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1693997

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to The Angiolini Inquiry: Part 1 Report published on 29 February, which territorial and national police forces outsource their recruitment vetting to other police forces or other law enforcement agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>All Home Office (territorial) forces in England and Wales conduct their recruitment vetting internally.</p><p>This is also the case for all non-Home Office national police forces, aside from the Royal Military Police who are assisted by Warwickshire Police for vetting checks.</p><p>The Part 1 report of Angiolini’s Inquiry highlighted that in 2010, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary had outsourced its force vetting to Thames Valley Police. They now carry out their own recruitment vetting.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/03/2024 14:39:20 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1693998

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ministerial Powers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the number of ministerial directions made in each year since 2010 under the 'Managing Public Money' principles; and whether they will include a figure for unpublished or confidential ministerial directions.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Directions can be found on the GOV.UK website<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in Managing Public Money, where confidentiality is required, the accounting officer will share the direction request and the direction itself with the chairs of the Committee of Public Accounts and the relevant departmental select committee, along with an explanation of the reasons for requiring confidentiality, and when they expect the need for confidentiality to fall away and publication to take place.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-directions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-directions</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/03/2024 15:47:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1693999

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on their Gov.uk 'One Login' programme; and what is the programme’s plan of work over the next year.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL3036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The GOV.UK One Login system is fully operational providing a simple and secure way for people to access government services online.</p><p>Users can create an account, login and prove (and then reuse) their identity - through either a web-based journey, smartphone app or in-person route - to access an initial set of 30 government services. This includes important services such as ‘Request a Disclosure and Barring Service Basic Check’ and ‘Apply for an HM Armed Forces Veteran Card’. More than 3.8 million people have so far proven their identity through GOV.UK One Login, while its app has been downloaded more than 5 million times. GOV.UK One Login’s customer contact centre and technical service desk are now live.</p><p>Further government services - from HMRC to DWP and DVLA - are due to come on board over the next year. GDS will also continue to optimise GOV.UK One Login’s user journeys, for example by broadening the range of documents and evidence that people can use to prove who they are online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/03/2024 15:52:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1692256

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Smoking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many designated smoking and vaping areas are currently located within the central Government administrative estate.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Within the Government Property Agency managed estate there are 6 designated smoking and vaping areas. These are at the following GPA locations:</p><ul><li><p>10 South Colonnade</p></li><li><p>Whitechapel Building</p></li><li><p>70 Whitehall</p></li><li><p>Leicester</p></li><li><p>Stoke on Trent</p></li><li><p>Mold</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These are either legacy arrangements or provided by the superior landlord for all tenants.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/03/2024 16:00:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1692257

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the central Government administrative estate has installed smart meters.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Within the Government Property Agency managed estate of 65 sites, 100% of these are confirmed to have smart meters installed. Data for other sites would need to be provided by the utility provider or by Departments managing those sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The transition to a more flexible energy system plays a vital role in decarbonising the Government office portfolio. Smart meters are one simple step on this journey and that is why one of the work streams identified for investment by Government Property Agency is the adoption of programmes to install smart meters and ensure automatic meter readings across their portfolios.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/03/2024 16:00:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1692258

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government to provide an update on the principles or guidelines that are currently in place for the design and execution of public consultations by central Government; and whether the Government holds a cross-departmental register of all consultations across departments and their public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has a set of consultation principles which give guidance to government departments and other public bodies on the principles they should adopt for engaging with stakeholders on developing policy and legislation.</p><p>These principles encourage policy makers to consider what they are seeking to achieve through any consultation when determining when, with whom and how to consult. The guidance directs policy teams to design consultations on a case-by-case basis to best engage the cohorts of relevance to the subject of the consultation and gather the best possible information to assist with policy development. The consultation principles were last updated in 2018 and are published on gov.uk at the link below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consultation-principles-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consultation-principles-guidance</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A list of policy papers and consultations is also published on gov.uk at the link below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/03/2024 16:03:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1690230

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Falkland Islands: Sovereignty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent comments by the President and government of Argentina regarding the future status of the Falkland Islands.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to upholding the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination: only they can decide their own future. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his recent visit to the Falkland Islands, as long as the Islanders wish to remain part of the UK family, there can be no discussions on sovereignty. The UK looks forward to developing a strong and constructive relationship with Argentina where we can agree to disagree politely on the issue of the Falkland Islands, but restart mutually beneficial co-operation on areas of shared interest.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/03/2024 15:32:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1690231

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they routinely publish the details of grants and programmes referred to the Complex Grants Advice Panel for expert advice, and if not, whether they will consider doing so.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The details of the grant schemes referred to the Complex Grants Advice Panel are not routinely published and there are no plans to publish them. Many of the grant schemes that the Panel reviews are in the early stages of design and development. Some do not go ahead.</p><p>As part of the transparency agenda, the Government grants management function collates and publishes data on grant schemes and awards from all government departments annually to show how public funds are spent through the grants funding mechanism. This data is published on gov.uk in March each year (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-data-and-statistics). The data for 22/23 will be published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/03/2024 16:53:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1690232

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Departmental Coordination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress on their Shared Services Strategy, and in particular whether this has delivered cost savings for the taxpayer; and what plans, if any, they have to provide an update on the current and future work of Government Shared Services.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Launched in March 2021, the Shared Services Strategy for Government aims to modernise the back office of government, enabling significant efficiency gains in critical business services such as HR, finance and commercial.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are now nineteen departments working together in five clusters that will form the shared service centres. Cluster shared service centres are all expected to be live in the next eighteen months. All departments will join a shared service centre by 2028 as current contracts expire to ensure value for money.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Two of the five clusters are up and running, Overseas has realised over £120m in benefits so far and is now looking to expand and go further around automation to realise further efficiencies. The Minister of Defence is looking to move beyond the current civilian HR system to incorporate the military. The remaining three clusters all have initial approval and funding to go to the market. They are finalising procurements for technology and services and will bring business cases for approval in the coming months.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clusters estimate that all departments using shared services centres will reduce annual running costs by 20 per cent. Overall they currently estimate that the Strategy will realise more than £3bn of benefits over fifteen years. Direct cost savings are only one element of these benefits. Faster, automated and standardised systems will enable significant timesavings for Civil Servants and general efficiency gains across departments. The clustering model will also make future procurement cheaper and give more buying power than departments have on their own.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>During the next six months we expect clusters to submit business cases for approval, continue procurement and ultimately sign contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/03/2024 16:57:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1688046

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase funding and resource to the Counter Fraud Profession and counter-fraud function to fight fraud (1) against His Majesty's Government, and (2) in the wider public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The government launched the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in 2022, and a key principle was that it should be expert-led. The PSFA is developing the capability of public servants in dealing with fraud through the Government Counter Fraud Profession. The standards and guidance that the Function creates, led from the PSFA, must be used in central government, and can be used more widely in the public sector and beyond. Since its inception in 2018, GCFP membership has expanded to over 7000 members beyond central government, including policing and local government.</p><p> </p><p>The government is proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system and has invested an extra £1bn in tackling fraud and error since Autumn 2021 across government. This included £24.7m funding over three years to support the creation of the PSFA, building on lessons learned in the management of fraud risk and loss in the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA regularly engages with Cabinet Office and HMT Ministers and Parliament, via the Public Accounts Committee, on its work and progress against its published mandate. In addition, the PSFA further engages with, and reports to, the National Audit Office.</p><p>In order to maintain its commitment to transparency, the PSFA publishes annual plans and annual reports. Last year the PSFA updated Parliament through a Written Ministerial Statement and by depositing a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Report in the Library of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/02/2024 13:06:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell