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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their total expenditure on financial support for organisations which lobby them on government policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL19
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Government Departments fund and contract with various organisations. It would be a matter for the relevant Department to determine whether any of these organisations lobby the government inappropriately.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 17:08:10 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57553

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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proportion of ethnic minorities in the senior civil service.
tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Blackburn
uin	HL26
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>To win the global race we need the best civil servants regardless of their background so we must recruit, retain and promote on the basis of merit. We want to see more talented people, whatever their background, reach the very top roles.</p><p>As at 1 October 2013, the proportion of senior civil servants who declared that they are from an ethnic minority background is 3.8%.</p><p>We believe that for too long talent management in the Civil Service has been weak and the Government plans to address this as part of its ongoing programme of Civil Service reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 16:54:45 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2526 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Blackburn

57562

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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities
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 Wallace of Saltaire on 18 March (WS 50–52), how many trustees have been removed by the Charity Commission since 2007; how many trustees have been suspended by the Commission since 2007; and what discussions they have had with the Commission about its using its powers to investigate a breach of charitable law.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL35
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of trustees of charities suspended or removed by the Charity Commission in each year since 2007 can be seen in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of trustees suspended</p></td><td><p>Number of trustees removed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A number of meetings have been held with the Charity Commission to discuss its use of regulatory powers. The draft Protection of Charities Bill, announced as part of the Queen's Speech, would strengthen the powers of the Charity Commission to tackle abuse in charities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 18:00:15 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue