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967499

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 17 July (HL9180), what is the process for collecting the Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy (HGV) levy from lorries from the Republic of Ireland; and what assessment they have made of whether, and if so to what extent, lorries from the Republic of Ireland evade the HGV levy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL9989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Lorry drivers from the Republic of Ireland pay for the HGV Levy in the same ways as users from other countries. The levy can be paid online, at a number of official Point of Sale (PoS) locations, at driver self-serve facilities offered by some operators and through a number of booking agents. The majority of levy purchases are via the HGV Levy website.</p><p> </p><p>The overall compliance rate for foreign vehicles is high, according to figures collected by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in Great Britain, at 95%. The Department for Transport has not produced equivalent compliance rates by country of origin, but there are indications that vehicles from Ireland in Great Britain have a very similar compliance rate compared to vehicles from other countries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/09/2018 13:16:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1460495

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Remote Working
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to encourage civil servants to return to work in the office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, civil servants have been increasingly returning to the office.</p><p>The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency has written to departments to underline the importance of workplace attendance and request that they review their existing guidance on the minimum number of days staff work in the office to ensure we are making efficient use of the government estate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 28/04/2022 11:08:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455658

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service Agencies: Incentives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many executives in charge of government agencies receive annual bonuses; which executives receive such bonuses; and in each case, what is the value of those bonuses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, departments have published aggregated annual information on their bonus spend on their own websites since 2011. This promotes scrutiny of how taxpayers’ money is spent. The latest data, which covers the performance years 2019/20 and 2020/21, was published on Government Departments’ websites on 31 March 2022. This data includes information on total bonus spend, the number of civil servants receiving bonuses, and the size of payments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regarding the second question: executive agencies publish individualised data on payments received by their Board-level members in their Annual Accounts. This includes data on which executives receive bonuses, and the size of any payments. Since 2010, the Government has made bonuses across the Civil Service more tightly focussed on top performance; current spend on them is around 1 percent of the total Civil Service paybill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7447 question first answered 07/04/2022 16:36:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455657

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Remote Working
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of civil servants at the DVLA worked from home in the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The table below shows information on the percentage of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff working from home on the first Monday (or subsequent working day) of each month.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of staff working from home</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 Mar 2022</p></td><td><p>39.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 Feb 2022</p></td><td><p>40.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 Jan 2022</p></td><td><p>38.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Nov 2021</p></td><td><p>36.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 Oct 2021</p></td><td><p>35.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 Sept 2021</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Aug 2021</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 Jul 2021</p></td><td><p>34.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 Jun 2021</p></td><td><p>34.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 May 2021</p></td><td><p>34.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 Apr 2021</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The vast majority of staff responsible for processing the 60,000 items of mail the DVLA receives every day can only do their work effectively in the office as it involves the handling of sensitive original documentation, for example medical information, birth certificates and passports. These staff have to attend the workplace for their contracted working hours. Staff working from home are mainly in support areas, for example, policy, finance, HR and IT. These staff are doing their jobs fully effectively remotely.</p><p>The Welsh Government’s guidance, updated on 25 March, continues to ask those who can work from home to do so. The DVLA has opened up space for these staff to attend the office when they need to, such as for meetings or workshops and plans are in place to return staff to the office when restrictions lift further.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/04/2022 10:40:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455656

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Incentives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants received bonuses in addition to their salaries in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, departments have published aggregated annual information on their bonus spend on their own websites since 2011. This promotes scrutiny of how taxpayers’ money is spent. The latest data, which covers the performance years 2019/20 and 2020/21, was published on Government Departments’ websites on 31 March 2022. This data includes information on total bonus spend, the number of civil servants receiving bonuses, and the size of payments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regarding the second question: executive agencies publish individualised data on payments received by their Board-level members in their Annual Accounts. This includes data on which executives receive bonuses, and the size of any payments. Since 2010, the Government has made bonuses across the Civil Service more tightly focussed on top performance; current spend on them is around 1 percent of the total Civil Service paybill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7449 question first answered 07/04/2022 16:36:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1455655

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: London Allowance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants who are currently primarily working from home received London weighting additional allowances in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL7446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>London weighting was removed as a prescribed central allowance in the 1990s. Civil Service pay arrangements have been delegated to individual departments for all grades below the Senior Civil Service, since 1996. London pay arrangements will therefore vary significantly between departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no central source of data that links those working from home to pay conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 12/04/2022 12:34:38 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1167737

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Morris of Aberavon on 17 October (HL Deb, col 198), when they will be in a position to reply to the issues raised about agricultural support after Brexit, particularly in relation to Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>In the Agriculture Bill introduced in the previous session, broadly similar powers were conferred on the Welsh Ministers as on the Secretary of State for England. This was done at the request of the Welsh Ministers and included the powers in clause 11. This means that the Welsh Ministers would have powers to modify retained EU legislation relating to the financing, management and monitoring of Common Agricultural Policy schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government have also announced that they will bring forward their own Agriculture Bill in the National Assembly at a later date. The Welsh Government have informed me that this will be preceded by a White Paper, intended to be brought forward during the current Assembly term.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/11/2019 17:11:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1167254

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the proposed "Henry VIII" clauses in clause 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill; and whether the views of the Welsh Government have been sought on the powers within that Bill to amend the Government of Wales Act 2000 by regulation as opposed to primary legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Clause 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would allow the UK Government to meet fully the obligations set out in the Northern Ireland Protocol. The “Henry VIII” power in the clause could be used where necessary to amend primary legislation to ensure arrangements required in the Northern Ireland Protocol are operational and to implement the requirements set out in the Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>In response to concerns raised by the Devolved Administrations, clause 18 of the Bill (<em>Main power in connection with other separation issues</em>) has been restricted so that powers under this clause cannot be used to amend the devolution acts, including the Government of Wales Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish whether restricting the powers in clause 21 in a similar way would mean the obligations in the Protocol could still be met. Subject to the outcome of this work, the Government would be open to imposing the restriction by amending the Bill during its passage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 01/11/2019 12:51:55 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1167253

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether agreement has been reached with the Welsh Government on which parts of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill require the Welsh Assembly's consent in accordance with the Sewel Convention.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has strengthened and enhanced devolution in Wales. We are fully committed to abiding by the Sewel Convention and associated practices. We have sought legislative consent from the National Assembly for Wales for certain provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in line with this. We will continue to discuss with the Welsh Government the clauses for which Assembly consent is sought.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 01/11/2019 12:50:25 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1193364

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to update their guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020; and in particular the guidance on (1) leaving a house and the frequency of such visits, and (2) the restrictions on the number of outside visits for exercise. [T]
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL3904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>Guidance is kept under constant review and regularly updated as legislation changes. On 11 May 2020, the Government updated its guidance, reflecting the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 as follows:</p><p>- Leaving the house and the frequency of such visits – now, people unaffected by COVID 19, can leave home for work, where they cannot work from home; go to shops permitted to be open to get food and medicine or collect goods ordered online or on the phone; for any medical need, to donate blood, avoid injury or illness, escape risk of harm or to provide care to help a vulnerable person; and</p><p>- the restrictions on the number of outside visits for exercise – now, people can exercise or spend time outdoors as often, or for as long as they wish.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 contain a full list of reasons people can leave their homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 28/05/2020 11:43:50 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon