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1404210

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were employed in 10 Downing Street or associated buildings, connected directly to serving the Prime Minister of the day, leaving aside cleaning, maintenance, and security staff in each of the years (a) 1995, (b) 2005, (c) 2015, and (d) 2021; and in each case, how many of those were permanent civil servants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held or collated, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>10 Downing Street is a constituent part of the Cabinet Office; information on its staffing is provided within the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>To assist the noble peer:</p><ul><li><p>the 2020-21 accounts are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021</a>,</p></li><li><p>The 2015-16 accounts are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a> and</p></li><li><p>the 2005 accounts are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-resource-accounts-2005-to-2006" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-resource-accounts-2005-to-2006</a>.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office accounts for 1995 were presented to Parliament; the House of Lords Library can assist members in retrieving reference copies from 1995.</p> answering member printed Lord True attachment 1 file name Cabinet Office - Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21.pdf title Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 2 file name Cabinet Office - Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16.pdf title Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 3 file name Cabinet Office - Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2005-06.pdf title CO Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2005-06 question first answered 01/02/2022 17:00:38 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

980151

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	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	Vaccination: Emergency Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of each of the emergency services have been vaccinated against (1) smallpox, and (2) anthrax; what percentage of the total staff of each service this represents; and of those vaccinated, how many will need to be vaccinated again in the next year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL10420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no active vaccination programmes against smallpox or anthrax for any of the emergency services.</p><p>Vaccines can be made available to first responders responding to a confirmed anthrax incident if required. The Government still holds the smallpox vaccine for use against certain strains of orthopox viruses if required.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 15/10/2018 10:54:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1419753

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Special Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many special advisers were engaged with supporting the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office in (1) 1995, (2) 2005, (3) 2015, and (4) currently.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Information about special advisers is published on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To assist the noble Lord:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>the 2021 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002880/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2021_-_Online_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002880/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2021_-_Online_Publication.pdf</a>,</p></li><li><p>the 2015 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf</a>,</p></li><li><p>the 2005 data is available at: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050721/wmstext/50721m12.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050721/wmstext/50721m12.htm</a>,</p></li><li><p>and the 1995 data is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336889/9th_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336889/9th_report.pdf</a>.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Special advisers only represented 0.06 per cent of the Civil Service pay bill in 2021. They protect the integrity and impartiality of the civil service by clearly separating out the provision of political advice to Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True attachment 1 file name Annual Report on Special Advisers 2021.pdf title Annual Report on Special Advisers 2021 2 file name List of Special Advisers in post at 17 December 2015.pdf title List of Special Advisers in post at 17 December 20 3 file name Defining the Boundaries within the Executive - Ministers, Special Advisers and the Permanent Civil Service.pdf title Defining the Boundaries within the Executive question first answered 08/02/2022 16:51:48 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1169647

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Weather: Forecasts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they monitor the accuracy of weather forecasts issued by the Meteorological Office; and whether the accuracy of forecasts has (1) increased, (2) decreased, or (3) remained the same during the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The core task of the Met Office is to deliver the Public Weather Service (PWS). The PWS Customer Group (PWSCG), which has an independent chair responsible to the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, monitors the delivery of the PWS against agreed performance indicators and targets, including the accuracy of public facing forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years, the PWSCG has set targets each year for the accuracy of forecasts for maximum and minimum temperature, 3 hourly temperature, wind speed and wind direction at days 1, 3, and 5 ahead. During this period the accuracy of all these forecasts has increased.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Met Office has a performance indicator that compares the accuracy of its global forecast model against other global modelling centres to demonstrate that it is maintaining its position in global forecast accuracy. Over the last 5 years the Met Office has maintained its position as the leading national meteorological service.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/01/2020 15:05:24 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

62803

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Georgia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they will take at the NATO summit in Wales regarding proposals to give Georgia a Membership Action Plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The agenda for the NATO Summit in Wales, including on enlargement issues, is still under discussion within the Alliance. The UK recognises the significant progress that Georgia has made on its path to membership, including holding three free and fair elections since October 2012, and their contributions to NATO operations, including the International Security Assistance Force. We encourage Georgia to continue to make progress on reform, including strengthening the rule of law and judicial independence.</p><p>Decisions on next steps for Georgia will be taken by NATO on the basis of consensus amongst all Alliance members.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 01/07/2014 12:44:59 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1359036

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria they use in deciding which Government ministers receive a ministerial salary paid for by public funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the organisation of the Executive. It is for the Prime Minister alone to advise the Sovereign on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative powers in relation to government, such as the appointment, dismissal and acceptance of resignation of other Ministers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministerial and other Salaries Act (1975) sets limits on the numbers of salaries that can be paid, and for individual offices. As per the act, there are:</p><ul><li><p>Up to 21 salaries payable to the Cabinet, excluding the Lord Chancellor, available under Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the act</p></li><li><p>1 salary payable to the Lord Chancellor as per Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the act,</p></li><li><p>Up to 29 salaries payable under Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the act (non-Cabinet) at Minister of State level, assuming all 21 salaries in the Cabinet are used,</p></li><li><p>3 salaries payable under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the act for the Law Officers,</p></li><li><p>Up to 33 salaries payable to Parliamentary Secretaries (other than the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) under Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the act, assuming all 50 Cabinet and Minister of State salaries are used,</p></li><li><p>and 22 salaries payable to office holders other than Parliamentary Secretaries under Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the act</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Parliamentary Private Secretaries are not members of the Government and, therefore, are not paid as such.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently thirteen Ministers who do not receive a ministerial salary. Of these, three sit in the House of Commons and ten sit in the House of Lords.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL3105 HL3106 HL3107 question first answered 20/10/2021 14:58:01 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1141928

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Chemical Weapons: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that traces of Novichok nerve agents were discovered in the London accommodation used by the two Russian suspects in the attacks in Salisbury in March 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL17472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>On 5th September 2018, the former Prime Minister updated the House of Commons on the investigation into the two suspects involved in the Salisbury attack. The Prime Minister confirmed that traces of Novichok were found at the City Stay Hotel in Bow Road, east London, where the suspects stayed. This statement was repeated in the House of Lords on the same day by the Leader of the House of Lords. This can be found in Hansard Vol 792, col.1799 <a href="http://bit.ly/2ycrsCk." target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2ycrsCk. </a></p><p>The Chief Medical Officer made it clear in her statement on the 5th September 2018 that the room was only allowed back into use after experts deemed it to be safe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/08/2019 14:45:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Statement - Sailsbury.docx title Statement - Sailsbury
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1169646

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of defence spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (1) currently spent by members of NATO, and (2) spent by each member of NATO at the time of the 2014 Wales NATO summit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Please see the table below for levels of defence spending by % of GDP currently spent by members of NATO, and spent by each member of NATO at the time of the 2014 Wales NATO summit.</p><p> </p><p>This information is according to the NATO press release (COMMUNIQUE PR/CP(2019)123) ‘Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2013-2019)’ published on 29 November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2019_11/20191129_pr-2019-123-en.pdf</p><p> </p><p><strong>Defence expenditures as per cent of GDP - Based on 2015 prices and exchange rates</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defence expenditure as a % of GDP 2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defence expenditure as a % of GDP 2019e (current) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>1.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>0.98</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria*</p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td><td><p>3.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>1.01</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td><td><p>1.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>1.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>1.15</p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>1.93</p></td><td><p>2.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1.82</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1.18</p></td><td><p>1.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2.21</p></td><td><p>2.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>0.86</p></td><td><p>1.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>1.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>0.94</p></td><td><p>2.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>0.88</p></td><td><p>2.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>0.38</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>1.50</p></td><td><p>1.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1.15</p></td><td><p>1.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1.55</p></td><td><p>1.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1.85</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td><td><p>1.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>2.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovak Republic</p></td><td><p>0.99</p></td><td><p>1.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>0.97</p></td><td><p>1.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td><td><p>1.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>2.16</p></td><td><p>2.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>3.73</p></td><td><p>3.42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Defence Expenditure does not include pensions.</p><p>e - Figures for 2019 are estimates</p><p> </p><p>According to NATO’s latest spending figures, the UK’s Defence spending has increased year-on-year since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>When looking at Defence spending, it is not appropriate to compare ‘like for like’ because the nature of Defence spending changes over time.</p><p> </p><p>Defence spending is about assessing the threats we face and ensuring that we have the capabilities necessary to deal with them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/01/2020 14:48:45 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1189891

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2020
	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	Wuhan Institute of Virology: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role played, if any, by the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the spread of COVID-19. [T]
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the role played, if any, by the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the spread of COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/05/2020 15:56:47 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1180643

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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	Beef
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether beef from hormone-implanted cattle can be identified if there are higher levels of such hormones present in bull beef than beef from hormone-implanted steers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL1871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>There are prototype analytical methods that give a good indication of whether a substance is naturally occurring. However, these need further refinement before they can be considered suitably robust and reliable for regulatory use.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the UK has transposed EU Council Directive 96/22/EC (as amended) into national law ‘Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015', with similar legislation for Wales and Northern Ireland. This legislation prohibits the use of artificial growth hormones in both domestic production and imported products as well as provides for the monitoring of residues of substances. This protection will continue now we have left the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/03/2020 13:50:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling