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1465487

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions sent to each Government department received a response citing disproportionate cost as grounds upon which not to provide a substantive answer in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021and (d) January-May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	7944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of responses to written parliamentary questions from other government departments are not recorded centrally by the Cabinet Office. All questions that received responses that cited disproportionate costs or information not being available in the format requested can be found publicly on the parliament.uk website and can be searched for within the years requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 7945 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:39:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1465498

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions to each Government department received the response that information was not available in the format requested in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) January to May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	7945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of responses to written parliamentary questions from other government departments are not recorded centrally by the Cabinet Office. All questions that received responses that cited disproportionate costs or information not being available in the format requested can be found publicly on the parliament.uk website and can be searched for within the years requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 7944 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:39:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1483620

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the extent of the Government's co-operation or alignment is with the World Economic Forum.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	25729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Government officials have worked with the World Economic Forum on a range of policy areas including trade facilitation, ocean plastics, and digital issues. Two UK Ministers, Lord Grimstone and the COP26 President, also attended the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos in May 2022. The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of all formal contact with the World Economic Forum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 25730 question first answered 05/07/2022 10:04:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1483621

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments are formally working with the World Economic Forum.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	25730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Government officials have worked with the World Economic Forum on a range of policy areas including trade facilitation, ocean plastics, and digital issues. Two UK Ministers, Lord Grimstone and the COP26 President, also attended the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos in May 2022. The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of all formal contact with the World Economic Forum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 25729 question first answered 05/07/2022 10:04:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1491388

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) other representatives of UK Government Departments attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	42241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of total Government spending on travel to the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings. However, Ministerial and senior official foreign travel transparency data is published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 42242 question first answered 05/09/2022 11:03:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1491390

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of Government attendance at the World Economic Forum in (a) total and (b) by each Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	42242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised database of total Government spending on travel to the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings. However, Ministerial and senior official foreign travel transparency data is published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 42241 question first answered 05/09/2022 11:03:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1473254

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Prime Minister’s policy to maintain the obligations set out under Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and whether the Prime Minister has discussed the Government’s tobacco policy with (a) Lynton Crosby or (b) any people or organisations with links to the tobacco industry.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	24721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>As outlined in my answer of 23 May 2022 to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-23/7958" target="_blank">PQ 7958</a>, Sir Lynton Crosby is not a Government Adviser; any assistance he may provide is in a party political capacity to the Conservative Party.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to Government policy on tobacco control, I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 June 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-06-09/hcws87" target="_blank">HCWS87</a>. In developing the new Tobacco Control Plan, I can confirm the Government will continue to follow WHO principles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/06/2022 10:53:00 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1490129

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Temperature
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning he has carried out on dealing with periods of extreme heat.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	38721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been overseeing the cross-government response to the current heatwave, running daily COBR meetings and ensuring appropriate situation reporting to inform contingency plans and decision making.</p><p>Individual departments are responsible for the preparedness and contingency plans of their sectors, including ensuring that plans are in place to handle the impacts of extreme heat.</p><p>The UK Government has activated a number of pre-agreed contingency plans to cope with the current heatwave, using the Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning service and the UK Health Security Agency’s Heat Health Alerts as triggers for contingency plan implementation. For example, in response to the forecast, the rail network has introduced widespread speed restrictions and the NHS has taken steps outlined in the National Heatwave Plan.</p><p><strong><p><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2022 13:37:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1490388

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Temperature
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he discussed with the Welsh Government plans to announce a level 4 alert under the Heatwave Plan for England before that announcement was made on 15 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	38837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Officials from the Welsh Government were first engaged by their counterparts in the Cabinet Office and the Met Office with respect to the possible severity of the current heatwave on 7 July 2022.</p><p>The First Minister for Wales was directly engaged by Cabinet Office Ministers on 14 July 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2022 13:08:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1490278

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Special Advisers: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any special advisers to Government have had their contracts terminated since 4 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	38796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Under paragraph 14b of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911037/Model_Contract_for_Special_Advisers_-_August_2020.pdf" target="_blank">Model Contract for Special Advisers</a>, a special adviser’s employment is automatically terminated when their appointing minister ceases to hold the ministerial office to which they were appointed to assist them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/07/2022 10:52:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill