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810676

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Before travel is booked members of staff are asked to consider whether video conferencing, Google Hangouts or meeting rooms with telephone conferencing facilities could negate the need to travel.</p><p> </p><p>The CO travel provider ensures that our travel policy is embedded within their booking processes to ensure compliance is maximised.</p><p> </p><p>Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the following information is held for Cabinet Office corporate travel contracts (travel data outside of the travel corporate contracts is not readily available and could only be acquired at a disproportionate cost).</p><p> </p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Taxis</strong></p><p>The guidance for using a taxi for official travel allows for the use of a taxi when:</p><ul><li>you are outside of normal working hours (before 6am and after 9pm)</li><li>no other suitable method of public transport is available, and</li><li>travel by private vehicle or self-drive hire car is not possible and/or is not cost effective, and either:</li><li>you are transporting heavy luggage or official business equipment, or the saving of official time is important and can be justified on cost grounds.</li></ul><p>This guidance is embedded in the supplier booking process.</p><p> </p><p>Taxi costs</p><p>2013-2014 £78,955.13</p><p>2014-2015 £89,988.76</p><p>2015-2016 £87,981.44</p><p>2016-2017 £92,348.78</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>First class train tickets </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office policy is that all rail journeys should be Standard Class. First Class is only permitted if they are cheaper than Standard Class tickets</p><p> </p><p>First class train ticket costs</p><p>2013-2014 £40,937.17</p><p>2014-2015 £45,252.20</p><p>2015-2016 £37,084.95</p><p>2016-2017 £30,912.25</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>Business class air travel </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office policy is that for flights less than 5 hours, all journeys should be Economy Class. For flights more than 5 hours, Economy Premium is permitted.</p><p> </p><p>Business class air travel costs</p><p>2013-2014 £941,171.11</p><p>2014-2015 £832,884.99</p><p>2015-2016 £479,220.07</p><p>2016-2017 £474,427.33</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/01/2018 16:14:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810689

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her office has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ121021 on 10<sup>th</sup> January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2018 15:06:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

711521

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the average response rate was of his Office to individual Freedom of Information requests in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.<br><br>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Constitution on 21 March 2017, to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-03-15/68036/" target="_blank">68036</a>.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/03/2017 18:13:56 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

523054

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department and its executive agencies spent on the publications (a) Who's Who, (b) Burke's Peerage and (c) Debrett's in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	39451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/06/2016 16:07:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425376

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Stationery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to provide this response would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/11/2015 15:28:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

420008

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the job description for the Governor of Gibraltar includes a requirement that the post-holder be a serving or retired military officer.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	10940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>In the case of the recent recruitment of the Governor of Gibraltar, the position was open to serving and former senior civil servants and military officers. The successful candidate was then selected on merit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/10/2015 13:39:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

420009

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the development of co-operation with Spain on tackling serious crime in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	10941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for law enforcement in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters lies with Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar. The UK worked in close consultation with both the Government of Gibraltar and the Government of Spain to reach an agreement on 28 August on stepping up law enforcement cooperation. We have since raised this issue with the Spanish authorities at various levels; I raised the matter most recently with the Spanish Minister for Europe, Fernando Eguidazu, on 12 September.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/10/2015 13:39:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

420034

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on relations between Spain and HM Government of Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	10942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: he believes he can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/10/2015 16:38:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

420035

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Spain: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he and other Ministers of his Department have had with Miguel Ángel Moratinos.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	10939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) or I have had any recent meetings with Miguel Angel Moratinos.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/10/2015 15:07:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

389832

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2015 to Question 3103, when 1 Carlton Gardens was last used as an official residence.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>No1 Carlton Gardens is used for official events and functions in support of Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and wider government objectives. It was last used as an official residence by the right hon. William Hague until he stepped down as Foreign Secretary in July 2014. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) uses the property for official meetings and events with visiting Ministers from overseas. As with any government asset, whether leased or owned, usage and expenditure are carefully monitored to ensure that the building represents value for money for the taxpayer and supports the FCO's and Her Majesty's Government's core business.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/07/2015 15:08:09 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne