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1488480

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee has met.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	35074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35077 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:42:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488481

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee as of 12 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	35075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35076 35078 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488482

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members of the Efficiency and Value for Money Cabinet Committee are as of 12 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	35076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35075 35078 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488483

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee is taking to ensure (a) Government efficiency and (b) value for money.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	35077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35074 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:42:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488484

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	35078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35075 35076 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488517

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July to Question 29976, for what reason his Department made payments of (a) £600 to the Active Bystander Training Company on 11 April 2022 and (b) £1,140 to the Plain English Campaign on 19 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	34854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Purchases questioned were made using the Department’s Electronic Purchasing Card Solution (ePCS), which is our preferred method for low value expenditure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested items were purchased for:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>Training for 40 staff on how to challenge unacceptable behaviour, with the aim of improving gender equality.</p></li><li><p>Training for new team members on how to draft high quality responses to public and ministerial correspondence.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 08:25:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1487812

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people receiving the Civil Service Pension who had a reduction in their pension then received (a) an increased pension and (b) a lump sum payment following a further adjustment to their Guaranteed Minimum Pension since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	33927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is not available. The outcome of the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) exercise was a single adjustment to a member’s pension. In a small number of cases a member’s pension may have been adjusted for other reasons and then subsequently changed again as a result of the GMP exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 13:50:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1487992

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Ministers will be entitled to severance pay since 6 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	33926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, a former eligible minister only becomes entitled to a severance payment in the event that they are not appointed to another relevant office within three weeks of stepping down. Currently, no minister who has left office since 6 June 2022 is entitled to a severance payment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 14:28:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1487996

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to abolish ministerial severance payments.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	33763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The provision of severance payments for those who leave ministerial office is set out in the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. The Government has no current plans to abolish ministerial severance payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 13:52:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1487645

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service and Equiniti: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pensioners with (a) Civil Service Pension and (b) Equiniti had their pensions reduced following the Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation exercise undertaken between 2016 and 2019.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	33005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office is not responsible for the pension arrangements of Equiniti. 26,715 of around 700,000 pensioner members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme were affected following the Civil Service Pension Scheme Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation and rectification exercise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Civil Service Pension Scheme members were provided with detailed information about the change to their pension, along with any lump sum underpayment due to the member. In cases where pensions had been overpaid the overpayment was written-off and future pension payments adjusted to the correct level. Members requesting a complete breakdown of the calculations supporting these figures, following receipt of the detailed information about the change to their pension, were provided with the complete breakdown.</p><p>The reconciliation exercise compares member data held by the scheme with records held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Where there is a discrepancy between the data sources the reason is investigated in order to reconcile the scheme data with the HMRC data which may result in changes to pensions in payment. Consideration of notional or payable Additional State Pension is not relevant to the reconciliation exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 33006 33007 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan