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751137

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how any higher education provider that does not obtain a Bronze status or higher in future Teaching Excellence Frameworks will be categorised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2017 answer text <p>All providers who successfully meet the eligibility criteria, including the rigorous quality assessments by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education<strong>​​</strong>, and which have sufficient metrics to be assessed, will achieve a Bronze award, or above, in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Those providers which have met the eligibility criteria but do not have sufficient metrics will instead receive a provisional award.</p><p>As noted during the Higher Education and Research Bill process some providers do not meet the eligibility requirements noted for TEF. Providers who do not meet the eligibility requirements, or who chose not to participate, will appear without a TEF award on Unistats and on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/08/2017 16:11:24 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

751136

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Midwives: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government which higher education providers have declined to participate in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a voluntary process. Providers opt to participate, rather than opting out. The Higher Education Funding Council, who are responsible for delivering the TEF, have published a list of providers who have opted in on their website: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/07/2017 13:51:46 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

753947

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HLWS37), what steps they have taken to seek explanations from Ministers and Agency Chief Executives in (1) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (2) the Department for Education, (3) the Home Office, (4) HM Revenue and Customs, and (5) Ofwat, in the light of the Minister's response that they have failed to answer one third of the correspondence within the target set for replies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL1094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government takes seriously its responsibilities for providing timely replies to correspondence from MPs and Peers. The Departments in question are committed to improving their performance on replying to correspondence from MPs and Peers and have plans in place to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/09/2017 12:56:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1359039

	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 (1) how many ministers are not in receipt of a ministerial salary from public funds, and (2) in which House they sit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3107
	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 HL3104 HL3105 HL3106 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

934490

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many awards of (1) Knights Bachelor, (2) DBE, (3) KBE, and (4) CBE were given to people styled Professor, save for those in the Diplomatic and Overseas lists, in the recent Birthday Honours List; what was the percentage of the total of each award given; and what assessment they have made of whether sufficient consideration is given to those with deserving talent, who are not styled Professor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL9171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Birthday Honours List 2018, the following recipients were styled professor: eight Knight Bachelor recipients (38% of recipients at that level), four DBE recipients (36%), no KBE recipients (0%) and 23 CBE recipients (26%). All nominees are assessed against the same criteria. The Cabinet Office always strives to encourage a greater diversity of nominations from the public and carries out outreach work to attract nominations from groups identified as under-represented in the honours system.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:03:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

980153

	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	Botulinum Toxin: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many import licences or permissions were granted in each of the last five years for live botulin toxins for the manufacture of Botox.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL10422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Clostridium botulinum toxin is the active substance used as a starting material for the manufacture of Botox, a licensed human medicine. Active substances are those substances which give a medicinal product its therapeutic effect and must be manufactured to Good Manufacturing Practice standards for active substances used as a starting material.</p><p>From 20 August 2013, manufacturers, importers and distributors of active substances who are established in the United Kingdom had to register their activity with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>The UK has no registered importers of the active substance Clostridium botulinum toxin, but has one registered manufacturer of the toxin that is Good Manufacturing Practice compliant, and was last inspected in May 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 15/10/2018 10:57:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1359038

	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 how many members of the Government, at each level of seniority, can be paid a ministerial salary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3106
	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 HL3104 HL3105 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

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