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date	03/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what constraints are imposed on ministers who receive no ministerial salary in relation to their capacity to receive non-Parliamentary income.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>All Ministers are subject to the Ministerial Code, which provides guidance to Ministers on how they should act and arrange their affairs in order to uphold the standards set out in the Code.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the terms of the Code, Ministers must ensure that no conflict arises or could reasonably be perceived to arise, between their public duties and their private interests, financial or otherwise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers are personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the Code and for justifying their actions and conduct to Parliament and the public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 16/02/2022 17:22:31 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1419752

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date	03/02/2022
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
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answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Select Committee Reports: Debates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what assessment she has made of the delay in scheduling debates for Select Committee reports in the House of Lords; and what plans she has to provide for the scheduling of Select Committee report debates on Fridays when the House is not otherwise expected to sit.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>We have debated 18 Select Committee reports so far this session, including most recently on 24 January. We have seen an increase in the number of committees, with the number of Sessional Committees doubling over the last decade and six new ones set up since 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Whips Office will continue to work closely with the Usual Channels and the Committee Office to schedule time for debate on reports as regularly as possible. This includes an additional Friday sitting on 25 February to debate committee reports.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 15/02/2022 13:14:21 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1419753

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date	03/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Special Advisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many special advisers were engaged with supporting the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office in (1) 1995, (2) 2005, (3) 2015, and (4) currently.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Information about special advisers is published on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To assist the noble Lord:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>the 2021 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002880/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2021_-_Online_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002880/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2021_-_Online_Publication.pdf</a>,</p></li><li><p>the 2015 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf</a>,</p></li><li><p>the 2005 data is available at: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050721/wmstext/50721m12.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050721/wmstext/50721m12.htm</a>,</p></li><li><p>and the 1995 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336889/9th_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336889/9th_report.pdf</a>.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Special advisers only represented 0.06 per cent of the Civil Service pay bill in 2021. They protect the integrity and impartiality of the civil service by clearly separating out the provision of political advice to Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True attachment 1 file name Annual Report on Special Advisers 2021.pdf title Annual Report on Special Advisers 2021 2 file name List of Special Advisers in post at 17 December 2015.pdf title List of Special Advisers in post at 17 December 20 3 file name Defining the Boundaries within the Executive - Ministers, Special Advisers and the Permanent Civil Service.pdf title Defining the Boundaries within the Executive question first answered 08/02/2022 16:51:48 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling