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1038535

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide a written statement to the House on the legal implications of any potential changes the Government may negotiate to the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU in relation to the sovereignty of decision-making by Parliament on the Northern Irish backstop.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	206758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement. I have today written to the Prime Minister about an exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. Given the exceptional circumstances surrounding the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Government's commitment to provide Parliament with information to assist it to understand the Agreement, I have agreed that this letter should be published</p><p>It is available online <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-attorney-general-to-the-prime-minister-on-the-northern-ireland-protocol" target="_blank">here</a> and copies have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 14/01/2019 17:37:33 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1056658

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library his advice on the legal implications of any changes made to the Withdrawal Agreement text between the UK and the EU ahead of the forthcoming vote on that Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	218243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement and will look at what assistance it can provide the House. The Government has already published a collection of material to support public and parliamentary assessment of the deal. In addition, on 14 January, I agreed to the Government publishing a letter from me to the Prime Minister about the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 12/02/2019 12:28:47 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

1023244

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library all social media adverts that the Government has used to promote the Prime Minister's EU Withdrawal Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	201128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>These social media adverts cannot be added to the Library as they were video assets, which the House of Commons Library does not accept/record.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/01/2019 17:03:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1036911

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants are currently employed primarily to deliver Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL12553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is equipping itself with the right people with the right skills for the UK to successfully exit the European Union. There are almost 11,000 people now working on EU exit related policy and programmes across government. Workforce plans will continually be reviewed to ensure the Civil Service can respond to emerging capacity and capability requirements as we accelerate preparations.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/01/2019 11:34:23 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1043008

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 16 January 2019, Official Report, column 1269, if she will meet with (a) leaders (b) senior members and (c) Members of the Legislative Assembly from political parties represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly that are not represented in the House of Commons.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	209851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no meetings currently planned. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland meets with Northern Ireland political parties on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2019 09:31:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1058737

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government's Project After plans to improve the economy in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	219381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to prepare for a range of possible scenarios to maintain continuity of existing trading relationships, including one in which we do not reach an agreement with the EU on the terms of our withdrawal. As the Chancellor said to the Treasury Select Committee, should there be no deal, we would react to that in the usual way and support the economy through whatever transition is needed to get to a new, appropriate equilibrium.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/02/2019 12:14:58 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1058739

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil servants and (b) Government ministers are employed on plans to support economic growth in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	219383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p><em><strong>The Government as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit Implementation is carried out to a high quality. This includes planning for a range of scenarios, and all G</strong></em><em><strong>overnment departments</strong></em><em><strong> have been involved in no deal planning. </strong></em><em><strong>However, the percentage of time and personnel spent on exiting the EU without a deal - or specific activities related to this - is not recorded or easily accessible. </strong></em></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:27:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1058745

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments are drawing up plans to strengthen the UK economy in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	219387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>While leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority, the Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. This work involves the whole of Government working together to ensure the UK is prepared for all scenarios on and after exit day</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/02/2019 12:20:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1059872

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	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 5th February to Question 213879 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Government’s Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	220051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is leading and coordinating the cross-departmental Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign to help fulfil the Government’s duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare. In the coming weeks and months, we plan to use a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 January 2019, we launched a series of three radio adverts - to citizens, businesses and travellers - across UK-wide commercial stations, encouraging listeners to visit the website.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The latest release is available at <em>(</em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></em>)</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/02/2019 12:11:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1079426

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the public purse of the planned television advertisements outlining how the UK's exit from the EU will affect the public.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	227162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is leading and coordinating the cross-departmental Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign to help fulfil the Government’s duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare. In the coming weeks and months, we plan to use a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The latest release <em>(</em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></em>) showed that as of 31 December 2018, expenditure relating to this campaign totalled £300,000. In conjunction, Cabinet Office has committed to disclose full costs regarding the TV advertising as part of these data releases in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/03/2019 11:32:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran