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1688771

registered interest
date	09/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Alice Perkins
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were their reasons for nominating Alice Perkins, former Chair of the Post Office from 2011 to 2015, for a recommendation for honours.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL2372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>Ms Perkins was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2002 List when she was serving as Head of Civil Service Corporate Management and Reform within the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>Honours nominations are made in confidence and there is an expectation that they remain confidential in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/02/2024 11:41:16 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1688301

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stormont Brake
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which existing EU regulations and laws applying to Northern Ireland are within the scope of the Stormont Brake mechanism.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL2271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>With the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive back up and running, the powerful democratic safeguard of the Stormont Brake is now in operation. This gives MLAs a vital role in the decision on whether significant new goods rules impacting on everyday life in Northern Ireland should be applied. Its operation is set out in detail in the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The operation of the Windsor Framework and the application of a limited subset of EU law in Northern Ireland are subject to a consent vote of the Northern Ireland Assembly, due to be held later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/02/2024 16:18:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1688309

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how parliamentarians and members of the public can engage with and make recommendations to the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL2279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Queen Elizabeth Committee is in the early stages of its work of developing recommendations for a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, including both a permanent memorial and a legacy programme.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its work, the Committee will undertake public engagement and consultation, details of which will be shared in due course, and will consider how best to consult other stakeholders including parliamentarians.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Committee can be found on GOV.UK on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-queen-elizabeth-memorial-committee" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-queen-elizabeth-memorial-committee</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/02/2024 15:48:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1688321

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Non-departmental Public Bodies: Overseas Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) concerning requests from staff in those organisations to work overseas; and in which circumstances NDPBs are expected to agree to such requests.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The government does not issue guidance to non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) on temporary working from non-UK locations. Departments have delegated policy responsibility concerning requests from staff in NDPBs to work overseas. However, they must comply with FCDO and other regulatory requirements when posting employees overseas permanently, travelling overseas for business and considering requests from employees to work temporarily overseas. Departments work with their own arm’s length body (ALB) when considering requests from staff in NDPBs to work overseas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/02/2024 15:49:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1688037

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when all (1) checks, and (2) paperwork, will cease to be required for goods moving via the UK Internal Market Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, the internal market system will ensure the smooth flow of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland for internal UK trade. In line with the Government’s commitments since 2021, these arrangements establish individual schemes that can be used only by UK internal market traders, to preserve those benefits for UK traders and to maintain the smooth flow of that trade. Checks on Internal UK movements under the schemes will be removed except those conducted by UK authorities and required as part of a risk-based or intelligence-led approach to tackle criminality, abuse of the schemes, smuggling and disease risks. We will set out further information on the transition to these new arrangements shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2024 15:16:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1688040

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stormont Brake
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether a matter vetoed under the operation of the Stormont Brake and not subsequently agreed by the UK–EU Joint Committee may be brought to international arbitration; and whether the UK has committed to accepting such a decision as final.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>It is correct to note that the Stormont Brake safeguard is not subject to any ECJ oversight, and any dispute on this issue would be resolved through subsequent independent arbitration according to international, not EU, law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2024 15:57:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1688046

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase funding and resource to the Counter Fraud Profession and counter-fraud function to fight fraud (1) against His Majesty's Government, and (2) in the wider public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The government launched the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in 2022, and a key principle was that it should be expert-led. The PSFA is developing the capability of public servants in dealing with fraud through the Government Counter Fraud Profession. The standards and guidance that the Function creates, led from the PSFA, must be used in central government, and can be used more widely in the public sector and beyond. Since its inception in 2018, GCFP membership has expanded to over 7000 members beyond central government, including policing and local government.</p><p> </p><p>The government is proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system and has invested an extra £1bn in tackling fraud and error since Autumn 2021 across government. This included £24.7m funding over three years to support the creation of the PSFA, building on lessons learned in the management of fraud risk and loss in the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA regularly engages with Cabinet Office and HMT Ministers and Parliament, via the Public Accounts Committee, on its work and progress against its published mandate. In addition, the PSFA further engages with, and reports to, the National Audit Office.</p><p>In order to maintain its commitment to transparency, the PSFA publishes annual plans and annual reports. Last year the PSFA updated Parliament through a Written Ministerial Statement and by depositing a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Report in the Library of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2024 13:06:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1687662

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics: Operating Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of running the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Integrated Data Service in 2023; how many projects were active in the Integrated Data Service in 2023; and what are the equivalent figures for the ONS Secure Research Service for the same period.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL2184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Noble Lord’s Question of 5th February is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Clement-Jones CBE</p><p>House of Lords London</p><p>SW1A 0AA</p><p>13 February 2024</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Clement-Jones,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking (1) what was the cost of running the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Integrated Data Service in 2023; (2) how many projects were active in the Integrated Data Service in 2023; and (3, 4) what are the equivalent figures for the ONS Secure Research Service for the same period <strong>(HL2184)</strong>.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>The approximate costs of running the nascent Integrated Data Service in 2023 were £4,200,000, including infrastructure costs that permit future scaling of the service.</p></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><p>There were 20 active projects within the Integrated Data Service in 2023.</p></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><p>The cost of running the ONS Secure Research Service in 2023 were £7,000,000.</p></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li><p>The Secure Research Service had a total of 842 projects during 2023. On average, there were around 600 live projects at any one time during 2023.</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>Equivalent operating costs and projects numbers should be interpreted with caution. The Integrated Data Service (IDS) is in development and currently operates within a BETA maturity phase. In September 2023 IDS received Digital Economy Act (2017) accreditation for data provision, making IDS the first cloud-native trusted research environment to be accredited for data provision under the legislation and opening the opportunity to scale.</p><p> </p><p>The IDS is built to be future proofed, to better enable the Government’s data sharing agenda in a more effective and efficient way. The IDS will grow at pace over the remainder of the programme with a pipeline of additional and transformational capability, data, projects and users which exceed the capabilities of the Secure Research Service (SRS). Improved data integration and cross-sector collaboration enabled through cloud technologies will drive significant uptake.</p><p> </p><p>The SRS is a long-standing and mature Trusted Research Environment which has operated in its current form since 2017, having previously operated as the Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML) from 2004. The SRS grew rapidly upon achieving DEA accreditation in 2019, which enabled greater expansion of its data catalogue and user base. An improved trajectory is anticipated for the IDS with many SRS’s data sets, as well as projects (where applicable) migrating to the IDS as part of a transition that is underway.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely.</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/02/2024 14:56:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL2184.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1686928

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered taking steps to reduce the single tiered registration fee to the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists for small consultant lobbyists or businesses working with charities below the level levied on larger companies working with profit making organisations; and, if not, why.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes it is right that registrants contribute to the costs of administering the lobbying register and we continue to keep the registration fee level under review. There are currently no plans to introduce a banded fee structure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We look forward to the findings of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the operation of the Lobbying Act 2014 and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/02/2024 14:21:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1686084

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Citizenship: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Sweden's decision to reinstate civic duty for 18-year-olds, including training in emergency services and the maintenance of vital infrastructure, and of the similar model in Norway; and what consideration they have given, if any, to introducing a comparable model in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>Resilience is a top priority for this government. Ministers and officials regularly engage with International partners to learn from and share good practice in relation to resilience. There are no current plans to replicate Sweden’s model of civic duty.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already has many reservist programmes: these include programmes for the armed forces, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Mountain Rescue, Retained Firefighters, Coastguard volunteers, NHS volunteers and special constables.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out its ambition for a whole of society approach to resilience in the Resilience Framework. The Deputy Prime Minister’s first annual statement to Parliament on resilience offered more detail on plans to build on the community spirit in our country and the willingness of individuals to volunteer in a crisis by developing an index of volunteering opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>To support the broader training offer the Government has committed to the development of a UK Resilience Academy that will provide a full suite of learning and training opportunities for the whole of society.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/02/2024 16:30:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool