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1688529

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	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: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the (a) projects and (b) subjects worked on by the 10 Downing Street data science team since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	13811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The No10 Data Science Team has a remit to improve the way in which key decisions are informed by data, analysis, and evidence using cutting-edge data science techniques. This enables the Government to use the best available evidence, throughout the policy and decision-making process, to drive long-term systems change and enable staff to collectively solve the most pressing policy challenges. They also use data to track delivery of government priority programs, working closely with Delivery Unit. Notwithstanding, the Government would not normally comment on the details of policy development and formation, nor the process by which collective decisions are made across government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The team also runs a transformation program including: (1) project rAPId, a free, open source, lightweight data sharing system; (2) the No10 Innovation Fellowships, bringing industry expertise in AI into central government on year-long secondments to improve public services; (3) Evidence House, a program to upskill civil servants in data science, AI and software engineering; and crowdsource technical solutions to wicked problems; and (4) creating and managing the new Incubator for Artificial Intelligence, a 30-strong team of AI experts who are working on rapid delivery of AI projects in line with the Prime Minister’s priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/02/2024 17:45:55 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart previous answer version 19025 answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676303

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	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: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drinks receptions were held in 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/12/2023 14:58:20 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1697806

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	50:50 Parliament
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has provided funding to 50:50 Parliament in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	19959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office finance system does not show any transactions to 50:50 Parliament in the last five years, including grants issued by the department. The Cabinet Office does not hold financial data for other departments.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/04/2024 16:59:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1663834

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	9 Downing Street: Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions has the media briefing room at 9 Downing Street been used for (a) media briefings and (b) press conferences since its completion in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	201687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Downing Street Briefing Room is in regular use for media briefings twice a day on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and once a day on Fridays when Parliament is sitting, and once a week during parliamentary recess. There have been more than 30 televised press conferences held in it so far. It is also used for other events such as virtual calls with world leaders. It is also routinely used for internal Cabinet Office events.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/10/2023 12:59:26 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1660832

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 47, paragraph M of Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee report on China, whether the Government plans to update guidelines for the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in relation to intelligence and security matters with particular reference to China.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	199637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s recently published response to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on China states: “The government will consider the findings of the committee’s report … and consider strengthening the Business Appointment Rules in relation to intelligence and security matters as appropriate.”</p><p>The report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-the-isc-china-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-the-isc-china-report</a></p><p>It is already the case that, depending on the nature of the role, national security implications may form part of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/09/2023 16:19:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1663285

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	201139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 201109 201132 201133 201134 201135 201136 201138 201140 201141 201142 201143 201144 201145 201147 201149 201150 201151 201152 201153 201154 201155 201156 202347 202349 202353 202359 question first answered 23/10/2023 16:59:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1688677

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) farming and (b) growing businesses that have gone out of business in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	13729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th February is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ13729.pdf title UK Statistics Authority 2 file name PQ13729 annex.xlsx title 13729 DATASET question first answered 19/02/2024 12:35:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1688771

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Alice Perkins
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were their reasons for nominating Alice Perkins, former Chair of the Post Office from 2011 to 2015, for a recommendation for honours.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL2372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>Ms Perkins was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 2002 List when she was serving as Head of Civil Service Corporate Management and Reform within the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>Honours nominations are made in confidence and there is an expectation that they remain confidential in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/02/2024 11:41:16 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1672493

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	All-party Parliamentary Groups: National Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the funding of the activities of All-Party Parliamentary Groups by hostile states.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>It is, and always will be, an absolute priority to protect the UK from foreign interference. We know that some states seek to interfere in our democratic institutions and processes. This is unacceptable and the government is taking robust action to safeguard our national security.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The regulation of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) is a matter for Parliament and in July 2023 the House of Commons approved a new rule that APPGs must not accept the provision of a secretariat by a foreign government, or accept the services of a secretariat funded by a foreign government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2023 15:24:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1673627

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Allergies: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from allergies there have been in each year since 2000, by type of allergy.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	4103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 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 28 November is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ4103.pdf title UK Statistics Authority 2 file name PQ4103 dataset.xlsx title 4103 Dataset question first answered 04/12/2023 09:46:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter