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1536555

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Business Services: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Business Service work place programme, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of relocating staff into existing government hubs in Liverpool and Manchester compared with consolidating staff workplaces to a single site.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	72442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Consolidation at a single location was decided at stage one of a multi-stage assessment process and enables Defence Business Services to offer more flexible career opportunities for staff and options for efficient delivery of services. The down selection of options was made by comparing the qualitative benefits and through life costs of potential sites based on several factors including operational risk, sustainability, and compliance with key user requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 31/10/2022 16:19:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1366857

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	71439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ sponsorship and statutory superintendence of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is undertaken in accordance with the Framework Agreement between the Law Officers and the Director of the SFO, which was published in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Framework Agreement, The Law Officers regularly meet the Director and her senior leadership team to discuss the SFO’s work in tackling the top level of serious and complex fraud, bribery, and corruption. This includes regular Ministerial Strategic Boards, chaired by the Attorney General or Solicitor General, which oversee the strategic direction of the SFO and hold the SFO to account for the delivery of its strategic objectives.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 15/11/2021 09:13:41 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1353026

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of raising the retirement age of prison officers to 68 on the (a) recruitment, (b) retention, (c) safety and (d) morale of prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	43646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>We highly value our hardworking prison staff and offer access to medical professionals and an employee assistance programme to ensure continued physical and mental wellbeing. There are currently no plans for Cabinet Office to review the retirement age of prison officers within the Civil Service Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 43647 question first answered 09/09/2021 16:40:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1353028

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current retirement age of 68 for prison officers on prison officer pensions.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	43647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>We highly value our hardworking prison staff and offer access to medical professionals and an employee assistance programme to ensure continued physical and mental wellbeing. There are currently no plans for Cabinet Office to review the retirement age of prison officers within the Civil Service Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 43646 question first answered 09/09/2021 16:40:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1290129

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Adultery: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to update the definition of adultery to include members of the LGBT+ community.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	159016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Parliament considered this definition during passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Adultery in this context has a longstanding definition and can, within the terms of the 2013 Act, take place only between a man and a woman. A same sex extramarital affair can therefore not be cited in support of the legal fact of adultery for the purpose of a divorce petition under the existing law. People can and do, however, use the fact of behaviour in a divorce petition to cite same sex affairs or other kinds of infidelity that do not meet the legal definition of adultery.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms to be implemented by the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 will remove the use of adultery and other facts to show irretrievable breakdown in divorce and dissolution proceedings and replace these with a statement that the marriage or civil partnership has broken down irretrievably. There will therefore no longer be a requirement to evidence matters of a personal nature that can introduce or worsen conflict in the legal process to the detriment of any arrangements for the future, particularly about children. The Government is working to an indicative timetable of autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/03/2021 14:43:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1281963

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Service: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 10 December 2020 to Question 126115 on Public Service: Misconduct, what the Government's timescale is for publish its response to the Law Commission’s report into Misconduct in Public Office; and what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce statutory offences for misconduct in public office.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	145867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Law Commission published their report on Misconduct in Public Office in December last year. We are currently carefully considering the Law Commission’s report. The Government’s response, together with confirmation of any next steps will be issued within the timeframes outlined in the Joint Protocol between the Law Commission and the Government.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2021 16:08:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1258721

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Service: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Law Commission's recommendations of 4 December 2020 to replace the misconduct in public office offence with two statutory offences (a) an offence of corruption in public office and (b) an offence of breach of duty in public office.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	126115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>It is vital that those who hold public office are held to the highest standards and if they abuse these positions it should be clear what punishments they could face. We welcome the Law Commission’s report into Misconduct in Public Office and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 10/12/2020 16:54:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1252188

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Funerals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional financial support he plans to provide to funeral directors to help them manage attendance requests from self-isolating relatives of the deceased during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	115789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced a wide series of measures to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, business rate relief and other measures, for which it has been open to funeral directors to apply. We continue to assess the impacts of COVID-19 and keep the funeral sector’s needs under review.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of balancing the needs of the bereaved to mourn with the need to minimise the spread of COVID-19 infection. To support the management of this balance, we have published <em>Guidance for arranging or attending a funeral during the coronavirus pandemic </em>which, while recognising the importance of these rituals and gatherings, details the actions which are important in reducing the spread of infection. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2020 16:21:55 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden