Baroness Finn

HL9877 • Former Ministers: Business Interests

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether former ministers who left office while the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments was operating will now receive retrospective advice in relation to business appointments from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.

HL9878 • Civil Servants: Business Interests

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether they will publish the audit findings by the Civil Service Commission on the application of Business Appointment Rules below senior levels; and what redress will be available to applicants in the event that a department is found to have applied the rules inconsistently.

HL9879 • Ethics and Integrity Commission and Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards: Management

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), what the line management structure will be of (1) the Ethics and Integrity Commission, and (2) the secretariat supporting the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards; and whether those staff will report to a named senior civil servant in the Cabinet Office.

HL9880 • Former Ministers and Civil Servants: Business Interests

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether they will publish all individual decisions or recommendations relating to the application of the Business Appointment Rules by (1) the Civil Service Commission in respect of former civil servants and special advisers, and (2) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards in respect of former ministers; and if not, what criteria will govern decisions on publication.

HL9881 • Ethics and Integrity Commission and Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards: Management

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the secretariat supporting (1) the Ethics and Integrity Commission, and (2) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, will be (a) independent of the Propriety and Constitution Group, and (b) under the line management of the Director General of the Propriety and Constitution Group.

HL9882 • Civil Service: Management

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the Civil Service committees or individuals that exercise management functions in relation to the Civil Service, including the membership of each committee; and what changes, if any, have been made to the Civil Service Governance Framework since the publication of Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service: The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham on 13 November 2023.

HL9804 • Ethics and Integrity Commission: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether appointments to the new Ethics and Integrity Commission will be made under a Public Appointments Order in Council; and which Minister will be responsible for approving those appointments.

HL9805 • Committee on Standards in Public Life: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether they intend to retain political members nominated by opposition parties on the Committee on Standards in Public Life, as under current arrangements.

HL9806 • Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Civil Service Commission

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether the Civil Service management code or Civil Service code will be amended to reflect the transfer of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ functions to the Civil Service Commission.

HL9807 • Civil Service Commission: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether the Prime Minister has issued, or intends to issue, a direction or agreement under section 17 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 to give the Civil Service Commission new statutory functions relating to the Business Appointment Rules.

HL9808 • Special Advisers: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether the new Business Appointment Rules administered by the Civil Service Commission will apply to all special advisers, including those below Senior Civil Service Pay Band 2, or only to those previously covered by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

HL9809 • Business Interests

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), what legal mechanism will be used to require a minister to repay severance payments following a breach of the Business Appointment Rules.

HL9163 • Government Departments: Regulation

To ask His Majesty's Government how many authorisations have been made under Part 2 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to permit the exercise of ministerial functions by persons other than civil servants since 4 July 2024, and in what departments those authorisations have been made.

HL9117 • Health and Social Care Honours Committee: Vacancies

To ask His Majesty's Government how many vacancies there are on the Health and Social Care Honours Committee.

HL9118 • Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the process by which official members of the Main Honours Committee are selected.

HL9119 • Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government whether non-UK citizens are eligible to serve on Assessment Advisory Panels.

HL9120 • Electronic Government

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 10 June (HL7655), whether the assurance review by an independent assessor was conducted by a contracted supplier.

HL9121 • Civil Service Board

To ask His Majesty's Government from what source the Civil Service Board derives its authority; whether the Board exercises any powers delegated by ministers; and if so, by what legal or administrative instrument those powers are conferred.

HL9122 • Cabinet Office: Committees

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the membership of the Cabinet Office's (1) Investment Committee, (2) People and Operations Committee, and (3) Resilience and Security Committee, and how many times each of those committees has met in the past 12 months.

HL8764 • Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Assessment Advisory Panels for public appointments (1) the Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group, and (2) the Director General, Propriety and Ethics, have served on since 2019; what assessment they have made of the appropriateness for individuals in those roles to sit on Assessment Advisory Panels given their responsibilities for sponsoring the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments and advising on ethical issues in the appointments process; and whether they have made an assessment of the risk of conflict of interest where individuals in those roles may later be required to investigate or advise on complaints relating to campaigns on which they have served.