Tag: Baroness Janke

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Janke on 2015-11-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what process they followed in making appointments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The Secretary of State is responsible for appointing members to the local government pension scheme’s advisory board. No more than 12 members in total may be appointed, divided equally between members representing scheme members and scheme employers in England and Wales.

The list of appointments made by the Secretary of State is shown below. The appointments were made on the basis of nominations submitted by the Local Government Association on behalf of local authority employers and the three major local government trade unions. The 12 appointments shown below replaced the members of a shadow scheme advisory board established in July 2013.

Local authority employer representatives

Councillor Roger Phillips (Herefordshire County Council representing non-local authority employers)

Emelda Nicholroy (Universities and Colleges Employers Association representing education employers).

Councillor Michael Adams (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham representing London councils).

Councillor Keiran Quinn (Greater Manchester Pension Fund representing Metropolitan authorities)

Councillor Denise Le Gal (Surrey County Council representing English local authorities)

Councillor Mary Barnett (Torfaen Pension Fund representing Welsh local authorities)

Scheme member representatives

Jon Richards – UNISON

Chris Tansley – UNISON

Brian Strutton – GMB

Gary Warwick – GMB

Fiona Farmer – UNITE

Dick Banks – UNITE

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Janke on 2016-09-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the remarks by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that “structural and investment funds projects signed before the Autumn Statement and Horizon research funding granted before we leave the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury after we leave”, what steps they are taking to ensure that there will be adequate staff resources in government departments to handle EU funding applications promptly in the months up to that Statement.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

Departments will continue to have the resource available to sign all projects in the ordinary course of business prior to the Autumn Statement, as detailed by the Chief Secretary in his letter of 12^th August 2016. A of copy this letter is available in the Library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Janke on 2016-09-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that “structural and investment funds projects signed before the Autumn Statement and Horizon research funding granted before we leave the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury after we leave”, whether they intend to publish the number and value of contracts signed for each funding stream approved between the Chancellor’s announcement and the Autumn Statement.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

The Treasury does not hold information about individual EU funded projects, so the detailed information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information about EU funded projects in the UK is in the public domain, e.g. a list of European Structural and Investment Funds beneficiaries is available on Gov.uk.

In line with the Chief Secretary’s letter of 12^th August, a copy of which has been deposited in the Libraries of the House, further details will be provided ahead of the Autumn Statement.