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1542768

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date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77345, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. The contracts of six Special Advisers in Ministry of Justice were terminated in the period in question. Severance pay must be paid back if a Special Adviser returns to government.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/11/2022 15:02:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542769

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77341, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies question first answered 21/11/2022 10:37:56 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542770

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77348, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser’s appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Northern Ireland Office were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 21/11/2022 10:05:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542771

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77333, how many special advisers working in her Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Between 29 June and 9 November 2022, the employment contracts of four Special Advisers in the Attorney General’s Office were automatically terminated following the cessation of their appointing Minister’s tenure in the department. Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the 2010 Act.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/11/2022 10:37:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542254

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Certification Quality Marks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) external research and advice, (c) public consultation and (d) stakeholder engagement related to the replacement of the CE product marking system with the new UKCA product marking system since the start of the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	87797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has spent around £2.6 million on the transition to the UKCA marking since the start of the 2020/21 financial year. The Government have prioritised extensive engagement with industry both in the UK and overseas and Conformity Assessment Bodies to understand the implementation challenges. This has enabled the Government to make transitioning to the UKCA marking as easy as possible for businesses, including providing them with more time to comply.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/11/2022 14:03:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542255

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the announcement of the joint UK-France arrangement on tackling small boat crossings in the Channel will affect the proposed (a) timing, (b) funding and (c) scale of her Department's plan to purchase like-for-like replacements for the Border Force's existing fleets of (i) five cutters and (ii) six coastal patrol vessels.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	87798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>We do not believe the Joint UK-France announcement will affect the timing, funding and scale of the Department’s plans to deliver a future proofed replacement capability for the Border Force’s existing Fleet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/11/2022 11:57:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542344

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign investment in UK: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her speech on 14 November 2022 to the Cato Institute in Washington DC, what was the source for her statement that the current amount of investment by US businesses into the UK economy is higher than the annual gross domestic product of Sweden.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	87799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that the level of Inward FDI stock in the UK from the United States at the end of 2020 was £479.2 billion.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables" target="_blank">ONS foreign direct investment involving UK companies 2020 (directional): inward</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest statistics from the International Monetary Fund show that the gross domestic product of Sweden (in US dollars current prices) for the same year was $547.1 billion. Using the Bank of England average spot exchange rate for 2020 this converts to £426.2 billion.</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October" target="_blank">IMF World Economic Outlook Database: October 2022</a> and <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/index.asp?Travel=NIxIRx&amp;levels=2&amp;XNotes=Y&amp;A3790XNode3790.x=12&amp;A3790XNode3790.y=12&amp;Nodes=&amp;SectionRequired=I&amp;HideNums=-1&amp;ExtraInfo=true#BM" target="_blank">Bank of England spot exchange rates</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2022 11:33:27 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 35577 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry