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943840

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 9.5 of the Ministerial Code, what steps he is taking to ensure that a copy of the text of an oral statement is shown to the Opposition shortly before it is made; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	165676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Upon being appointed to office, all Ministers are required to confirm they have read the Ministerial Code and the obligations it imposes upon them in their role: this includes their obligations to Parliament, which all Ministers take very seriously.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/07/2018 11:51:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

943909

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections and Referendums: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has an agreed definition of joint spending in relation to campaign spending for elections and referendums.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	165620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Expenses are defined in s75(1ZA) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as ‘incurred by a person “as part of a concerted plan of action” if they are incurred by that person in pursuance of any plan or other arrangement whereby that person and one or more other persons are to incur [expenses], with a view to promoting or procuring the election of the same candidate.’</p><p>With respect to a referendum, it is for Parliament to agree the offences that would apply. For the EU Referendum, ‘acting in concert’ was defined in paragraph 22 of Schedule 1 of the EU Referendum Act 2015 as ‘expenses incurred in pursuance of a plan or other arrangement'.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/07/2018 15:32:01 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

943979

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the report by Sir Alex Allan on the Windrush report and the advice given to the Rt Hon Member for Hastings and Rye.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	165487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Select Committee has made a request for the report by Sir Alex Allan to be published. The request is under active consideration.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/07/2018 10:51:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

943980

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish the Windrush report commissioned by Sir Alex Allan in an unredacted form.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	165488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Select Committee has made a request for the report by Sir Alex Allan to be published. The request is under active consideration.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 165487 question first answered 26/07/2018 10:51:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ165487 & PQ165488 drafts.doc title UKSA response
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

943984

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which third party organisations were successful in the tenders for the 48 contracts issued under the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Framework in 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	165466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>All programme summaries can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/conflict-stability-and-security-fund-programme-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/conflict-stability-and-security-fund-programme-summaries</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/07/2018 16:28:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

944007

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to hold consultation and negotiations with Prospect, the Public and Commercial Services Union and the FDA on the Pay Remit Guidance for civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	165687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In preparation for this year’s Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance, officials met with trade union representatives on a number of occasions.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally I met with the General Secretaries of the FDA, Prospect and PCS trade unions on 27<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p><p>Departments set pay strategies appropriate to their workforce and the public services they deliver; they consult with trade unions as appropriate on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/07/2018 14:33:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

942840

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting targets for increased public procurement from Commonwealth nations after the UK withdraws from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service and the department for International Trade are leading a programme of work to ensure the UK continues to benefit from reciprocal access to international public procurement markets after we leave the EU.</p><p>This includes seeking independent UK membership of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), a plurilateral agreement between 19 parties, including Canada and New Zealand. The GPA mutually opens government procurement markets between its parties, and addresses trade barriers, such as preferential treatment of domestic goods and services, in the government procurement sector.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/07/2018 14:28:28 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

942844

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of recent changes in the tender for the crown marketplace purchasing platform upon the Government’s ability to achieve its target to tender 35 per cent of Government spending to UK-based SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The vision of the Crown Marketplace remains unchanged and the digital products we will launch this year will provide numerous opportunities for SMEs to tender and obtain value for money for the taxpayer. This will support the Government's aspiration for 33% of procurement spend to go to SMEs by 2022, and I have recently announced a package of tough new measures designed to level the playing field for smaller businesses bidding to win government contracts, whether this be through the Crown Marketplace or other Government tendering portals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 30/07/2018 10:06:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

942881

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Telephone Services
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 23 May 2018 to Question 136078, what further discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Ofcom on access by third party telephone providers to Government helplines which are advertised as free to customers but for which customers find themselves charged by that third party provider; and if he will take steps to prohibit such access by third party telephone providers who so charge.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Government Helpline services are procured from a wide range of Telecommunication providers in the UK. These services are contracted by Government to the telecommunication market in accordance with both Ofcom regulations and data protection legislation. As such, third party telecommunications providers are an integral part of the Government supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/07/2018 13:56:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942882

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public who wish to participate in the Independent Inquiry into Contaminated Blood are entitled to, and receive access to, legal representation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff is determined to put people at the heart of the Inquiry. He has said, “every person who is infected or affected has an account that will add to the Inquiry’s store of knowledge”. The Inquiry has invited people affected by the infected blood tragedy to contact them if they would like to provide evidence. Details of how to do so, and how to apply for core participant status, are available on the Inquiry’s website (<a href="http://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk" target="_blank">www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial notice of determination to the Chair, published on the Inquiry’s website, sets out that those infected from blood or blood products and their families are provided funding for legal representation by Government, and regardless of means. Details of how to apply for such funding are on the Inquiry’s website (<a href="https://3p43ah231u8w1xptng1yprm2-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Statement-of-Approach-Costs-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://3p43ah231u8w1xptng1yprm2-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Statement-of-Approach-Costs-1.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/07/2018 09:54:35 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens