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Written Question
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Staff
Wednesday 15th October 2025

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were employed by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in total in (1) 2015, and (2) 2025; and how many of those people were employed as (a) counsel, and (b) support staff, in each of those years.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The number of staff broken down by grade in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is provided in the table below for both 2015 and 2025.

Grade

2015 Headcount

2025 Headcount

Permanent Secretary

1

1

Parliamentary Counsel Grades

44

46

Delegated Civil Servant Grades

13

7


Written Question
Statistics
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which UK regulators are, as part of their statutory remit, required to follow the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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


Written Question
Statistics
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK regulators publish statistical releases that have National Statistics status.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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


Written Question
Statistics
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK regulators follow the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics in their collection and publication of statistics.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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


Written Question
Migration: Statistics
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the accuracy of net migration figures for 2016 and in future years.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.


Written Question
International Passenger Survey
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any study of possible sampling bias has been conducted in relation to the International Passenger Survey.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.


Written Question
International Passenger Survey
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis confidence intervals for responses to the International Passenger Survey are calculated.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.


Written Question
International Passenger Survey
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the text of the questions used in the International Passenger Survey.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.


Written Question
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what number of non-EU domiciled students obtained work visas at the end of their studies in (1) 2014, and (2) 2015.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.


Written Question
Immigration
Monday 28th November 2016

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with respect to estimated net migration figures for 2014 and 2015, what number are estimated to be (1) EU domiciled students, (2) non-EU domiciled students, (3) non-student EU domiciled, and (4) non-student, non-EU domiciled.

Answered by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

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

Immigrants who have come to the UK to work have brought significant benefits to Britain – we are a tolerant, welcoming nation encouraging the brightest and best to come to our shores. That will always be the case.

But it’s clear that there is no consent in Britain for uncontrolled migration from Europe.