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1459360

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	England Infected Blood Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) he or (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury regarding ongoing funding of the Infected Blood support scheme payments; and what discussions his Department has had with interested parties regarding financial settlements recommended by Sir Robert Francis in his report.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	157370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Ongoing funding of the Infected Blood support scheme payments is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>I recognise how important it is that the views of infected and affected people are reflected in Sir Robert’s study. It is for this reason that infected and affected core participants to the Inquiry, and their Recognised Legal Representatives were consulted not only on the Terms of Reference of the study, but also contributed significantly to Sir Robert’s information gathering process. It is my intention to publish the Study and the Government response, in time for the Inquiry and its core participants to consider them before Sir Robert gives evidence to the Inquiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/04/2022 10:03:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1458873

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit commissioned research into the experiences of vulnerable people claiming Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	156353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Information about the report is available as a Deposited Paper in the Libraries of the House (Ref: <a href="https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2283670/details" target="_blank">Dep2021-0836</a> Paper No. 7a)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 156354 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:50:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1458874

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) ministers and (b) officials were on the circulation list for the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit report in 2019 on the experiences of vulnerable people claiming Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	156354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Information about the report is available as a Deposited Paper in the Libraries of the House (Ref: <a href="https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2283670/details" target="_blank">Dep2021-0836</a> Paper No. 7a)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 156353 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:50:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1458900

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the appropriateness of arrangements and guidance on the use of WhatsApp and other electronic communications to conduct Government business with reference to (a) security, (b) transparency and (c) accountability.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	156569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Government has arrangements and guidance in place for the management of all electronic communications. As with all guidance, this is kept under review and updated as necessary. We are currently awaiting the judgement in legal proceedings in relation to government policy in this area. As such, I am not able to comment any further at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 17:02:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1458926

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lord Lebedev
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a timetable for the publication of the information detailed in the Humble Address motion tabled on 29 March 2022 regarding Lord Lebedev of Hampstead and Siberia.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	156488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Further to the passage of a Humble Address motion in the House of Commons on 29 March, the Government is carefully formulating its response to the request for information in relation to Lord Lebedev’s nomination to the House of Lords, and will respond in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In doing so, the Government will give careful consideration to the public interest, including freedom of information principles and data protection legislation, in line with our response to previous Humble Address motions – and as laid out in March 2019 by the Government in its response to Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Fifteenth Report of session 2017–19, Status of the Resolutions of the House of Commons, HC 1587.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 17:03:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1459131

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to introduce the Public Service Ombudsman Bill, as drafted in December 2016, to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	157509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The government has no plans at this time to introduce the 2016 Public Service Ombudsman Bill to Parliament. Whilst the government will consider specific proposals on Ombudsman reform we do not currently view more large scale Ombudsman reform as a priority for this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/04/2022 10:47:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1458236

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement and Public Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timeline is for the Government issuing its responses to the (a) Boardman report on the development and use of supply chain finance, published in August 2021 and (b) Committee on Standards in Public Life's report on standards, published in November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	155741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out that a policy statement in response to the Upholding Standards in Public Life Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the review into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance in government by Nigel Boardman will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements in their departments in line with legislation, the relevant Codes of Conduct and requirements of Managing Public Money. They are supported by legal, HR and finance professionals in discharging these obligations. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury provide a coordination role across such functions and can provide advice and guidance in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Ministerial appointments reflect the successive practice of administrations in engaging eminent individuals to provide independent views and advice to Government on specific areas. Such appointments should, by nature, be flexible to the circumstances of the situation and in line with wider public law duties. Appointments are made by Ministers. Appointees must abide by the Seven Principles of Public Life and the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, and should ensure that any relevant interests are declared to the Senior Civil Servant sponsoring their work to ensure that no actual or reasonably perceived conflicts arise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are responsible for their own transparency releases as they hold the information required to generate them and must take steps to ensure the accuracy of the information. The Cabinet Office provides central guidance to ensure consistency of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 155743 155744 155745 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

1458239

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to set up a centrally coordinated, cross-government compliance function for ensuring compliance with governance processes and the wider regulatory framework as recommended by Nigel Boardman.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	155743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out that a policy statement in response to the Upholding Standards in Public Life Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the review into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance in government by Nigel Boardman will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements in their departments in line with legislation, the relevant Codes of Conduct and requirements of Managing Public Money. They are supported by legal, HR and finance professionals in discharging these obligations. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury provide a coordination role across such functions and can provide advice and guidance in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Ministerial appointments reflect the successive practice of administrations in engaging eminent individuals to provide independent views and advice to Government on specific areas. Such appointments should, by nature, be flexible to the circumstances of the situation and in line with wider public law duties. Appointments are made by Ministers. Appointees must abide by the Seven Principles of Public Life and the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, and should ensure that any relevant interests are declared to the Senior Civil Servant sponsoring their work to ensure that no actual or reasonably perceived conflicts arise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are responsible for their own transparency releases as they hold the information required to generate them and must take steps to ensure the accuracy of the information. The Cabinet Office provides central guidance to ensure consistency of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 155741 155744 155745 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

1458323

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Treasury: Disclosure of Information
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 as at 19 April 2022 in terms of (a) staff hours and (b) other resources committed to the leak enquiry being conducted into the source of reports of (a) the non-domiciled status of the wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer published in the media on 6 April 2022, and (b) the Green Card status of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his wife published in the media on 7 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	155610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>It is a long-established practice of Her Majesty's Government not to comment on whether a leak inquiry has been established, its conduct or outcome.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 16:59:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1458518

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Airports: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current backlog of security checks required for airport staff to begin employment is.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	155826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>I am unable to reveal the number of National Security Vetting (NSV) checks in progress as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding Her Majesty’s Government (HMG). However, I am able to report that security checks are being processed in a timely manner. There are no delays, and the aviation industry is aware of the time that these checks take to be processed.</p><p><strong> </strong></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 Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 17:02:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh