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1364827

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date	01/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Lord Speaker and Senior Deputy Speaker: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of the administrative team supporting (1) the office of the Lord Speaker, and (2) the office of the Senior Deputy Speaker, for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL3571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Lord Speaker’s Office is a team which is part of the wider Clerk of the Parliaments’ Office. The cost of the staff within the Lord Speaker’s Office over the last 10 financial years is as follows:</p><p>2011/12: £145,933</p><p>2012/13: £142,839</p><p>2013/14: £136,500</p><p>2014/15: £147,770</p><p>2015/16: £166,852</p><p>2016/17: £192,297</p><p>2017/18: £197,142</p><p>2018/19: £200,654</p><p>2019/20: £182,904</p><p>2020/21: £205,692</p><p>These figures include on-costs such as pension and National Insurance contributions.</p><p>As explained in my answer to HL3097, a number of other staff are also co-located with the Lord Speaker’s Office and provide support to the Lord Speaker alongside other duties, but their costs are not included within these figures as they are not formally part of the Lord Speaker’s Office.</p><p>The post of Senior Deputy Speaker was created in 2016. Since then the Senior Deputy Speaker has been supported by a Private Secretary (grade HL8). Since 2018, they have also been supported by an Assistant Private Secretary (grade HL6). Given the limited number of people who have held these posts it would not be appropriate to give a detailed breakdown of salary figures, but the mid-range average annual rates for posts across the Administration at the same grade, at current rates, are as follows:</p><p>Grade HL8 post (including on costs such as pension and NI contributions): £77,368</p><p>Grade HL6 post (including on costs such as pension and NI contributions): £46,748</p><p>In 2017 an apprentice also provided support to the Senior Deputy Speaker. Their costs included time spent supporting the Senior Deputy Speaker as well as training as part of the apprenticeship programme.</p><p>Additional support, such as diary management, has also been provided to the Senior Deputy Speaker by other staff, but this has been done alongside other duties so it is not possible to split out what proportion of staff time would have been spent supporting the Senior Deputy Speaker specifically.</p><p>For both the Lord Speaker and Senior Deputy Speaker, the figures outlined above are for the staffing costs only. There will be other costs associated with the running of these teams, such as stationery, computers and other costs, but as these have been accounted for as part of the costs of running the wider departments within which these teams sit, it is not possible to quantify what proportion of those costs would have been incurred in specific support of the Lord Speaker or Senior Deputy Speaker.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/11/2021 15:59:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1364829

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what arrangements are available to help backbench Peers deal with correspondence.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL3572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.<br></p><p>All external physical correspondence received by Parliament is security screened off site before being brought to the estate. Appropriate cyber-security measures are in place to protect the Parliamentary network from malicious e-mails and spam.<br></p><p>Members are able to specify how they wish to receive internal and external correspondence including delivery to pigeon holes, member desks or Prince’s Chamber and the option of forwarding to external addresses. Member preferences can be treated as temporary or permanent arrangements and can be varied between sitting and non-sitting days.</p><p>Internal and External mailboxes are located across the estate for members sending correspondence, with stationery available from Peers’ Lobby or Millbank House Reception on request.<br></p><p>There are also a number of arrangements available to help members with parliamentary business more widely, including responding to correspondence:</p><ul><li>Sponsorship of passes for members’ staff: members may apply for up to three passes for secretarial or research support staff.</li><li>IT support: Digital Services available to members to help them manage their correspondence include the provision of Microsoft Office 365, which includes email and Teams (for telephony and videoconferencing), and file storage within their Parliamentary Network Accounts. One-to-one digital coaching sessions are available to members; these are tailored to suit the specific requirements of the individual member and can be used to focus on making the most of these tools. Members are also provided with an IT allowance, which, as well as an iPhone, entitles them to choose between two different devices out of a desktop, laptop, or iPad. Members are also entitled to a printer provided by PDS, and are expected to share this where they occupy an office with other members, with printer consumables provided by the Attendants’ office.</li><li>The Library: the library offers a range of research and information services, resources and products to members in support of their parliamentary work.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Touhig question first answered 15/11/2021 15:33:28 answering member 542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1364830

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Attendance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of the House attended proceedings of the House each sitting day in (1) September, and (2) October; and how many voted in each division in (a) September, and (b) October.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL3573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of members of the House who attended the Chamber and/or Grand Committee for each sitting day in September and October 2021. All attendance figures are provisional for up to three months and may be corrected in that time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of </strong> <strong>Sitting</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total members attending</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2021</p></td><td><p>425 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/09/2021</p></td><td><p>355 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2021</p></td><td><p>407 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/09/2021</p></td><td><p>353 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/09/2021</p></td><td><p>187 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/09/2021</p></td><td><p>427 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/09/2021</p></td><td><p>383 (of whom 3 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/09/2021</p></td><td><p>418 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/09/2021</p></td><td><p>333 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/10/2021</p></td><td><p>375 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2021</p></td><td><p>448 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/10/2021</p></td><td><p>418 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/10/2021</p></td><td><p>410 (of whom 3 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/10/2021</p></td><td><p>355 (of whom 3 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/10/2021</p></td><td><p>442 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/10/2021</p></td><td><p>405 (of whom 4 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>426 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/10/2021</p></td><td><p>359 (of whom 6 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25/10/2021</p></td><td><p>395 (of whom 3 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>457 (of whom 1 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/10/2021</p></td><td><p>395 (of whom 3 virtual)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/10/2021</p></td><td><p>344 (of whom 2 virtual)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of members who voted in each division in September and October 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date of Sitting</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Division Subject</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Division No.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Votes Cast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/09/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Telecommunications (Security) Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Telecommunications (Security) Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Telecommunications (Security) Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/2021</p></td><td><p>Environment Bill</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/11/2021 15:58:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1358887

registered interest
date	12/10/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, as part of their overseas development assistance (ODA) disbursement, (1) what assessment they have made of the economic contributions of older women in lower- and middle-income countries, and (2) what steps they have taken to ensure that ODA supports these women to access decent work and live fulfilling lives.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL3005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Older women remain economically active, often in difficult, informal roles and driven by necessity. The unpaid contributions women make over their lifetime to the economy as carers are unrecognised, and their informal work is often invisible. As a result, many older women lack access to savings, pensions or other social protection. FCDO is investing in improving collection and use of disaggregated data (by sex, age and disability) to enable us to empower and include those who are too often invisible or face additional barriers to escaping poverty. We have led the way on the Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan and encouraging multilaterals such as the World bank and UN to collect disaggregated and inclusive data.</p><p>FCDO aims to improve outcomes for women and girls, including older women, through the new £19 million Gender-Responsive Social Protection programme, which is building the evidence base on what works and offering technical assistance to strengthen government and partners social protection investments. We are also supporting governments to provide social protection for older women, including in Uganda, where over 210,000 women are currently benefitting from a senior citizen grant through a programme delivered and funded in partnership with the Governments of Ireland and Uganda.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/10/2021 15:28:08 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1358730

registered interest
date	11/10/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where Ministerial responsibility lies in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for inclusive societies; and which Minister is responsible for ensuring that the work of the Department takes account of the rights and needs of (1) older people, and (2) people with disabilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, UN and the Commonwealth, is the Minister responsible for policy on open societies and Minister Morton is responsible for gender and equalities, including the rights and needs of older people and people with disabilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 26/10/2021 14:40:25 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1358731

registered interest
date	11/10/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Constitutions and Devolution: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who has replaced Chloe Smith MP as the Minister in the Cabinet Office responsible for the Constitution and Devolution; and in particular, for the work on Common Frameworks.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the recent Government reshuffle, Neil O’Brien MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has taken on the role of Minister for Levelling Up, the Union and the Constitution. As part of this role, Minister O’Brien has assumed responsibility for the Union and Constitution, including the Common Frameworks programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 26/10/2021 10:58:10 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1355098

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scottish Government: Communication
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 9 September (HL2410), what topics were covered in the 11 letters (attached to emails) that the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland received from Scottish Ministers in relation to reserved matters; and what plans they have to publish these letters.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers and Scottish Government Ministers regularly communicate on a range of matters. There is a strong public interest in allowing Ministers a private space within which to communicate, discuss and share information. Therefore, we do not routinely publish interministerial letters and we have no plans to publish these letters or their contents.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2021 14:20:29 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1355100

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Supported Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up the task force on housing with care; and what is its remit.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>Both the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department of Health and Social Care are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people. We are engaging closely with both the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-Government taskforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 27/09/2021 12:01:37 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1355101

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sheltered Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to increase the provision of (1) extra-care housing, and (2) retirement villages for older people.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>Both my Department and the Department of Health and Social Care are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people. We are engaging closely with both the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-Government taskforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 27/09/2021 08:57:05 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1354407

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
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 compliance of the Scottish Government in respect of their actions in areas reserved under the devolution agreements.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL2575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to respecting and strengthening the devolution settlements. We engage closely with the Scottish Government on Scotland Act Orders, which were established under the Scotland Act 1998, to help manage the Scottish devolution settlement. The Scotland Act 1998 sets out mechanisms in the event of activity which may be contrary to the Scottish devolution settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government engages regularly with the Scottish Government in a wide range of other areas, including on the collective challenges we face, such as our recovery from Covid-19. The UK Government reports quarterly on intergovernmental engagement and activity with the Scottish Government and other devolved administrations.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2021 14:28:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock