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1623550

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Prime Minister’s discussions with trade unions in January regarding industrial action, what further engagement they have had with trade unions across all sectors to prevent any further industrial action.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Ministers across Government have been meeting with the trade unions to attempt to resolve these disputes where it is possible to do so and, crucially, where it is affordable to the taxpayer.</p><p>We’ve been clear throughout that we must strike the right balance on what is affordable and realise where compromises must be made.</p><p>We are actively engaging with the unions to try and facilitate fair compromises to resolve these disputes – including through service reform, productivity and efficiency – and we remain happy to listen to their concerns.</p><p> </p><p>Since January, the Government has negotiated with the Agenda for Change workforce, entering into a process of intensive talks to find a fair and reasonable settlement. The majority of AfC unions have now voted to accept that offer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the education trade unions have entered intensive talks, focusing on teacher pay, conditions and workload reduction. There have also been discussions with unions representing the civil service and with the RMT and the British Medical Association.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are determined to find a way through this. We are grateful for the talks we have had so far and we remain happy to listen to the concerns of unions and their members.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/05/2023 15:22:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1586038

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Strikes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent further strike action by civil servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The industrial dispute and subsequent strike action with the Public and Commercial Services Union concerns a number of issues including pay. While pay for grades below the Senior Civil Service is determined by individual departments and employers, we continue to engage with all Civil Service Trade Unions regarding cross Civil Service issues which are within the responsibilities of the Cabinet Office in attempting to help achieve a resolution.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2023 12:33:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1568410

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of Chinese investment in infrastructure in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 18 January is attached.</p><p>Lord Taylor of Warwick<br>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>26 January 2023</p><p>Dear Lord Taylor of Warwick,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what assessment has been made of the amount of Chinese investment in infrastructure in the UK (HL4889).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics which include international investment positions, that is the value of the stock of investments held at a point in time. Statistics are presented for both UK-based companies that have a foreign parent company (inward) and for UK companies that control affiliates abroad (outward). Our latest FDI statistics for China are available up to 2021, with figures in the table below extracted from our Foreign direct investment involving UK companies (directional): inward[1] publication.</p><p>‘Infrastructure’ is not an identifiable category in FDI statistics. Therefore, we have included all industrial activity categories in Table 1 to enable you to consider the relevant components.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>1https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/02/2023 15:51:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL4889 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1566631

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to update their Global Britain in a Competitive Age: The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy command paper, published in March 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out in the Autumn Statement, the Government is updating the Integrated Review. The date of publication for this will be confirmed in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/01/2023 16:06:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1551419

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Minister for Constitution) has had with other ministers regarding the post-Brexit funding arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet other Ministerial and departmental colleagues to discuss a range of issues, including those relating to the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.</p><p>Taking into account the financial settlement with the EU, an additional £14.6 billion of spending by 2024-25 has been allocated to the United Kingdom’s domestic priorities, rather than being sent in contributions to the EU. This spending was incorporated into the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-2021-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-2021-documents</a>.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/01/2023 14:13:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf title Hard copy of hyperlinked document
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1548296

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current overall level of financial investment from China to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question: PQ HL4040 is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/12/2022 11:27:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL4040 (1).pdf title Financial Investment from China
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1485926

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Social Media
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect government accounts on social media from hacks and cyberattacks.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to protecting government accounts on social media. Public sector organisations are responsible for securing their own services, including social media accounts. The Cabinet Office, with the support of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), regularly provides advice and guidance to organisations on how best to secure social media accounts from hacks and cyber attacks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 13/07/2022 16:40:51 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1452016

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Defence: Civilians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement (1) air raid sirens, or (2) civil defence systems, in the UK to provide an early warning signal for a nuclear attack.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not plan to implement air raid sirens to provide an early warning signal for nuclear attack. Since April 1969, the Royal Navy has maintained continuous at sea deterrence, with at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine patrolling the seas undetected at all times, ready to respond to the most extreme threats to the UK, should they materialise.</p><p><br>The Government is committed to ensuring the public receive advice about the risks to them and the actions they can take. As part of broad emergency response capabilities, arrangements are in place to warn and inform the public that an emergency has, or is about to, occur and the steps they should take in response. This is a locally based approach, supported as necessary, by national messaging from central government using a range of channels, including social and broadcast media. The Government has announced its intention to augment these existing arrangements with the launch of a mobile phone based emergency alerting system later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 29/03/2022 15:06:17 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1416645

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to close the acceptance gap between white students and ethnic minority students who join the Civil Service Fast Stream.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The proportion of ethnic minority groups overall being appointed to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2021 was 23.3%, this aligns with the 2019/20 Higher Education Statistics Agency graduate population level of 23.7% for ethnicity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Steps to ensure that students from minority ethnic backgrounds are successful in their application to the Civil Service Fast Stream start with outreach, attraction and marketing activity, which is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations. This is undertaken via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial and internship placements. We have developed an inclusive website, social media strategy, and refreshed the target university list for outreach.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further to this, the Cabinet Office is:</p><ul><li><p>expanding the range of internships we offer,</p></li><li><p>undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes,</p></li><li><p>increasing assessor diversity, and</p></li><li><p>improving our fair and inclusive selection processes by incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 04/02/2022 14:27:42 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1379184

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to unilaterally stop checks on some goods sent across the Irish Sea as an alternative to triggering Article 16 to suspend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has already secured unfettered access for Northern Ireland firms for goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain through the legislative protections we have provided, notably enshrining in the UK Internal Market Act 2020 full unfettered access for qualifying Northern Ireland goods to all parts of the UK market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, we have set out proposals that would largely eliminate checks on goods remaining within the UK. We would prefer to secure this reduction through negotiations with the EU. However, the Article 16 safeguards within the Protocol remain on the table if that should be the only way to secure our position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Frost question first answered 22/11/2021 17:37:14 answering member 4879 label Biography information for Lord Frost
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick