Lord Bassam of Brighton

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministers took into account current or past performance as a criteria when awarding Virgin Trains East Coast the East Coast franchise; and if so, what weight was given to performance criteria.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what risk assessments they have carried out in the last five years of Capita and other companies to which public services provision has been outsourced; and which contracts relating to Capita are being reviewed or risk asse...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vacancies exist for (1) nurses, (2) junior doctors, and (3) consultants, in NHS Trust hospitals in (a) Sussex, (b) Surrey, and (c) Kent.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their proposed timetable for the latest consultation on the Taylor Review; and when they intend to bring forward legislation to implement the Review.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4735), which Carillion contracts encountered problems with continuity and mitigation for service failures; and what estimate they have made of the add...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4734), which Carillion contracts had a contingency plan put in place; what were the dates when such contingency plans became operable; what was the add...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) self employed workers, (2) employees on zero hours contracts, and (3) part-time employees, they expect to benefit from new protections brought forward following the Taylor Review.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make available to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, the European Union Committee, and its sub-committees, the data, modelling methodology and conclusions drawn from the Brexit economic impact ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each local housing authority area, how many (1) council sales under the Right to Buy Scheme there were, (2) council houses were constructed, (3) affordable homes were constructed for rent, and (4) social homes were con...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether accountable care organisations will be created by delegated legislation; and if so, under what Act of Parliament.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of planned accountable care organisations will be subject to competitive tendering and contracting out provisions.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for accountable care organisations (1) in total, and (2) for each area in which they plan to establish them.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many accountable care organisations they plan to establish; and in which areas.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the economic impact assessments on Brexit for decisive policy planning.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the economic impact assessments on Brexit were commissioned; and for what purpose.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4735), which Carillion contracts have had work suspended while an alternative provider contractor is found.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria were used by the Legal Aid Agency in determining that the families of victims of the Shoreham air show crash were not entitled to financial support when other parties involved in the inquest will have state su...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the refusal by the Legal Aid Agency of support for the families of the victims of Shoreham air show seeking representation in the forthcoming inquest.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they commissioned impact assessments of the failure of Carillion; and if so, at what stage.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they most recently agreed a contract with Carillion; what contracts have been agreed in the last 12 months; and what are the details of those contracts.