2023 House of Lords Freedom of Information Responses
Responses to Freedom of Information requests received by the House of Lords in the calendar year 2023, where information was held and disclosed in part or in full, are published below.
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FOI 4064 - Contract details for Parliament nursery service (pdf, 155KB)
FOI 4065 - Transactions over £25,000 from November 2022 (pdf, 86KB)
FOI 4075 - Information relating to the consultation process for the Online Safety Bill (pdf, 1MB)
FOI 4085 - The last sitting dates in the House of Lords of two named members (pdf, 100KB)
FOI 4095 - House of Lords flexible working policy (pdf, 96KB)
FOI 4106 - Information about Cloud infrastructure, strategy and expenditure (pdf, 134KB)
FOI 4120 - Conduct and policies relating to staff of members of the House of Lords (pdf, 530KB)
FOI 4123 - Most recent Writs of Summons for one life peer and 5 hereditary peers (pdf, 2MB)
FOI 4136 - Data on members' attendance in the House of Lords from 01/01/23 - 27/06/2023 (pdf, 175KB)
FOI 4140 - Full list of House of Lords gift shop sales by item in 2023 to date (pdf, 106KB)
FOI 4143 - Details of events where venues were hired out in the House of Lords (pdf, 272KB)
FOI 4145 - Maintenance of the Parliamentary estate, contracts and procurement (pdf, 140KB)
FOI 4148 - Information pertaining to the technical features of Hansard online (pdf, 105KB)
FOI 4151 - Questions on technologies in use at the House of Lords (pdf, 225KB)
FOI 4152 - House of Lords late sitting hours and procedure for members to raise concerns (pdf, 86KB)
FOI 4154 - Information relating to the Sexual Offences (pdf, 113KB)
FOI 4155 - Customer Relationship Management (pdf, 137KB)
FOI 4162 - Information relating to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (pdf, 111KB)
FOI 4163 - Injuries and compensation claims at the House of Lords in the last 12 months (pdf, 98KB)
FOI 4170 - Details and cost of any of artificial intelligence (pdf, 102KB)
FOI 4174 - Catering subsidy and sample menus (pdf, 2MB)
FOI 4188 - Parliamentary passes sponsored by members of the House of Lords in 2021-2023 (pdf, 147KB)
FOI 4204 - Cost for staff to change the clocks on the weekend of 28/29 October 2023 (pdf, 81KB)
FOI 4209 - Disposal, refurbishment or recycling of laptops and mobile phones (pdf, 159KB)
FOI 4212 - Copies of recent Letters Patent and State Opening ceremonial programme (pdf, 594KB)
FOI 4213 - Lost property, cash and unclaimed items in the House of Lords (pdf, 144KB)
FOI 4214 - Energy suppliers, current tariffs and future tariff agreements (pdf, 130KB)
FOI 4217 - Duration for a new law to pass through the legislative process (pdf, 133KB)
FOI 4219 - Scaffolding on the Parliamentary Estate in the past year (pdf, 83KB)
FOI 4221 - Spend on food and beverages for meetings in the past 3 years (pdf, 78KB)
FOI 4222 - IT system failures in the last 3 years (pdf, 121KB)
FOI 4223 - Spend on alcohol and members' robes in the House of Lords (pdf, 98KB)
FOI 4224 - Spend on robes each year for the last 5 years (pdf, 83KB)
FOI 4225 - Champagne used at House of Lords events for the last five years (pdf, 131KB)
FOI 4231 - Christmas food and menus in the Peers' Dining Room (pdf, 7MB)
FOI 4232 - Air travel expenses claimed by Lord Cunningham of Felling in 2022-2023 (pdf, 4MB)
FOI 4235 - Library books taken out by members of the House of Lords since 2019 (pdf, 183KB)
FOI 4237 - Fires on the Parliamentary Estate since 2021 (pdf, 108KB)
FOI 4239 - Sales and net profit/loss for House of Lords bars in the last financial year (pdf, 101KB)
FOI 4241 - Food Safety inspection reports relating to House of Lords catering outlets (pdf, 4MB)
FOI 4244 - Membership of Stonewall UK and its programmes in 2022-23 (pdf, 142KB)
FOI 4245 - Thefts of IT equipment on the Parliamentary Estate since May 2023 (pdf, 84KB)
FOI 4247 - Log of FOI requests received by the House of Lords from July to December 2023 (pdf, 89KB)