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381929

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to add train operating companies to the Government's list of Strategic Suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	2833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As train operating companies generally only work through the Department of Transport, we have no plans at present to add them to the list of Strategic Suppliers, which is reviewed on a regular basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 22/06/2015 16:08:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

427466

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Health Services: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account was taken of the results of the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey on workplace union representatives in the healthcare sector in bringing forward proposals to cap union facility time in the Trade Union Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	15794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>There are no current proposals to cap facility time. The reserve powers in the Trade Union Bill, which allow Ministers to set a cap on the time and money spent on facility time, would be used only as a last resort.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/11/2015 12:04:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

445857

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Oldham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission an assessment of the potential economic impact on Oldham of the reduction in Oldham's public estate.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	23030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government Property Unit is working closely with Oldham Council and others across Greater Manchester on future plans across the public sector estate. Oldham Council is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Partnership on the One Public Estate Programme. The programme, delivered by Cabinet Office and the Local Government Association, aims to maximise local economic growth from better use of public assets. 108 councils have recently joined a third phase of the programme. Together, they expect to generate £172 million capital receipts, reduce running costs by £65 million, and create 30,000 new homes and 43,000 new jobs over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/01/2016 12:22:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 40566 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

521974

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what provision will be made for helping veterans and their families who may be affected by the publication of the Chilcot Report.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	38697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Iraq Inquiry has announced arrangements for next of kin of those who lost their lives in Iraq to see embargoed copies of the report on the day of publication. Representatives of the Armed Forces welfare and family liaison services will be on hand at the publication of the report and will be able to discuss with family members what further support might be helpful to them. Government is currently considering how best to ensure that those directly involved in Iraq operations can access the full report from the Inquiry, and we will announce arrangements in due course. There is no question of families of service personnel who died in Iraq having to pay for copies of the Chilcot report.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/06/2016 07:44:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 2151 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

679678

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is a vacancy for a Chief Scientific Adviser in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	62084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Due to its small size DCMS does not employ a Chief Scientific Adviser, using its Science Advisory Council to ensure officials have access to high level, independent, scientific and technical advice. While there is currently no plan to recruit a CSA this position is regularly reviewed.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 06/02/2017 09:45:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

691822

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many equality impact assessments have been carried out in the last three years on public service reforms which impact on (a) departmental staff and (b) members of the public; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	64441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Through the Government’s National Cyber Security Programme, my Department is delivering an ambitious set of initiatives to support the growth of and investment in cyber security companies across the United Kingdom, including those from Northern Ireland. In particular, we provide opportunities for early stage companies from across the UK to be represented at selected events where they can showcase their technologies and expertise in order to secure investment. We are also funding the delivery of two cyber innovation centres which are open to companies from across the UK.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are also funding the delivery of ‘Hut Zero’, an accelerator programme for individuals with cyber security ideas , and ‘Cyber 101’ business training ‘bootcamps’ for early stage companies, some of which are being delivered in Northern Ireland. I am particularly delighted that Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technology is playing a pivotal role in the delivery of both of those initiatives.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">DCMS is committed to offering all applicants equality of opportunity to ensure that we attract and retain candidates with the most talent and potential. To this end, the DCMS recruitment process does not require applicants to declare unspent criminal convictions at the initial recruitment stage. Applicants are asked to declare unspent criminal convictions as part of basic employment checks when a provisional offer of employment has been made. Decisions concerning appointment to a post where an individual has a conviction history are made on a case-by-case basis.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department does not retain details centrally that would allow us to identify employees with unspent convictions so the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/02/2017 17:40:34 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2017 11:18:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37703 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

709640

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff in her Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	67310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Parliament is dissolved.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/04/2017 13:53:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

709641

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Meetings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	67319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretary meetings with external organisations, including senior media figures, are published routinely on Gov.uk and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</p><p> </p><p>Information about meetings between officials, businesses and charities are not centrally held and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/03/2017 11:32:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

773192

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to work with broadcasting regulators to prevent advertisements for high-sugar food and drinks products being shown on television before the 9pm watershed.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	108390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer to PQ 108086.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 108412 question first answered 23/10/2017 07:16:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

805158

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Musicians: Free Movement of People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) UK and (b) non-UK EU touring musicians.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	118830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Since the referendum we have held a series of ministerial meetings and roundtables with the creative industries on the impact and opportunities of the UK leaving the EU. These meetings have included input from the UK music industry on the impact of leaving the EU on touring musicians.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting and promoting a thriving live music industry and ensuring the continued growth of this vital and vibrant sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/12/2017 12:33:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire