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1379697

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Touhig on 15 November (HL3572), what financial assistance is available to backbench members to employ the three secretarial and research support staff who are entitled to passes.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL4132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Members are entitled to claim a daily allowance and certain travel expenses as detailed in the <em>Guide to Financial Support for Members</em>, which is available on the intranet. No financial assistance is specifically made available for those members who sponsor passes for secretarial or research staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/11/2021 16:22:00 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1364829

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what arrangements are available to help backbench Peers deal with correspondence.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL3572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.<br></p><p>All external physical correspondence received by Parliament is security screened off site before being brought to the estate. Appropriate cyber-security measures are in place to protect the Parliamentary network from malicious e-mails and spam.<br></p><p>Members are able to specify how they wish to receive internal and external correspondence including delivery to pigeon holes, member desks or Prince’s Chamber and the option of forwarding to external addresses. Member preferences can be treated as temporary or permanent arrangements and can be varied between sitting and non-sitting days.</p><p>Internal and External mailboxes are located across the estate for members sending correspondence, with stationery available from Peers’ Lobby or Millbank House Reception on request.<br></p><p>There are also a number of arrangements available to help members with parliamentary business more widely, including responding to correspondence:</p><ul><li>Sponsorship of passes for members’ staff: members may apply for up to three passes for secretarial or research support staff.</li><li>IT support: Digital Services available to members to help them manage their correspondence include the provision of Microsoft Office 365, which includes email and Teams (for telephony and videoconferencing), and file storage within their Parliamentary Network Accounts. One-to-one digital coaching sessions are available to members; these are tailored to suit the specific requirements of the individual member and can be used to focus on making the most of these tools. Members are also provided with an IT allowance, which, as well as an iPhone, entitles them to choose between two different devices out of a desktop, laptop, or iPad. Members are also entitled to a printer provided by PDS, and are expected to share this where they occupy an office with other members, with printer consumables provided by the Attendants’ office.</li><li>The Library: the library offers a range of research and information services, resources and products to members in support of their parliamentary work.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Touhig question first answered 15/11/2021 15:33:28 answering member 542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1301583

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to the letter from Lord Pearson of Rannoch to Baroness Williams of Trafford, sent on 19 February; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL14096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>I can confirm to the noble Lord that a response to this letter was sent on 16th March 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/03/2021 15:29:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1288409

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the letter sent by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 8 December 2020 about making public funds available to the Royal Albert Hall.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL13437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>A response was sent on 25th February 2021. I apologise for the delay.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 01/03/2021 17:15:02 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1257412

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to reply to the letter sent by Lord Lamont of Lerwick to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 1 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Lamont of Lerwick
uin	HL10971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor hopes to reply to Lord Lamont’s letter shortly. He has asked his officials to look into Lord Lamont’s letter, and to consider the policy proposal contained therein.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/12/2020 16:53:36 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	895 label Biography information for Lord Lamont of Lerwick

1242218

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the letter relating to skeleton bills and skeleton provision sent to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Leader of the House of Commons by the Chairs of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, the Constitution Committee and the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on 25 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>I can confirm to the noble Lord that a response to this letter was sent from the Leader of the House of Commons on 20 October 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/10/2020 17:05:29 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1242285

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the letter sent by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 31 July about making public funds available to the Royal Albert Hall; and when they plan to respond to the follow-up letters sent on 19 August, 9 September and 1 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL9038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>A response was sent to the Noble Lord on 26th October.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2020 12:52:05 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1234951

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will respond to the letter dated 14 August from Lord Young of Cookham and other peers to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about advice given to Manchester City Council on smoke-free pavement licenses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL8200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has sent a response to the letter dated 14 August from Lord Young of Cookham and other peers about advice given to Manchester City Council on smoke-free pavement licences.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 08/10/2020 15:43:21 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover