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1356174

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to consult with local level self-advocacy groups on (a) covid-19 communication and (b) government guidance relating to covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Harper
	uin	50632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government constantly monitors public awareness of its communication campaigns. We use regular evaluations to maximise the impact of our campaigns across the UK.</p><p>We are committed to supporting individuals with disabilities through every stage of this pandemic. Progress in this area means that COVID-19 guidance is available across multiple channels in a range of alternative formats. Many of our most crucial content assets come in alternative accessibility formats including Easy Read, large text formats, videos with British Sign Language interpretation, and audio. Important health communications, also, regarding COVID-19 symptoms, Stay Alert and NHS Test and Trace content, are available in alternative formats, including Easy Read, British Sign Language and Audio. COVID-19 statements and speeches from the Prime Minister are now also made available in transcript form on GOV.UK, aligning with accessibility standards.</p><p>We continuously engage with disability charities using polling and focus groups with hard-to-reach audiences to better understand how our communications are received and how this affects COVID-safe behaviours. We use these insights to improve government messaging, mitigate anxieties and challenge misinformation.</p><p>Examples of new guidance are discussed in regular sessions with disability charities and experts in accessibility; this provides an opportunity for these groups to review and make recommendations on how to better government communications. We will continue to work with these organisations to ensure COVID-19 communications are as accessible as possible.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 50631 question first answered 27/09/2021 07:07:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper

1361104

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021, published on 14 September 2021, and the statement that in the event that the data suggests the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government has prepared a Plan B for England, if he will define the data that would indicate that the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	58836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>If data suggests the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government has prepared a Plan B for England. The Government hopes not to have to implement Plan B. However, given the uncertainty, the Government set out details in the Autumn and Winter Plan 2021 so that the public and businesses know what to expect if further measures become necessary.</p><p>The Government will remain vigilant and monitor the data closely, using a wide range of evidence, as we have done throughout the pandemic. This includes case numbers, hospital admissions and occupancy, deaths, the ratio of cases to hospitalisations, the rate of growth in cases and hospital admissions - particularly in the over 65s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/10/2021 13:46:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1361109

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Certificates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Covid-Status Certification: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, published on 9 September 2021, if he will publish the equalities impact assessment that the Government conducted on covid-status certification.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	58837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s response to the Committee’s report, the Government will provide the Equalities Impact Assessment conducted on COVID-status certification ahead of the introduction of any legislation that may be required, in the normal way.</p><p>Further inquiries on COVID-status certification should be directed to my colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/10/2021 13:52:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1385488

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 December 2021 on Transforming Public Procurement, HCWS444, whether the Procurement Review Unit will be based in his Department; which Minister will be responsible for that unit; and by what date he plans for that unit to be operational.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	87684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>The Procurement Review Unit will be based in the Cabinet Office and will report to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The Unit will form part of the new procurement regime which is subject to the usual Parliamentary processes. The new regime will not be active until 2023 at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/12/2021 14:41:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1423029

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Sir Robert Francis' study into options for a framework for compensation for people infected and affected by infected blood upon his Department receiving it.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	125442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The study will report to the Paymaster General no later than 14 March 2022. The Government will give full consideration to Sir Robert's study - which is separate from the independent public inquiry. The Government's response and Sir Robert's study will be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 125039 125060 125077 125507 125565 question first answered 24/02/2022 13:45:45 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1345930

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of additional civil servants required to administer the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating to the flow of goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and (b) cost of recruiting additional civil servants for that purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	31417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>Border Force has recruited fifty full-time equivalents for the purpose of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol at a total cost of approximately £1.4m.</p><p>Other Departments have recruited small numbers of additional staff but have generally managed the requirements of the Protocol through reprioritization.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/09/2021 07:08:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1349648

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. member for West Lancashire, of 12 March 2021, on the Good Friday Agreement, reference ZA55909.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	38182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence, and I apologise for the significant delay in responding to the important points raised by the hon. Member on behalf of her constituent.</p><p>We have responded to the hon. Member’s letter, which was received in May, on 8 November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 66177 question first answered 08/11/2021 17:02:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1352458

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Topham Guerin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments on contracts the Department made to Topham Guerin in August 2021; what payments are scheduled to made to that company in September 2021; and what were the nature of those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	41623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes details of all contracts over £10,000 on <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a> and spend over £500, including on public information campaigns, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">on gov.uk</a> on a rolling basis. This will include expenditure on this campaign and will be broken down by supplier.</p><p>This contract was modified in accordance with Regulation 72.1.(c) and 72.1.(b) of the Public Contract Regulations. Further detail is available in the <a href="https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:376772-2021:TEXT:EN:HTML" target="_blank">Tenders Electronic Daily supplement to the Official Journal of the EU. </a></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/09/2021 07:07:53 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1352496

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 August 2021 to Question 16063 on Disease Control, if he will make it his policy to gather the details of all pandemic exercises held across Government departments from 2010 onwards; if he will set out the relevance of each exercise to the covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	41796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>In addition to the information provided in the response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-15/16063" target="_blank">PQ 16063</a>, the following cross-government exercises have been conducted since 2010 in relation to pandemic preparedness and response:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>April 2021: an official-level exercise to test contingency plans for the risk of an emergence of a significant variant of COVID-19.</p></li><li><p>May 2021: a Ministerial-level exercise to rehearse the response to the outbreak of a significant variant of COVID-19.</p></li><li><p>August 2021: a series of official-level wargames to test cross-government COVID-19 arrangements for the Autumn / Winter period.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>As explained in the response to PQ 16063, the Government does not publicly comment in detail on pandemic preparedness exercises. This includes exercises that test plans for ongoing emergencies, including COVID-19. This is to allow Ministers, officials and emergency planners to develop policies and plans while ensuring that the full, candid and proper deliberation of lessons learned is not influenced or impacted by the possibility of public exposure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 41798 question first answered 27/09/2021 16:32:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1352498

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 August 2021 to Question 16063 on Disease Control, which Cabinet Ministers were actively involved in Exercise Nimbus.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	41798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>In addition to the information provided in the response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-15/16063" target="_blank">PQ 16063</a>, the following cross-government exercises have been conducted since 2010 in relation to pandemic preparedness and response:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>April 2021: an official-level exercise to test contingency plans for the risk of an emergence of a significant variant of COVID-19.</p></li><li><p>May 2021: a Ministerial-level exercise to rehearse the response to the outbreak of a significant variant of COVID-19.</p></li><li><p>August 2021: a series of official-level wargames to test cross-government COVID-19 arrangements for the Autumn / Winter period.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>As explained in the response to PQ 16063, the Government does not publicly comment in detail on pandemic preparedness exercises. This includes exercises that test plans for ongoing emergencies, including COVID-19. This is to allow Ministers, officials and emergency planners to develop policies and plans while ensuring that the full, candid and proper deliberation of lessons learned is not influenced or impacted by the possibility of public exposure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 41796 question first answered 27/09/2021 16:32:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas