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	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Weather
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the preparedness of the UK to deal with severe cold weather conditions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL6223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government constantly reviews preparedness for the risks facing the UK, drawing on the National Risk Assessment (NRA) and Resilience Capabilities Programme (RCP). This includes preparedness to respond to and recover from severe cold weather. In addition, following any major event, debriefs are undertaken by relevant Departments and agencies to identify any lessons learned and improve future responses. This is the case with respect to the recent period of cold weather, where the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is considering the recent water supply issue, identifying the causes of the problems and reviewing the response of the water companies. The results will be published by 15 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 26/03/2018 15:55:50 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1467920

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>A response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 6 June is below and attached.</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>The Lord Birt<br>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>17 June 2022</p><p>Dear Lord Birt,</p><p><br>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021 (HL603).</p><p>Unfortunately, the Office for National Statistics does not hold or publish data on the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021.</p><p>Through the Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS), however, we do collect some data on the changes businesses have made to how and where they import and export since 1 January 2021.</p><p>Estimates from early May 2022 show that 4% of trading exporting businesses changed from exporting their goods and services to EU countries to nations from outside the EU. The percentage of trading importing businesses who changed from importing from within the EU to outside the EU was 2%. Table 1 provides the estimates from BICS at the start of 2021 and May 2022, where we asked businesses that have exported or imported in the last 12 months if they have changed where they have exported/imported goods or services to in the last three months.[1]</p><p>In early March 2022, estimates from BICS show that 7% of businesses made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period. Table 2 provides the time series from BICS, where we asked businesses if they made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period.</p><p>The UK leaving the EU and the subsequent transition period, along with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, global recession and supply chain disruption, have caused higher levels of volatility in trade statistics in the past two years. We have investigated the impacts of EU exit and COVID-19 on UK trade in goods [2] and UK trade in services [3] in recent articles, and have also examined the extent to which supply chains have shifted following theend of the EU exit transition period in UK trade in goods, year in review: 2021. [4]</p><p>However, it continues to be difficult to assess the extent to which trade movements reflect short-term trade disruption or longer-term supply chain adjustments.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Have you changed where you have exported/imported your goods or services to in the last three months?</p><p>Percentage of businesses currently trading and have exported or imported in last 12 months, weighted by count, UK, 8 February 2021 to 15 May 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Reference period</p></td><td><p>Changed from EU to non-EU</p></td><td><p>Changed from non-EU to EU [5]</p></td><td><p>No Changes Made</p></td><td><p>Not Sure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exporting businesses</p></td><td><p>8 February to 21 February 2021</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td><td><p>93.1%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>3 May to 15 May 2022</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>92.5%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Importing businesses</p></td><td><p>8 February to 21 February 2021</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>95.2%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>3 May to 15 May 2022</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td><td><p>91.6%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) [6]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Has your business made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period?</p><p>Percentage of businesses not permanently stopped, weighted by count, UK, 22 March 2021 to 20 March 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference Period</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Not Sure</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 March to 4 April 2021</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>59.6%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>32.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 April to 18 April 2021</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>57.0%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>34.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 April to 2 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>56.8%</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>34.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 May to 16 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>56.9%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>35.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 May to 30 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>47.1%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 May to 13 June 2021</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>51.1%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>40.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 June to 27 June 2021</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>45.0%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>45.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 July to 25 July 2021</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>36.3%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 August to 22 August 2021</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>40.4%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>49.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 September to 19 September 2021</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>39.2%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>49.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October to 31 October 2021</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>41.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 November to 28 November 2021</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>51.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 December to 26 December 2021</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>48.3%</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>42.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 January to 23 January 2022</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>41.0%</p></td><td><p>6.0%</p></td><td><p>48.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 February to 20 February 2022</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>43.4%</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 March to 20 March 2022</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>47.8%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>41.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS)</p><p> </p><p>1 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</p><p>2 https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/theimpactsofeuexitandthecoronavirusonuktradeingoods/2021-05-25</p><p>3 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/theimpactsofeuexitandcoronaviruscovid19onuktradeinservices/latest</p><p>4 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/uktradeingoodsyearinreview/2021</p><p>5 [c] represents data that has been removed for confidentiality reasons, such as percentages less than 1%.</p><p>6 Further time periods are available: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 20/06/2022 16:47:32 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL603.pdf title UKSA response to HL603
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

530734

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the consent of Parliament will be obtained to a new agreement governing the UK’s relationship with the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet. As the PM has said, we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements, and Parliament will clearly have a role in making sure that we find the best way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 07/07/2016 15:45:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1662177

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the processes operating in the public sector for protecting data, including data about individuals held by suppliers to public sector bodies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes its data protection responsibilities very seriously, including where data is held by suppliers to the Government and suppliers to public sector bodies. Data protection processes are kept under continuous review. As the relevant National Technical Authority, the National Cyber Security Centre provides the Government, public sector bodies and the private sector with expert advice on protecting data from unauthorised access.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy was published last year. This sets out our plans significantly to harden the Government’s critical functions against cyber attack by 2025, with all organisations across the public sector being resilient to known vulnerabilities by 2030 at the latest.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/10/2023 15:21:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

884183

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Consultation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public consultations they have initiated since May 2015; how many have resulted in a published report or conclusion; how many of those were produced within six months of the closing date of the consultation; and for how many public consultations they have yet to publish a report or conclusion.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL6868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Granular information on consultations across all individual departments is not centrally held in the form requested, as individual departments are responsible for their consultations. The Cabinet Office is responsible for the Government Consultation Principles, which provide departments with guidance on conducting consultations. That guidance sets out that consultations and any response to them should be published on gov.uk. The Cabinet Office is taking further steps to assess the number of public consultations which have closed but have not concluded.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/04/2018 16:58:08 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1657608

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the data breach at the Electoral Commission, what plans they have to review the effectiveness of cyber defences of the Government's own technology platforms and those of other public bodies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL9760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy published last year sets out our plans to significantly harden the Government’s critical functions against cyber attack by 2025, with all organisations across the public sector being resilient to known vulnerabilities by 2030.</p><p>We have already made significant progress against the strategy. Earlier this year the Government launched GovAssure, the new cyber security assurance process for government organisations. Under GovAssure, government organisations will regularly review the effectiveness of their cyber defences against common cyber vulnerabilities and attack methods. GovAssure will enable government organisations to accurately assess their levels of cyber resilience across their critical services, highlight priority areas for improvement and provide the Government with a strategic view of cyber capability, risk and resilience across the sector.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission. However, we have supported the Commission via the National Cyber Security Centre, who have provided the Commission with expert advice and support to aid their recovery after the cyber incident was first identified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/09/2023 14:16:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62469

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest available figures on output (1) per worker, and (2) per hour worked, in the United Kingdom; and how those figures compare with the equivalents for Germany, France and the United States.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 12:51:36 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL398 ONS 270.pdf title ONS Letter to Peer
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

730985

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK's workforce in 2016 were non-British nationals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL12
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/06/2017 16:27:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQ_HL12 v.03 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response to HL12
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

431529

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Internet: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 2 November (HL2691), when they expect to be able to collect reliable data on the incidence and cost of internet fraud; and whether they will publish that information.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 08/12/2015 17:21:09 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL3792 FINAL.pdf email UKSA.pdf title UKSA referral letter
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1046306

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Labour Turnover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce staff turnover in Government departments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL13015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Activity to address high staff turnover, which runs the risk of losing corporate memory, includes: using career pathways and frameworks to support the development of expertise for roles and professions; pay related solutions for both the Senior Civil Service and delegated grades, including enabling departments to give capability based pay rewards at the delegated grades; and, encouraging the use of Pivotal Role Allowances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/01/2019 14:48:02 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt