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1657011

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: House of Commons Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help improve collaboration with the House of Commons Commission.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>As the Government’s representative on the House of Commons Commission, I work closely with all Members of the Commission on a range of matters and will continue to do so.</p><p>The Commission is responsible for the administration and services of the House of Commons. In order to inform the Commission’s work, I recently instigated a survey of all Members to better understand their needs and the support required to do their job and was pleased by the level of participation. I look forward to considering its findings.</p><p>Further information regarding the agendas and decisions of the House of Commons Commission is available on <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/348/house-of-commons-commission/content/118993/agendas-and-decisions/" target="_blank">parliament.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:14:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657012

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	House of Commons Members Estimate Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what her priorities are for providing oversight of the House of Commons Members Estimate.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Members Estimate Committee, which has the same MP membership as the House of Commons Commission, is appointed by the House of Commons under Standing Order 152D. The Committee’s agenda items are often discussed as part of the House of Commons Commission meetings and, as the Government’s representative on the House of Commons Commission, I have regular discussions with Members of the Commission on a range of matters and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:13:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657014

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Privy Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many Privy Council meetings has she attended in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>I have attended 14 meetings of the Privy Council within the last twelve months.</p><p>Published details of all Privy Council meetings and business transacted since 2010 can be found at: <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/meetings-and-orders/orders-in-council/" target="_blank">https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/meetings-and-orders/orders-in-council/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657015

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Members' requests for assistance on ministerial correspondence are addressed in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to Members’ correspondence. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number of actions:</p><ul><li>I write to Cabinet colleagues every week following Business Questions to take up the concerns raised by Members, including in relation to delayed responses to correspondence.</li><li>I have met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I met separately with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on ministerial correspondence and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1,160 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Ministerial Correspondence and Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>As per the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Handling Correspondence (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance</a>), departments and agencies should aim to respond to correspondence within a 20-working day target deadline. The Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all government departments on GOV.UK in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:12:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657021

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many meetings she has had with the Chief Whip to discuss Government priorities and the legislative programme in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>As Leader of the House of Commons, I meet regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss issues across my portfolio and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:08:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657085

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to written parliamentary questions. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>Data on response times to written parliamentary questions is held by the House, not government, and the ​Procedure ​Committee has a strong track record of calling Ministers in to look at​ departmental​ performance where there are issues​. Their regular reporting of performance continues to be an effective tool​. ​I note the Procedure Committee's report from earlier in this session on written parliamentary questions during the 2021-22 session​ and ​I was pleased to read that the number of answers provided on time has improved from the 2019-21 session. ​I hope we will see this improvement continue when the Committee publishes its next report following the current session. ​</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number actions:</p><ul><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>In November 2022 my office published an updated Guide to Parliamentary Work which is available on Gov.uk and includes guidance for civil servants on answering written parliamentary questions (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work).</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on Written Parliamentary Questions and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1012 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Written Parliamentary Questions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196752 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:06:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657108

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what data their Department holds on the average response time to written parliamentary questions in the last six months; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to written parliamentary questions. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>Data on response times to written parliamentary questions is held by the House, not government, and the ​Procedure ​Committee has a strong track record of calling Ministers in to look at​ departmental​ performance where there are issues​. Their regular reporting of performance continues to be an effective tool​. ​I note the Procedure Committee's report from earlier in this session on written parliamentary questions during the 2021-22 session​ and ​I was pleased to read that the number of answers provided on time has improved from the 2019-21 session. ​I hope we will see this improvement continue when the Committee publishes its next report following the current session. ​</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number actions:</p><ul><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>In November 2022 my office published an updated Guide to Parliamentary Work which is available on Gov.uk and includes guidance for civil servants on answering written parliamentary questions (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work).</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on Written Parliamentary Questions and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1012 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Written Parliamentary Questions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196729 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:06:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

456985

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide funding for the modernisation of infrastructure on the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	29465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) told the House on 24 March 2015, (Official Report, columns 1302-1303) we have put in place a programme of infrastructure improvements worth £180 million over the next decade designed to deliver enhanced operational effectiveness and an improved quality of life for our personnel based in the Falkland Islands. He was able to see the first stage of construction work on that programme for himself when he visited the Islands recently.</p><p>This programme will ensure that our enduring commitment to the defence of the Islands is sustained effectively for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:17:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20150324_Falkland_Islands_Defence_Review[1] 29465.docx title Falkand Islands Defence Review
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

445480

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of fraudulent compensation claims against Armed Forces personnel in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	22763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Government is committed to action to bear down on unmeritorious litigation of all kinds against the Armed Forces, and will be announcing its proposed course of action in due course. Accusations must be investigated, but where they are found to be fraudulent, or where relevant information is withheld, we will robustly defend the reputation of the Armed Forces and the interests of the taxpayer. We welcome the decision of the Solicitors Regulation Authority to refer one firm of solicitors heavily involved in bringing claims from Iraq to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2016 15:36:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight