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1137376

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date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which trade envoys are currently in post, broken down by (1) the countries or groups of countries to which they are assigned, and (2) the date of their appointment.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL16983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 26 appointed Trade Envoys and details are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2019 14:05:19 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL16983.docx title Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1137377

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Mayors: Cost Effectiveness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 4 July (HL Deb, col 1524), what assessment they have made of (1) the comparative costs of directly elected mayoral systems and traditional systems of local government administration, and (2) whether directly elected mayoral systems represent value for money.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL16984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s comparative assessment of the models of local governance is that only the mayoral model provides that single point of accountability necessary if significant powers and budgets are to be devolved to an area, and it is for local areas to decide whether such an arrangement would be of benefit and value to their local communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/07/2019 15:23:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1134305

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police officers have been recruited via the fast track direct entry scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL16590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to see police ranks opened up with flexible entry and exit paths, encourage diversity of experience and backgrounds amongst police leaders and develop a culture of challenge, particularly in the senior ranks.</p><p>National figures show that 88 Inspectors and Superintendents have joined police forces through the Direct Entry scheme since 2014. The number of recruits each year is as follows:</p><p>Direct Entry Inspector Scheme<br>• 17 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2016. <br>• 21 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2017. <br>• 17 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2018.</p><p>Direct Entry Superintendent Scheme<br>• 9 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2014. <br>• 6 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2015 <br>• 8 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2016. <br>• 6 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2017. <br>• 4 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2018.</p><p><br>Information on which forces recruited Direct Entry Superintendents or Inspectors is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16591 question first answered 08/07/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1134306

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many recruits to each of the police forces in England were recruited via the fast track direct entry scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL16591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to see police ranks opened up with flexible entry and exit paths, encourage diversity of experience and backgrounds amongst police leaders and develop a culture of challenge, particularly in the senior ranks.</p><p>National figures show that 88 Inspectors and Superintendents have joined police forces through the Direct Entry scheme since 2014. The number of recruits each year is as follows:</p><p>Direct Entry Inspector Scheme<br>• 17 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2016. <br>• 21 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2017. <br>• 17 people started the direct entry to inspector scheme in 2018.</p><p>Direct Entry Superintendent Scheme<br>• 9 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2014. <br>• 6 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2015 <br>• 8 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2016. <br>• 6 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2017. <br>• 4 people started the direct entry to superintendent scheme in 2018.</p><p><br>Information on which forces recruited Direct Entry Superintendents or Inspectors is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16590 question first answered 08/07/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1130605

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Mayors: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 27 May (HL15627), what was the cost of running each of the most recent eight mayoral elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL16149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Costs of elections of combined authority mayors are met by the combined authorities and this information is held locally. Certain combined authorities have also reported and published their running expenses for conducting elections in their General Fund Revenue Account Outturns and these are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Combined authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of election</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,151 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,532 (2016-17 return) + £630 (2017-18 return) = £2,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,083 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,318 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,534 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Link to the 17-18 data (attached):</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/787871/RO6_2017-18_data_by_LA_-_revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/787871/RO6_2017-18_data_by_LA_-_revised.xlsx</a></p><p>Link to the 16-17 data (attached):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659779/RO6_2016-17_data_by_LA.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659779/RO6_2016-17_data_by_LA.xlsx</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 190617 Copy of RO6 2016-17 data by LA - HL16149.xlsx title 16-17 data 2 file name 190617 Copy of RO6 2017-18 data by LA revised - HL16149.xlsx title 17-18 data question first answered 18/06/2019 15:01:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1125837

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Combined Authorities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 7 May (HL Deb, col 1140), with regard to combined authorities in England with directly elected mayors (1) what powers those authorities have in common, (2) what powers are specific to individual combined authorities or to groups of combined authorities, (3) what are the dates of the next elections for each mayor, and (4) what was the turnout in each combined authority in the most recent election for each directly elected mayor.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL15627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>1) All eight mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) in England - Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North of Tyne, Sheffield City Region, Tees Valley, West of England and West Midlands- have the following functions in common:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong> <em>Integrated transport functions</em></strong></li><li><strong> <em>Bus improvement powers including bus franchising</em></strong></li><li><strong> <em>Economic development and regeneration powers</em></strong></li><li><strong> <em>Power to borrow for transport functions</em></strong></li></ul><p> </p><p>They also all have a power of competence over areas where they have had functions conferred. In the case of Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough and West of England this is the General Power of Competence that principal local authorities have.</p><p> </p><p>2) Each MCA has a different set of functions conferred on them, reflecting the bespoke nature of devolution deals as shown below:</p><ul><li><strong> <em>Power to raise a precept on council tax to fund mayoral powers </em></strong>- all MCAs except West of England.</li><li><strong> <em>Power to pay grant </em></strong>- all MCAs except Sheffield City Region.</li><li><strong> <em>Power to establish Mayoral Development Corporations </em></strong>- all MCAs, apart from Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough and Sheffield City Region</li><li><strong> <em>Power to borrow for any combined authority function </em></strong>- all MCAs except North of Tyne and Sheffield City Region</li><li><strong> <em>Adult education functions -</em></strong>all MCAs except North of Tyne and Sheffield City Region</li><li><strong> <em>Homes England powers around regeneration </em></strong>- all MCAs except Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough, Tees Valley and Sheffield City Region.</li><li><strong> <em>Power to raise a business rates supplement </em></strong>- Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough. Liverpool City Region, West of England and West Midlands.</li><li><strong> <em>Strategic planning powers </em></strong>- Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region and West of England</li><li><strong> <em>Police &amp; Crime Commissioner functions -</em></strong> exclusive to Greater Manchester.</li><li><strong> <em>Fire &amp; Rescue Authority </em></strong>- exclusive to Greater Manchester</li><li><strong> <em>Public health functions</em></strong> - exclusive to Greater Manchester</li><li><strong> <em>Powers in relation to combined authority roads, as defined in legislation - </em></strong>exclusive to West Midlands.</li></ul><p> </p><p>3) The dates for the next mayoral election in each MCA are as follows:</p><p><strong>7 May 2020: </strong>Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands</p><p><strong>6 May 2021: </strong>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, West of England</p><p><strong>5 May 2022: </strong>Sheffield City Region</p><p><strong>2 May 2024: </strong>North of Tyne</p><p> </p><p>4) The turnout for the inaugural mayoral election in each combined authority is as follows:</p><p><strong>4 May 2017:</strong></p><ul><li>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - a turnout of 33.57%</li><li>Greater Manchester - a turnout of 28.93%</li><li>Liverpool City Region - a turnout of 26.1%</li><li>Tees Valley - a turnout of 21.31%</li><li>West of England - a turnout of 29.72%</li><li>West Midlands - a turnout of 26.7%</li></ul><p><strong>3 May 2018</strong></p><ul><li>Sheffield City Region - a turnout of 25.82%</li></ul><p><strong>2 May 2019</strong></p><ul><li>North of Tyne - a turnout of 32.3%</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/05/2019 14:11:45 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1109871

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 April (HL14848), whether they will provide in the text of their response to this question a list of the members of (1) the Russell Group, (2) Million+, and (3) University Alliance.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL15063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Information regarding a list of members of the Russell Group, Million+ and University Alliance is not held centrally. However, information from the members’ websites is reflected in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1) Russell Group Membership</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2) Million+</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3) University Alliance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham University</p></td><td><p>Abertay University</p></td><td><p>UWE Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td><td><p>Anglia Ruskin</p></td><td><p>University of Greenwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Bath Spa University</p></td><td><p>University of Central Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>University of Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>University of Brighton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham University</p></td><td><p>University of Bolton</p></td><td><p>The Open University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>Canterbury Christ Church University</p></td><td><p>Teesside University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>University of Cumbria</p></td><td><p>University of South Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>University of East London</p></td><td><p>University of Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh Napier University</p></td><td><p>University of Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College London</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Caledonian University</p></td><td><p>Oxford Brookes University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Leeds</p></td><td><p>University of the Highlands and Islands</p></td><td><p>Nottingham Trent University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Leeds Trinity University</p></td><td><p>Kingston University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London School of Economics</p></td><td><p>London Metropolitan University</p></td><td><p>University of Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Manchester</p></td><td><p>London South Bank</p></td><td><p>Coventry University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle University</p></td><td><p>Middlesex University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Southampton Solent University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Oxford</p></td><td><p>University of Sunderland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Mary University of London</p></td><td><p>University of West London</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen's University Belfast</p></td><td><p>University of the West of Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>University of Staffordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Southampton</p></td><td><p>University of Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University College London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Warwick</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Information was taken from the members’ websites on 5 April.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/04/2019 13:12:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1105656

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 March (HL Deb, col 717), whether they will set out the bodies representing different groups of universities with which they have dealings; and whether they will indicate in each case the membership of the group.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL14848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) deals with numerous stakeholders in the higher education (HE) sector. The bodies representing HE providers are set out below.</p><p> </p><p>Universities UK is a membership body that includes the vice chancellors of most UK universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/member-institutions.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/member-institutions.aspx</a>;</p><p> </p><p>GuildHE represents a number of smaller and specialist HE providers. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://guildhe.ac.uk/our-members/" target="_blank">https://guildhe.ac.uk/our-members/</a>; and</p><p> </p><p>Independent HE (formerly Study UK<strong>) </strong>is a UK membership organisation and national representative body for independent providers of HE (alternative providers) and professional training and pathway providers. Its membership can be found at: <a href="http://independenthe.com/members" target="_blank">http://independenthe.com/members</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DfE also deal with the following self-organised mission groups:</p><p> </p><p>The Russell Group is an association of 24 long-established universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/" target="_blank">https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/</a>;</p><p> </p><p>Million+ describes itself as a university think-tank, whose members are mainly more recently established universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="http://www.millionplus.ac.uk/who-we-are/members" target="_blank">http://www.millionplus.ac.uk/who-we-are/members</a>; and</p><p> </p><p>University Alliance represents a number of post92 universities. Its membership can be found at: <a href="https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/alliance-universities/" target="_blank">https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/alliance-universities/</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/04/2019 15:26:44 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1047823

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the percentage turnout of voters in each of the whole House hereditary peer by-elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL13101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the system of hereditary peer by-elections began there have been eight such by-elections where all members of the House have been eligible to vote. The percentage turnout of voters in each by-election was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of election </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Departed Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elected Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of electorate who voted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-03</p></td><td><p>Oxfuird, V.</p></td><td><p>Ullswater, V.</p></td><td><p>63.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-05</p></td><td><p>Aberdare, L.</p></td><td><p>Eccles, V.</p></td><td><p>50.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-11</p></td><td><p>Strabolgi, L.</p></td><td><p>Hanworth, V.</p></td><td><p>53.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-Jul-11</p></td><td><p>Ampthill, L.</p></td><td><p>Colville of Culross, V.</p></td><td><p>40.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul-13</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>Borwick, L.</p></td><td><p>44.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-Oct-14</p></td><td><p>Methuen, L.</p></td><td><p>Oxford and Asquith, E.</p></td><td><p>36.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-17</p></td><td><p>Lyell, L.</p></td><td><p>Colgrain, L.</p></td><td><p>43.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Jan-19</p></td><td><p>Skelmersdale, L.</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>32.99%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/01/2019 12:10:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1017057

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by the Chairman of Committees (Lord Laming) on 12 May 2016 (HL8153) and the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 26 November (HL11454), why the cost of a Liberal Democrat hereditary peers' by-election, payable to Electoral Reform Services, has risen from £300 to £570.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL11902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The costs differ as, exceptionally, Electoral Reform Services were not involved in the print and distribution of the voting packs for the Liberal Democrat by-election in 2016. On that occasion, these tasks were handled by a member of House staff. The £570 figure quoted is from the successful tender submitted by Electoral Reform Services whom we expect to carry out all functions in future by-elections.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 12/12/2018 13:35:18 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott