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1472764

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Production
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on food producers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	900687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Agricultural commodities are linked to global gas prices, and we recognise that farmers and food producers are facing increased input costs – namely fertiliser, energy, fuel and feed. We have taken steps to support farmers with fertiliser availability, brought forward BPS payments, implemented maize tariff reductions and introduced flexibility in the labelling of certain oils in products.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/06/2022 15:03:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1472765

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Farmers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers with cashflow.
tabling member constituency	Grantham and Stamford
tabling member printed	Gareth Davies
uin	900688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Input costs for fuel, feed and fertiliser are worryingly high. We are monitoring the situation closely. To ease cashflow concerns, in England we have announced bringing forward half of the Direct Payment to July from December. We have powers in the Agriculture Act to help sectors if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We have just announced £30 Million to help farmers add value to their products, and we have boosted Countryside Stewardship payment rates by an average of 30%. We will shortly launch the Sustainable Farming Incentive, for which farmers will receive quarterly payments.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/06/2022 10:46:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies

1472184

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timeline is for the implementation and ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	22582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing and ratifying the Beijing Treaty. But this involves making changes to the UK performers’ rights framework, which requires careful consideration and consultation with stakeholders. The Government is unable to offer a timeline for ratification at present.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 23/06/2022 16:09:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1472186

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	22583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>This consultation ran from October 2021 to January 2022. The Government is considering the way forward and intends to publish its response during the summer of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 23/06/2022 16:08:45 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1472231

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Spend on consultancy is published in the Annual Report and Accounts. Figures for the last five years are:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>28,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>79,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>35,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>36,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>23,988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note - currently 2020/21 remains provisional until our annual audit is finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 22549 question first answered 23/06/2022 15:36:32 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472234

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Spend on consultancy is published in the Annual Report and Accounts. Figures for the last five years are:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>28,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>79,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>35,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>36,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>23,988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note - currently 2020/21 remains provisional until our annual audit is finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 22547 question first answered 23/06/2022 15:36:32 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472235

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the spend on consultancy fees in the core department in each of the last five years. The Consultancy spend is published in BEIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts and spend relating to financial year 21/22 will be published in line with the timetable agreed with HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Consultancy Spend (£m) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>£115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>£101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>£142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>£164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>£208</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 23/06/2022 16:07:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472246

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require Great British Railways to invest in digital signalling across the rail network as part of his next High Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available for Control Period 7.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	22385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road’s Review Initiation Notice issued on 9 June binds the Department for Transport to provide its High-Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available by 28 October of this year, within which will be set out the Secretary of State’s requirements. Work to produce these documents is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2022 15:37:08 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1472291

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 7 June (HL708), what are the original (1) regions, and (2) nations, given as the living address for the 63 current holders the Companion of Honour at the time their honour was awarded; and what percentage of current holders came from each region or nation.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>There are currently 63 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Information is only held on 41 living recipients. Honours data is routinely destroyed by the Cabinet Office in accordance with our data retention policy for honours and not all the nominations were processed by the Cabinet Office, therefore we do not hold all of the information requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data is collected using the county that the recipient gives as their correspondence address; this is usually their current home address and does not necessarily reflect their area of origin.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regional data for living Companion of Honour recipients:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of living Companion of Honour recipients per region</p></td><td><p>Percentage of living Companion of Honour recipients per region</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>28.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abroad</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No information held</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>34.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data for living Companion of Honour recipients by nation:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Number of Companion of living Honour recipients per nation</p></td><td><p>Percentage of living Companion of Honour recipients per nation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>57.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abroad</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No information held</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>34.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 23/06/2022 15:25:22 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1471560

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of private companies using internet addresses suggesting those sites are linked to the government, such as GovNet.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Government departments have a set of processes in place to tackle fraudulent websites set up by private companies, for example sites purporting to be government using government-type domains. The nature of the action depends on the type of site and can include asking the domain registrar to suspend the domain, reporting to Action Fraud or National Trading Standards or reaching out directly to organisations concerned to tell them to stop using misleading branding or information. In some cases, we work with the Government Legal Department to take direct legal action.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Some sites, although potentially misleading, are able to operate within legal boundaries. In these cases, we work to ensure that government services are correctly listed and rank highly in search engine results. This helps to ensure that they are easy for people to find and identify as government services. Where misleading websites have paid for prominent positioning in search results, we also raise this with the relevant search engine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 23/06/2022 16:08:23 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett