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1108999

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what ministerial vacancies exist; and when each one became vacant.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	240038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of ministers appointed to Her Majesty's Government, and the roles to which they are appointed, are not fixed.</p><p> </p><p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, the number of ministers in post will vary from time to time, subject to the prevailing legislation in the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 and the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/04/2019 16:24:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1127191

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report entitled A False Promise of Prosperity, published by Platform in October of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	255377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund has considered the findings of the report; we are confident the Prosperity Fund programmes are consistent with the UK government’s commitments, under the Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Within the portfolio, there are a considerable number of programmes where we are working with partner countries to increase their resilience to climate change, to reduce emissions, and to transition to a sustainable low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Fund’s energy related initiatives do not directly finance oil and gas exploration or production. They aim to help create policy and business environments that improve energy access, strengthen energy markets, encourage investment and promote energy efficiency. In turn this will improve energy security, and enable a faster transition to a cleaner, low carbon economy. This is consistent with the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5<sup>o</sup>C that oil and gas will continue to be an essential part of the global energy mix as we transition to a low carbon economy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/05/2019 16:01:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1127192

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings the report entitled A False Promise of Prosperity, published by Platform in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	255378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund has considered the findings of the report; we are confident the Prosperity Fund programmes are consistent with the UK government’s commitments, under the Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Within the portfolio, there are a considerable number of programmes where we are working with partner countries to increase their resilience to climate change, to reduce emissions, and to transition to a sustainable low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Fund’s energy related initiatives do not directly finance oil and gas exploration or production. They aim to help create policy and business environments that improve energy access, strengthen energy markets, encourage investment and promote energy efficiency. In turn this will improve energy security, and enable a faster transition to a cleaner, low carbon economy. This is consistent with the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5<sup>o</sup>C that oil and gas will continue to be an essential part of the global energy mix as we transition to a low carbon economy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/05/2019 15:59:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1037041

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	Civil Servants: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to change paragraph 1.20 of the civil service nationality rules guidance in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	205914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to change paragraph 1.20 of the Civil Service Nationality Rules guidance in the unlikely scenario that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. EEA nationals who are civil servants on exit day will be able to continue to be civil servants; and it will continue to be possible for the civil service to recruit EEA nationals.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/01/2019 16:39:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1137551

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government is making on implementing the recommendations of the cross-Whitehall Inter-Ministerial Group on Early Years Family Support.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	274531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>I pay tribute to my Right Honourable Friend’s role in establishing and chairing the Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group which has been considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age two) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group has made recommendations to relevant Secretaries of State which they are now considering.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/07/2019 15:58:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1039055

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to Government Departments on their (a) responsibilities and (b) obligations in relation to answers to (i) written and (ii) oral Parliamentary Questions.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	207198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Guidance on responding to Parliamentary Questions can be found on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The ministerial code states that Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/01/2019 16:23:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1039056

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to Government Departments in relation to the transfer to another Department of (a) written and (b) oral Parliamentary Questions to another Government Department to answer.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	207199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Guidance on responding to Parliamentary Questions, and details of ministerial responsibilities, can be found on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the <em>Parliamentary Questions: recent issues</em> briefing paper published by the House of Commons Library: Ministers, via their departments, may choose to transfer the question if they think responsibility lies with another department.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/01/2019 16:18:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1006118

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Insurance: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with insurance providers on advising clients provided with legal advice funded by that insurer about when to pursue or decline a whistle blowing case.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	190952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The insurance industry does not come under the remit of the Cabinet Office so no discussions have been held.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/01/2019 12:51:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1027220

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to programmes overseas that is not part of Official Development Assistance in each of the last three years; and how much such funding his Department plans to allocate in each of the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	202898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has a number of Business Units which have involvement with overseas programmes. However, the data is not held centrally and it would therefore be a disproportionate cost to collect the data.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 17:21:57 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1127296

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	List of Ministerial Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish an updated list of Ministerial responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	255685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial responsibilities can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a></p><p> </p><p>The List of Ministerial Responsibilities was last updated in December 2018. An update to the document is expected in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/05/2019 10:43:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara