Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the House of Lords Appointments Commission regarding reports that peers have been appointed after donating money to the Conservative party.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
Advice provided by the House of Lords Appointments Commission to the Government is confidential. It would be inappropriate to comment on such reports, or speculate about individual nominations or vetting. Peerages reflect long-standing contributions to civic life and also a willingness to further contribute to public life as a legislator in the Second Chamber. Volunteering and supporting a political party is part of our civic democracy.
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, what was the purpose of the meeting between the Prime Minister and Sue Gray in May.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The Prime Minister discussed the process and procedure on timings and publication arrangements. The findings and contents of the Second Permanent Secretary’s independent report was a matter for her, as the Prime Minister made clear in his oral statement on 25 May 2022.
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 is enforced.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
It is against the law to 'sell' honours or peerages - offering cash for awards - under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.
Honours are earned, not bought, and the Government does not endorse the use of fee-charging services when submitting nominations. All honours nominations are independently validated and assessed, regardless of the source.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission is an independent non-statutory advisory body with responsibility for vetting nominations for life peers in line with its published criteria.
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people who are classified as homeless are able to vote in the elections in England in May; and, in particular, what steps they are taking to ensure that homeless people in temporary accommodation are able to vote.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The registration deadline for the elections on 6 May has now passed (19 April), so if anyone has not already registered, it is now too late to register for those polls. Applications to register to vote can be made by making a declaration of local connection to an address where they would otherwise be living if it were not for their current situation, an address where they have lived in the past, or by providing details of where they spend a substantial part of their time. This also applies to any person who does not have a fixed or permanent address. The electoral registration form for someone with no fixed or permanent address is available from the Electoral Services team at the relevant local authority, or on GOV.UK. Those living in temporary accommodation can register at that address.
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of UK citizens who have emigrated to reside in (1) Australia, and (2) New Zealand, in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Dear Lord Pendry,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the number of UK citizens who have emigrated to reside in (1) Australia, and (2) New Zealand, in each of the last three years (HL7697).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS), giving estimates of the numbers of people emigrating from the UK and detailing the country of next residence[i]. Table 1 shows the number of people the ONS estimates emigrated to Australia and New Zealand in 2016, 2017 and 2018, the most recent years for which data is available. Estimates for 2019 are due to be published in November 2020.
Table 1: UK Citizens emigrating to Australia and New Zealand in thousands
Year | Australia | New Zealand | ||
| Persons | Confidence Interval | Persons | Confidence Interval |
2018 | 17.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
2017 | 19.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
2016 | 24.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
Source: ONS IPS Table 4.01, Citizenship group by sex, age and country of last or next residence
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of EU nationals working in the travel and hospitality sectors of the UK economy.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Rt Hon. the Lord Pendry, dated 10 May 2018.
Dear Lord Pendry,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the number of EU nationals working in the travel and hospitality sectors of the UK economy (HL7570).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics for people in employment by industry and by nationality from the Annual Population Survey (APS), a household survey of people in the UK. People are classified to industry groups and nationality based on responses given during survey interview.
ONS classifies people to industry groups in line with the Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC2007). We have defined the travel and hospitality sectors to include industries covering accommodation for visitors, food and beverage servicing activities, passenger transport, vehicle hire and travel agencies.
For the period January 2017 to December 2017, the latest period available, the total number of EU nationals, including UK nationals, working in the travel and hospitality sectors was 2,141,000. Of these, 1,853,000 were UK nationals, with the remaining 288,000 nationals of other EU countries.
As with any sample survey, APS estimates are subject to a certain level of uncertainty.
Yours sincerely,
John Pullinger
Asked by: Lord Pendry (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what initiatives they will put in place to support the findings of the "What works?" report by the What Works Network.
Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire - Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
This Government established the What Works Network in March 2013 and has since created a number of additional What Works Centres. The latest Centre to be developed is the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, where initial funding of over £3.5 million has been committed beyond the lifetime of this Parliament. In July 2013 the Government appointed Dr David Halpern to be the What Works National Adviser. The What Works National Adviser is supported by the Cabinet Office and is responsible for the development of the What Works Network.
The What Works Centres are giving national and local level decision makers and public service professionals the frameworks and tools to help deliver more cost effective services.