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79777

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their policy that ministers speaking from the despatch box in their capacity as ministers should not express personal opinions in conflict with Government policy; if so, how that policy is enforced; and, if not, whether they intend to introduce such a policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code provides guidance to Ministers on their accountability to Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:41:50 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

79733

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Youth Engagement Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of young people from the gypsy and traveller communities not in education, training or employment, what steps they are taking to ensure that the Youth Engagement Fund will benefit people from those communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £16m cross-government Youth Engagement Fund aims to support up to 18,000 of the most disadvantaged young people in England to improve their educational achievement, increase their employability and reduce their risk of offending. This includes young people from the gypsy and traveller communities. The Fund does not prescribe which particular groups of young people bidders should work with.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 11:31:45 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

79671

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they have learnt from promoting the Big Society.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL1563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Big Society hands people control in their local communities so that they can take action to shape where they live and help others. Volunteering is up 6% since 2010 and 80,000 young people have taken part in National Citizen Service since 2011, contributing over 2 million hours of social action to their local communities.</p><p>The Localism Act has resulted in over 1,200 assets of community value being listed and we have helped 150 organisations to acquire a community asset or obtain significant investment towards doing so. More than 900 neighbourhood planning areas have been designated, and all 28 plans which have reached referendum so far have passed with significant majorities in favour.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to opening up public services so that social enterprises and voluntary organisations can play an increased role in delivering local services. We are introducing legislation that will require the public sector to publish details on the value of new contracts awarded to VCSEs, as part of Lord Young's reforms to make public procurement more accessible to smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1564 HL1565 HL1566 HL1567 question first answered 11/08/2014 11:20:53 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

79672

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact the promotion of the Big Society has had on competition between the social enterprise sector and local authorities; and what is the value of contracts transferred from the public sector to the independent sector since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL1564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Big Society hands people control in their local communities so that they can take action to shape where they live and help others. Volunteering is up 6% since 2010 and 80,000 young people have taken part in National Citizen Service since 2011, contributing over 2 million hours of social action to their local communities.</p><p>The Localism Act has resulted in over 1,200 assets of community value being listed and we have helped 150 organisations to acquire a community asset or obtain significant investment towards doing so. More than 900 neighbourhood planning areas have been designated, and all 28 plans which have reached referendum so far have passed with significant majorities in favour.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to opening up public services so that social enterprises and voluntary organisations can play an increased role in delivering local services. We are introducing legislation that will require the public sector to publish details on the value of new contracts awarded to VCSEs, as part of Lord Young's reforms to make public procurement more accessible to smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1563 HL1565 HL1566 HL1567 question first answered 11/08/2014 11:20:53 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

79673

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the experience of promoting the Big Society will inform their future policy making.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL1565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Big Society hands people control in their local communities so that they can take action to shape where they live and help others. Volunteering is up 6% since 2010 and 80,000 young people have taken part in National Citizen Service since 2011, contributing over 2 million hours of social action to their local communities.</p><p>The Localism Act has resulted in over 1,200 assets of community value being listed and we have helped 150 organisations to acquire a community asset or obtain significant investment towards doing so. More than 900 neighbourhood planning areas have been designated, and all 28 plans which have reached referendum so far have passed with significant majorities in favour.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to opening up public services so that social enterprises and voluntary organisations can play an increased role in delivering local services. We are introducing legislation that will require the public sector to publish details on the value of new contracts awarded to VCSEs, as part of Lord Young's reforms to make public procurement more accessible to smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1563 HL1564 HL1566 HL1567 question first answered 11/08/2014 11:20:53 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

79674

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the delivery of Big Society initiatives will inform future pilot schemes to promote innovation in local communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL1566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Big Society hands people control in their local communities so that they can take action to shape where they live and help others. Volunteering is up 6% since 2010 and 80,000 young people have taken part in National Citizen Service since 2011, contributing over 2 million hours of social action to their local communities.</p><p>The Localism Act has resulted in over 1,200 assets of community value being listed and we have helped 150 organisations to acquire a community asset or obtain significant investment towards doing so. More than 900 neighbourhood planning areas have been designated, and all 28 plans which have reached referendum so far have passed with significant majorities in favour.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to opening up public services so that social enterprises and voluntary organisations can play an increased role in delivering local services. We are introducing legislation that will require the public sector to publish details on the value of new contracts awarded to VCSEs, as part of Lord Young's reforms to make public procurement more accessible to smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1563 HL1564 HL1565 HL1567 question first answered 11/08/2014 11:20:53 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

79675

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what lessons for the localism agenda they have learnt from promoting the Big Society.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL1567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Big Society hands people control in their local communities so that they can take action to shape where they live and help others. Volunteering is up 6% since 2010 and 80,000 young people have taken part in National Citizen Service since 2011, contributing over 2 million hours of social action to their local communities.</p><p>The Localism Act has resulted in over 1,200 assets of community value being listed and we have helped 150 organisations to acquire a community asset or obtain significant investment towards doing so. More than 900 neighbourhood planning areas have been designated, and all 28 plans which have reached referendum so far have passed with significant majorities in favour.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to opening up public services so that social enterprises and voluntary organisations can play an increased role in delivering local services. We are introducing legislation that will require the public sector to publish details on the value of new contracts awarded to VCSEs, as part of Lord Young's reforms to make public procurement more accessible to smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1563 HL1564 HL1565 HL1566 question first answered 11/08/2014 11:20:52 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

79719

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Debts: Advisory Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further plans they have to support charities and other organisations that seek to help people in financial difficulty.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committing to supporting charities working with the vulnerable and disadvantaged, including those supporting people in financial difficulty.</p><p>For example, Cabinet Office has contributed over £32 million towards the Big Lottery Fund’s Advice Service Transition Fund. This fund is supporting many not-for-profit advice providers working with individuals in financial difficulty. We have also convened an Affordable Lending Steering Group, working to address the barriers that limit community lenders’ ability to provide services to those in need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 11:12:19 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

79594

registered interest
date	24/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charity Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish the responses to their consultation on extending the Charity Commission’s powers to tackle abuse in charities; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has carefully considered the responses to the consultation on extending the Charity Commission’s powers to tackle abuse in charities.</p><p> </p><p>The intention is to publish a summary of consultation feedback in the usual manner after the summer recess, followed by a draft bill for pre-legislative scrutiny.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 11:41:45 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

79611

registered interest
date	24/07/2014
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: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the forthcoming General Election, they will consult the Opposition about the appointment of a Chief Executive of the Civil Service on a five year contract.
tabling member printed	Lord Butler of Brockwell
uin	HL1507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, external civil service appointments continue to be made in the usual way in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles, through fair and open competition.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 12:25:53 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3337 label Biography information for Lord Butler of Brockwell