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50274

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date	07/05/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
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answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, in the light of the answers on 6 May to written questions tabled by Lord Mendelsohn, what steps he will take to ensure that the replies to written questions answer the question which was put as fully as possible.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. The Ministerial Code says that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”.</p> answering member printed Lord Hill of Oareford question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4144 label Biography information for Lord Hill of Oareford
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50275

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID's Executive Management Committee review year-to-date and forecast expenditure against budgets each month through a monthly Management Information report.</p><p>There is no formal cost overrun percentage threshold that triggers a review of specific budgets. The EMC does however examine potential material overspending each month that represents a significant risk to the DFID's overall Resource and Capital budgets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50276

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Newby on 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to the information given by my Noble Friend on 6 May (WA 365) I can add that the Ministry of Justice does not operate a strict percentage based escalation process for financial issues. The Departmental Board receive a routine update on the Ministry's financial position at every meeting. This provides a summary of the overall position and, where necessary, highlights any significant variations from, or changes to, budget forecasts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

50277

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Kramer on 6 May (WA 366), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Each month the Department for Transport's Executive Committee receives a summary of the forecast expenditure against budget as part of a Management Information Pack and a commentary in which any significant forecast variances to individual budgets are described and explained. Information at the detailed level is reviewed by each budget holder and Finance Business Partner to ensure that the Department for Transport remains within its control totals and each budget holder remains within their budget. Where forecasts indicate a possible breach of Treasury control totals, this is reported to the Executive Committee every month until the issue is resolved. There were two potential forecast overspends which were at risk of breaching control totals. These issues were highlighted to the Executive Committee three times in 2013-14 until the issues were resolved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not have a prescribed percentage for any forecast overspend to be tabled at the Board or Executive Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling