Asked by: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many engagements the Prime Minister has undertaken in his capacity as Minister for the Union since the December 2019 general election.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
As Minister for the Union, all the engagements my Rt Hon friend the Prime Minister carries out are undertaken in that capacity. Details are published quarterly on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister of full Cabinet rank holds ministerial responsibility for the UK constitution.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
I refer the noble peer to the List of Ministerial Responsibilities, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities
As stated in that document, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office has day to day oversight of constitutional affairs and efforts to maintain the integrity of the Union.
Asked by: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the funds allocated to Northern Ireland in support of the Confidence and Supply Agreement of June 2017 have been drawn down, broken down by category; what, if any, sums remain to be drawn down, broken down by category; and what is the schedule for the drawing down of any remaining funds, broken down by category.
Answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank
The financial annex to the Confidence and Supply Agreement sets out the allocation of the £1 billion made available to Northern Ireland. This is available at:
£763 million of this funding has to date been allocated to the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Allocations by category are tabulated below.
Category | C&S commitment | Allocated |
Infrastructure | 400 | 400 |
Broadband | 150 | 3 |
Severe Deprivation | 100 | 40 |
Immediate pressures health and education | 100 | 100 |
Health Transformation | 200 | 200 |
Mental Health | 50 | 20 |
Total (£m) | 1000 | 763 |
Asked by: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for transferring to the National Archives the post-1945 files from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in the "AM" series.
Answered by Earl of Courtown - Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
These records have been selected for permanent preservation but have been retained because they include reference material used in the formation of current legislation. The Knowledge and Information Management Unit will be carrying out a sensitivity review of these records and expects, before 2024, to begin transferring records that are no longer needed for this purpose.
Asked by: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve leadership in the public services; and in particular whether they intend to establish the Centre for Public Services Leadership programme recommended by the Public Services Leadership Taskforce in October 2018.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The Public Services Leadership Taskforce, chaired by Sir Gerry Grimstone, was commissioned in October 2017 to explore the challenges faced by public service leaders.
The Government has accepted the Taskforce recommendations in full and has committed £21m to a three-year pilot of a new Centre to support public service leaders, which will be named the National Leadership Centre. The Centre will launch in the coming months and will be the first of its kind in supporting senior public sector leaders in England to deliver world leading public services.
There are three strands to the Centre’s work to support public service leaders: a flagship leadership programme, open to around 100 senior leaders each year; a digitally-enabled network, open to over 1,000 leaders; and an ambitious research programme.