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541213

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ministers (1) in the House of Lords, and (2) in the House of Commons, are presently unpaid.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>In the present Government there are five unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Lords and three unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:48:50 question first ministerially corrected 03/08/2016 13:57:24 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown previous answer version 8779 answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

541214

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	BBC Monitoring
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 19 July (HL Deb, col 525), what assessment the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence, National Security Council, Joint Intelligence Committee and National Crime Agency have made of the suitability of the planned changes to the provision of reporting by the BBC Monitoring Service.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>Government has been working closely with the BBC to ensure the requirements of the MOD, FCO, Cabinet Office, and the intelligence agencies can continue to be met by BBC Monitoring.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:45:03 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

539974

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized businesses bid for a public contract in each region in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p>The Government is determined to deliver its new target of one third of spend with SMEs by the end of this Parliament and we have appointed Emma Jones as the new Crown Representative for SMEs to help us achieve that.</p><p>We do not hold information on the number of public sector contracts won by small businesses or on the number of companies bidding.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43380 question first answered 25/07/2016 15:04:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539975

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chevening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the running costs of Chevening House were in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Chevening House is not part of the government’s estate. The running costs are a matter for the Trustees</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 25/07/2016 09:49:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539976

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Living Wage: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people in (i) Leeds North West constituency, (ii) the Leeds City Region, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) Yorkshire are paid less than the Living Wage Foundation's living wage.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/07/2016 14:52:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to PQ 43378.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Living Wage
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539977

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public procurement contracts were won by small and medium-sized businesses in each region in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p>The Government is determined to deliver its new target of one third of spend with SMEs by the end of this Parliament and we have appointed Emma Jones as the new Crown Representative for SMEs to help us achieve that.</p><p>We do not hold information on the number of public sector contracts won by small businesses or on the number of companies bidding.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43381 question first answered 25/07/2016 15:04:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539979

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Females
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 19 July 2016 to Question 42775, what assessment he has made of progress to date towards meeting the target of 50 per cent of applicants for senior Civil Service posts being female.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Work is currently underway to monitor the diversity of applicants for SCS posts, including the male/female ratio. An analysis of this information will take place later in the year to help the department to understand what the barriers are for applicants what actions can be taken to overcome them.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 25/07/2016 09:50:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539188

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Privy Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the size of the Privy Council on 13 July; and how many appointments had been made to it up to that date since 11 May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL1264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The information is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Privy Counsellors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>13th July 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>657</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appointments since 11th May 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>179</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 26/07/2016 13:11:18 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

539204

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Twitter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which ministers have official ministerial Twitter accounts; and whether they have plans to close those accounts.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Civil servants manage departmental social media accounts, but not individual MP Twitter handles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 21/07/2016 15:51:37 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

539480

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths have been caused by air pollution in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	43043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/07/2016 14:34:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to 43043.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Air Pollution
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon