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1679279

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 19 December 2023 (HL856), what is the average annual salary of a minister of the crown in the House of Lords, including unpaid ministers and excluding accommodation and travel allowances.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL1320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The average (mean) salary of a minister of the crown in the House of Lords, including unpaid ministers and excluding accommodation and travel allowances, is £41,490.26.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministerial salaries are payable under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. Details of the salaries and allowances currently paid to Ministers at different ranks can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2024 11:18:26 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1679281

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Assistance: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many approvals have been sought from the European Commission for state aid in Northern Ireland since the coming into force of the Northern Ireland Protocol; what are these approvals; and what estimate they have made of the total amount of funds for which approval has been sought.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL1330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework addressed the risk of &quot;reach back&quot; of EU state aid rules and, based on past experience, ensures that more than 98% of aid can be granted without notification, preserving the functioning of the UK internal market. This sits alongside the uniquely generous arrangements for agricultural subsidies in Northern Ireland under the Framework. Under the old Protocol, there were 11 cases that required EU approval. Since the Windsor Framework, there has been only one such case, the Energy <del class="ministerial">Business</del> <ins class="ministerial">Bills</ins> Discount Scheme, which was resolved in order to ensure a UK-wide subsidy scheme, and continuing access to the EU market for all manufacturers in scope.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2024 11:19:02 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 15:49:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 9756 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1679289

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Inland Border Facilities: Ashford
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), whether they have undertaken an assessment of whether the Sevington border facility will have the required capacity for physical checks from 30 April 2024.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs carefully reviewed the provision of Border Control Post (BCP) facilities in Kent. It is the UK Government’s intention that SPS checks on goods arriving through the short straits should be undertaken at Sevington Inland BCP. This will ensure protection of the nation’s biosecurity and reduce import burdens for trade whilst also managing operating costs.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of the review was consideration of the required capacity needed for SPS checks in Kent. The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs is confident that Sevington BCP has sufficient capacity to handle the volume of expected checks at the Short Straits, as set out in the Border Operating Model, with robust, dynamic, and effective operational measures ready to call upon if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2024 11:18:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1678728

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure an agreement with parties in Northern Ireland regarding trading arrangements between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, and what assessment they have made of the consequential impact for the United Kingdom as a whole.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has engaged extensively with relevant stakeholders in Northern Ireland and has sought to address the specific concerns of the DUP prior to and during negotiations to facilitate the return of devolved governments. These discussions have focussed, in the main, on strengthening Northern Ireland’s place in the UK Internal Market. As outlined by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the 19th December, from the Government’s perspective, the talks on all the issues of substance have effectively been concluded. The Government now stands ready to introduce a package of measures that have been worked on together should the DUP reach a decision to proceed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2024 15:44:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1678730

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the number of UK dual nationals; whether those estimates include a breakdown of the countries in which they are currently resident; and how many are resident in the other state in which they also hold citizenship.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL1310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Saltaire</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>20 December 2023</p><p>Dear Lord Wallace,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the current estimate of the number of UK dual nationals; whether those estimates include a breakdown of the countries in which they are currently resident; and how many are resident in the other state in which they also hold citizenship <strong>(HL1310)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducted the 2021 Census in England and Wales.</p><p>In order to answer your question, the ONS examined census ‘passports held’ data. Table 1 shows the number of dual passport holders resident in England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of dual passport holders resident in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Dual passport (UK + another passport)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E92000001 England</p></td><td><p>1,209,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W92000004 Wales</p></td><td><p>26,343</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Census 2021 (21 March 2021)</em></p><p>For similar data for Northern Ireland and Scotland, please contact the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency [1] (NISRA) and National Records of Scotland [2] (NRS) respectively.</p><p>As the Census collected data only from people currently resident in England and Wales at the time of collection, the ONS have no data identifying dual passport holding citizens residing outside England and Wales. This means we are unable to answer the second and third aspects of your question.</p><p>As the ONS continues its programme of transforming population and migration statistics, we will explore how to provide additional detail to meet user needs. This will include the possibility of obtaining an estimate of dual citizenship using administrative data as part of that programme.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nisra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nisra.gov.uk/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/01/2024 15:42:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL1310 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

1678136

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	7087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>For the purposes of this answer, we are interpreting power cuts to mean unplanned loss of power to a building or floor of a building.</p><p>We can confirm from the information available, that there have been two incidents in the specified period:</p><ul><li><p>10 South Colonnade, London, where Cabinet Office is a tenant, 2023.</p></li><li><p>Cheylesmore House, Coventry, 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In both incidents, communication to affected users was swift and continuous thus keeping people fully informed of the status of the incident. Post events, lessons learnt sessions were held and where appropriate, mitigations and processes were created should future similar events take place, not just at those localities but nationally as well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/12/2023 12:58:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1678261

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emergencies: Utilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Stannington gas flood in Sheffield Hallam constituency for his policies on emergency responses to a major incident; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a single consolidated priority register for all utility providers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	7154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Central Government Concept Of Operations provides clear guidance on the levels of emergencies as well as responsibilities for response and recovery activities. The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 places duties on gas distributors and other utility companies (as Category 2 responders) to cooperate and share information with other local responders with regards to emergency planning and response.</p><p>Regarding the priority register, it was announced in the recent Autumn Statement, that the Government will consult on strengthening the economic regulation of the energy, water and telecommunications sectors, with proposals that include a consolidated Priority Services Register so that vulnerable people can be confident their status is recognised by all their utilities providers and support will be provided when needed.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/12/2023 16:43:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1678283

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Police: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to awarding the Elizabeth Cross to the members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Ulster Special Constabulary and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, who died as a result of terrorism or in the course of their duty in Northern Ireland, since the mid-1960s.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL1207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2023 answer text <p>The Elizabeth Cross was introduced by Her Late Majesty The Queen specifically for the next of kin of Regular and Reserve Armed Forces personnel and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel who have died on operations, or as a result of an act of terrorism, since 1 January 1948. The eligibility criteria for the Elizabeth Cross do not, therefore, extend to the next of kin of personnel who served in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Ulster Special Constabulary, or the Police Service of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>All lives lost in the line of public duty are a tragedy. Work is continuing on an appropriate way to mark the contribution of all public servants who are killed while serving the people of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/12/2023 14:17:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1677709

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Section 29 of the Procurement Act 2023, how many (a) suppliers and (b) sub-contractors who have been awarded public contracts have been reviewed by his Department on the basis that they present a potential threat to national security.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes the security of its supply chain extremely seriously and has taken action to bolster the powers to intervene where a risk to national security has been identified.</p><p>The Procurement Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and will strengthen the security framework around public procurement. It includes new powers to ban suppliers from specific sectors, such as areas related to defence and national security, while allowing them to continue to win procurements in non-sensitive areas. It will come into effect in Autumn 2024, after which the National Security Unit for Procurement will consider cases relating to these powers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/12/2023 17:59:02 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677812

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Integrated Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to retain conflict prevention and stability as a key fund-level (a) outcome and (b) priority for the new UK Integrated Security Fund following its replacement of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	6924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF) was created to help address the security challenges identified in the Integrated Review Refresh, and it will retain tackling conflict and instability as a key priority.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/12/2023 12:58:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall