Lord Marlesford Portrait

Lord Marlesford

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 7th June 1991

Left House: 13th July 2025 (Death)


Lord Marlesford is not an officer of any APPGs
1 APPG Membership
Carbon Monoxide
1 Former APPG Officer Position
Egypt
European Union Committee
16th May 2012 - 14th May 2014
European Union Committee
8th Dec 2003 - 30th Oct 2007
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
4th Dec 1991 - 17th Mar 1992


Division Voting information

Lord Marlesford has voted in 1267 divisions, and 47 times against the majority of their Party.

13 Jan 2021 - Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Conservative Aye votes vs 213 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 262 Noes - 269
7 Dec 2020 - Conduct Committee Report - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Conservative No votes vs 147 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 408 Noes - 24
9 Nov 2020 - United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 44 Conservative No votes vs 147 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 433
9 Nov 2020 - United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 38 Conservative No votes vs 134 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 407
21 Oct 2020 - Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Conservative Aye votes vs 197 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 237
20 Oct 2020 - United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 39 Conservative Aye votes vs 158 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 169
28 Sep 2020 - Coronavirus Act 2020: Temporary Provisions - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 24 Conservative Aye votes vs 166 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 99 Noes - 198
17 Sep 2020 - Agriculture Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 201 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 218
23 Jun 2020 - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 5 Conservative Aye votes vs 203 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 241
23 Jun 2020 - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Conservative Aye votes vs 191 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 326
20 Jan 2020 - European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 5 Conservative Aye votes vs 176 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 186
17 Jul 2019 - Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Conservative No votes vs 42 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 37
8 Apr 2019 - European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 33 Conservative No votes vs 61 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 46
24 Oct 2018 - Ivory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 11 Conservative Aye votes vs 117 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 18 Noes - 249
7 Sep 2018 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 12 Conservative No votes vs 18 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 23 Noes - 117
21 Mar 2016 - Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 6 Conservative Aye votes vs 148 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 111 Noes - 148
27 Feb 2015 - International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 17 Conservative Aye votes vs 18 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 30 Noes - 108
16 Jan 2015 - Assisted Dying Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 37 Conservative No votes vs 41 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 180
26 Nov 2014 - Consumer Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 134 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 216
20 Oct 2014 - Criminal Justice and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 5 Conservative Aye votes vs 117 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 80 Noes - 170
28 Jul 2014 - Leader of the House of Lords - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 21 Conservative Aye votes vs 22 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 29
10 Jul 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 37 Conservative Aye votes vs 47 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 267
8 Jul 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 50 Conservative Aye votes vs 63 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 119 Noes - 314
8 Jul 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 17 Conservative Aye votes vs 35 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 32 Noes - 163
4 Jun 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 65 Conservative Aye votes vs 79 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 390
24 Apr 2013 - Procedure of the House - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 20 Conservative Aye votes vs 157 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 243
26 Mar 2013 - Growth and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 128 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 211
24 Apr 2012 - Protection of Freedoms Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Conservative Aye votes vs 101 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 190
26 Mar 2012 - Scotland Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 24 Conservative Aye votes vs 65 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 151
6 Feb 2012 - Protection of Freedoms Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Conservative Aye votes vs 102 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 194
25 Jan 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 34 Conservative Aye votes vs 96 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 128
8 Nov 2011 - Procedure of the House (Proposal 1) - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 129 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 233
31 Oct 2011 - Localism Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Conservative Aye votes vs 91 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 140
14 Jul 2011 - Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Conservative Aye votes vs 70 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 129
19 Jan 2011 - Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 28 Conservative Aye votes vs 74 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 122
7 Apr 2010 - Crime and Security Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative No votes vs 55 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 56
7 Apr 2010 - Children, Schools and Families Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Conservative No votes vs 34 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 96 Noes - 70
26 Oct 2009 - Coroners and Justice Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Conservative Aye votes vs 36 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 113 Noes - 155
6 May 2009 - Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Conservative Aye votes vs 27 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 134
25 Feb 2008 - Climate Change Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 5 Conservative No votes vs 91 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 149
25 Feb 2008 - Climate Change Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 3 Conservative No votes vs 71 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 123 Noes - 143
30 Oct 2006 - Education and Inspections Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Conservative Aye votes vs 17 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 119
15 Apr 2021 - National Security and Investment Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 222 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 232
12 Oct 2021 - Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 7 Conservative Aye votes vs 124 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 129
12 Oct 2021 - Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 131 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 135 Noes - 135
17 Jan 2022 - Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 9 Conservative Aye votes vs 157 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 261 Noes - 166
28 Feb 2022 - Nationality and Borders Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Marlesford voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 10 Conservative Aye votes vs 85 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 112 Noes - 89
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All Debates

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Sparring Partners
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative)
Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
(73 debate interactions)
Lord Henley (Conservative)
(23 debate interactions)
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Home Office
(126 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(37 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Agriculture Act 2020
(4,953 words contributed)
Policing and Crime Act 2017
(1,917 words contributed)
Policing and Crime Act 2017
(1,917 words contributed)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Lord Marlesford, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


5 Bills introduced by Lord Marlesford


A Bill to make provision for the management of Parliament Square; and for connected purposes.

Lords - 80%

Last Event - Report Stage: House Of Lords
Tuesday 27th March 2012

A Bill to make provision for the introduction of a new set of council tax valuation bands to apply to all dwellings bought or sold after 1 April 2000

Lords - 60%

Last Event - Committee: 1st Sitting (Minutes Of Proceedings): House Of Lords
Friday 22nd April 2016

A Bill to introduce a civil penalty for littering from vehicles and to require local authorities to publish details of contracts relating to litter clearance.

Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading: House Of Lords
Friday 19th July 2013

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Lords
Tuesday 24th June 2014

First reading took place on 18 July. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to introduce a civil penalty for littering from vehicles and to require local authorities to publish details of contracts relating to litter clearance.

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Lords
Wednesday 18th July 2012

Lord Marlesford has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
16 Other Department Questions
22nd Oct 2024
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has the cost been to date of the reconstruction of Peers' Entrance; and what is the budget for the total cost of this project.

For security reasons, the Houses do not publish capital expenditure on security mitigating projects as providing this level of detail could enable an individual to infer the extent and nature of the works, and thus the vulnerabilities which they were intended to mitigate.

22nd Oct 2024
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what would now be the daily attendance allowance if it were adjusted for inflation, as measured by the retail price index, from the level of £300 set in October 2010.

The Daily Allowance rate was introduced on 1 October 2010 at £300 per day. Retail Price Index (RPI) figures for October 2024 are expected to be released by the Office for National Statistics on 20 November 2024. It is therefore not yet possible to calculate a figure for the Daily Allowance adjusted for inflation by RPI for the month of October 2024.

Based on September 2024 RPI figures, if the Daily Allowance rate had been adjusted annually for inflation, it would be £515 oer day from 1 September 2024.

16th Apr 2024
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on which dates and at what times the failure of the Polycom telephone system on the parliamentary estate started and ended, and why it took so long for the system to be restored.

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. The Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) were made aware of a potential issue affecting Polycom telephone handsets, used with the Microsoft telephone service (MS Teams) on Friday 12th April 2024. Following a thorough investigation, a root cause was identified and resolved on Tuesday 16th April 2024. Restoration of service following a major telephony incident depends on third parties. The Voice Programme is upgrading and replacing the existing telephony infrastructure with a streamlined and less complex support arrangement. PDS are expecting to rollout the service over the summer 2024.

16th Apr 2024
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on what date at what cost to public funds the Polycom telephone system was installed on the parliamentary estate, and whether Siemens was invited to tender for this contract.

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. In 2016, a procurement process was completed adhering to EU procurement regulations (OJEU) for a unified communications solution to replace the previous telephone system which was end of life and could no longer be supported or maintained. This restricted OJEU process was open to all vendors. Siemens (Unify) made an initial application but were not taken through to stage two of the process to tender.

The cost of the Skype for Business Programme, which included key steps in Parliament’s transition from a copper wire telephone system to Voice over Internet Protocol, was £8.3 million and included the cost of the Polycom handsets currently in use. Implementation of the Polycom handsets began in November 2017.

16th Apr 2024
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the Parliamentary Digital Service plans to replace the Polycom telephone system on the parliamentary estate and, if so, what is the budget for this project.

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. The Voice Programme has been set up to address service quality and user experience priorities regarding telephony in Parliament. The programme’s high-level benefits include increasing business resilience and value for money and improving customer experience across telephony services. The programme is upgrading and replacing the existing telephony infrastructure (a combination of on premise MS Teams and Skype for Business) and has completed procurement of a unified communications service, to be implemented later this year, that will deliver resilient telephony. Initially, the new service is expected- to re-utilise the existing Polycom telephone handsets, however, replacement telephone handsets will be introduced as part of product lifecycle replacement.

The House of Lords Services Committee, the House of Commons Administration Committee and the Business Resilience Board are being consulted on implementation plans for the new service.

The Investment Committee and Accounting Officers have approved a business case for the Voice Programme which has an approved whole life cost of £6.37m. These costs cover implementation, programme resources, licences, and support costs until FY28/29.

18th Oct 2022
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what would be the rate of attendance allowance for Members of the House of Lords in October 2022 if it had been uprated in line with inflation since it was introduced at £300.

The Daily Allowance rate was introduced on 1 October 2010 at £300 per day. Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for October 2022 are expected to be released by the Office for National Statistics on 16 November. It is therefore not yet possible to calculate a figure for the Daily Allowance adjusted for inflation by CPI for the month of October 2022.

Based on September CPI figures, if the Daily Allowance rate had been adjusted annually for inflation, it would be £417 per day from 1 September 2022.

2nd Dec 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what would be the level of financial support for Members if it had been adjusted for inflation since 1 October 2010.

The Daily Allowance rate was introduced on 1 October 2010 at £300 per day. If it had been adjusted annually for inflation by the Consumer Price Index, it would be £379 per day from 1 October 2021.

20th Jul 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the four members of the House of Lords Conduct Committee who are not Members of the House of Lords have full voting rights in any vote of that Committee which involves (1) the culpability of a Member of the House of Lords being investigated, and (2)  the decision as to any penalty on a Member of the House, to be reported for the approval of the House; and to which other Select Committees of the House similar voting rights apply to any outside members of such committees.

Following a consultation exercise and a lengthy debate on 30 April 2019, the House agreed that the lay members of the Conduct Committee should have full voting rights in order to bring a measure of independence to the conduct process. The House has not to date conferred voting rights on external members of other committees. In the House of Commons, the lay members of the Standards Committee (of which there are seven, alongside the seven MPs) have full voting rights, and the Independent Expert Panel which determines appeals and sanctions in cases of bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct is made up entirely of external members.

27th May 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Members of the House of Lords have so far completed the Valuing Everyone training sessions; how many of these Members submitted feedback on the sessions; and of these responses, how many overall were (1) favourable, and (2) unfavourable.

As at 9 June, 763 Members of the House of Lords have completed Valuing Everyone training. Of these, 492 completed an evaluation form. In response to the question ‘Would you recommend the course to others?’, 460 Members out of 485 (95%) answered ‘yes’. In response to the question ‘Please rate your level of confidence calling out unacceptable behaviour AFTER the course’, 447 Members out of 485 (92%) answered ‘very good’ or ‘good’.

27th May 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost to the taxpayer of producing the film made for use in the Valuing Everyone training sessions for Members of the House of Lords.

The video made for use in Valuing Everyone training sessions for Members of the Lords cost £6,000.

In feedback following an earlier version of the training sessions, the course providers were explicitly asked by Members to make the video scenario more directly reminiscent of situations that have arisen in the Lords, rather than the previous and more generic video about a female employee and her manager which was used when the sessions were attended by a mixture of MPs and Peers.

4th Feb 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how much was paid to Members of the House of Lords in financial support (excluding travel costs) in each month during 2020.

The total amount of financial support (excluding travel costs) paid to Members of the House of Lords in each month during 2020 was as follows;


Month


Amount                £000s


January 2020


2,135


February 2020


1,643


March 2020


1,385


April 2020


80


May 2020


226


June 2020


711


July 2020


539


August 2020


0


September 2020


1,471


October 2020


1,538


November 2020


1,478


December 2020


1,112

4th Feb 2021
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the total cost to public funds to date for Members of the House of Lords undertaking Valuing Everyone training.

To date, £82,158 has been spent on Valuing Everyone training for members of the House of Lords. The same training courses have been offered to, and attended by, members of both Houses. This figure includes an assumption of cost per head, as well as 30% share of development costs, pilot sessions and administration fees.

11th Nov 2015
To ask the Chairman of Committees which peers who were Members of the House of Lords throughout the 2014–15 parliamentary session attended on fewer than 25 per cent of sitting days, indicating in respect of each peer the number of days attended.

The House sat for 126 days in the 2014/15 Session and therefore members needed to attend at least 32 times to reach an attendance rate of 25%. For the purposes of this answer: an attendance is counted as an attendance in the Chamber, in Grand Committee, in a Select Committee or a vote in the division lobbies.

The following members attended on fewer than 32 days. The figures do not include members who joined part way through the Session, members who died or retired part way through the session, or members who were disqualified or on leave of absence throughout the Session. Some of the Members listed were unwell and have since died, and some took leave of absence in the next Session. In discharging their parliamentary duties members of the House of Lords can draw substantially on experience and expertise gained outside Parliament. Therefore members may devote considerable time to maintaining and increasing that knowledge.

Members who took leave of absence for part of the Session and attended fewer than 25% of total days that they were eligible to attend:

Days attended

Total sitting days that member was eligible to attend.

Dixon, L.

0

32

Mogg, L.

0

35

Janner of Braunstone, L.

0

36

Hutton, L.

1

109

Brooks of Tremorfa, L.

2

27

Evans of Parkside, L.

2

35

Thomas of Walliswood, B.

3

41

Other members who attended fewer than 32 times:


Days attended

Grabiner, L.

0

Healey, L.

0

Inge, L.

0

Mayhew of Twysden, L.

0

Neill of Bladen, L.

0

Saville of Newdigate, L.

0

Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L.

0

Archer of Weston-Super-Mare, L.

1

Baldwin of Bewdley, E.

1

Browne of Madingley, L.

1

Goldie, B.

1

King of Lothbury, L.

1

Peel, E.

1

Weidenfeld, L.

1

Williamson of Horton, L.

1

Bell, L.

2

Cameron of Lochbroom, L.

2

Campbell of Loughborough, B.

2

Ezra, L.

2

Falkender, B.

2

Malloch-Brown, L.

2

Turner of Ecchinswell, L.

2

Wolfson of Aspley Guise, L.

2

Alliance, L.

3

Burns, L.

3

Carter of Barnes, L.

3

Heseltine, L.

3

Lloyd-Webber, L.

3

Sacks, L.

3

Tombs, L.

3

Sharman, L.

4

Parkinson, L.

4

Bamford, L.

5

Coe, L.

5

Feldman, L.

5

London, Bp.

5

Smith of Kelvin, L.

5

Waldegrave of North Hill, L.

5

Wilson of Dinton, L.

5

York, Abp.

5

Collins of Mapesbury, L.

6

Freyberg, L.

6

Fritchie, B.

6

Guthrie of Craigiebank, L.

6

Williams of Oystermouth, L.

6

Wolfson of Sunningdale, L.

6

Haughey, L.

7

Rogers of Riverside, L.

7

Stevenson of Coddenham, L.

7

Winchester, Bp.

7

Young of Graffham, L.

7

Darzi of Denham, L.

8

Kestenbaum, L.

8

Nickson, L.

8

Rotherwick, L.

8

Chelmsford, Bp.

9

Hall of Birkenhead, L.

9

Myners, L.

9

Renwick of Clifton, L.

9

Richards of Herstmonceux, L.

9

Bristol, Bp.

10

Rix, L.

10

Browne-Wilkinson, L.

11

O'Donnell, L.

11

Vallance of Tummel, L.

12

Carrington, L.

12

Browne of Ladyton, L.

12

Drayson, L.

12

Glendonbrook, L.

12

Green of Hurstpierpoint, L.

12

Leach of Fairford, L.

12

Sheffield, Bp.

12

Currie of Marylebone, L.

13

Hattersley, L.

13

Macfarlane of Bearsden, L.

13

Mandelson, L.

13

Ryder of Wensum, L.

13

Sassoon, L.

13

Truro, Bp.

13

Blackwell, L.

14

Canterbury, Abp.

14

McCluskey, L.

14

Tordoff, L.

14

Davies of Abersoch, L.

15

Hogg, B.

15

Leitch, L.

15

Neuberger, B.

15

Tanlaw, L.

15

Willoughby de Broke, L.

15

Falconer of Thoroton, L.

16

Hardie, L.

16

Haskins, L.

16

Montagu of Beaulieu, L.

16

Palumbo of Southwark, L.

16

Saatchi, L.

16

Stair, E.

18

Levene of Portsoken, L.

18

Edmiston, L.

18

Imbert, L.

18

Joffe, L.

18

Worcester, Bp.

18

Birmingham, Bp.

19

Kalms, L.

19

Lichfield, Bp.

19

Owen, L.

19

Patten of Barnes, L.

19

Young of Old Scone, B.

19

Feldman of Elstree, L.

20

Livingston of Parkhead, L.

20

Smith of Leigh, L.

20

Allan of Hallam, L.

21

Chadlington, L.

21

Chandos, V.

21

Durham, Bp.

21

Leicester, Bp.

21

Portsmouth, Bp.

21

Greenfield, B.

22

Macdonald of River Glaven, L.

22

Valentine, B.

23

Home, E.

23

Howard of Lympne, L.

23

Montgomery of Alamein, V.

23

Rochester, Bp.

23

Richardson of Calow, B.

24

Rosslyn, E.

24

Stern of Brentford, L.

24

Alli, L.

25

Magan of Castletown, L.

25

Puttnam, L.

25

Cullen of Whitekirk, L.

26

Levy, L.

26

Mar and Kellie, E.

26

Moore of Lower Marsh, L.

26

Palumbo, L.

26

Walker of Gestingthorpe, L.

26

Manningham-Buller, B.

27

Fellowes of West Stafford, L.

27

Turnbull, L.

28

Carswell, L.

29

Sugar, L.

29

Goldsmith, L.

30

Coventry, Bp.

30

Walker of Aldringham, L.

30

Cohen of Pimlico, B.

31

Judge, L.

31

Krebs, L.

31

Shaw of Northstead, L.

31

Sheldon, L.

31

15th Jul 2015
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether Members of the House of Lords who are Freemasons are required to register that fact in the Register of Interests.

No. Paragraph 84 of the Guide to the Code of Conduct states that “Other non-financial interests are not normally registered, though it may be necessary in certain circumstances to declare them. Such interests include: other trusteeships, for example of private estates; unpaid ordinary membership of voluntary organisations or pressure groups; membership of churches or other religious bodies or organisations. The Registrar is available to advise Members in cases of uncertainty.”

18th Jun 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dwellings have had their prices or values recorded at the Land Registry since 1 April 2000; and what proportion of all dwellings now have a transaction price or value recorded with the Land Registry.

Land Registry holds information on 23.9m title numbers. Title numbers are made up of residential properties, commercial properties and areas of land.

Price paid entries on the register were introduced on 1 April 1990 and since then 13.4m title numbers have at some point had a price paid entry on the register.

From 1 January 1995 Land Registry also recorded information relating to11.8m residential properties sold for full market value. This equates to 49.8% of residential properties having a transaction price or value stated recorded.

Viscount Younger of Leckie
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
18th Apr 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to ensure that individuals convicted of abuse of public office and given custodial sentences are not re-employed in central government departments or agencies of central government.

All Civil Service recruitment is subject to the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. The Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard check is not a formal security clearance but is a recognised standard for pre-employment screening. These checks ensure departments comply with current legislation (e.g. Right to Work in the UK) and are essential to assure the integrity of our organisation and the safety of staff and individuals.

Once a job offer is made a Basic Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is undertaken. The certificate will contain details of convictions and conditional cautions that are considered to be unspent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

If the DBS check is returned with a positive marker (an unspent convention in a basic check, any conviction in a standard check), the vacancy holder/department undertakes a risk assessment to decide whether to make a final offer.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
20th Jun 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government to give the names and pay grades of each politically appointed senior special adviser to each Minister.

Information on all Special Advisers, including names and pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers, as required by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

The latest iteration of the report is scheduled to be published in the Summer.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
27th Oct 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of those who died with COVID-19 in each of the last 20 weeks had received no vaccination against the disease.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.

Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician

Lord Marlesford

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

4 November 2021

Dear Lord Marlesford,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of those who died with COVID-19 in each of the last 20 weeks had received no vaccination against the disease (HL3492).

The data requested is provided, for England, in Table 1, using the most recent data we have available. Information on vaccination status is not included on the death certificate. It is obtained by linkage to the vaccination data from the National immunisation Management Service (NIMS) produced by NHS-E. While the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are responsible for the production of mortality data for England and Wales, we do not hold similar data for Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Please note that the numbers of deaths of unvaccinated persons will depend on the changing number of people who are unvaccinated and the changing characteristics of unvaccinated people, which vary due to the selective vaccination roll-out and differences in uptake.

To compare the risk of death in unvaccinated and fully vaccinated individuals, we advise using the age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for deaths involving COVID-19 for unvaccinated persons and for other vaccination statuses in our publication “Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 24 September 2021” [1]. These take into account the changing size and age structure of the populations with different vaccination status. This data is for England only and covers approximately 86% of all deaths.These ASMRs show that the risk of death involving COVID-19 is much lower in fully vaccinated than in unvaccinated people.

Please note, other factors such as the health of the people who are unvaccinated may differ from the vaccinated population and change over time, which will affect the age-standardised mortality rates.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19byvaccinationstatusengland/latest

Lord True
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
23rd Feb 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the first 100,000 people to die as a result of COVID-19 died in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland; how many of those died (a) in hospital, (b) in care homes, and (c) elsewhere; and how many of those were (i) over 80 years old, (ii) over 70 years old, (iii) under 50 years old, (iv) BAME, (v) male, and (vi) female.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.

Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician

The Lord Marlesford DL
House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

03 March 2021

Dear Lord Marlesford,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of the first 100,000 people to die as a result of COVID-19 died in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland; how many of those died (a) in hospital, (b) in care homes, and (c) elsewhere; and how many of those were (i) over 80 years old, (ii) over 70 years old, (iii) under 50 years old, (iv) BAME, (v) male, and (vi) female (HL13602).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics on deaths in England and Wales and produces a weekly report[1] on provisional numbers of deaths involving COVID-19. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. National Records for Scotland[2] and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency[3] are responsible for publishing statistics on deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.

We cannot precisely organise deaths involving COVID-19 into the ‘first 100,000’ at this time. However, we have provided figures for deaths registered up to the end of Week 2 of 2021 (ending 15 January 2021) which is when deaths involving COVID-19 first passed 100,000 in total.

Table 1 below provides the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in the UK, and the proportion of these in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Table 2 provides the number of deaths involving COVID-19 by place of death in each UK country. Table 3 provides the number of deaths involving COVID by age group and sex. Please note that the UK totals in Table 3 are slightly different from Tables 1 and 2, as published data by age group and sex are only available for England and Wales combined (including non-residents) rather than England and Wales as individual countries.

The ONS has published a report on ethnic contrasts in deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales[4]. Table 4 shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales; data have been published for deaths that occurred (rather than were registered) between 2 March 2020 and 28 July 2020. Please note this data includes only deaths that could be linked to the 2011 Census, as this was necessary to obtain ethnic group data. Because the method of calculation is different, the numbers do not relate directly to those in Tables 1 to 3.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Table 1: Number and proportion of deaths involving COVID-19, weeks ending 13 March 2020 to 15 January 2021, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland [5][6][7][8][9]

-

UK

England

Wales

Scotland1

Northern Ireland

Number of deaths involving COVID-19

104,446

88,974

5,884

7,460

2,128

% of UK total

100.0%

85.2%

5.6%

7.1%

2.0%

Source: ONS, NRS, and NISRA

Table 2: Number of deaths involving COVID-19, weeks ending 13 March 2020 to 15 January 2021 by place of occurrence, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland [10][11]

Place of death

UK

England

Wales

Scotland1

Northern Ireland

All places of death

104,446

88,974

5,884

7,460

2,128

Home

5,256

4,376

286

459

135

Care home

26,393

21,615

1,267

2,869

642

Hospital

70,793

61,101

4,247

4,116

1,329

Other

2,004

1,882

84

16

22

Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA


Table 3: Number of deaths involving COVID-19, weeks ending 13 March 2020 to 15 January 2021, by broad age group and sex, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Sex

Age group

UK total6

England & Wales6

Scotland

Northern Ireland

People

All ages

103,720

94,132

7,460

2,128

-

Under 1 year

3

2

1

0

-

1-14

9

9

0

0

-

15-44

1,004

941

49

14

-

45-64

9,615

8,777

670

168

-

65-74

15,798

14,305

1,188

305

-

75-84

33,855

30,647

2,478

730

-

85+

43,436

39,451

3,074

911

Males

All ages

56,596

51,693

3,831

1,072

-

Under 1 year

2

2

0

0

-

1-14

4

4

0

0

-

15-44

587

554

27

6

-

45-64

6,188

5,656

433

99

-

65-74

10,036

9,119

729

188

-

75-84

19,848

18,067

1,376

405

-

85+

19,931

18,291

1,266

374

Females

All ages

47,124

42,439

3,629

1,056

-

Under 1 year

1

0

1

0

-

1-14

5

5

0

0

-

15-44

417

387

22

8

-

45-64

3,427

3,121

237

69

-

65-74

5,762

5,186

459

117

-

75-84

14,007

12,580

1,102

325

-

85+

23,505

21,160

1,808

537

Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA


Table 4: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 by ethnic group and sex, deaths occurring 2 March 2020 to 28 July 2020, England and Wales[12][13]

Ethnic group

Sex

Aged 9 to 64 years

Aged 65 to 110 years

Bangladeshi

Male

61

112

Bangladeshi

Female

19

54

Black African

Male

159

188

Black African

Female

85

96

Black Caribbean

Male

95

514

Black Caribbean

Female

67

306

Chinese

Male

16

78

Chinese

Female

8

55

Indian

Male

180

525

Indian

Female

80

357

Mixed

Male

29

144

Mixed

Female

30

99

Other

Male

186

351

Other

Female

85

226

Pakistani

Male

119

286

Pakistani

Female

75

156

White

Male

1,939

20,531

White

Female

1,184

18,201

Source: ONS

[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest

[2]https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/

[3]https://www.nisra.gov.uk/

[4]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/updatingethniccontrastsindeathsinvolvingthecoronaviruscovid19englandandwales/deathsoccurring2marchto28july2020

[5] Weeks for Scotland run Monday to Sunday rather than Saturday to Friday, so Week 2 of 2021 is week ending 11th January 2021 rather than week ending 15 January 2021

[6] Figures for individual countries exclude deaths of non-residents. Figures for “England and Wales” totals include non-residents of England and Wales; for this reason, UK totals in Table 3 differ from Tables 1 and 2.

[7] Data in Tables 1, 3 and 3 are based on date a death was registered rather than occurred. Data in Table 4 are based on the date a death occurred, registered up to 24 August 2020. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered

[8] All figures for 2020 and 2021 are provisional.

[9] The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) definitions are as follows: coronavirus (COVID-19) (U07.1 and U07.2). We use the term “involving COVID-19” when referring to deaths that mentioned these ICD-10 codes anywhere on the death certificate, whether as the underlying cause of death or elsewhere.

[10] Deaths at home are those at the usual residence of the deceased (according to the informant)‚ where this is not a communal establishment. Other Communal Establishments include (for example) prisons, student residences, and hotels. Elsewhere includes all places not covered above.

[11] "Other" includes deaths in communal establishments other than hospitals and care homes, in hospices, and that occurred "elsewhere".

[12]Data in Table 4 includes only death records that could be linked to the 2011 Census, to obtain ethnic group data.

[13]The detailed composition of each ethnic group is available to download: https://www.ons.gov.uk/download/table?format=xlsx&uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/updatingethniccontrastsindeathsinvolvingthecoronaviruscovid19englandandwales/deathsoccurring2marchto28july2020/22f0c996.json

Lord True
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
23rd Jul 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 28 May (HL4424), what estimate they have made of the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK in each week since 1 May.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.

Dear Lord Marlesford,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 28 May (HL4424), about the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK in each week since 1 May (HL7234).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing numbers of deaths registered in England and Wales. The most recent annual figures published are for deaths registered in 2019[1]. However, we do publish provisional weekly deaths registrations, which are currently available for deaths registered up to 10 July 2020[2]. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for publishing the number of deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.

Cause of death is defined using the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10). Deaths involving COVID-19, as either a contributory or underlying cause of death, are identified by the ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2.

The accompanying dataset2 to our provisional weekly deaths bulletin includes UK data on deaths involving COVID-19, which refer to deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate.

Table 1 shows the provisional number of deaths involving COVID-19 registered each week in the UK from the week ending 8 May up to the week ending 10 July 2020, broken down by country.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 registered each week in the UK, week ending 8 May up to the week ending 10 July 2020[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Week number

Week ended

UK

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

19

08-May-20

4,426

3,716

211

415

84

20

15-May-20

4,214

3,624

180

336

74

21

22-May-20

2,872

2,455

134

230

53

22

29-May-20

2,000

1,715

105

131

49

23

05-Jun-20

1,697

1,488

100

89

20

24

12-Jun-20

1,204

1,057

57

69

21

25

19-Jun-20

849

744

39

49

17

26

26-Jun-20

651

574

30

35

12

27

03-Jul-20

561

497

35

18

11

28

10-Jul-20

388

344

22

13

9


[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables

[2]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales

[3]Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes U07.1, U07.2

[4]Figures are based on deaths registered up to 1 May 2020

[5]All figures for 2020 are provisional

[6]Weekly deaths for Scotland are produced by NRS: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats

[7]Weekly deaths for Northern Ireland are produced by NISRA: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats

[8]England, Wales and Northern Ireland weekly deaths run from Saturday to Friday, Scotland deaths run from Monday to Sunday

[9]Northern Ireland week allocation differs from other countries. For example, week 1 is week ending 10-Jan. This has been adjusted for the purpose of aggregating the data

Lord True
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
1st Mar 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ensure that letters from Members addressed to ministers are sent straight to the Minister's Private Office and not to the general correspondence section of Departments.

Letters from members of parliament and peers are given priority over correspondence from the general public. Performance tables are published to show how promptly they reply.

23rd Oct 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government why, in the October edition of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities, the telephone numbers of private offices of ministers in some government departments are shown as the switchboard number; and whether they will make available to Members of Parliament a list of the telephone numbers of the private offices of all ministers.

The telephone numbers in the List of Ministerial Responsibilities all provide access to the Private Offices. Where main switchboard numbers are provided, these will be updated to Private Office numbers and will be reflected on GOV.UK.

14th Sep 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue to include figures relating to the Retail Price Index in the monthly press release on UK consumer price inflation issued by the Office for National Statistics.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

14th Sep 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish an updated edition of the list of ministerial responsibilities, last updated in October 2016.

The updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities will be published shortly. In the interim, a summary of Ministers responsibilities can be found on

Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers.

2nd Mar 2017
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 15 November 2016 (HL2927), when they expect to publish a corrected and updated edition of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities issued by the Cabinet Office in October 2016.

The most recent copy of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities was published in December 2016 on Gov.uk. This document will now be updated and published on a quarterly basis. The update will be published shortly on Gov.uk.

2nd Nov 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the <i>List of Ministerial Responsibilities</i> published by the Cabinet Office in October (1) describes Earl Howe as Parliamentary under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, (2) omits the Private Office telephone numbers for the Treasury ministers, (3) gives unobtainable numbers for Cabinet Office and Department of Health ministers, and (4) gives incorrect numbers for some Home Office ministers including Baroness Williams of Trafford; and whether they will issue a corrected edition of the publication.

The Government is grateful to the Noble Lord for drawing attention to these points. We are updating the List of Ministerial Responsibilities in both electronic and paper form.

15th Sep 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 7 September (HL Deb, col 1213) that a Peer who is a special adviser will be able to vote but not contribute to debates, by whose authority this rule was established, and on which occasions it has been applied.

It has been accepted practice under successive administrations that special advisers can vote but not speak.

19th Mar 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether fresh Parliamentary approval would be needed for the United Kingdom to take any military action against ISIS inside Syria.

The Government is committed to the convention that has developed that, before troops are committed to conflict, the House of Commons should have an opportunity to debate the matter except when there was an emergency and such action would not be appropriate.

That convention has been recorded in the Cabinet Manual. The Government’s commitment to it has been demonstrated by the decision to request the recall of Parliament on 26 September 2014 to debate the UK supporting the Iraqi and coalition military campaign against ISIL in Iraq, including the use of UK air strikes.

The Government is committed to the existing constitutional arrangement, which provides an effective framework by which to engage Parliament in conflict decisions. However, the Prime Minister has made clear that he would act immediately and explain to Parliament afterwards if there were ever a need to do so, such as if a critical British national interest was at stake or if there was a need to act to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
29th Jan 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many immigrants from (1) Bulgaria, and (2) Romania, arrived in the United Kingdom in each month during 2014.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
28th Jan 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include Home Office arm's length bodies such as the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the College of Policing in future editions of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities.

The List of Ministerial Responsibilities includes executive agencies within each department along with non-ministerial departments.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office. The College of Policing is a professional body that has been established as a company, limited by guarantee and an arm’s length body of the Home Office, with the Home Secretary the sole owner. The National Fraud Authority was dissolved in March 2014. On 1 October, HM Passport Office ceased to be an executive agency of the Home Office and now reports directly to Home Office ministers.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
28th Jan 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why HM Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority were not included in the List of Ministerial Responsibilities published by the Cabinet Office in November 2014; whether they will be included in future editions; and whether in the meantime they will publish the details in the <i>Official Report</i>.

The List of Ministerial Responsibilities includes executive agencies within each department along with non-ministerial departments.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office. The College of Policing is a professional body that has been established as a company, limited by guarantee and an arm’s length body of the Home Office, with the Home Secretary the sole owner. The National Fraud Authority was dissolved in March 2014. On 1 October, HM Passport Office ceased to be an executive agency of the Home Office and now reports directly to Home Office ministers.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
12th Dec 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which groups of employees in the public sector are reimbursed for official use of private cars at a higher rate than 45 pence per mile and why.

The Cabinet Office does not hold the information requested.

In the Civil Service, departments and agencies have delegated authority to determine their own policy on the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by their staff on official business, subject to the rules in Chapter 8 of the Civil Service Management Code: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
9th Dec 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will update the list of Special Advisers in post, in respect of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, published by the Cabinet Office on 25 October 2013, showing in addition to the names and salaries the policy areas for which each Special Adviser is responsible.

An updated list of special advisers will be published in due course.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
17th Jul 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will update the list of Special Advisers in post, in respect of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, published by the Cabinet Office on 25 October 2013 showing, in addition to the names and salaries, the policy areas for which each Special Adviser is responsible.

The Government will publish an updated list in due course in line with the commitment within the Ministerial Code.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
18th Dec 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the projected cost of £20 billion for the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power station; and what is the likelihood of that figure being exceeded.

In 2016, the Government negotiated the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C which fixes the cost of electricity provided by Hinkley Point C. There is no cost to the consumer until Hinkley Point C starts to produce electricity. The strike price is £92.50 per Megawatt-hour. The household bill impact depends on a variety of factors such as the future electricity generation mix, wholesale gas price, wholesale electricity price and decarbonisation pathway.

The Government is a co-shareholder in the Sizewell C project company with EDF. The Government has committed to invest c.£1.2bn in Sizewell C’s development. The project has been designated to benefit from the new Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for nuclear, which will entail a levy on all licensed electricity suppliers in Great Britain; suppliers may choose to pass those costs to their consumers. The RAB model will include incentives on cost and schedule control, with the exact details finalised at the project’s Final Investment Decision.

The capital costs for Sizewell C are commercially sensitive, and subject to ongoing development and a live equity raise. We are therefore unable to discuss this further at this time.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
18th Dec 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government what public funds they have committed for the construction by EDF of nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point and Sizewell, respectively; and from what other sources, including a levy on consumers for sales of electricity, funding has been offered for each.

In 2016, the Government negotiated the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C which fixes the cost of electricity provided by Hinkley Point C. There is no cost to the consumer until Hinkley Point C starts to produce electricity. The strike price is £92.50 per Megawatt-hour. The household bill impact depends on a variety of factors such as the future electricity generation mix, wholesale gas price, wholesale electricity price and decarbonisation pathway.

The Government is a co-shareholder in the Sizewell C project company with EDF. The Government has committed to invest c.£1.2bn in Sizewell C’s development. The project has been designated to benefit from the new Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for nuclear, which will entail a levy on all licensed electricity suppliers in Great Britain; suppliers may choose to pass those costs to their consumers. The RAB model will include incentives on cost and schedule control, with the exact details finalised at the project’s Final Investment Decision.

The capital costs for Sizewell C are commercially sensitive, and subject to ongoing development and a live equity raise. We are therefore unable to discuss this further at this time.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
14th Jul 2022
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make a decision on (1) whether to grant Sizewell C a Development Consent Order, or (2) any commitment of public investment in Sizewell C, before the appointment of a new Prime Minister; and what assessment they have made of the conformity of any such decisions with the Prime Minister’s statement to Cabinet on 6 July that major fiscal decisions should be left for the next Prime Minister.

The Secretary of State granted development consent for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station on July 20th 2022, after thorough consideration of all relevant information.

Commercial negotiations on the project are strictly separate from consideration of the application for development consent. To date these negotiations have been constructive, but are ongoing and no decisions have been made.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
13th Jul 2022
To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will be making the decision as to whether Sizewell C will be granted a Development Consent Order.

The decision on the application for development consent for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station was announced on 20 July 2022. The then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Paul Scully took the decision on behalf of the Secretary of State who had confirmed that his delegation of the decision-making powers to Minister Scully in respect of the Sizewell C application should continue, notwithstanding Minister Scully’s move to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
23rd Feb 2022
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the area of land that has been used in England for the installation of solar panels in each of the last five years.

The Government does not hold information on the area of land in England used for solar installations.

Further information is available on GOV.UK.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
7th Sep 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remove China General Nuclear from further participation in the Bradwell B and Sizewell C nuclear power projects.

The Government has been holding constructive negotiations with the developer of Sizewell C since January, CGN has a stake in the project up to the point of Final Investment Decision (FID), however no decisions on the project have been taken, including the potential final configuration of investors. The Government has committed to bring at least one large-scale nuclear project to the point of FID by the end of this Parliament and have entered negotiations with Sizewell C on that basis. Any investment in nuclear projects is subject to thorough scrutiny and needs to satisfy our robust legal, regulatory and national security requirements.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
7th Sep 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the deterioration of the fuel rod sealings at pressure reactors installed in Taishan, China, for the Sizewell C nuclear power project.

As we stated in our response to the consultation on a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear published on 14th December 2020, we believe that a RAB is a credible model for funding nuclear projects, as it should reduce the cost of finance and thereby reduce consumer bills.

We are also considering whether a RAB model could be applied to other low carbon technologies, including transport and storage infrastructure for carbon dioxide (outlined in the government’s response to the carbon capture, usage and storage business models consultation).

We have always been clear that any new nuclear project must provide value for money for consumers and taxpayers.

Currently no decisions have been taken concerning Government financing of the Sizewell C nuclear power project, ahead of the final investment decision.

The Government continues to explore the use of a Regulated Asset Base model for new nuclear projects and believes that this could be a viable means by which to finance new projects. Decisions on how the model would be applied to new projects have yet to be taken and would be subject to value for money and all relevant approvals.

BEIS officials are engaged regularly with representatives from both EDF Energy and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (the ONR) on a wide range of matters relating to nuclear reactors.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
7th Sep 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for them to have a stake in Sizewell C nuclear power project; and whether the financial return accrued by (1) the taxpayer, and (2) private sector investors, would be the same.

As we stated in our response to the consultation on a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear published on 14th December 2020, we believe that a RAB is a credible model for funding nuclear projects, as it should reduce the cost of finance and thereby reduce consumer bills.

We are also considering whether a RAB model could be applied to other low carbon technologies, including transport and storage infrastructure for carbon dioxide (outlined in the government’s response to the carbon capture, usage and storage business models consultation).

We have always been clear that any new nuclear project must provide value for money for consumers and taxpayers.

Currently no decisions have been taken concerning Government financing of the Sizewell C nuclear power project, ahead of the final investment decision.

The Government continues to explore the use of a Regulated Asset Base model for new nuclear projects and believes that this could be a viable means by which to finance new projects. Decisions on how the model would be applied to new projects have yet to be taken and would be subject to value for money and all relevant approvals.

BEIS officials are engaged regularly with representatives from both EDF Energy and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (the ONR) on a wide range of matters relating to nuclear reactors.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
7th Sep 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to allow the use of a Regulated Asset Base funding model for (1) new nuclear infrastructure, and (2) other energy projects.

As we stated in our response to the consultation on a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear published on 14th December 2020, we believe that a RAB is a credible model for funding nuclear projects, as it should reduce the cost of finance and thereby reduce consumer bills.

We are also considering whether a RAB model could be applied to other low carbon technologies, including transport and storage infrastructure for carbon dioxide (outlined in the government’s response to the carbon capture, usage and storage business models consultation).

We have always been clear that any new nuclear project must provide value for money for consumers and taxpayers.

Currently no decisions have been taken concerning Government financing of the Sizewell C nuclear power project, ahead of the final investment decision.

The Government continues to explore the use of a Regulated Asset Base model for new nuclear projects and believes that this could be a viable means by which to finance new projects. Decisions on how the model would be applied to new projects have yet to be taken and would be subject to value for money and all relevant approvals.

BEIS officials are engaged regularly with representatives from both EDF Energy and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (the ONR) on a wide range of matters relating to nuclear reactors.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
4th Feb 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 3 February (HL Deb, col 2168), whether they have made a decision to proceed with the construction by EDF of the new nuclear power station Sizewell C; and, if so, when this decision was made.

I assume my noble Friend is referring to our announcement to the House that we are entering negotiations with EDF, in relation to Sizewell C. Our aim is to bring at least one large-scale nuclear project to the point of Final Investment Decision by the end of this Parliament. No decision has yet been taken to proceed with Sizewell C, and the successful conclusion of these negotiations will be subject to full Government, regulatory and other approvals, including value for money.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
3rd Dec 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the data collected, and (2) calculations made, by the Nuclear New Build Generation Company of the lifecycle CO2 emissions of the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power project.

Before entering into commitments to support any nuclear project, the Government’s assessment would include whether the project was expected to contribute to the target of net zero emissions by 2050.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
3rd Dec 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Nuclear New Build Generation Company and EDF Energy about the possibility of using the site at Wylfa Newydd to construct EPR nuclear reactors (1) instead of, or (2) in addition to, the site at Sizewell C; and what was the outcome of those discussions.

We continually engage with new nuclear developers to understand the merits of their proposed projects and we remain willing to discuss new nuclear projects with any viable developers and investors wishing to develop sites in the UK, including at the Wylfa site. Hitachi still own the site at Wylfa, we will have discussions with them about the future of the site in due course.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
3rd Dec 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the Lifecycle Assessment of the Carbon Footprint of the proposed Hinkley Point C (HPC) project report, referenced in the Hinkley Point C application for Development Consent, on which Nuclear New Build Generation Company’s estimate of the level of emissions from Hinkley Point C is based.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold a copy of the Lifecycle Assessment of the Carbon Footprint of the proposed Hinkley Point C (HPC) project report.

While there are references to the Lifecycle Assessment in the Sustainability Statement which accompanied the application for development consent for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (and which was considered by the Examining Authority), a copy of the Lifecycle Assessment was not submitted with the application.

Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)