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1611658

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 175612 on Written Questions: Government Responses, if he will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of answering the 61,427 written parliamentary questions submitted in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	181202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As set out in my response to PQ175612, the cost of each PQ depends on a number of factors which will vary from department to department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It would therefore exceed the disproportionate cost threshold to estimate this figure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:57:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1611714

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ageing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to develop an ageing population strategy to help support adaptation for ageing populations.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	181258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government Office for Science produced a report in 2016, entitled ‘The Future of an Ageing Population’, which gathered the best available evidence to understand what the ageing of the UK population means both now and in the future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Work to protect our older generations goes across the whole of Government. Individual departments take responsibility for the delivery of relevant policies within their jurisdictions. For example, the policies to promote the maintenance of the physical and mental wellbeing of our older generations are delivered through the Department for Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:55:39 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1611746

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he held with the devolved administrations on the infected blood inquiry or infected blood compensation framework in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	181290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government liaised closely with the Devolved Administrations on the interim compensation paid in October 2022. Sir Brian Langstaff has recommended that there should be a single UK-wide scheme to issue compensation whilst maintaining the existing support schemes. As I said in my December statement, the Government is committed to liaising with the Devolved Administrations on this issue, and we will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 181291 181293 181294 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:39:16 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1611747

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he held with the devolved Administrations on the infected blood (a) inquiry and (b) compensation framework in January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	181291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government liaised closely with the Devolved Administrations on the interim compensation paid in October 2022. Sir Brian Langstaff has recommended that there should be a single UK-wide scheme to issue compensation whilst maintaining the existing support schemes. As I said in my December statement, the Government is committed to liaising with the Devolved Administrations on this issue, and we will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 181290 181293 181294 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:39:16 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1611749

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he held with the devolved Administrations on the infected blood (a) inquiry and (b) compensation framework in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	181293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government liaised closely with the Devolved Administrations on the interim compensation paid in October 2022. Sir Brian Langstaff has recommended that there should be a single UK-wide scheme to issue compensation whilst maintaining the existing support schemes. As I said in my December statement, the Government is committed to liaising with the Devolved Administrations on this issue, and we will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 181290 181291 181294 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:39:17 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1611750

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he held with the devolved Administrations on the infected blood (a) inquiry and (b) compensation framework in March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	181294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government liaised closely with the Devolved Administrations on the interim compensation paid in October 2022. Sir Brian Langstaff has recommended that there should be a single UK-wide scheme to issue compensation whilst maintaining the existing support schemes. As I said in my December statement, the Government is committed to liaising with the Devolved Administrations on this issue, and we will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 181290 181291 181293 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:39:17 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1611751

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings the Cross-Departmental group overseeing the Government's infected blood inquiry response have been held since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	181295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Meetings continue to be held at Ministerial and Official level to progress the Government’s response to Sir Brian Langsatff’s work. As set out in the statement of Wednesday 19th April, this is a priority for the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 24/04/2023 16:01:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1611925

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Uyghurs: Forced Labour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that goods produced by the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China are not included in any Government procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	181468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to preventing modern slavery occurring in public sector supply chains. The Cabinet Office has published commercial policy and guidance setting out the steps that all Government departments must take to identify and mitigate modern slavery and labour abuse risks throughout the commercial life cycle - focusing on the areas of highest risk. This policy is mandatory for all Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has taken a number of measures to help ensure that no British organisations are profiting from or contributing to human rights violations against the Uyghurs or other minorities. We have introduced guidance for UK businesses on the risks of conducting business in Xinjiang, implemented enhanced export controls, and committed to introducing new procurement guidance for Government bodies as well as financial penalties for non-compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is being considered by Parliament, strengthens the rules around excluding suppliers due to serious misconduct anywhere in their operations, including the supply chain. This includes explicit provision for suppliers to be prevented from bidding for contracts where there is evidence of their involvement in modern slavery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/04/2023 16:04:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1612092

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sharing Economy: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many "gig economy" workers there are in the UK workforce at present; and how many there were in each of the previous five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL7206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A holding response to the Noble Peer’s Parliamentary Question of 18th April is attached in the <del class="ministerial">answer.</del><ins class="ministerial">answer and the completed response will be deposited in the House of Lords Library.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Field of Birkenhead<br />House of Lords<br />London<br />SW1A 0PW<br />03 May 2023</p><p><br />Dear Lord Field,<br />As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many &quot;gig economy&quot; workers there are in the UK workforce at present; and how many there were in each of the previous five years (HL7206). Statisticians at the Office for National Statistics are currently undertaking additional analysis to answer your question and will place a copy in the House of Lords Library as soon as it is complete.</p><p><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/05/2023 16:53:03 question first ministerially corrected 19/05/2023 14:34:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7206HR.pdf title UK Statistics Authority previous answer version 72923 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL7206HR.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1612099

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lord Wilson of Rievaulx
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of the inquiry by Lord Hunt of Tanworth in 1996 into allegations of a security service plot against Harold Wilson.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL7214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the previous answer (HL1897) on 27 July 2021. To reiterate, official papers relating to these allegations are retained by the Cabinet Office. Retained papers are reviewed regularly to decide whether they can be released.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/05/2023 15:07:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath