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date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Public Services Network; and what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of that Network.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Each government department or organisation connected to the PSN is responsible for procuring its own connectivity services separately from a group of approved providers. Since almost 700 public sector organisations across central government, local government and other public agencies and bodies use the PSN, it is not possible for Cabinet Office to report on the total cost to the public purse.</p><p>The National Audit Office 2016 “Protecting information across government” report reported that the project saved £406 million across government over the 4 years between 2011/12 and 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:49:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

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registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage recruitment to the regular armed forces from (a) Wakefield and (b) West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	187357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Armed Forces recruit nationally and do not operate a specific policy of increasing recruitment from particular geographic areas. Armed Forces Career Offices are spread across the UK with approximately a dozen across Yorkshire, including in Leeds and Bradford, and are complemented by dedicated call centres and online recruiting operations, ensuring that all communities have the same recruitment opportunities. During the pandemic, the Armed Forces have conducted COVID-secure outreach programmes and virtual careers events, supported by web-based information services and social media campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 187358 question first answered 29/04/2021 12:11:44 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

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registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Russia: Diamonds and Metals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to block imports of Russian-origin (a) diamonds, (b) copper, (c) aluminium and (d) nickel.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	187357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the UK increased import duties by an additional 35 percentage points on a variety of precious and semiprecious stones and metals from Russia and Belarus including rough and polished diamonds. We also designated the Russian state-owned company Alrosa.</p><p>Our announcement at the G7 in May goes further and we will legislate later this year to end imports of Russian diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel. As with all our Sanctions measures, we continue to work closely with our G7 partners to further align and coordinate their implementation and enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 187356 question first answered 12/06/2023 16:34:19 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft