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1050824

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Demonstrations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what are the average daily costs to Parliament of any additional Parliamentary security personnel who have been required to deal with the demonstrators near to the Palace of Westminster since 23 June 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL13245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>There have been no additional costs to Parliament. The additional security staff fall into two categories, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and private security provision for the broadcasters. The resources for the police officers who are part of the wider MPS response to Brexit do not fall within the contractual arrangement between MPS and Parliament, therefore Parliament is not paying any extra for policing these protests. Private security provision for the broadcasters is contracted by various broadcasters on Abingdon Green, which Parliament does not pay for.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 06/02/2019 12:34:00 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1051989

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Proof of Identity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration has been given to requiring all visitors to the Parliamentary estate to present photo identification before entry.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL13316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>There are over one million visitors to Parliament each year. Visitors access the estate for many reasons. These include: to meet with a Member or a member of staff; to attend a Member-sponsored meeting or meetings at official level; to give evidence to a Committee; to lobby; to attend debates in both Houses (in the Chambers and Committees); to attend functions and banqueting events; to take a tour (both paid-for and democratic free tours); or as part of an Education Service visit. Many visits do not need to be pre-booked. In order to promote open access to Parliament controls are kept proportionate to the security risk. Photo identification by visitors is not currently deemed proportionate and if introduced would need to be verified, significantly delaying the admission of visitors to Parliament and resulting in lengthy queues at peak times.</p><p>All non-passholders are subject to search and screening measures before entering the estate. The Parliamentary Security Department do not comment publicly on the details of security measures.</p><p>The Director of Security for Parliament is content to meet with any members who wish to discuss specific concerns.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 07/02/2019 12:41:04 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1038909

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she intends to invite the House to sit on Saturdays until 29 March in order to allow time for proper scrutiny of pre-Brexit legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL12746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to sit on weekends. As is always the case, the sittings of the House are subject to the progress of business.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/01/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1038908

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she intends to invite the House of Lords to sit on Fridays until 29 March in order to allow time for proper scrutiny of pre-Brexit legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL12745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The next scheduled Friday sitting is for 1 February, as advertised in Forthcoming Business. Further sittings will be advertised in due course. There are currently no plans to consider Government business on Fridays, but as is always the case the sittings of the House are subject to the progress of business.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/01/2019 17:24:00 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1054378

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Paintings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when the restoration works on the two large Maclise paintings in the Royal Gallery will be completed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL13426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. The conservation of the wall paintings ‘Trafalgar’ and ‘Waterloo’ will be completed this year. Phase 3 of the programme is currently underway (4-22 Feb inclusive), and subject to permissions, Phase 4 (final phase) will be booked for October 2019 and will complete the conservation treatment. Discussions are ongoing regarding possible future work on adjustments to the lighting of the wall paintings to further improve their presentation.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 11/02/2019 16:51:45 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1038921

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2018; and of those, how many were received in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL12758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. In total, 1,519,939 items of mail were received on the Parliamentary Estate in 2018. The destination of mail is not recorded but it is estimated that approximately 30 per cent of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 21/01/2019 16:45:34 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1041194

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Millbank House: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how long the lights in Millbank House will be permanently switched on without any means to switch them off.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL12776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. Problems have been experienced with the lighting system installed in 1 Millbank. It appears that the controlling software has been corrupted, resulting in some users being unable to turn on or turn off particular lighting units. A solution is being urgently sought.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 21/01/2019 16:44:43 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1047823

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the percentage turnout of voters in each of the whole House hereditary peer by-elections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL13101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the system of hereditary peer by-elections began there have been eight such by-elections where all members of the House have been eligible to vote. The percentage turnout of voters in each by-election was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of election </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Departed Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elected Peer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of electorate who voted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-03</p></td><td><p>Oxfuird, V.</p></td><td><p>Ullswater, V.</p></td><td><p>63.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-05</p></td><td><p>Aberdare, L.</p></td><td><p>Eccles, V.</p></td><td><p>50.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Mar-11</p></td><td><p>Strabolgi, L.</p></td><td><p>Hanworth, V.</p></td><td><p>53.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-Jul-11</p></td><td><p>Ampthill, L.</p></td><td><p>Colville of Culross, V.</p></td><td><p>40.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-Jul-13</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>Borwick, L.</p></td><td><p>44.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-Oct-14</p></td><td><p>Methuen, L.</p></td><td><p>Oxford and Asquith, E.</p></td><td><p>36.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Mar-17</p></td><td><p>Lyell, L.</p></td><td><p>Colgrain, L.</p></td><td><p>43.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23-Jan-19</p></td><td><p>Skelmersdale, L.</p></td><td><p>Reay, L.</p></td><td><p>32.99%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/01/2019 12:10:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1051361

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the overall staffing level of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service was in each year from 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	214503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The overall staffing levels of the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside Cheshire from 2010 to 2018 are listed in the table below. Following an organisational restructure in 2011, the separate Areas of Crown Prosecution Service Merseyside and Crown Prosecution Service Cheshire combined under a single Chief Crown Prosecutor leadership to form the Area of Crown Prosecution Service Mersey Cheshire.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Head Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Merseyside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Merseyside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> (Data Source Trent HR Database as at 31/01/2019)</em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/02/2019 12:41:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1038943

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Barristers: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been appointed as Queen's Counsel in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	207162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter for which the Northern Ireland Department of Justice has responsibility.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/01/2019 09:09:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell