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1669327

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Professions: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the performance of professional bodies, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Institution of Civil Engineers, in their compliance with their duties under their Royal Charters to ensure the maintenance of professional standards in their industries rather than the maximising of professional fees.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Privy Council has no jurisdiction to investigate or intervene in the internal affairs of Chartered bodies. The only role that the Privy Council has in relation to Chartered bodies is the reactive one of considering amendments to Charters and Bylaws that are submitted to it for approval by the Chartered body.</p><p>The grant of a Royal Charter confers independent legal personality on a body and defines its objectives, constitution and powers to govern its own affairs. Incorporation by Royal Charter is a prestigious way of acquiring legal personality. Complaints against a Chartered body should be addressed to the body itself or, if a member, by raising issues directly with the organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/11/2023 13:24:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1669082

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when does he expect the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report to be published.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	1239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a statutory Inquiry established under the Inquiries Act 2005. Under the terms of the Act, the drafting of an inquiry final report and the timing of that process are both matters for the independent Chair of the inquiry.</p><p>In their April 2023 Newsletter published on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry website at <a href="https://www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/news/april-2023-newsletter" target="_blank">https://www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/news/april-2023-newsletter</a>, the Inquiry recognised the desire for the report to be published as soon as possible.</p><p>They noted that <em>‘The Inquiry hopes to complete the drafting of the report before the end of 2023. Various practical steps will then need to follow, such as proof-reading, typesetting and printing, all of which take time. We shall send the report to the Prime Minister, as required by our terms of reference, as soon as we can but that will probably not be possible before the beginning of next year.’</em></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/11/2023 12:03:38 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1669125

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to page 60 of the Infected Blood Inquiry's second interim report, published on 5 April, what work they have been done to register those eligible for interim compensation payments with existing support schemes, before the final report is published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to make progress with the work necessary to enable a response to the full report when it is published in March next year. It is only reasonable that the Inquiry, whose work is in train, concludes and provides their final recommendations before the Government takes action. The Government recognises that there is interest in pre-registration for compensation ahead of its response to the Inquiry’s final report. However, as the Minister for the Cabinet Office set out to the Inquiry in July, opening registration for compensation before the Government has finalised its response would be a difficult step to take.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL165 question first answered 23/11/2023 16:16:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

1669126

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to recommendation 18 of the Infected Blood Inquiry's second interim report, published on 5 April, that a compensation scheme should be set up now and it should begin work this year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to make progress with the work necessary to enable a response to the full report when it is published in March next year. It is only reasonable that the Inquiry, whose work is in train, concludes and provides their final recommendations before the Government takes action. The Government recognises that there is interest in pre-registration for compensation ahead of its response to the Inquiry’s final report. However, as the Minister for the Cabinet Office set out to the Inquiry in July, opening registration for compensation before the Government has finalised its response would be a difficult step to take.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL164 question first answered 23/11/2023 16:16:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

1667946

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Prime Minister’s office's (a) press conferences, (b) social media posts and (c) webpages have been accessible to British Sign Language users since 25 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that government communications are available and accessible across multiple channels and in a number of alternative formats in order to meet a range of needs.</p><p> </p><p>British Sign Language interpretation is provided for the vast majority of No.10 press conferences via the BBC News channel (available on Freeview) and iPlayer through the BBC. For No.10 press conferences that do not carry British Sign Language interpretation via the BBC, a British Sign Language interpretation is uploaded on YouTube as soon as possible after the event.</p><p> </p><p>The first Government BSL report was published in July 2023, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a second report on the use of BSL in government communications by 31 July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>No. 10 is an operational part of the Cabinet Office, which is a relevant government department under Section 2 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 323 question first answered 15/11/2023 17:53:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667947

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Downing Street subject to the reporting requirements of Section 2 of the British Sign Language Act 2022 on a voluntary basis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that government communications are available and accessible across multiple channels and in a number of alternative formats in order to meet a range of needs.</p><p> </p><p>British Sign Language interpretation is provided for the vast majority of No.10 press conferences via the BBC News channel (available on Freeview) and iPlayer through the BBC. For No.10 press conferences that do not carry British Sign Language interpretation via the BBC, a British Sign Language interpretation is uploaded on YouTube as soon as possible after the event.</p><p> </p><p>The first Government BSL report was published in July 2023, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a second report on the use of BSL in government communications by 31 July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>No. 10 is an operational part of the Cabinet Office, which is a relevant government department under Section 2 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 322 question first answered 15/11/2023 17:53:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666941

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what grant schemes are ringfenced solely for military veterans; and whether those grants are available for all military veterans across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs, based in the Cabinet Office, administers a range of grant schemes for veterans organisations and charities. These cover support in areas such as health, housing, employment, and combating stress, and are typically available UK wide.</p><p> </p><p>The OVA was established in 2019 and has become more established over time, meaning comparable figures for each of the last five years are not available. However, in 2023/24, over £6 million was awarded to veterans organisations and charities.</p><p><strong><br></strong>The latest information on the work of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10797 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:09:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1666942

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total funding provided for grant schemes for military veterans for each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs, based in the Cabinet Office, administers a range of grant schemes for veterans organisations and charities. These cover support in areas such as health, housing, employment, and combating stress, and are typically available UK wide.</p><p> </p><p>The OVA was established in 2019 and has become more established over time, meaning comparable figures for each of the last five years are not available. However, in 2023/24, over £6 million was awarded to veterans organisations and charities.</p><p><strong><br></strong>The latest information on the work of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-veterans-affairs</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL10796 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:09:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1665571

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Crown Dependencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are offering each of the Crown Dependencies in building cyber-resilience, broken down by dependency.
tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
uin	HL10627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the Crown Dependencies in deterring and defending against state and non-state threats. Since its creation in 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has supported the Crown Dependencies in building their cyber resilience. The NCSC supports the governments, police and communications service providers of the Crown Dependencies, engaging with them on a regular basis to provide expert advice, guidance, the latest threat assessments and support related to incidents affecting their networks. The governments of the Crown Dependencies also use a range of Active Cyber Defence tools and services provided by the NCSC.</p><p> </p><p>Although a breakdown of costs is not available, examples of support includes:</p><ul><li><p>The NCSC supported and advised on the formation of Cyber Security Incident Response Teams in the Crown Dependencies. Jersey Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) has now been established and is responsible for promoting and improving the cyber resilience across the Island’s critical national infrastructure.</p></li><li><p>The NCSC have attended events on each of the Crown Dependencies in recent years, presenting at the Isle of Man’s Cyber Isle cyber Conference in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Attendees were informed about the NCSC’s free products and services available to all Crown Dependencies covering public, private and third sectors;</p></li><li><p>The Governments of the Crown Dependencies, are eligible for and are using NCSC Active Cyber Defence services including Mail Check, Web Check, Early Warning and Protective DNS. These are the same tools used by HMG to help protect our networks.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 16:38:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1665592

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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 processes are in place to monitor the implementation of the Green Lane system for trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to identify any practical issues for businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is conducting regular monitoring of the UK Internal Market Scheme and Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme and there are clear signs of new traders taking advantage of these new arrangements.</p><p>With respect to the UK Internal Market Scheme, as set out to the Northern Ireland Protocol Sub-Committee on 12 October, there are now more than 6,200 businesses registered - 2,200 of which (more than a third) are companies who were not members of the previous UKTS scheme. This list is dynamic, meaning more businesses moving goods in Northern Ireland will benefit over time.</p><p>With respect to the new Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme, the broader eligibility coupled with the certainty provided to businesses, mean that we have seen welcome signs of new traders taking advantage of the scheme. For example, wholesalers have written to customers noting that they are now able to “bring back some of your favourite products that we had to remove due to the previous Northern Ireland Protocol”. Consumers in Northern Ireland are also able to see the broader reach of the green lane, with for example shelf labelling in place in major food service outlets, which were excluded from the scope of the old grace periods.</p><p>The Government continues its extensive programme of engagement with businesses to identify any practical issues and ensure that the new Green Lane system continues to be implemented in a seamless manner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 14:00:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme