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1669125

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to page 60 of the Infected Blood Inquiry's second interim report, published on 5 April, what work they have been done to register those eligible for interim compensation payments with existing support schemes, before the final report is published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to make progress with the work necessary to enable a response to the full report when it is published in March next year. It is only reasonable that the Inquiry, whose work is in train, concludes and provides their final recommendations before the Government takes action. The Government recognises that there is interest in pre-registration for compensation ahead of its response to the Inquiry’s final report. However, as the Minister for the Cabinet Office set out to the Inquiry in July, opening registration for compensation before the Government has finalised its response would be a difficult step to take.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL165 question first answered 23/11/2023 16:16:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

1543739

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Committee of Privileges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the legal opinion by Lord Pannick published by the Government on 2 September relating to the House of Commons Privileges Committee, what plans they have, if any, to publish any second or supplementary opinion by Lord Pannick.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howard of Rising
	uin	HL3547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>Notwithstanding that in the exceptional circumstances the Government at the time determined it was in the public interest for Lord Pannick’s legal opinion to be published, it remains the case that the Government does not comment on legal advice that may or may not have been sought or received. This is in line with the long-standing policy under successive administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3546 question first answered 29/11/2022 15:01:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3674 label Biography information for Lord Howard of Rising

1543738

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Committee of Privileges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the legal opinion by Lord Pannick published by the Government on 2 September relating to the House of Commons Privileges Committee, whether any supplementary opinion has been provided to the Government by Lord Pannick.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howard of Rising
	uin	HL3546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>Notwithstanding that in the exceptional circumstances the Government at the time determined it was in the public interest for Lord Pannick’s legal opinion to be published, it remains the case that the Government does not comment on legal advice that may or may not have been sought or received. This is in line with the long-standing policy under successive administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3547 question first answered 29/11/2022 15:01:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3674 label Biography information for Lord Howard of Rising

1600136

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Marriage: Churches
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what percentage of religious marriages in England were solemnised in (1) Anglican churches, (2) Reformed Evangelical churches, and (3) Roman Catholic churches, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL6001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the noble Lord/Baroness’ Parliamentary Question of 28 February is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Kilclooney</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>7 March 2023</p><p>Dear Lord Kilclooney,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many marriages took place in England for the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of those were secular (HL6000) and what percentage of religious marriages in England were solemnised in (1) Anglican churches, (2) Reformed Evangelical churches, and (3) Roman Catholic churches, in the most recent year for which figures are available. (HL6001).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes ‘Marriages data for England and Wales’[1] with the most recent being for 2019. The total number of marriages in England in 2019 (including both civil and religious marriages) was 208,151 [2] . Of these, the total number of civil marriages in England was 170,634.[3,4]</p><p>The total number of religious marriages in England in 2019 was 37,517. 72.5 per cent of these were Church of England. Marriages in Reformed Evangelical churches are included in ‘Other Christian denominations’ which accounted for 11.4 per cent of religious marriages [5] . 10.4 per cent of religious marriages in England in 2019 were Roman Catholic.</p><p>If you need anything further, please do not hesitate to contact us.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/bulletins/marriagesinenglandandwalesprovisional/2019</p><p>[2]Figures include marriages to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.</p><p>[3]Civil marriages are those which are carried out at either a register office or approved premises by or in the presence of a registrar, and do not include any religious content.</p><p>[4]Marriage statistics by manner of solemnisation (either civil or religious) can be misleading as some religious marriages (such as Muslim and Sikh) can take place at unregistered premises. To be registered as a legal marriage the couple have a further marriage ceremony in a register office or approved building. Such weddings are coded as civil marriages because only the civil marriage certificate is received.</p><p>[5] 'Evangelical Reformed churches’ are included in ‘Other Christian denominations' which also include Methodist, Calvinistic Methodist, United Reformed Church, Congregationalist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends (Quakers), Salvation Army, Brethren, Mormon, Unitarian and Jehovah's Witnesses'.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/03/2023 14:50:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL6000_HL6001.pdf title ONS Response to PQ6000 and PQ6001
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1660649

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Computer Viruses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, over the past 12 months, how many individual devices issued by government departments have been identified as containing malware.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL10127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>The government does not comment on issues concerning national security.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy, published in January 2022, sets out how we will build and maintain our cyber defences. The strategy outlines how departments must be able to minimise the impact when malware is found.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/09/2023 14:37:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1520195

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, of the 200 members of the Privy Council invited to attend the Accession Council on Saturday 10 September, how many of those past and present politicians were (1) members of the Conservative Party, (2) members of the Labour Party, (3) members of the Liberal Democrat Party, and (4) members of other parties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL2390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The published list of attendees at the Accession Council held on 10th September 2022 is available on the Privy Council website, and can be found <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes both members of the Privy Council and non-members. We do not hold a separate list identifying those who attended who were not Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not record information relating to past or present political party memberships held by Privy Counsellors.</p><p>The Privy Council Office does not hold information related to a Privy Counsellor’s ‘defined disability’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2391 HL2392 question first answered 24/10/2022 11:45:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name 2022-09-10-List-of-those-present-for-the-Accession-Council.pdf title List of those present at the Accession Council
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1648720

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Procurement: Civil Society
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to the social value elements of large procurement contracts by government departments or bodies wholly-owned by His Majesty's Government, to what extent they assess tenders by evaluating (1) the absolute number of social value programmes the successful bidder will undertake, and (2) the impact and effectiveness of the social value programme; and what assessment they have made of the relative impact of each form of evaluation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL8881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Social Value Act 2012 was designed to improve procurement practice and diversify suppliers to the government. Implementation is the responsibility of individual public service commissioners. The Social Value Model is the latest government intervention that is enabling the government to evaluate social value policy in the central government.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Value Model launched in January 2021 (PPN 06/20), standardises the assessment of bidder’s proposals for delivering social value outcomes based on government’s priorities. The Model takes into account factors such as the number of local jobs or apprenticeships a contractor will provide, the number of SMEs involved in their wider supply chain and improving community integration.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the Model across central government is underpinned by a detailed training programme, and central government departments are now required to report supplier social value commitments against Key Performance Indicators.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL8879 HL8880 question first answered 12/07/2023 12:48:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1695980

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Statistics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the recommendations of the Independent Review of the UK Statistics Authority on the separation of functions and reporting arrangements, what steps they are taking to ensure greater transparency in the governance and enhancements of the statistical system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The independent review of the UK Statistics Authority and the Government’s response to the recommendations were published on 12 March 2024. They can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-uk-statistics-authority-uksa-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-uk-statistics-authority-uksa-2023</a></p><p>The review made 19 separate recommendations to the UK Statistics Authority and Cabinet Office including amending the statistical legislation (Statistical and Registration Services Act 2007) to better reflect the governance arrangements in place and reflect the practical operation of the UKSA.</p><p>The Government agrees in principle with this recommendation but noted that - given that the report concluded the current arrangements were working in practice - this is not a current priority for legislation and will be a matter for the next Parliament to consider. However, in our response we said that the UKSA leadership in the meantime should take active steps to better communicate the current working arrangements to assure users and stakeholders that robust systems are in place to regulate the Office for National Statistics and the wider Government Statistical Service.</p><p>The Government also welcomed wider recommendations regarding transparency, such as establishing a triennial statistical assembly which will allow users and the Authority to discuss priorities in an open and constructive way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/03/2024 17:02:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1681311

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours: South Yorkshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the combined Mayoral authority of South Yorkshire, how many residents received an award above the level of MBE in the New Year’s Honours 2024 list.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL1394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the New Year Honours List 2024 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way.</p><p> </p><p>This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised for, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists is publicly available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Regional breakdown - New Year 2024 list (1224) </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BEM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BEM%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MBE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MBE%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OBE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OBE%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CBE &amp; Higher</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CBE &amp; higher%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Population %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>9.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>21.5%</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>26.2%</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>40.2%</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>11.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Living abroad</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1224</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1391 HL1392 HL1393 HL1395 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:37:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1688923

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to recommendations made by the House of Commons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment on 9 February in their submission to the Government’s call for evidence ahead of reforms to the UK’s investment-screening regime, what steps they are taking to strengthen the screening processes under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to better align with the investment rules of UK allies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is grateful for each response to the recent Call for Evidence on the National Security and Investment Act, including the submission from the Business and Trade Sub-Committee. The Government is now analysing all the responses and will respond publicly in due course.</p><p>The NSI Act brought the UK’s approach to investment screening in line with many of our allies. Whilst the vast majority of acquisitions pose no national security risk, where the government does identify risk, it will not hesitate to act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/02/2024 17:29:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick