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1490683

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chequers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money from the public purse has been spent on alcohol at Chequers in each year between 2019 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	39966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 20 July 2022 to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-15/37503" target="_blank">37503</a>.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 39967 question first answered 22/07/2022 14:37:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1490129

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning he has carried out on dealing with periods of extreme heat.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been overseeing the cross-government response to the current heatwave, running daily COBR meetings and ensuring appropriate situation reporting to inform contingency plans and decision making.</p><p>Individual departments are responsible for the preparedness and contingency plans of their sectors, including ensuring that plans are in place to handle the impacts of extreme heat.</p><p>The UK Government has activated a number of pre-agreed contingency plans to cope with the current heatwave, using the Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning service and the UK Health Security Agency’s Heat Health Alerts as triggers for contingency plan implementation. For example, in response to the forecast, the rail network has introduced widespread speed restrictions and the NHS has taken steps outlined in the National Heatwave Plan.</p><p><strong><p><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2022 13:37:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1490261

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	RAF Coningsby: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of the Prime Minister’s visit to RAF Coningsby on 14 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	38671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister accompanied pilots on a routine training flight and, therefore, no extra cost was incurred.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 38826 question first answered 21/07/2022 10:51:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1490278

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Special Advisers: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any special advisers to Government have had their contracts terminated since 4 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	38796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Under paragraph 14b of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911037/Model_Contract_for_Special_Advisers_-_August_2020.pdf" target="_blank">Model Contract for Special Advisers</a>, a special adviser’s employment is automatically terminated when their appointing minister ceases to hold the ministerial office to which they were appointed to assist them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/07/2022 10:52:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490284

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's expected timeframe is for Minister or Department to respond to an hon. Member's email on behalf on a constituent; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle incidences of responses being outstanding for several months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	38661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs and Peers. On 26 May 2022, we published data on the timeliness of government responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2021 on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2021. Cabinet Office timeliness improved each quarter of 2021, with 89% of correspondence received from hon. Members in quarter four responded to within 20 working days.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As per the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance" target="_blank">Guide to Handling Correspondence</a>, updated by the Cabinet Office in July 2021, the target response time set by Departments for correspondence must not exceed 20 working days. The Cabinet Office continues to keep its own processes under review to further improve the time taken to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/07/2022 11:10:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1490388

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he discussed with the Welsh Government plans to announce a level 4 alert under the Heatwave Plan for England before that announcement was made on 15 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	38837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Officials from the Welsh Government were first engaged by their counterparts in the Cabinet Office and the Met Office with respect to the possible severity of the current heatwave on 7 July 2022.</p><p>The First Minister for Wales was directly engaged by Cabinet Office Ministers on 14 July 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2022 13:08:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1490403

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to Sir Robert Francis QC’s Infected Blood Compensation Framework study.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	38868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-13/35990" target="_blank">35990</a> on 18 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2022 14:23:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott