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998901

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date	31/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what allowance is paid to civil servants from outside London for accommodation when they are required to stay in London as part of their employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no central government travel, subsistence and expenses (T,S&amp;E) policy, and as such, rates and allowances are delegated for individual departments to decide upon. In setting their rates departments must be adherent with Section 8 of the Civil Service Management Code (CSMC), Jon Thompson's 2010 review of Civil Service expense policies and The Efficiency and Reform Group Business Travel Policy Principles launched on 20 July 2011.</p><p>As there is no cross-government T,S&amp;E policy, there is no centrally held information on the accommodation allowance paid by departments to non-London based civil servants when they are required to stay in London as part of their employment. This information will be held in individual departments.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/11/2018 13:07:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

998902

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date	31/10/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what accommodation allowance is paid to officers of the House who are required to stay away from home as part of their duties.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>All staff employed by the House of Lords Administration are reimbursed for actual accommodation expenses incurred whilst staying away from home as part of their duties. There is no allowance payable.  The arrangements for reimbursement are in accordance with the Staff Handbook.</p><p>In most cases, if House staff are required to stay away from home at a UK location, they can claim for their accommodation up to the cost of a room with a bath at a three-star hotel or equivalent.</p><p>If House staff are required to stay away from home at a location outside the UK, in most cases they are reimbursed the actual cost of accommodation up to the value of the prevailing HMRC-authorised room rates.</p><p>For staff travelling in connection with Select Committee activity staff usually stay in the same hotel as the members they are accompanying, for which actual accommodation costs are reimbursed.</p><p>The housing costs of the Brussels-based National Parliament Representative (who supports the work of the House of Lords EU Committee and that of other committees in relation to matters of EU policy) are paid on an invoiced basis.</p><p>Staff travelling in connection with an international assembly are reimbursed according to the rules of that assembly.</p><p>Staff living outside London are not entitled to any payment towards costs of accommodation if they choose to stay in London when working.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 14/11/2018 16:50:26 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

998903

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what allowance is paid to people serving on government agencies and bodies who have to stay overnight in London to attend meetings or perform other duties.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Government agencies and bodies are made up of both civil servants and non-civil servants. For people serving on government agencies and bodies who are civil servants, the following applies.</p><p>There is no central government travel, subsistence and expenses (T,S&amp;E) policy, and as such, rates and allowances are delegated for individual departments to decide upon. In setting their rates departments must be adherent with Section 8 of the Civil Service Management Code (CSMC), Jon Thompson's 2010 review of Civil Service expense policies and The Efficiency and Reform Group Business Travel Policy Principles launched on 20 July 2011.</p><p>As there is no cross-government T,S&amp;E policy, there is no centrally held information on the accommodation allowance paid by departments to non-London based civil servants serving on government agencies and bodies when they are required to stay in London as part of their employment. This information will be held in individual departments.</p><p>For people serving on government agencies and bodies who are not civil servants, information on travel, subsistence and expenses allowances would not be held centrally within the Civil Service. Although some departments may hold some relevant information about the arrangements in their non-department public bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/11/2018 12:14:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

998904

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what overnight allowance is paid to jurors in trials in the High Court who have to stay overnight in London to attend a trial.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The High Court has not conducted a jury trial since 2016. Use of juries in High Court trials is rare. When juries are used, the jurors are called from within Greater London through the Jury Central Summonsing Bureau. No overnight allowance is payable and the need for overnight accommodation is not envisaged.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/11/2018 14:51:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock