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1061353

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date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Transport for London (TfL) about calling in mediators to resolve the dispute between TfL and London taxi drivers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Transport have regular discussions with the Mayor of London and Transport for London covering a variety of subjects including the operations of London taxis. There have been no conversations specifically about calling in mediators to resolve disputes between TfL and London taxi drivers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/02/2019 11:58:18 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1061364

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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 provisions they have put in place for whistleblowing concerning payment performance data published by public authorities as required by sections 113(7) and 113(8) of the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Public procurement regulations do not contain requirements for public bodies to include auditing or whistleblowing policies in the operational delivery and management of public contracts.</p><p>Public bodies in scope of these regulations are individually responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their own data prior to publication, and operate their own whistleblowing policies.</p><p>The Government encourages whistleblowers to get independent advice (e.g. from Citizens Advice) to ensure that they are adequately protected.</p><p>Public sector suppliers that have not been paid on time can raise the issue with the Public Procurement Review Service.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/02/2019 14:31:23 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1061370

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
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 accuracy of estimates by the Local Government Association that there is a funding gap of £652 million for the provision of the concessionary bus fare scheme in England for older and disabled people; and what steps they will take to address this gap in the forthcoming spending review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL13750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department obtained a copy of the Local Government Association’s analysis when it was published by the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday 13 February. It is important that we consider this analysis in detail and clarify any assumptions made with the Local Government Association before we respond. The Transport Select Committee has asked the Department for a view on the LGA’s analysis and stated that it intends to publish the response.</p><p> </p><p>Funding to local authorities for the concessionary travel scheme in England is not provided in isolation, but as part of their Local Government Finance Settlement. This Formula Grant funding is not ring-fenced, which enables authorities to make spending decisions that more closely match local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/02/2019 11:57:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1061380

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice and guidance is available to ministers about answering written parliamentary questions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL13760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Guidance on responding to Parliamentary Questions, and details of ministerial responsibilities, can be found on Gov.uk. This guidance states that Ministers must:</p><ol><li>Adhere to the Ministerial Code</li><li>Give relevant information fully, as concisely as possible and in accordance with guidance on disproportionate cost.</li><li>Not omit information sought merely because disclosure could lead to political embarrassment or administrative inconvenience.</li><li>Provide an explanation if it is concluded that information should be withheld.</li><li>Take care to avoid answers which are literally true but likely to give rise to misleading inferences.</li><li>Provide responses to answers as follows:</li></ol><ul><li>Named Day – on the day specified</li><li>Ordinary Written – within 5 working days</li><li>House of Lords Written – within 10 working days</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/02/2019 14:32:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

1060947

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Voluntary Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of public opinion on the issue of religious selection in state schools during the process leading to their decision to fund new voluntary aided religious schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL13723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The department undertook an extensive series of activities as part of the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation to understand the variety of opinions relating to faith schools. Having considered the views of respondents, and a range of stakeholder views, the department decided to establish the voluntary-aided capital scheme alongside retaining the 50% cap in faith admissions in faith designated free schools. The statutory process for establishing new voluntary-aided schools has not changed. It remains possible for proposers of any faith or no faith to propose a new voluntary-aided school, and likewise the voluntary-aided capital scheme is open to bids from proposers of all faiths and none.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/02/2019 15:59:19 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1059639

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the contract to run a freight service between Ramsgate and Ostend was subject to an open tender process; and if not, which companies were invited to apply.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL13659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The contract was let on a closed tender process under the extreme urgency provision in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. However, the Department had approached a total of nine companies inviting expressions of interest in providing freight services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/02/2019 11:55:42 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1059640

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which advisers were used by the Department of Transport to conduct due diligence on Arklow Shipping Limited in connection to the award of a shipping contract to Seabourne Freight; and whether any ministers or officials met representatives or agents of Arklow Shipping Limited as part of that process.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL13660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Due diligence was undertaken for all three ferry freight contracts at a level proportionate to the Department's prospective contractual relations. In recognition that Seaborne Freight was a start-up business, the contract with Seaborne required them to provide evidence about its financial backers. In part because of the withdrawal of Arklow Shipping, Seaborne was unable to provide this evidence to satisfy these contractual milestones, contributing to Secretary of State’s decision unilaterally to terminate the contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/02/2019 11:57:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1059185

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent or committed, in staff and consultant costs, on work related to (1) their contract with Seaborne Freight, and (2) the dredging of Ramsgate harbour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL13574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The contract awarded to Seaborne was part of a broader procurement exercise to secure additional freight capacity after Brexit, wherein nine companies were approached and contracts were awarded to three. Due to the complexity of disaggregating the data from related contingency planning, the precise staff and consultancy time involved with Seaborne, and associated discussions on Ramsgate dredging, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/02/2019 11:54:43 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1059216

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL13602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1056896

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 5 June 2018 (HL Deb, col 1227), what assessment they have made of the impact of General Data Protection Regulation compliance on small charities.
tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Weardale
uin	HL13550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges facing organisations across the UK, especially charities, to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We take the protection and privacy of personal data extremely seriously. We have made it clear that all organisations, especially the biggest global tech firms who process vast amounts of personal data, must comply with the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is why the Information Commissioner’s Office has published a range of user-friendly material on the GDPR on its website and has also set up a dedicated phone line for small organisations and charities.</p><p> </p><p>No formal review has been made since the new data protection rules came into force on 25 May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey will contain data on charities' awareness of the General Data Protection Regulation, and the changes they have made in response to its introduction. The results of the survey are expected to be published in spring 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL13551 question first answered 21/02/2019 11:56:23 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4348 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Weardale