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1000309

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Talk Money Week
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his office have had with representatives of Talk Money Week.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	187318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is in regular discussions with the Money Advice (MAS), the main organisers of Talk Money Week, about debt advice, financial capability and financial education policy. The Government strongly supports and looks forward to Talk Money Week and I am providing the keynote speech at the Talk Money Conference on the 14<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 187319 question first answered 06/11/2018 15:54:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1000310

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Talk Money Week
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of Talk Money Week.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	187319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is in regular discussions with the Money Advice (MAS), the main organisers of Talk Money Week, about debt advice, financial capability and financial education policy. The Government strongly supports and looks forward to Talk Money Week and I am providing the keynote speech at the Talk Money Conference on the 14<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 187318 question first answered 06/11/2018 15:54:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1148736

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with representatives of the Local Government Association before the announcement of 9 October 2019 of a 1 per cent increase in the interest rate on new loans from the Public Works Loan Board.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	76
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government engages sector representatives in policy development where possible. It was not possible to do that in this case because the change was market sensitive. The Local Government Association was notified of the decision after markets closed on 8 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 77 question first answered 17/10/2019 13:17:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1148737

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with representatives of local government before the announcement of 9 October 2019 of a 1 per cent increase in the interest rate on new loans from the Public Works Loan Board.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	77
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government engages sector representatives in policy development where possible. It was not possible to do that in this case because the change was market sensitive. The Local Government Association was notified of the decision after markets closed on 8 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 76 question first answered 17/10/2019 13:17:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1148738

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the one per cent increase in the interest rate on new loans from the Public Works Loan Board will have on local authorities’ capital investment plans.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	78
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>In raising interest rates for new loans from the Public Works Loan Board, the Treasury assessed the potential impact on local government capital plans. This increase returned Public Works Loan Board rates to levels that were available in 2018.</p><p> </p>The Government will continue to work with individual authorities on a case-by-case basis if they raise concerns over their finance position. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/10/2019 13:14:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688137

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average waiting time is for processing (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting as of 7 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13521 13522 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688138

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average waiting time was for processing (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting on 1 February in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13520 13522 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688139

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of applicants failed (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13520 13521 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1690455

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Andrew Gilligan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Andrew Gilligan was subject to the terms of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers from 25 October 2022 to 20 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	14827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Andrew Gilligan has been a special adviser to the Prime Minister since March 2023.</p><p>All special advisers abide by the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 14828 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:55:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1690456

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Andrew Gilligan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Andrew Gilligan was employed on a full-time basis as a special adviser to the Prime Minister throughout the period from 25 October 2022 to 20 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	14828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Andrew Gilligan has been a special adviser to the Prime Minister since March 2023.</p><p>All special advisers abide by the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 14827 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:55:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne