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753947

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HLWS37), what steps they have taken to seek explanations from Ministers and Agency Chief Executives in (1) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (2) the Department for Education, (3) the Home Office, (4) HM Revenue and Customs, and (5) Ofwat, in the light of the Minister's response that they have failed to answer one third of the correspondence within the target set for replies.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government takes seriously its responsibilities for providing timely replies to correspondence from MPs and Peers. The Departments in question are committed to improving their performance on replying to correspondence from MPs and Peers and have plans in place to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

748846

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many representatives of Kensington and Chelsea Council have attended courses at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College at Easingwood in the last ten years; and for each course attended, to provide, (1) the name of the course, (2) a brief summary of advice given on preparedness for major civil or natural emergences and, (3) the number of Kensington and Chelsea representatives attending the course.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Between January 2007 and June 2017 a total of twelve (12) representatives of Kensington and Chelsea Council attended courses at, or run by the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.</p><p>Of those twelve, ten attended courses relating to the specifics of crowd and public safety management, one attended a course on crisis management in schools and colleges, and one attended a wide-ranging professional development seminar titled ‘reflections on resilience’.</p><p>The table below disaggregates overall course attendance by course name and date:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Course </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Delegates per event </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Delegates per course </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Demountable Structures (TDS)</p></td><td><p>8th Feb 2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Working in Safety Advisory Groups (SAG)</p></td><td><p>2nd April 2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21st May 2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Crowd Modelling, Management and Movement and Crowd Dynamics</p></td><td><p>10th March 2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th March 2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Event Organisers Group (LAEOG) Event</p></td><td><p>9th October 2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seminar - Reflections on Resilience</p></td><td><p>04th Dec 2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Introduction to Crowd and Public Safety Management</p></td><td><p>22nd Feb 2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Safety at Festivals and Mass Gatherings</p></td><td><p>28th Nov 2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crisis Management in Schools and Colleges</p></td><td><p>21st Nov 2007</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below provides a brief summary of the content of each course that representatives of Kensington and Chelsea Council attended between 2007-2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Course </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Summary of course content</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Demountable Structures (TDS)</p></td><td><p>The principal guidance and legislation applying to TDS; risk control in the design, erection and use phases; safety considerations in TDS procurement; the impact of external factors such as site conditions and weather on TDS safety; identification of good practice and lessons from events and incident case studies.</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Working in Safety Advisory Groups (SAG)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Determination of appropriate terms of reference for SAGs; the roles of members of the SAG; application of the legislation and guidance on licensing and safety certification; application of relevant guidance to determine safe capacities and practices for a range of venues and events.</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Crowd Modelling, Management and Movement, and Crowd Dynamics</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Principal guidelines, legislation and regulations for safety and contingency planning for crowds at venues and events; differentiating crowd management and crowd control; the phases and nature of crowds and their psychology; calculation of for flow rates and density for people in crowded places; management of potential crowd behaviours in emergency situations.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Event Organisers Group (LAEOG) Event</p></td><td><p>A two day professional development event that focused on the composition and conduct of Safety Advisory Groups, understanding crowd behaviour and guidelines for emergency planning.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seminar - Reflections on Resilience</p></td><td><p>A one day professional development event that covered: 'Resilience in an Age of Austerity'; ‘The Olympic Spirit - lessons for the resilient practitioner'; 'Interoperability' and 'Health -Threats to lasting resilience'.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Introduction to Crowd and Public Safety Management</p></td><td><p>A foundation course which introduces the subject of risk management, systematic approaches to the planning process, communications, crowd dynamics and crowd behaviours.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Safety at Festivals and Mass Gatherings</p></td><td><p>Site risk assessment, evaluation of safety features of an event proposal and the benefits of multi-agency co-operation in the planning for event.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crisis Management in Schools and Colleges</p></td><td><p>A course for education managers who are responsible for planning and and managing the consequences of crisis and emergencies affecting schools, their staff and students, which enables them to meaningfully evaluate their organisation's state of preparedness.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2017 16:05:58 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

732105

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many local authorities have sent representatives over the last five years to attend courses or to obtain advice on preparation for major crises at the Cabinet Office's Emergency Planning College at Easingwold in North Yorkshire.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Between January 2012 and June 2017 a total of 350 local authorities from across the UK received training from the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.</p><p> </p><p>Of those 350 local authorities whose staff or members attended any EPC course, representatives from 298 local authorities undertook training in the specific area of crisis and emergency management.</p><p> </p><p>The table below disaggregated the headline figures by devolved nation:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Between 2012-2017 the number of Local Authorities who sent delegate(s) on any EPC Curriculum Course</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>of which related to EPC Crisis &amp; Emergency Management training courses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>298</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/06/2017 16:28:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

685389

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many current Ministers in (1) the House of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons, are unpaid; why there is a difference in the proportions of those who are paid and unpaid in each House; and whether the relative personal financial needs of potential Ministers is considered before decisions are taken over which Ministers are paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>There are currently three House of Commons Ministers and eight House of Lords Ministers who are unpaid.</p><p>Ministerial appointments are at the discretion of the Prime Minister within the legislative limits set out in The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 and The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/02/2017 12:44:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

381703

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 27 November 2014 (HL2967), whether the reduction in the number of persons styled professor in the list of knighthoods and damehoods in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2015 anticipates the next Quinquennial review.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no specific allocation of Honours for Professors who compete with other candidates in the normal way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 01/07/2015 15:52:44 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

381631

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 10 July 2014 (HL828), whether they will update the table to reflect all honours lists since the New Year Honours List 2012, including the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2015, and (2) give details of the percentage of those who were styled professor.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>19% of all Honours recipients at the level of Knight, Dame, CB and CBE from Birthday Honours 2012, and up to and including Birthday Honours 2015, have styled themselves Professor.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 30/06/2015 16:08:17 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

348484

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, further to the Written Statement by Lord Bridges of Headley on 3 June (HLWS10), whether they will publish figures on the response rates to questions for written answer during the 2010–15 Parliament along similar lines.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>In line with the commitment made by my predecessor to begin to publish annually the performance of departments on their promptness in dealing with QWAs (HL Deb 8 May 2014, col 1575), I have today published data on departmental performance in answering Questions for Written Answer for the 2014/15 session (HLWS39). I am pleased to say that, overall, 91% of Questions for Written Answer were answered within the expected 10 working days in the last session.</p><p><br>I will continue to publish departmental performance data on an annual basis to enable performance to be compared over time. My office will also continue to work with all departments to ensure prompt and comprehensive responses to all Questions for Written Answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 18/06/2015 16:37:10 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

347242

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers did not receive Ministerial salaries in each Parliament since 1985.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL107 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

347243

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers in each House are unpaid; how this compares with the 2010–15 Parliament; and whether they plan to legislate for all Ministers to receive salaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL106 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

178663

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 22 January (HL4091), whether they will now answer the original question, including the total overall cost to public funds of all Government ministerial salaries; and what would be the total cost of paying those ministers who are currently unpaid, at the appropriate salaries attached to their appointment.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL4813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Written Answer provided on 22 January was pertinent to the original question. The coalition Government continues to work within the limits set by the legislation (the <em>Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975</em>) with regards to the number of salaried Ministers and there are currently no plans to change this. The total cost to public funds of all Government ministerial salaries based on legislation is approximately £4.5m per year; the cost of paying unpaid ministers a salary would be approximately £744,000 per year.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/02/2015 17:27:08 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling