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1454313

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Racial Discrimination
	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 tackle alleged racial discrimination in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	147100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>A ‘Respect and Inclusion review’ for the Cabinet Office is currently underway. In the recent <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/declaration-on-government-reform" target="_blank">Declaration on Government reform</a>, Ministers and Permanent Secretaries committed to set a new standard for diversity and inclusion, including guaranteeing fairness at work and zero tolerance for Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination.</p><p>Our position at the centre of government - delivering against an ambitious agenda - means we have a responsibility to get this right. The review will have a particular focus on race and disability where our data shows scope for improvement.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 31/03/2022 08:20:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420736

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to use public procurement to help support the growth of British industries based in Newport West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	120922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government wants businesses from every corner of the UK to be successful in bidding for UK public contracts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are reforming the procurement rules to make it simpler, quicker and cheaper for suppliers, including SMEs and social enterprises, to bid for public sector contracts. The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will join the reforms.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reforms will support the Government’s levelling up priorities by making it easier for public sector buyers to take account of social value when awarding contracts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Government’s Social Value policy, contracting authorities can already set rigorous environmental and social standards, and other criteria, that play to the strengths of supply chains who can meet those standards. The scope to take societal benefits into account when awarding contracts will be increased, playing to the strengths of UK firms who are well placed to deliver benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/02/2022 14:57:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1401755

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy to support improved work-life balance as part of public services' recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	101823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has put the recovery of public services at the heart of its building back better and levelling up agenda. We are investing £3.7 billion to build 40 new hospitals and we’re investing a further £4.7 billion in the core school budget by 2024-25. There are almost 10,000 more nurses and over 5,100 doctors now working in the NHS compared to last year, and we have recruited over 11,000 police officers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s 2019 manifesto committed to encourage flexible working and consult on making it the default unless employers have good reasons not to. Since then, COVID-19 has changed working practices for many and led to the recognition of the need for more flexible working hours to balance work with other personal commitments. The Government intends to build on what we have learnt and ran a consultation proposing to reform the existing Right to Request flexible working from September to December 2021. We are currently analysing responses and will issue a formal Government response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/01/2022 16:46:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1401756

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy to promote improved working conditions through Government procurement policy.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	101824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Government encourages employers to better support all employees to remain in and thrive through work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through our new approach to extend the use of the Social Value Act, effective from 1 January 2021, additional social benefits can be taken into account via the delivery of contracts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To promote consistency across departments, we developed a tool called the ‘Social Value Model’ for use by all organisations in scope of the new policy. The tool has provisions to improve health and wellbeing in the contract workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/01/2022 16:47:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400490

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Newport West constituency received an award in the Birthday Honours or New Years Honours in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019 and (f) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government publishes honours transparency data broken down by both town/city and county. Data is collected using the county the recipient gives as their correspondence address. This is usually their home address rather than their place of origin. This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, neither of which are administered by the Cabinet Office. The transparency data for the New Year Honours and Birthday Honours Lists between 2008 and 2022 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/honours-reform-and-operation#honours-lists" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/honours-reform-and-operation#honours-lists</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collate data against political administrative areas and, therefore, we cannot provide information regarding honours awarded in Newport West or any other individual constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/01/2022 09:12:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1399550

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	COBR
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the attendee lists from the last three COBRA meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	97117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2022 answer text <p>As a matter of policy, the Government does not comment on the details of COBR meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/01/2022 15:51:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1382976

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Council of Britain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which date the Prime Minister last met the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	83476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Formal Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published each quarter on GOV.UK.</p><p>The Government, under successive administrations, has a long-standing policy of non-engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain. Previous MCB leaders have taken positions that contradict our fundamental values and these have not been explicitly retracted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/12/2021 12:45:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1382197

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help improve provision of mental health services for former armed service personnel in Newport West.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	82087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>Our ambition is to ensure that no veteran’s request for help will go unanswered. The Prime Minister recently announced an additional £5 million for service charities following the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, which will be used on a range of projects including increasing capacity in mental health support. In March, the government also announced an additional £10 million to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to distribute to charitable projects supporting veterans’ mental health needs. This is on top of the annual £10 million awarded to the Trust.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 03/12/2021 14:46:31 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1382198

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans: Education and Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on supporting education and reskilling opportunities for former service personnel in Newport West.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	82088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>Ensuring veterans enter appropriate post service employment is a top priority for this Government.</p><p>Eligible Service personnel and veterans can access three schemes: Standard Learning Credit, Enhanced Learning Credit and Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education schemes, which can help individuals pursue their personal and professional development through education. These schemes are available both during their Service and, for two of the schemes, for between five and ten years after discharge, based on the circumstances of departure.</p><p>The next iteration of the Veteran Strategy Action Plan will outline the next steps that this Government will take, including on education and reskilling, to deliver its ambition of making this country the best place in the world to be a veteran.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 03/12/2021 14:51:47 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1382203

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help increase opportunities for businesses in Newport West bidding for contracts on major infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	82093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of the UK economy. That is why we are making sure the power of Government spending supports this vital sector, both as part of our economic recovery from COVID-19 and our levelling up agenda. We are increasing opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a variety of ways - from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying bidding processes.</p><p>Business support organisations play an important role in supporting SMEs in industry and can offer advice on business growth including ways of accessing government procurements and signposting opportunities. We have strong links with industry associations and they are supportive of the government's aims to continue engagement with SMEs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 82099 82100 question first answered 01/12/2021 08:59:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones