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1729639

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Art Works
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister, or the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, undertook an equality impact assessment, and considered the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010, when deciding to remove the portrait of the first female Prime Minister from the Downing Street study.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
	uin	HL1035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The portrait continues to hang in 10 Downing Street.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 23/09/2024 14:34:59 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1729651

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 7 August (HL345), how many staffing hours are allocated to the Civil Service LGBT+ Network, and across how many staff members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Allocation of working time spent on cross-government staff networks is an agreement between the staff network volunteers and their departments as employers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The majority of staff time spent on the Civil Service LGBT+ Network is voluntary and unpaid. There are no central records on how many staff members participate in the network.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:46:55 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1729652

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL517), what applications for an equality, diversity and inclusion spending control exemption have been (1) applied for, (2) accepted, and (3) rejected, since the general election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Applications and decisions about applications for external Equality Diversity and Inclusion expenditure lie with individual departments. No exemptions have been centrally reported since the General Election.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:46:35 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1728782

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Remote Working
	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 13 August 2024 to Question HL548 on Government Departments: Remote Working, whether his Department holds comparative headquarters occupancy data for (a) June and (b) July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The publication of this data was suspended in line with pre-election guidance for the duration of the Pre-Election Period. We will provide an update on future publication plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould grouped question UIN 5023 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:41:42 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1729057

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition: Bishops
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why in their proposals to reform the eligible membership of the House of Lords they have not included consideration of the bishops.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	uin	HL973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>In its manifesto, the Government promised to bring about an immediate reform by removing the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has now introduced legislation to implement this reform. This is a first step in taking forward the Government's commitments to wider reform of the House of Lords, including the introduction of a retirement age, a new participation requirement, changes to the appointments process, as well as establishing an alternative second chamber that is more representative of the regions and nations of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 23/09/2024 14:34:22 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1729063

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to transfer Cabinet Office-sponsored (1) functions, and (2) agencies, to other Government departments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Following the 4th July 2024 election, there have been two Written Ministerial Statements outlining several Machinery of Government changes, all of which impact the Cabinet Office. The Written Ministerial Statement laid on 24th July 2024 (HCWS19) announced:</p><ul><li><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs will move from the Cabinet Office to the Ministry of Defence</p></li><li><p>Digital functions (i.AI, Government Digital Service, Central Digital and Data Office) will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology</p></li><li><p>Ministerial oversight of the EU relationship (existing agreements and the future relationship) will move from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>Government Car Service will move from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the Cabinet Office</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A later Written Ministerial Statement laid on 5th September set out:</p><ul><li><p>Responsibility for Union and devolution policy across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is moving from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Cabinet Office</p></li></ul><p>Cabinet Office staff are now working on the implementation of the above Machinery of Government Changes, including scoping and impact assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:44:20 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1728460

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of inward foreign direct investment was in each of the last 10 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Buckinghamshire
	tabling member printed	Greg Smith
	uin	5117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torfaen answering member printed Nick Thomas-Symonds question first answered 18/09/2024 15:23:17 answering member 4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds attachment 1 file name PQ5117.pdf title Letter from the National Statistician
	tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1728468

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Consultation
	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 22 July 2024 to Question 908 on Government Departments: Public Consultation, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure compliance by Departments with principle J.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Consultation Principles are high level guidance to help departments manage their consultations. The Cabinet Office provides advice to departments on these principles on request. Individual departments are legally responsible for the consultations they run, and will determine how to practically apply the principles to each of their consultations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torfaen answering member printed Nick Thomas-Symonds question first answered 17/09/2024 15:47:38 answering member 4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728469

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Trade Union Officials
	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 22 July 2024 to Question 903 on Public Sector: Trade Union Officials, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 on the statutory requirement for public sector organisations to collate and publish transparency data on trade union facility time.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to repealing the Trade Union Act 2016. Further information will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 18/09/2024 16:24:44 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728470

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests is able to initiate an investigation into the conduct of a Minister without the consent of the Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests has the powers to start investigations into misconduct and that he or she will have access to the evidence needed. Further detail will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 18/09/2024 16:43:11 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen