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62800

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 June (WA 63), 14 May (WA 512), 6 May (WA 359), 7 April (WA 234) and 20 March (WA 52), on what each former Prime Minister, in each year that the Public Duty Costs Allowance was awarded to them, spent their allowances, in terms of comprehensive, unambiguous and catalogued expenses.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Public Duty Costs Allowance is to reimburse former Prime Ministers of necessary office and secretariat costs.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, further details are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2014 16:54:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62809

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many self-employed workers the Office for National Statistics estimated there to be in each financial year since 2010–11.
tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
uin	HL489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/06/2014 15:30:55 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL489.pdf title ONS Letter to Peer
tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

62834

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the minutes of the Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce are no longer on its website.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	201580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Taskforce has recently been reconstituted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 24/06/2014 16:18:09 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

62835

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	201527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 24/06/2014 13:27:25 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63820

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Enterprises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on supporting social enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	904467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>This Government is doing a great deal to support the growth of social enterprises. We are improving their access to finance through social investment. We are making it easier for them to deliver public services through the Social Value Act and a wide range of capacity building support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2014 14:37:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

63821

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Mutual Societies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on supporting public sector mutuals.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	904465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of public service mutuals has increased from 9 in 2010 to nearly 100 today, operating in sectors ranging from youth services to social care. My department's Mutuals Support Programme continues to provide professional support and training to live and developing mutuals, supporting over 65 to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 25/06/2014 14:33:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

63822

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to address barriers to small and medium-sized enterprises participating in government procurement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	904464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>This Government has transformed central government procurement to make it more accessible to small and medium sized businesses. We are in the process of implementing Lord Young's recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market' in wider public procurement, and we will go even further through reforms in the forthcoming Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2014 16:37:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

62469

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest available figures on output (1) per worker, and (2) per hour worked, in the United Kingdom; and how those figures compare with the equivalents for Germany, France and the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 12:51:36 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL398 ONS 270.pdf title ONS Letter to Peer
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62475

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.</p><p>The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:34:18 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62525

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
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 rates of (1) misuse of postal votes, and (2) voting fraud, in the light of the recent local elections and the European Parliamentary elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The integrity of our elections is central to our democracy. The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration will make the electoral register more accurate and secure.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider any findings by the Electoral Commission in relation to the elections held on 22 May 2014 to determine whether any further measures may be needed to support electoral integrity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:46 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon