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1701504

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Public Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) transport, (b) venue hire and accommodation, (c) printed materials including backdrops, (d) security, (e) staffing, (f) filming and photography and (g) other costs of each public meeting since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	22079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is a business unit of the Cabinet Office and, as such, its administrative costs are part of the Cabinet Office’s wider administrative costs.</p><p>Information for 2022-23 can be found in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-23" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-23</a>), copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.</p><p>Information for the last financial year will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 22081 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:24:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1701508

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the administration costs of her office were in each year since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	22081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is a business unit of the Cabinet Office and, as such, its administrative costs are part of the Cabinet Office’s wider administrative costs.</p><p>Information for 2022-23 can be found in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-23" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-23</a>), copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.</p><p>Information for the last financial year will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 22079 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:24:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381302

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department takes to ensure that at least one official from her Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Ministers holding meetings or phone calls on government business are routinely accompanied by a private secretary or other official, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2021 17:25:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1379446

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department’s process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of all meetings relating to Government business.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	76750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Formal, structured meetings are usually minuted. It is expected that the general guidance that departments give to their staff will help officials make judgements as to what meetings need to be minuted, noting their Civil Service Code obligation to ‘keep accurate official records.’</p><p> </p><p>Specific procedures are in place for external meetings involving ministers. These are publicly available and can be found in the <a href="https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers.</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/11/2021 16:38:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1281284

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Scotland and (v) Wales in each month from (A) August 2020 to (B) December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	144742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office publishes expenditure on government communication spend, including our national campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on gov.uk as part of routine government transparency arrangements at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p>We work closely across all four nations to ensure that our communication activity reaches the intended audiences effectively.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2021 15:06:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1281285

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Scotland and (v) Wales in each month from (A) August 2020 to (B) December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	144743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office publishes expenditure on government communication spend, including our national campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on gov.uk as part of routine government transparency arrangements at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>.</p><p>We work closely across all four nations to ensure that our communication activity reaches the intended audiences effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2021 12:03:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1273376

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the additional costs to (a) businesses in (i) Midlothian and (ii) Scotland and (b) British exporters to Northern Ireland of trading arrangements made as a result of the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	133052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>This is the first free trade agreement the EU has ever reached based on zero tariffs and zero quotas. The Agreement ensures there will be zero tariffs or quotas on trade between the UK and the EU, where goods meet the relevant rules of origin, and includes provisions to facilitate trade and address non-tariff barriers for UK exports to the EU and vice versa. This will benefit businesses across the UK.</p><p>On the movement of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, the UK-EU Joint Committee agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol complements the Trade and Cooperation Agreement to ensure trade is as streamlined as possible and minimises burdens for businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2021 17:45:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1219167

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) issue guidance to the general public and (b) make a public announcement advising people living in England not to enter Scotland in order to help contain the spread of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	66932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government will not be issuing such guidance. It is important that people travelling to Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland adhere to the laws and guidelines of the relevant devolved administrations at all times.</p><p>We will continue to confront the virus as one United Kingdom, but as the virus may be spreading at different speeds across the UK, measures may need to change in different ways and on different timetables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2020 16:02:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

457501

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance is issued under the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 to homes along the route of convoys transporting nuclear weapons.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	29773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 apply to areas, defined in each case by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, surrounding nuclear sites. The regulations do not apply to road transport and therefore no guidance is issued.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2016 16:45:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

454790

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance is issued to households on dealing with a nuclear incident.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	28219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>In accordance with the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (REPPIR) households in the area likely to be affected by a nuclear emergency, are provided with prior information to ensure they are properly informed and prepared in the unlikely event of an emergency occurring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/03/2016 16:02:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson