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1357669

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will take steps to consult bereaved families on the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	903619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>Every death from this virus is a tragedy and our deepest sympathies are with everyone who has lost loved ones. The Government remains steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that these families secure the opportunity to scrutinise the Government’s response to managing the pandemic that they deserve.</p><p>The Prime Minister made clear in his statement to this House on 12 May that bereaved families and others will be consulted on the inquiry’s terms of reference before they are finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/09/2021 16:05:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1357670

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to deliver civil service jobs outside London.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	903620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to levelling-up through relocating high quality Civil Service Jobs. At Budget 2020 we set out our ambitions to relocate 22,000 roles out of London by 2030, bringing new jobs and investment to all nations and parts of the UK, with senior roles being created in areas such as Glasgow, Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington and Wolverhampton. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster during his time as Chief Secretary to the Treasury encouraged Departments to frontload the majority of moves over this next Spending Review. I can confirm that we now have early commitments to move up to 15,000 civil service roles by 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>Departments will decide on their locations taking into account a range of factors including skills, transport links and capacity to meet their needs and flourish in their chosen locations, as well as ensuring locations are suitable for the long term success and sustainability of the civil service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/09/2021 16:01:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1357671

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on strengthening the Union.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Dr Jamie Wallis
uin	903624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting and promoting the combined strengths of our Union, the most successful political and economic union in history. It is vital that we continue to work together across the UK on our common challenges including recovering from Covid-19 and supporting the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, is now the Minister responsible for the Union portfolio.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/09/2021 16:03:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4766 label Biography information for Dr Jamie Wallis

1357974

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chequers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days the Prime Minister has stayed at Chequers overnight in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	54005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Chequers is not a government building; it is run and managed by an independent trust.</p><p>As has been the practice under successive Premiers, the Prime Minister uses Chequers consistent with the wishes of the donor, the late Sir Arthur Lee, who gave it to the nation for the use of the Prime Minister. Chequers is available to Ministers for both official and private use.</p><p>Sir Arthur Lee’s wishes are set out in the Chequers Estate Acts 1917: “It is not possible to foresee or foretell from what classes or conditions of life the future wielders of power in this country will be drawn. Some may be as in the past men of wealth and famous descent; some may belong to the world of trade and business; others may spring from the ranks of the manual toilers. To none of these in the midst of their strenuous and responsible labours could the spirit and anodyne of Chequers do anything but good. In the city-bred man especially, the periodic contact with the most typical rural life would create and preserve a just sense of proportion between the claims of town and country. To the revolutionary statesman the antiquity and calm tenacity of Chequers and its annals might suggest some saving virtues in the continuity of English history and exercise a check upon too hasty upheavals, whilst even the most reactionary could scarcely be insensible to the spirit of human freedom which permeates the countryside of Hampden, Burke and Milton. Apart from these more subtle influences, the better the health of our rulers the more sanely will they rule and the inducement to spend two days a week in the high and pure air of the Chiltern hills and woods will, it is hoped, benefit the nation as well as its chosen leaders.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 54006 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:45 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1357975

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chequers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many bedrooms are available for use at Chequers as at 23 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	54006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Chequers is not a government building; it is run and managed by an independent trust.</p><p>As has been the practice under successive Premiers, the Prime Minister uses Chequers consistent with the wishes of the donor, the late Sir Arthur Lee, who gave it to the nation for the use of the Prime Minister. Chequers is available to Ministers for both official and private use.</p><p>Sir Arthur Lee’s wishes are set out in the Chequers Estate Acts 1917: “It is not possible to foresee or foretell from what classes or conditions of life the future wielders of power in this country will be drawn. Some may be as in the past men of wealth and famous descent; some may belong to the world of trade and business; others may spring from the ranks of the manual toilers. To none of these in the midst of their strenuous and responsible labours could the spirit and anodyne of Chequers do anything but good. In the city-bred man especially, the periodic contact with the most typical rural life would create and preserve a just sense of proportion between the claims of town and country. To the revolutionary statesman the antiquity and calm tenacity of Chequers and its annals might suggest some saving virtues in the continuity of English history and exercise a check upon too hasty upheavals, whilst even the most reactionary could scarcely be insensible to the spirit of human freedom which permeates the countryside of Hampden, Burke and Milton. Apart from these more subtle influences, the better the health of our rulers the more sanely will they rule and the inducement to spend two days a week in the high and pure air of the Chiltern hills and woods will, it is hoped, benefit the nation as well as its chosen leaders.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 54005 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1358003

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to bring forward the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic to afford bereaved families the opportunity to have their concerns answered and come to terms with their losses.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	53983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 53984 53985 53986 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1358004

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on appointing a chair for the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	53984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 53983 53985 53986 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1358005

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on defining the terms of reference in preparation for the public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	53985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 53983 53984 53986 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1358006

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on (a) hiring staff, (b) finding offices and (c) sending advance requests for documents in preparation for the public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	53986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 53983 53984 53985 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1358007

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that lessons are learnt from the handling of the covid-19 pandemic before the public inquiry into its handling, for the purposes of ensuring a stronger response in the event that the virus mutates in a dangerous way between autumn 2021 and spring 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	53987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has consistently adapted its response to COVID-19, including new variants, as more is learnt about the virus and how best to manage it.</p><p>The Government has developed a wide range of tools to: reduce the risk of new variants emerging; stop and slow importation of the most dangerous variants; identify new variants and outbreaks; and ensure there is an appropriate response if further outbreaks occur. This includes - but is not limited to - the enhancement of domestic sequencing capacity this year. Our domestic capacity is set to further increase over the coming months, enabling a higher number of PCR positive cases to undergo whole genome sequencing, which in turn improves our ability to detect any new variants.</p><p>The Government is committed to learning lessons from COVID-19 to inform our preparedness for future epidemics. The government fully expects that many of those lessons will come from the public inquiry which will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/10/2021 09:37:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock