Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what input members of the House of Lords will have into the proposed select committee on scrutiny of Defence Nuclear Enterprise expenditure and programmes.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government recognises the complementary way in which both Houses contribute to the scrutiny function of Parliament as a whole, and appreciates that, once established, the proposed committee may wish to consider specialist advice from outside the House of Commons on certain topics. The Government is proposing that the committee should have the ability to appoint specialist advisers. These appointments would be at the discretion of the committee, but could be selected from the House of Lords.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of British citizens who are resident overseas and who can no longer vote in general elections due to the 15 year rule, since 2010.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
British citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections as overseas electors are listed under ‘other electors’ at the end of the electoral register for each area/constituency.
The Government does not hold statistics on the number of British citizens living abroad who have been previously registered to vote in the UK.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British citizens who are resident overseas and registered to vote with the local authority in which they last lived in the UK are included on the Electoral Register; and if not, whether there is an alternative national register of such citizens.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
British citizens resident overseas who are registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections as overseas electors are listed under ‘other electors’ at the end of the electoral register for each area/constituency.
The Government does not hold statistics on the number of British citizens living abroad who have been previously registered to vote in the UK.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests for assistance have been received by (1) the Department of Work and Pensions, (2) HM Revenue and Customs, and (3) other Government departments, from British citizens who are resident overseas in each of the past five years.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangement each department has for dealing with inquiries from British citizens who are resident overseas; and whether all departments (1) have a dedicated phone line for, and (2) provide training to staff about how to deal with, such inquiries.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which departments hold information on British citizens who are resident overseas; and what categories of information each of those departments hold.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK national honours have been awarded to people working in the area of wildlife and the environment in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
Data on honours awarded is not collated under the specific sector headings in this way.