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636975

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to the report by the right hon. Sir Eric Pickles on his review into electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	52949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fraud and making our electoral process more secure. We have welcomed Sir Eric Pickles’ report on his review into electoral fraud, and we are giving careful consideration to the findings and recommendations that the report sets out. We will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/11/2016 08:51:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

636976

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on advertising in (a) The Times, (b) The Sunday Times, (c) The Mail on Sunday, (d) The Sun, (e) The Sun on Sunday, (f) The Huffington Post, (g) Mail Online, (h) Daily Mail, (i) The Guardian and (j) Trinity Mirror newspapers in each Department in the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	53019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat.</p><p>Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015. The figures that are supplied below show spend by departmental groups for the financial year 2015/16. HM Government does not hold figures for previous financial years.</p><p>In the last Parliament, the Government saved £18.6 billion through efficiencies and reform - and we are aiming to make another £15-20 billion in efficiency savings by 2019-20.</p><p>Since 2010, we have already reduced Government spending on communications by £1 billion.</p><p>Government advertising supports the government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes. Government communications helps improve the lives of people and communities in the UK, assists with the effective operation of our public services and delivers responsive and informative communications 24 hours a day.</p><p>The advertising expenditure figures below are provided by Departmental Group, and include for each Department expenditure by Arms Length Bodies reporting to the respective Secretary of State.</p><p><strong>Daily Mail/Weekend Magazine </strong></p><p>DEFRA £12,160</p><p>DCLG £74,100</p><p>DWP £79,888</p><p>HMT £569,594</p><p>Home Office £18,816</p><p>DCMS £64,600</p><p>DH £74,240</p><p><strong>Total £893,398</strong></p><p><strong>Trinity Mirror – Daily Mirror/Daily Record/Sunday Mirror/The People/We Love Telly</strong></p><p>BIS £8,100</p><p>DCLG £16,200</p><p>DWP £64,613</p><p>HMT £104,669</p><p>DH £134,943</p><p>DCMS £6,400</p><p>MOD £4,200</p><p><strong>Total £339,125</strong></p><p><strong>Guardian/The Guide/Weekend</strong></p><p>DEFRA £2,420</p><p>DFE £10,956</p><p>DCLG £4,840</p><p>DWP £4,180</p><p>HMT £69,575</p><p>DFT £1,210</p><p>Home Office £2,640</p><p>UKTI £4,840</p><p>DCMS £5,808</p><p><strong>Total £106,469</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Sunday/Event Magazine/You Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £36,922</p><p>DWP £65,268</p><p>HMT £363,836</p><p>Home Office £16,023</p><p>BIS £8,000</p><p>DH £41,610</p><p>DCMS £32,900</p><p><strong>Total £564,559</strong></p><p><strong>Sun on Sunday/Fabulous</strong></p><p>DWP £76,853</p><p>HMT £236,859</p><p>DH £75,298</p><p>DCMS £10,763</p><p><strong>Total £399,773</strong></p><p><strong>The Sun/TV Magazine</strong></p><p>MOD £12,000</p><p>BIS £41,370</p><p>DCLG £105,887</p><p>DWP £109,603</p><p>HMT £301,713</p><p>DCMS £42,000</p><p>DH £231,631</p><p><strong>Total £844,204</strong></p><p><strong>The Sunday Times</strong></p><p>DEFRA £33,380</p><p>DFE £122,904</p><p>DWP £31,864</p><p>HMT £493,084</p><p>Home Office £55,307</p><p>BIS £11,370</p><p>DCMS £11,380</p><p><strong>Total £759,289</strong></p><p><strong>Times/Times Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £14,400</p><p>DFE £36,941</p><p>DWP £10,151</p><p>HMT £337,019</p><p>Home Office £347,341</p><p>DCMS £5,970</p><p>UKTI £11,488</p><p>DCMS £34,498</p><p><strong>Total £797,808</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Line</strong></p><p>HMT £149,500</p><p>MOD £154,442</p><p>BIS £37,802</p><p>DH £162,614</p><p><strong>Total £504,358</strong></p><p><strong>Huffington Post</strong></p><p>We only use one supplier for AOL owned properties (that includes Huffington Post) so it is impossible to distinguish from other AOL bookings that run across the portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2016 09:55:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 21172 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

636977

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Main Honours Advisory Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Main Honours Advisory Committee has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The costs associated with the Main Honours Committee are included within centrally-aggregated departmental administrative contracts.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:12:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636978

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments' costs are set out in its annual reports, which are available on the Committee's website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:07:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636979

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance data the Crown Commercial Services (a) collects and (b) recommends be collected from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	53122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) does not routinely collect data from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets. It does, however, capture data from suppliers relating to fuel types and CO2 Emissions.</p><p>The CCS Call Off contract template for Vehicle Purchase and Vehicle Lease and Fleet Management allow departments to specify the provision of this type of information from their appointed suppliers, but there is no specific data set that is recommended.</p><p>The CCS Vehicle Telematics framework enables organisations to manage their fleets more effectively by improving safety and efficiency through the use of telematics technology by monitoring things like fuel consumption, vehicle tracking and driver behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:09:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

636980

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords Appointments Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of funding the House of Lords Appointments Commission has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HoLAC) makes recommendations for the appointment of non-party-political members and vets for propriety other nominations to the House of Lords. HoLAC's costs are set out in its annual reports which are available on their website.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 53169 question first answered 18/11/2016 12:13:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

637190

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Peers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of appointing peers to the House of Lords has been for the period between May 2010 and November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HoLAC) makes recommendations for the appointment of non-party-political members and vets for propriety other nominations to the House of Lords. HoLAC's costs are set out in its annual reports which are available on their website.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 53132 question first answered 18/11/2016 12:13:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

637273

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Languages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to conduct a language skills audit across the whole civil service; and if so, whether they will publish the results.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL3198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to carry out a language skills audit of the civil service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 25/11/2016 11:30:00 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

637277

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 9 November (HL2723), where children born abroad to British citizens without a property in the UK would be registered to vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the policy statement published on 7 October 2016, overseas voting rights will be extended to any British citizen who has been previously resident or registered to vote in the UK. As such, under the Government’s proposals any British citizen who has not been previously resident or registered to vote in the UK will not be able to register as an overseas elector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 24/11/2016 11:26:40 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

637328

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with respect to estimated net migration figures for 2014 and 2015, what number are estimated to be (1) EU domiciled students, (2) non-EU domiciled students, (3) non-student EU domiciled, and (4) non-student, non-EU domiciled.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL3253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p>Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.</p><p>But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen grouped question UIN HL3254 HL3255 HL3256 HL3257 HL3258 question first answered 28/11/2016 17:20:29 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name Baroness Wolf (HL3253-HL3258) v13 (2).pdf title UKSA Response to HL3257 - HL3256 - HL3255 - HL3258
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich