Asked by: Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanism they plan to use to off-set the carbon footprint of the G7 conference in Cornwall; and what plans they have to apply those off-sets in Cornwall.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cabinet Office is currently investigating a baseline estimate for carbon emissions for the G7 Summit. We are committed to ensuring that as much as is practical will be offset in Cornwall. We are also in discussions with partners across Cornwall to consider plans on how to apply those offsets for example looking at biodiversity recovery, sustainable travel, tree planting and other options.
Asked by: Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which regulators in (1) the UK, and (2) England, are fully funded by the industries or sectors that they regulate and receive no grant in aid from their sponsoring departments for those regulatory activities.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The following list includes bodies with non-devolved regulatory functions which received no Grant in Aid in 2016-17. It is based on information available to the Cabinet Office, and may not be comprehensive. In particular it does not include bodies whose regulatory activities are fully funded by the sectors they regulate, but which receive grants for non-regulatory activities.
Animals in Science Regulation Unit;
Architects’ Registration Board;
Assay Offices;
British Hallmarking Council;
Claims Management Regulation Unit;
Commissioners of Irish Lights;
Companies’ House;
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency;
Financial Conduct Authority;
Financial Reporting Council;
Gambling Commission;
Groceries Code Adjudicator;
Intellectual Property Office;
Land Registry;
Legal Services Board;
Northern Lighthouse Board;
Office for Nuclear Regulation;
Office of Rail and Road;
Office of the Public Guardian;
OFWAT;
Oil and Gas Authority;
Prudential Regulation Authority;
Security Industry Authority;
Trinity House;
Vehicle Certification Agency.
Asked by: Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what methodology they use to measure the productivity of government departments and agencies.
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 and I will place a copy of their letter in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to give UK citizens living abroad the right to vote in UK elections beyond the current 15 year time limit.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
As outlined in our manifesto, the Government is committed to legislating to scrap the 15-year rule and will do so in time for the next scheduled general election in 2022.