Tag: Lord Lexden

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2015-11-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 17 November (HL3184), how many electoral registration officers have visited schools and colleges in the last twelve months; and what proportion of the total number of electoral registration officers that figure represents.

Lord Bridges of Headley

This information is not collected centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-06-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the review of electoral fraud being undertaken by Sir Eric Pickles will be completed and its recommendations published.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Sir Eric Pickles will issue his report to the Prime Minister in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2015-11-30.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the extent of homophobic bullying in schools.

Lord Nash

All forms of bullying, including homophobic bullying, are completely unacceptable. In order to tackle homophobic bullying in schools we are providing £2 million this financial year to fund projects designed to build schools’ knowledge and capacity to prevent and tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.

While evidence points to a high level of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people being subjected to bullying, it also indicates that thanks to the efforts of teachers and charities it is falling. Research undertaken by Stonewall shows that homophobic bullying has reduced in recent years – 55% of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual secondary school pupils reported experiencing homophobic bullying at school in 2012, a drop from 65% in 2007 (Stonewall School Report, 2007 and 2012). The Stonewall Report of 2014 also indicated that homophobic bullying has fallen. The number of secondary school teachers who said their pupils are often or very often the victim of homophobic bullying had almost halved, from 25 per cent in 2009 to 13 per cent in 2014 (Stonewall Teacher Report, 2014 and 2009).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-06-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to require applicants for jobs in the public sector to state whether they went to an independent school.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Appointments should always be made on merit. Her Majesty’s Government do not have plans to require applicants for jobs to state whether they went to an independent school. We are engaging on proposals to develop a set of potential measures for employers to understand the socio-economic backgrounds of their workforces and applicant pools. Type of school attended (primary and secondary) make up two of twenty-six measures which employers and organisations have been asked to consider

Over the past few years’ real effort has been put into broadening access to the Civil Service. It is important to be able to measure, overall, the success and impact of these policies. Any background measures would be collected on an entirely voluntary basis and used anonymously. They will not form the basis of any individual recruitment decision.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2015-12-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bridges of Headley on 17 November (HL3184) and 7 December (HL2794), whether public engagement strategies are produced by electoral registration officers and made publicly available, and how the success of their work with local education institutions to increase voter registration is measured.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The Electoral Commission’s guidance requires that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) produce a public engagement strategy. There is no requirement that these be made publicly available.

As part of the performance standards framework, the Electoral Commission encourages EROs to monitor and adapt their public engagement strategy where needed to meet local challenges. Evaluation of the success of this work is carried out by EROs at a local level.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-06-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer given by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 9 June (HL Deb, col 817), how the consideration of honorary titles for the spouses of women members of the House of Lords will be conducted; whether same sex spouses and civil partners will be included in the exercise; and when that exercise will be completed.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The Government recognises that there are some intrinsic inequalities within the courtesy titles system as it relates to honorifics. We have sympathy with those who are seeking to resolve such inequalities and we are looking into the process around courtesy titles, including in relation to same sex spouses and civil partners. The resolution of these inequalities is a very complex issue and we are at an early stage. We will provide an update in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-01-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent future Honours Lists being prematurely disclosed.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The Cabinet Office will continue to reiterate clear instructions for handling embargoed material.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-06-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to continue the Official History Programme; and if so, how.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

I refer the Noble Lord to the statement given by my Noble Friend Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 10 December 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-02-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many newspaper journalists and publishers received awards in honours lists published between December 2011 and December 2015, broken down by individual list.

Lord Bridges of Headley

This information is published on GOV.UK.

The number of newspaper journalists and publishers receiving awards in honours lists published between December 2011 and December 2015, broken down by individual list, is given below:

New Year 2012 – 1
Birthday 2012 – 3
New Year 2013 – 4
Birthday 2013 – 1
New Year 2014 – 3
Birthday 2014 – 1
New Year 2015 – 2
Birthday 2015 – nil
New Year 2016 – 1

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lexden on 2016-07-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the size of the Privy Council on 13 July; and how many appointments had been made to it up to that date since 11 May 2010.

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

The information is set out in the table below.