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1682791

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Inquiries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are coordinating and disseminating lessons learned from the various current and recent past public inquiries, in particular where there are recommendations regarding policy-making procedures and machinery of government; and whether they plan to publish the steps they intend to take as a result.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Each inquiry chair will present their conclusions and recommendations to an inquiry’s sponsor minister. It is the responsibility of the lead department to determine how best to progress and implement the inquiry’s recommendations and the department will publish its response on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office takes the lead on the Covid, Grenfell and Infected Blood Inquiries and looks forward to acting on lessons learned.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 31/01/2024 17:22:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1682843

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will announce details of a full and comprehensive scheme for victims of the infected blood scandal; and when they expect the first payments to be made under the new scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The Inquiry is expected to publish their final report on 20th May and the Minister for the Cabinet Office has committed to updating Parliament within 25 sitting days of the publication of the final report. The Government is appointing clinical, legal and social care experts to advise the Cabinet Office on detailed technical considerations to make informed choices in responding to the Inquiry’s recommendations on compensation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 31/01/2024 15:57:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1645481

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants are based for work outside London and the South East and, of those, how many (1) transferred from London and the South East and (2) were recruited locally.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL8578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>As at December 2022, the number of Senior Civil Servants (SCS) based outside London and the South East is 2,130 (33.7%) on a full-time equivalent basis (FTE), including around 50 SCS who work overseas in a variety of roles. This data is provisional and subject to routine revisions over time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through the Places for Growth Programme, we aim to have 50% of UK-based SCS roles based outside of London by 2030. There have been 316 SCS roles relocated since March 2020, bringing more opportunities for civil servants to progress their careers in the regions and nations of the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold a breakdown of SCS that have relocated from London and the South East or those that have been recruited into SCS roles locally.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/07/2023 11:50:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1315008

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Value Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the findings of Sir Michael Barber's “rapid review” of Government delivery.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>Sir Michael Barber conducted a rapid review to help ensure the Government is in the very best shape to level up and build back better from the pandemic. Rather than documenting specific findings in a report, Sir Michael gave operational advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary on how a refreshed delivery unit could be established. This approach was accepted and the creation of the new No10 Delivery Unit was announced on 21 April.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 01/06/2021 13:46:53 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1228149

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Hubs: York
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made toward establishing a government hub in York; which minister has overall responsibility for the project; and how they intend to update Parliament on further developments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL7419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-privilege-of-public-service-given-as-the-ditchley-annual-lecture" target="_blank">Ditchley Speech</a>, the Government is determined to ensure that the Civil Service is better distributed across the country. The Places for Growth Programme is working with departments and public bodies to firm up relocation plans and further details will be announced in due course.</p><p>The Places for Growth programme is exploring opportunities across the whole of the UK. Lord Agnew is the Cabinet Office Minister of State with direct responsibility for this programme.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7420 question first answered 11/08/2020 11:04:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1228150

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Hubs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many government hubs they are proposing to establish outside of London and the South East; and when they expect each of these to be fully operational.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL7420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-privilege-of-public-service-given-as-the-ditchley-annual-lecture" target="_blank">Ditchley Speech</a>, the Government is determined to ensure that the Civil Service is better distributed across the country. The Places for Growth Programme is working with departments and public bodies to firm up relocation plans and further details will be announced in due course.</p><p>The Places for Growth programme is exploring opportunities across the whole of the UK. Lord Agnew is the Cabinet Office Minister of State with direct responsibility for this programme.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7419 question first answered 11/08/2020 11:04:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185092

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there have been any changes to the Cabinet Office document Drafting answers to parliamentary questions: guidance since 2 February 2011; and what assessment they have made of the compliance of the Written Answers by Lord True on 11 March (HL2127, HL2128, HL2129, HL2130, HL2131 and HL2132) with this guidance (1) in general, and (2) with specific reference to paragraphs three and five of that document.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL2594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government takes parliamentary accountability very seriously. The Cabinet Office complies with guidance on written Parliamentary Questions. This guidance is regularly reviewed and frequent discussions take place across Whitehall regarding possible improvements in the answering of questions from parliamentarians.</p><p>The information requested in the Parliamentary Questions HL2127, HL2128, HL2129, HL2130, HL2131 and HL2132 remains a policy in development. Parliament will be updated in due course in the usual manner as the policy, and its delivery, progresses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 30/03/2020 12:35:23 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1185094

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 22,000 civil service roles due to be moved out of London will be (1) of Grade 7 or below, and (2) of Grade SCS1 and above; and when they expect these roles will be filled.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL2596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to relocating a minimum of 22,000 Civil Service roles outside of central London over the next decade, this will include the West Midlands alongside other parts of the UK. There is now a policy presumption against the creation of new public bodies in London.</p><p>As part of the Places for Growth programme, the Government will seek to establish sustainable career pathways into senior grades so that London is not the only route for progression to the Senior Civil Service. The programme is working with departments and public bodies to develop plans that ensure that roles across all grades are relocated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 24/03/2020 13:43:19 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182425

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Location
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public bodies they plan to move from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK during this Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL2127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2128 HL2129 HL2130 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182426

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new public bodies they intend to establish as a result of the UK leaving the EU; how many of those bodies they plan to be located outside London and the south east of England; how many people they expect those people to employ in (1) London and the south east of England, and (2) elsewhere in the UK; and when they expect any such bodies to be established.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL2128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2129 HL2130 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington