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1652531

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which organisations his Department provides funding to operate the Veterans' Gateway.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	193817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Veterans’ Gateway enables veterans and their dependents to access state and charity support services in areas including physical and mental health, financial support, assistance with independent living, housing, and employment.</p><p>Whilst the Government currently provides the Royal British Legion with funding to support delivery of this service which has already supported over a million veterans, the Veterans’ Gateway will be run by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA), at the heart of government, next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 17/07/2023 16:35:41 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1651628

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the grants awarded under the Reducing Veterans Homelessness programme in 2023-24, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated to the Launchpad Organisation will be spent on each of the four areas.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>As part of this Government’s drive to end veterans homelessness this year, Launchpad received over £800,000 through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme to deliver addiction and mental health psychotherapy, intensive training and employment support to veterans.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst a geographical breakdown of spend is not yet available, the Programme is expected to go live in September, and will report over the following months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 13/07/2023 16:21:18 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1651736

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Land: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to co-ordinate the use of public land for development.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	193160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office of Government Property coordinates the development of public land through the One Public Estate (OPE) programme. This drives efficiencies by supporting opportunities for co-location, disposals, relocations, land assembly and multi-portfolio collaboration. OPE has recently been extended to include the Place Pilot initiative which brings together central and local government partners to review future estate needs and opportunities.</p><p>To date it has supported over 800 projects, spanning 98 per cent of English councils, helping transform local communities and public services right across the country. OPE partnerships have delivered 37,332 jobs, releasing land for 37,733 new homes, raising £593 million in capital receipts and cutting running costs by £119 million.</p><p>In addition, OPE delivers the £180m Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 (BLRF2) in conjunction with DLUHC. This awards funding to Local Authorities across England for land remediation of local authority owned brownfield sites ready for housing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/07/2023 15:33:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1651111

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has exercised powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in transactions which raised national security concerns in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Between July 2020 and January 2022, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued Public Interest Intervention Notices under the Enterprise Act 2002, on national security grounds, in relation to the following acquisitions:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>the proposed acquisition of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc by Cobham Ultra Acquisitions Limited;</p></li><li><p>the proposed acquisition of The Perpetuus Group by Taurus International Ltd and others; and</p></li><li><p>the proposed acquisition of Meggitt plc by Parker-Hannifin corporation</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport used the same powers in relation to the proposed acquisition of Arm by NVIDIA in April 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 4 January 2022, the Government has had powers under the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021 to scrutinise and, where necessary, intervene in acquisitions which may raise national security concerns. These powers replaced the national security limb of public interest intervention powers under the Enterprise Act 2002. In February 2023, responsibility for NSI moved from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Cabinet Office, under the Deputy Prime Minister.</p><p>The Government promised to deliver a regime that is as business-friendly as possible while protecting our national security. The National Security &amp; Investment Act Annual Report demonstrates that we are succeeding in that mission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/07/2023 16:36:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650114

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Treasury: Flags
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their reason for replacing the Union Jack flag flying above His Majesty's Treasury with a flag to celebrate Gay Pride.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Following instruction from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (the government department responsible for informing other departments regarding flag flying protocol), for the assigned period the flag in recognition of Pride month was flown over 100 Parliament Street. This is the official and principal address and entrance for the following Departments:</p><ul><li><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></li><li><p>Department of Culture, Media and Sport</p></li><li><p>Department of Science, Innovation and Technology</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The Union Flag was flown during the same period at 1 Horse Guards Road, the official and principal address and entrance for the following Departments:</p><ul><li><p>HM Treasury</p></li><li><p>UK Export Finance</p></li><li><p>Northern Ireland Office</p></li><li><p>Cabinet Office</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>This has been confirmed with the operatives who manage the flags process for designated flying days.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/07/2023 15:12:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1649546

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a comparative assessment of trends in the level of heart attack deaths in (a) the UK, (b) EU countries, (c) the US and (d) other G7 countries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	192118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Lady's Parliamentary Question of 3 July 2023 is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ192118 dataset .xlsx title PQ 192118 dataset 2 file name PQ192118.pdf title UK Statistics Authority response question first answered 11/07/2023 16:51:17 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1649420

registered interest
date	30/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what protection is afforded by the relevant agencies to those disclosing information to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament under whistleblowing arrangements as recommended by the Committee's Annual Report 2018–2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
uin	HL8962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>It is vital for trust and integrity within the security and intelligence services that all employees are able to report wrongdoing and to do so in confidence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are appropriate policies in place should members of staff in the relevant services wish to report their concerns and a number of internal and external routes available for whistle-blowing, one of which is through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, but all of which the Government considers to be safe and effective.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/07/2023 11:42:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1647840

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Figure 6: High-priority lane for the procurement of personal protective equipment, Data on sources on page 28 of the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic, HC 959, published 26 November 2020, what the categories were of the three leads from other identified sources that did not fall into the categories identified in Figure 6.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>There are active legal proceedings at the moment in relation to this matter and, as such, it would not be appropriate to comment while these are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 04/07/2023 16:00:09 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1646650

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Transgender People: Civil Servants
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 been appointed as Transgender Champions in (a) his Department and (b) each other Department.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	190755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is not aware of any standalone Transgender champion roles. The role is often incorporated into the LGBT champion role which is a role appointed in addition to the individual's existing portfolio.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are currently aware that there are 31 LGBT champions across the 44 ministerial and non-ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Of these 31 LGBT champions, the Cabinet Office as a department has one LGBT champion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/06/2023 14:29:20 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1646434

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pensioners: Mortgages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of pensioners had a mortgage in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 21 June is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/06/2023 15:54:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ190599.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth