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date	28/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Joint Exchequer Committee's negotiations will conclude, and when the fiscal framework will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
uin	HL5593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Whilst there is no set date for the Joint Exchequer Committee to conclude negotiations on the fiscal framework, the UK government is doing everything it can to achieve an agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Managers and usual channels have agreed to move the final day in Committee on the Scotland Bill to Monday 22 February to allow more time for negotiations between the Scottish and UK Governments to progress.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government is working towards a deal that is fair for Scotland, fair for the UK and meets all of the principles of the Smith Commission Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The fiscal framework document will be published shortly after it is agreed.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 11/02/2016 16:14:20 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

448814

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date	28/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the minutes and papers of the last seven meetings of the Joint Exchequer Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
uin	HL5594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK and Scottish governments publish a joint communique after each meeting of the Joint Exchequer Committee, it outlines what was discussed at the meeting. The negotiations are ongoing and require a private space in which discussions can make progress.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has no plans to publish any further minutes or papers from the Joint Exchequer Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 11/02/2016 16:17:34 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

174938

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date	21/01/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliament: Software
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how much it cost to procure the latest Microsoft Outlook system for use in Parliament; whether the system is working to specification; and what is being done about any problems encountered so far.
tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
uin	HL4317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest version of Outlook was included in Parliament’s rollout of Microsoft Office 365 during 2014 as part of the Improved Access to Services (IATS) project. IATS also delivered other new services but the costs of that project identifiable as directly related to Microsoft Outlook were £355,667 in 2013-14 and £158,802 in 2014-15 (including VAT).</p><p>In addition, Parliament provides each user with Microsoft Windows and its associated Office 365 software at a cost of £98.75 (not including VAT) per user per year.</p><p>The service has been deployed to over 7,000 users on the Parliamentary network and the overall system is working to specification. A number of users have reported some issues. In particular they have raised concerns about the design of the new Outlook interface and some have reported problems with passwords needing to be re-entered. Both of these issues have been raised with Microsoft.</p><p>If any Member is experiencing difficulties then Parliamentary ICT (PICT) is ready to offer assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 03/02/2015 11:56:24 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy