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943375

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many departments provide 0845 numbers for use by the public; and what action, if any, they are they taking to provide cheaper alternatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL9592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Departments are responsible for their number prefix choices.</p><p> </p><p>Third party telecommunications providers are an integral part of the Government supply chain to ensure that citizens can communicate with Government easily.</p><p><br>The Government published guidance setting out clear principles for departments to use and a copy attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/07/2018 12:20:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Customer phone lines draft guidance October 2015 .pdf title Customer phone lines draft guidance October 2015
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

943379

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of when the investigations and inquiries into various aspects of the 2016 referendum campaign are likely to conclude and what consideration they have given to updating the relevant legislation in the light of any of findings.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL9595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The timescales of ongoing investigations and inquiries, including their likely conclusions, is a matter for the independent organisations conducting them, rather than the Government.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider the findings and recommendations that are made when they have concluded.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/07/2018 12:17:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

942042

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many commercial suppliers (1) claimed, and (2) received, statutory interest from public sector bodies due to late payment of commercial debts in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL9556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Public Contracts Regulations, it is the responsibility of public sector buyers to publish annually the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment. Additionally, central government departments publish interest liable, under the late payment legislation, on a quarterly basis. From March 2017, it has been a requirement for public sector buyers to publish the total amount of interest that they were liable to pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Contracts Regulations require public bodies to publish on the internet each year statistics showing how they have complied with the obligation to pay undisputed invoices within 30 days to their first tier suppliers/prime contractors.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage businesses to report instances where this is not happening to the Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL9555 HL9557 question first answered 30/07/2018 12:18:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

942043

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public authorities have published their performance online in relation to their duty to pay invoices from suppliers within 30 days as required by section 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102).
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL9557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Public Contracts Regulations, it is the responsibility of public sector buyers to publish annually the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment. Additionally, central government departments publish interest liable, under the late payment legislation, on a quarterly basis. From March 2017, it has been a requirement for public sector buyers to publish the total amount of interest that they were liable to pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Contracts Regulations require public bodies to publish on the internet each year statistics showing how they have complied with the obligation to pay undisputed invoices within 30 days to their first tier suppliers/prime contractors.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage businesses to report instances where this is not happening to the Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL9555 HL9556 question first answered 30/07/2018 12:18:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

942044

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what sanctions are used in the event of a public authority not complying with the obligation to publish information regarding their late payment performance online as set out in section 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102).
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL9558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>Normal public law remedies are available for failure by a contracting authority to comply with the requirement to publish information showing how far it has complied with its obligations to make payment within 30 days under section 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p>The Mystery Shopper service assists in ensuring compliance with obligations under these Regulations, including the requirement to publish information under section 113(7). We encourage businesses to report any instances where this may not be happening to the Service who will then investigate. Contracting authorities must give assistance to any Mystery Shopper investigation and must provide documents or information for the purpose of any such investigation within a set timeframe of 30 days.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/07/2018 12:17:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

938800

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to ensure that their public procurement policies do not involve supply chains in which slave labour is used.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery in both private and public sector supply chains. Since 1 October 2015, commercial organisations which have an annual turnover of £36 million or more have been required, under Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year. The statement must set out the steps taken to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place within its own business or supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a Supplier Code of Conduct to make clear the standards and behaviours that are expected of our suppliers when they work with government and we will now develop proposals for the government’s biggest suppliers to publish data and provide action plans for how they plan to address key social issues, including the scourge of modern slavery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the Government’s Standard Selection Questionnaire includes Mandatory Exclusion Grounds if an organisation or an associated individual has been convicted of child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings, within the last 5 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office and the Crown Commercial Service will be developing further guidance to support contracting authorities to identify, and mitigate against, modern slavery risks in supply chains.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/07/2018 10:13:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

938103

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to re-evaluate their outsourcing process when awarding public sector contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government uses the Green Book to inform transparent, objective and evidence-based sourcing decisions. The framework set out in the Green Book ensures that the policy can be achieved in strategic, commercial, financial and economic terms.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recently announced changes to public sector outsourcing and new ways in which public services can be contracted and delivered in his speech to Reform on 25 June 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:04:35 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

937010

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Referendums
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 case for amending legislation on the conduct of referendums to make sanctions for serious breaches of the law analogous to those for elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL9348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) regulates political funding and spending at elections and referendums. Breaches of these laws attract both criminal and civil sanctions.</p><p>Bespoke Acts of Parliament are brought forward for each referendum and it is usual practice for the conduct rules to apply to many of the offences which are included in the Representation of the People Act 1983.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:02:51 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

937011

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections and Referendums
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 case for modernising legislation concerning elections and referendums.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL9349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government keeps electoral processes, and whether improvements may be made, under review. We are working with the Law Commission on how best to implement the recommendations of their review of electoral law.</p><p> </p><p>We have identified with the Law Commission and key electoral stakeholders possible means of effecting reform through the drafting of secondary legislation. Work is underway on this by the Law Commission, which is supported by Cabinet Office and the Electoral Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:01:11 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

937013

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with other countries to prevent Russian influence from undermining democratic principles including by (1) providing funding to influence electoral outcomes significantly, (2) establishing social media accounts which disguise their real origin, and (3) promoting fake news, including relating to the attempted murder of their opponents on British soil.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL9350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to defending the UK from all forms of malign foreign state interference, whether from Russia or any other state. This includes working with international partners where appropriate. As part of our response, the UK agreed at the 2018 G7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada to work with other G7 members on defending democracy from foreign threats.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission is the independent regulatory body responsible for ensuring that elections are run effectively and in accordance with the law. There is also legislation in place to prevent foreign money being used to finance campaigning at UK elections. It is for the Electoral Commission to investigate any breaches of this legislation.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Charlevoix commitment is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 23/07/2018 16:58:11 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name DefendingDemocracyFromForeignThreats.pdf title Charlevoix commitment
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard