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874588

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date	29/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Food: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of the average family budget taken up by food in (1) 1988, (2) 1998, (3) 2008, and (4) 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to Lord Jopling, dated 10 April 2018</strong></em></p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking what is the estimate of the proportion of the average family budget taken up by food in (1) 1988, (2) 1998, (3) 2008, and (4) 2018 <strong>(HL6808)</strong>.</p><p>Table 1 shows household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks as a percentage of total household expenditure in the UK from 1987 to financial year ending 2017. The estimates are based on data from the <em>Living Costs and Food Survey (LCF)</em> and its predecessor the <em>Family Expenditure Survey</em>.</p><p>In Table 1 below, ‘expenditure on food’ includes food brought home, food eaten away from the home in restaurants or cafés, and take-away food. Data is collected at a household level but is a reasonable indication of family expenditure. We have provided this data in ten-year intervals in line with the latest available data for financial year ending 2017. The period of data collection has changed over time, therefore the time series presented in the table is made up of financial and calendar year time points.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drink<strong>[1]</strong> as a proportion of total expenditure at 2016/17 Prices<strong>[2]</strong>, 1987 to financial year ending 2017</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>1996/97</p></td><td><p>2006[3]</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of total expenditure on Food and non-alcoholic drinks</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics, Living Costs and Food Survey</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>John Pullinger</strong></p><p><em><strong> </strong></em></p><p>[1] Based on the Family Expenditure Survey classification (FES); food includes food brought home, food eaten away from the home in restaurants or cafes, as well as take-away food.</p><p>[2] Figures have been deflated to 2016/17 prices using the RPI all items index.</p><p>[3] From 2001/02 onwards, commodities and services are based on the Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) codes broadly mapped to FES.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 16/04/2018 13:53:26 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

874589

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Food: Import Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much food prices would decrease if the current external import tariffs were removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Currently the most important drivers of change in the cost of food are commodity prices, exchange rates and oil prices. These will continue to apply when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Economic models attempt to predict the impact of food prices of changes in our trading relationships with the EU and the rest of the world. Defra economists continue to monitor this work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/04/2018 15:39:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

869576

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the EU and the United States with regard to the United States Treasury's difficulties over freeing up barriers in the financial services sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The European Commission has exclusive competence for common commercial policy and negotiates external trade policy, including on financial services, on behalf of Member States. While the European Commission and the United States discussed financial services in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, the experience of those negotiations is specific to the trading partners concerned and the position of the United States at that time.</p><p> </p><p>The EU proposed to use TTIP to establish greater regulatory cooperation and support a clearer basis for market access for financial services. In the context of the UK-EU negotiations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out in his speech at Canary Wharf that the UK is willing to negotiate with the EU on financial services and the parameters of a future relationship building on a range of precedents including the EU’s ambition in TTIP talks.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/03/2018 14:56:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

864505

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Legislatures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 5 February (HL5378) and on 6 March (HL5733) and by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 February (HL5379), how the number of Peers would be adjusted if their positions as full members of UK parliamentary delegations reflected the total cost represented by Peers of (1) 50.58 per cent for the Council of Europe, (2) 35.01 per cent for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) 14.41 per cent for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Further to my Written Answers on 5 February (HL5378) and on 6 March (HL5733) and the Written Answer from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 February (HL5379), the percentage of the total cost in each case represented by members of the House of Lords is dependent on the overall number of Peers on the delegations concerned, and other factors, notably the amount of time spent on their work as members of the delegations. Allocation of places on the delegations is a matter for the political parties and it would be up to them to decide what account to take of these costs in allocating places on the delegations.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 28/03/2018 12:37:14 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

846677

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO: Brussels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the decision was taken to construct the new NATO headquarters building in Brussels; when any plans for the new headquarters building were approved; what was the anticipated cost of the project at that time; whether those costs have been revised subsequently, and if so, what is the current estimated cost on completion; what the anticipated dates of completion and occupation were at the time of approval; whether those dates have been revised subsequently; and when it is expected that the old NATO headquarters building will be vacated.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>At the 1999 Washington Summit, NATO Heads of State and Government decided to build a new NATO headquarters to meet the requirements of the Alliance in the twenty first century. In 2003, the North Atlantic Council approved a design for the new headquarters with an estimated cost of €1.2 billion. These costs have been revised on a number of occasions; the current estimate is €1.17 billion. Handover of the site was originally planned for August 2015 but was delayed until March 2017 due to technical difficulties. Allies will begin moving to the new headquarters in March 2018 with the site of the current buildings returning to the Belgian Government towards the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/03/2018 17:11:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

846678

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Legislatures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 8 February (HL5378) and by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5379), what was the percentage of the total costs for the UK delegations represented by members of the House of Lords attending (1) the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (2) the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The percentage for the total cost for the UK delegation represented by Members of the House of Lords in the last financial year was (1) 50.58% for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (2) 35.01% for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) 14.41% for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The percentage of the total cost across the three delegations represented by Peers in the last financial year was 41.13%.</p><p> </p><p>The secretariat support for all three delegations is supplied by the House of Commons on a cost sharing basis. The House of Lords provides 30% of the total cost, and the House of Commons 70%.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 06/03/2018 14:09:34 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

838084

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the statement in their response to the report by the European Union Committee, Brexit: agriculture (20th Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 169) published on 3 May 2017, that "The UK will seek a new customs arrangement with the EU", remains Government policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Yes. The Government set out its preferred approach to the future customs relationship with the EU in the Future Partnership Paper published on 15 August 2017.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/637748/Future_customs_arrangements_-_a_future_partnership_paper.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/637748/Future_customs_arrangements_-_a_future_partnership_paper.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/02/2018 16:47:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name Future Customs Arrangements - A Future Partnership Paper.pdf title Future Customs Arrangements
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

837302

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many full members of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly from the UK there are; how many peers serve as full members; what percentage of the total number of delegates those peers represent; and what percentage of the total cost of the Assembly is charged to the House of Lords administration.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>There are 25 full members of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly from the UK Parliament; of these, eight are members of the House of Lords, representing 32 per cent of the UK Parliament delegates and 11.8 per cent of all full members of the Assembly (which comprise 68 in total); and 30 per cent of the total cost of the UK Parliament’s contribution to the Assembly is charged to the House of Lords Administration. Information is not held on costs of the Assembly incurred by its other constituent bodies (that is, the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the National Assembly for Wales, the Isle of Man Tynwald, the States of Guernsey and the States of Jersey).</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 08/02/2018 12:34:55 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

837303

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Legislatures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to each of (1) the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (2) the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, (a) how many full members from the UK there are, (b) how many peers serve as full members, (c) what percentage of the total number of delegates those peers represent, and (d) what percentage of the total costs is represented by those peers.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>There are 18 full members of the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Four of the PACE delegation are peers, 22.2% of the total, five of the NATO delegation are peers, 27.8 %. There are 13 full members of the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, three of whom are peers, 23.1% of the total.</p><p>The allocation of places and costs for peers is decided by the political parties in Parliament.</p><p>Further details of the delegations are available at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/delegations/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/delegations/</a></p><p>The British Government welcomes and encourages the role our national Parliamentarians play in contributing their expertise more widely across the world. In international and regional organisations they underline the UK's commitment to a rules-based international order.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 13:12:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

810433

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why only three peers were appointed to the 13 strong delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL4401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The process for nominating representatives to serve on the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Delegation is a matter for individual political parties. It is well precedented and not unusual for three Peers to be appointed as full members to the OSCE Parliamentary delegation. During the 2015-17 Parliament, three Peers were appointed as full members to the delegation and one Peer as a substitute member. In the current Parliament, three Peers have been appointed as full members and two as substitute members.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 08/01/2018 16:31:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling