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1727789

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Members' Interests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 4 September (HC2317), whether a Minister is required to declare a political donation as an interest to their Department if they make a Government decision that directly and personally financially benefits the donor; and what guidance (1) the Cabinet Office, and (2) the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, have issued on such requirements, and on recusal processes in the event of conflicts of interest.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>There is an established process in place for the declaration and management of ministers’ private interests, which ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 14:30:21 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1727800

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Investment: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint a new investment minister.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friends the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade are responsible for this Government’s priority of growth and advancing opportunities for investment across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 14:30:32 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1727818

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Jess Sargeant
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 4 September (HL Deb col 1157), and to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 4 September (HC2317), whether Nick Thomas–Symonds declared, as a political donation in kind, the reported use of a seconded member of staff from Labour Together to (1) the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, or (2) to the Cabinet Secretary, before that member of staff, Jessica Sargeant, was appointed as a Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office by exception; whether they considered recusal; and whether Cabinet Office officials were informed of any political donations when they considered the delegated Recruitment Principles exception request for Miss Sargeant’s appointment to the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Constitution Group.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>There is an established process in place for the declaration and management of private interests held by ministers, which ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 15:22:21 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1728180

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on giving (a) bonuses and (b) reward-based pay to civil servants in the form of shopping vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, non-cash vouchers of small amounts may be used to mark the significant contributions of staff who have worked on specific projects outside of formal performance management processes.</p><p> </p><p>All individual awards follow an established approval process to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important to confirm that shopping vouchers are not used by government departments to pay traditional end of year performance bonuses - for those departments who still adopt that approach these end of year bonuses are paid as cash payments through payroll.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 19/09/2024 14:17:11 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728561

	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	Special Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in each department are on (a) four month probationary contracts, (b) six month fixed term contracts and (c) full contracts with no probationary period.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>All special advisers are subject to the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which is published online at gov.uk. It stipulates that the first four months of their appointment will be a probationary period.</p><p> </p><p>There are no special advisers on six month fixed term appointments, or contracts without a probationary period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 19/09/2024 14:17:53 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728565

	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	Morgan McSweeney
	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 31 July 2024 to Question 1240 on Morgan McSweeney, what the responsibilities are of Mr McSweeney in his role as a special adviser.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>It’s a longstanding policy to not comment on individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 19/09/2024 14:18:25 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728572

	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	Civil Service: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to House of Lords Question HL517 on Civil Service: Expenditure, what plans he has to update guidance on diversity networks in the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Existing guidance remains in place for EDI networks to regulate network governance and delivery and provide necessary guardrails to ensure due regard to the Civil Service Code.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 19/09/2024 14:18:48 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1724023

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance entitled Non-corporate communication channels for government business, published in March 2023, what the Government's policy is on Ministers using personal devices for conducting official business.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	2066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>There are arrangements and guidance in place for the management of all electronic communications in relation to the Government’s business as detailed in the guidance on Non Corporate Communication Channels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 18/09/2024 16:22:31 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1727459

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Life Peers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise the factors they take into account when considering the suitability of individuals to be nominated for a life peerage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government committed in its manifesto to reform the process of appointments to the House of Lords to ensure the quality of new appointments and to seek to improve the national and regional balance of the second chamber and is actively considering how this can be achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 18/09/2024 15:22:02 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1727460

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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: Membership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of fee-charging agencies offering coaching to prospective applicants for membership of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor the House of Lords Appointments Commission endorse any service or company charging for advice on how to make and complete an application to the House of Lords.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 18/09/2024 15:21:45 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw