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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

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

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

1419751

	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	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what constraints are imposed on ministers who receive no ministerial salary in relation to their capacity to receive non-Parliamentary income.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>All Ministers are subject to the Ministerial Code, which provides guidance to Ministers on how they should act and arrange their affairs in order to uphold the standards set out in the Code.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the terms of the Code, Ministers must ensure that no conflict arises or could reasonably be perceived to arise, between their public duties and their private interests, financial or otherwise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers are personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the Code and for justifying their actions and conduct to Parliament and the public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 16/02/2022 17:22:31 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1362699

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	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, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 20 October (HL3106), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what criteria are used in deciding which Ministers are not in receipt of a ministerial salary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The recommendation of Ministerial appointments to the Sovereign is a matter for the Prime Minister, taking into account such factors as the Prime Minister sees fit. The main determinant will be whether or not there are salaries available within the limits set out in the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/10/2021 16:45:40 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1404209

	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	Ministers: Pay
	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 True on 27 October 2021 (HL3353), why there are more unsalaried Ministers in the House of Lords, who are not in receipt of a parliamentary salary, compared to unsalaried Ministers in the House of Commons, who do receive a parliamentary salary; and how many unsalaried ministers are currently members of each House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The Ministerial and other Salaries Act (1975) sets limits on the numbers of salaries that can be paid and for individual offices. Within those statutory limits the organisation of the Executive is a matter for the Prime Minister and at his discretion.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently fourteen unsalaried Ministers, of which eleven are Members of the House of Lords, and three are members of the House of Commons.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 24/01/2022 17:14:21 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1612107

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	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: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government (1) whether they have a reliable test to check whether beef imported from outside the European Union has been previously subjected to hormone implants, and if so, (2) when this test was introduced, and (3) where and by whom the test was developed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL7223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>All UK imports for products of animal origin from outside the EU currently require health certificates, including bovine meat products. The GB health certificates contain information on animal health status and human health risk. These health attestations confirms that the farmer has not used any prohibited medicinal products during production and that maximum residue levels for veterinary medicines have been respected. This information is confirmed, and the health certificate signed by, an official veterinarian in the exporting country.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 27/04/2023 13:41:53 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1538944

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were given an automatic invitation to the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and what criteria they used in choosing them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>A total of 158 Privy Counsellors were eligible on an ex-officio basis to be summonsed to attend the Accession Council on 10th September 2022.</p><p>The criteria for ex-officio eligibility was based primarily on whether individuals were serving in a senior parliamentary, judicial or Church post at the time of Demise. Privy Counsellors selected using this criteria included the Great Offices and Great Officers of State; Cabinet ministers; the Leader of the Opposition; shadow Cabinet Ministers who are Privy Counsellors; the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; leaders of the political parties in the House of Commons; the First Ministers of the Devolved Governments; the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker; and representatives of the senior judiciary.</p><p>Former Prime Ministers, former Lord Presidents, former Archbishops, and Privy Counsellors who were formerly leaders of political parties in the House of Commons were also summonsed to attend on an ex-officio basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 13:11:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1538945

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	King Charles III: Ceremonies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were put into the ballot for the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and how many of those entered in the ballot received an invitation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>All Privy Counsellors who were not eligible to attend the Accession Council on an ex officio basis were invited to apply by ballot for a summons to attend the Accession Council. The ballot was conducted on an annual basis and took place in April 2022. A total of 236 Privy Counsellors chose to apply this year; all of those who applied were entered into the ballot. Thirty summonses were available in this year’s ballot.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2022 12:26:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling