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424777

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date	29/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define (1) a fatal, and (2) a non-fatal, motion, or amendment to a motion, relating to a statutory instrument.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The Companion to the Standing Orders distinguishes between amendments to approval motions whose effect is to withhold the agreement of the House to an affirmative instrument, and amendments or motions that do not prevent approval of the instrument (Companion to the Standing Orders, Para. 10.14). The terms “fatal” and “non-fatal” do not appear.</p><p /> <p>The amendments in the name of Baroness Meacher and Baroness Hollis of Heigham passed by the House on 26 October withheld the House’s agreement to the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/11/2015 15:08:57 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

424778

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 26 October (HL2541), whether they will publish the latest figures on the number of members of each party in the House, and the ratio of government to opposition members, including all those peers whose introduction has been scheduled.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Including all those peers whose introduction or retirement has been advertised in <em>House of Lords Business</em>, and assuming no other changes to the membership of the House, as of 19 January 2016 there will be 249 members on the Conservative benches, 212 members on the Labour benches, and 112 members on the Liberal Democrat benches. This means that there will be 75 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong>That will be 29 more peers than at the end of the 2009-10 session, when there were only 46 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/11/2015 15:09:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

421793

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the United Kingdom's overseas development budget is distributed via the European Union; and what amount that represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest Statistics on International Development (published in 2014) show that in 2013, UK ODA attributed from the Development Share of the EU Budget was £813 million, and ODA contributions to the off-budget European Development Fund were £407 million. Combined this is around 11% of UK ODA.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 27/10/2015 16:16:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

421794

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Common Agricultural Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current annual cost of the Common Agricultural Policy; and what proportion is contributed by the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy imposes two types of costs - the taxpayer costs from contributing to the EU budget and regulatory costs to industry which arise from CAP Regulations.</p><br /><p>The total EU annual financial cost of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2015 is €55 billion.</p><br /><p>The UK contributes over €16 billion to the total annual EU budget. CAP accounts for just under 40% of the EU budget.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/10/2015 11:36:38 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

420566

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Leader of the House on 21 September (HL2102), whether they will publish figures on the number of members of each party in the House and the ratio of government members to opposition members for (1) 1998–99, (2) 2003–04, (3) 2008–09, and 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat benches at the end of that session; and the difference between the number of peers on the Government benches as on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition in each case.</p><br /><p><strong>1998-99</strong> - Conservative - 484; Labour - 193; Liberal Democrat - 72. There were 363 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2003-04</strong> - Conservative - 202; Labour - 201; Liberal Democrat - 68. There were 69 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2008-09</strong> - Conservative - 189; Labour - 212; Liberal Democrat - 71. There were 48 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong><strong>2013-14</strong> - Conservative - 220; Labour - 218; Liberal Democrat - 99. There were 101 more peers sitting on the Government benches than opposition benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 26/10/2015 17:58:28 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

417506

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Leader of the House on 7 September (HL Deb, col 1212), whether they will publish the statistics on which they base the statement that the Government face a combined opposition of 80 Peers, which is twice the size faced by the last Labour Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>At the end of the 2009-10 session, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there were 211 Labour members, 185 Conservative members and 72 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there were 46 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there were peers on the Government benches.</p><p> </p><p>As of 18 September, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there are 223 Conservative members, 211 Labour members and 101 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there are 89 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there are peers on the Government benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:48:46 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

142599

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what is the proportion of children receiving free school meals in (1) academies, (2) free schools, and (3) maintained schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’ Statistical First Release.[1] Table 3b contains the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in state-funded schools by phase. Table 3c contains the proportion of pupils eligible and claiming free school meals in each type of academy and free school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant tables have been placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/11/2014 12:34:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

90905

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in free schools is spent on non-teaching staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1832 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

90906

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in academies is spent on non-teaching staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1831 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

79833

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216) and Written Answer on 29 July (WA 286), how the figure of 19,300 fewer administrative staff was calculated.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The source of the data is the <em>NHS Hospital &amp; Community Health Service (HCHS) monthly workforce statistics - Provisional Statistics</em> published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. This covers directly employed staff working in the National Health Service and excludes staff working in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>The figure of 19,300 (rounded down to the nearest hundred) is the decrease in the full time equivalent number of ‘infrastructure support’ staff between May 2010 (204,695) and February 2014 (185,319). Infrastructure support includes staff that are coded as senior managers, managers, clerical and administrative staff in central functions and all staff in hotel, property and estates; it does not include administration staff that provide direct support to clinicians, such as medical secretaries and ward receptionists.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the latest available data, for April 2014, the number of full time equivalent infrastructure support staff stands at 184,533 and the reduction since May 2010 at over 20,100 (20,161 – rounded down to the nearest whole number).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:03:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott