:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

916589

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion: EAGA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they exercised penalty clauses in respect of Eaga contracts after its acquisition by Carillion Plc.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL8295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>This information can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/06/2018 15:49:16 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

906010

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review secondary legislation on access to electoral registers to ensure that the Data Protection Bill, once in force, will not negatively affect the use by elected representatives or political parties of the electoral register for the purposes of democratic engagement.
tabling member printed	Lord Gilbert of Panteg
uin	HL7937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government will review existing legislation on access to electoral registers to ensure elected representatives and political parties can continue to use the electoral register for the purposes of democratic engagement. This reflects the commitment by Ministers during the Data Protection Bill (HL Deb, 14 May 2018, Col. 418). We will also engage with political parties through the Parliamentary Parties Panel.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/06/2018 11:40:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4543 label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg

905321

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at what level in Government the drafting instructions to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for the original clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill were approved; and whether they were approved at Ministerial level.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL7912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The policy for clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, as introduced to Parliament, was approved by the Cabinet through the standard processes for collective agreement. Drafting instructions to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to give legal effect to this policy were approved at official level in accordance with normal practice. The final drafting of the clause was then collectively agreed by the Cabinet for introduction of the Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/05/2018 15:11:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

904248

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to incorporate the Chilcot Checklist into the Cabinet Manual.
tabling member printed	Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
uin	HL7826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Chilcot Checklist is a guide to aid decision-making during planning and implementation, developed by Partners Across Government. It aligns with both military values and the Civil Service Code.</p><p> </p><p>We will undertake an update of the Cabinet Manual once the UK has left the EU, and will determine at that time what revisions are necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/05/2018 15:04:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4189 label Biography information for Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield