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1696695

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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, with reference to the oral contribution by the Leader of the House at Business Questions on 7 March 2024, Official Report, column 974, where he plans to visit as part of his tour on the infected blood scandal; and when he will be undertaking this tour.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	19012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>I am committed to engaging with the Infected Blood community and updating Parliament on progress of the Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry as appropriate. Plans are currently being developed at my request to meet those infected and affected by Infected Blood across the United Kingdom to talk about their priorities ahead of the publication of the Inquiry’s final report. Further information on this will be shared soon.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 19013 question first answered 21/03/2024 17:11:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1696696

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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, with reference to the oral contribution by the Leader of the House at Business Questions on 7 March 2024, Official Report, column 974, how (a) individual people and (b) organisations can register to meet him during his tour on the infected blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	19013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>I am committed to engaging with the Infected Blood community and updating Parliament on progress of the Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry as appropriate. Plans are currently being developed at my request to meet those infected and affected by Infected Blood across the United Kingdom to talk about their priorities ahead of the publication of the Inquiry’s final report. Further information on this will be shared soon.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 19012 question first answered 21/03/2024 17:11:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1696795

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Special Forces: Afghanistan and Iraq
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 18 March 2024 to Question 18400 on Special Forces: Afghanistan and Iraq, what the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs' planned timetable is for concluding his review.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	19008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Minister for Veterans' Affairs' will await the findings of the Inquiry before assessing the record.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/03/2024 17:12:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1696498

registered interest
date	15/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have conditions of employment which impose (a) no and (b) a four day limit on the number of days each week that they can work from home; and whether he has made a comparative assessment of the productivity of those who work from home for four days or more each week and those who do not.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	18828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>There is no information available centrally on how many civil servants have conditions of employment that impose no, and a four day limit on the number of days each week they can work from home. Decisions on terms and conditions of employment are made by the employing department, depending on their specific business requirements and nature of the role. Where business requirements allow for it, departments will operate flexible working arrangements.</p><p>Civil servants are expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office with decisions on implementing and evaluating this expectation made by departments. A small number of home working contracts are in place but these are not routinely approved other than for a very small number of roles, or where a workplace adjustment is agreed for conditions recognised under the Equality Act. Equally, there are also employees who work only from the workplace, due to the nature of their roles, or through personal choice.</p><p>There have been no specific central comparative assessments within the civil service of productivity of those who work from home for four days or more each week. It is recognised within departments that there are clear benefits of face-to-face working, including productivity, with complex tasks and problem solving undertaken more efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/03/2024 17:11:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1696200

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	GREAT: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the GREAT campaign since its re-launch in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	18710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland campaign is the UK’s international brand marketing campaign, which works closely with UK businesses, not-for-profit organisations and high-profile figures to promote the best of the UK abroad. Since 2021/22, the GREAT campaign has had an annual overall budget of circa £60m (2021/22: £60m; 2022/23: £57.12m; and 2023/24: £57.12m). The results of individual GREAT campaigns vary but, on average, externally verified analysis shows £1 of GREAT spend on marketing generates £15 for the UK by encouraging people to visit, study, trade, invest, live and work in the UK.</p><p>Encouraging prospective international students to choose to study in UK higher education institutions brings strong return on investment. For example, the GREAT Study UK campaign generated £407m in 2021/22 and £548m in 2022/23 (specifically from international students studying for up to three years in the UK). The 2023/24 results are currently being verified and are expected by June 2024.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 18711 18712 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:41:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1696201

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: GREAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of UK investment generated by the GREAT campaign since its re-launch in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	18711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland campaign is the UK’s international brand marketing campaign, which works closely with UK businesses, not-for-profit organisations and high-profile figures to promote the best of the UK abroad. Since 2021/22, the GREAT campaign has had an annual overall budget of circa £60m (2021/22: £60m; 2022/23: £57.12m; and 2023/24: £57.12m). The results of individual GREAT campaigns vary but, on average, externally verified analysis shows £1 of GREAT spend on marketing generates £15 for the UK by encouraging people to visit, study, trade, invest, live and work in the UK.</p><p>Encouraging prospective international students to choose to study in UK higher education institutions brings strong return on investment. For example, the GREAT Study UK campaign generated £407m in 2021/22 and £548m in 2022/23 (specifically from international students studying for up to three years in the UK). The 2023/24 results are currently being verified and are expected by June 2024.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 18710 18712 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:41:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1696202

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: GREAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his latest estimate is of the amount of investment that will be generated by the GREAT Study UK campaign.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	18712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland campaign is the UK’s international brand marketing campaign, which works closely with UK businesses, not-for-profit organisations and high-profile figures to promote the best of the UK abroad. Since 2021/22, the GREAT campaign has had an annual overall budget of circa £60m (2021/22: £60m; 2022/23: £57.12m; and 2023/24: £57.12m). The results of individual GREAT campaigns vary but, on average, externally verified analysis shows £1 of GREAT spend on marketing generates £15 for the UK by encouraging people to visit, study, trade, invest, live and work in the UK.</p><p>Encouraging prospective international students to choose to study in UK higher education institutions brings strong return on investment. For example, the GREAT Study UK campaign generated £407m in 2021/22 and £548m in 2022/23 (specifically from international students studying for up to three years in the UK). The 2023/24 results are currently being verified and are expected by June 2024.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 18710 18711 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:41:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1695912

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Defence: Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) enhance preparedness in response to nuclear threats.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	18556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has well-developed contingency plans to respond to a wide range of eventualities. The plans and supporting arrangements have been developed, refined and tested over many years.</p><p>The scale of these capabilities is driven by classified planning assumptions derived from the United Kingdom’s National Security Risk Assessment. The Government sets out some of the main risks and emergencies that drive this common consequence planning in the National Risk Register.</p><p>As part of the UK’s broad emergency response capabilities, there are Local Resilience Forums (LRFs), multi-agency partnerships made up of representatives from local public services such as the NHS, local authorities, emergency services, and others.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/03/2024 17:42:07 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1695252

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether materials used in civil service diversity, equity, and inclusion training make reference to white privilege.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	18039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The cross Civil Service diversity, equity and inclusion training designed for the Civil Service does not make reference to white privilege. We cannot comment on content not designed for the Civil Service or training designed for departments and professions to meet specific needs or that which is purchased outside of the centrally managed contracts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/03/2024 16:27:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1695320

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Veterans
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 26 February 2024 to Question 15551 on Civil Servants: Veterans, how many minority ethnic veterans were employed through the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	18033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to making sure that all veterans have equal opportunities and can access valuable, sustainable careers, including in the Civil Service, after they leave the Armed Forces.</p><p>There are a range of Civil Service recruitment initiatives for veterans, offering a fulfilling career in public service which makes the most of the skills and capability they have to offer. Over 1,000 veterans to date have secured a job in the Civil Service through the ‘Great Place to Work for Veterans’ initiative and a further 200 veterans have been recruited through the 'Going Forward Into Employment' initiative.</p><p>Whilst a breakdown of demographics of veterans who apply to Civil Service roles is not currently available, the Office for Veterans’ Affairs is committed to enhancing the collection, use and analysis of data across the public, private and charitable sectors to build our evidence base to effectively identify and address the needs of veterans</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 18035 18036 question first answered 19/03/2024 15:01:45 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe