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1386625

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street
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, if he will publish full details of hospitality expenses incurred by No. 10 Downing Street for each day of November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	90471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office transparency spending data by month can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reflecting the security practices of successive administrations, Downing Street does not publish information on details of visitors admitted to No.10 Downing Street. Details of formal meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 90472 question first answered 14/12/2021 10:53:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1386627

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street
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, if he will publish full details of visitors admitted to No. 10 Downing Street on each day of (a) November 2020 and (b) December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	90472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office transparency spending data by month can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reflecting the security practices of successive administrations, Downing Street does not publish information on details of visitors admitted to No.10 Downing Street. Details of formal meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 90471 question first answered 14/12/2021 10:53:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1386251

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street
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, if he will publish full details of hospitality expenses in Number 10 Downing Street for each day of December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	89628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office transparency spending data by month can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/12/2021 17:51:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381296

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Meetings
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 steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his 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	80384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministers holding meetings with external organisations on government business are routinely accompanied by a Private Secretary or other official. Where a Minister finds themselves discussing official business without an official present, any significant content is passed back to the department as soon as possible, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/11/2021 17:52:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1379439

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Meetings
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 his 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	76743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Civil servants will make a judgment on what formal, structured meetings should be minuted, and what meetings should be recorded as having taken place, in light of the Civil Service Code, more specific best practice such as ‘Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers’, and the Cabinet Office guidance on Ministerial quarterly returns.</p><p> </p><p>I note that there has been Parliamentary scrutiny of this issue in relation to the debate in this House on ‘Randox Covid Contracts’ of 17 November 2021. Following that debate, the Government has committed to publishing before Parliament a range of background papers relating to the Randox procurement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 76745 question first answered 01/12/2021 09:00:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1379441

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Meetings
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 his 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	76745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Civil servants will make a judgment on what formal, structured meetings should be minuted, and what meetings should be recorded as having taken place, in light of the Civil Service Code, more specific best practice such as ‘Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers’, and the Cabinet Office guidance on Ministerial quarterly returns.</p><p> </p><p>I note that there has been Parliamentary scrutiny of this issue in relation to the debate in this House on ‘Randox Covid Contracts’ of 17 November 2021. Following that debate, the Government has committed to publishing before Parliament a range of background papers relating to the Randox procurement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 76743 question first answered 01/12/2021 09:00:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson