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1692703

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Keir Starmer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether government resources have been used for research on the Leader of the Opposition.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	16295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, the Prime Minister is assisted by special advisers in preparation for the Parliamentary exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions with the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition.</p><p>All activity is undertaken in line with the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct. Such exchanges are available to the hon. Member in the Official Report.</p><p>More broadly, such work is led by staff of the governing party (as evident by the answer of 6 June 2023, Official Report, PQ 186524; deposited paper DEP2023-0475).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 16296 16297 question first answered 05/03/2024 17:55:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1692704

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Keir Starmer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any staff in (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street sent messages to the media by (i) email, (ii) text, (iii) WhatsApp and (iv) other social media messaging services on the career of the Leader of the Opposition between 5 September 2023 and 8 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	16296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, the Prime Minister is assisted by special advisers in preparation for the Parliamentary exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions with the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition.</p><p>All activity is undertaken in line with the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct. Such exchanges are available to the hon. Member in the Official Report.</p><p>More broadly, such work is led by staff of the governing party (as evident by the answer of 6 June 2023, Official Report, PQ 186524; deposited paper DEP2023-0475).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 16295 16297 question first answered 05/03/2024 17:55:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1692705

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Keir Starmer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Downing Street (a) office space, (b) computer equipment, (c) printers and (d) stationery have been used in the (i) preparation, (ii) production and (iii) dissemination of research on the Leader of the Opposition.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	16297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, the Prime Minister is assisted by special advisers in preparation for the Parliamentary exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions with the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition.</p><p>All activity is undertaken in line with the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct. Such exchanges are available to the hon. Member in the Official Report.</p><p>More broadly, such work is led by staff of the governing party (as evident by the answer of 6 June 2023, Official Report, PQ 186524; deposited paper DEP2023-0475).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 16295 16296 question first answered 05/03/2024 17:55:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1690455

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Andrew Gilligan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Andrew Gilligan was subject to the terms of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers from 25 October 2022 to 20 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Andrew Gilligan has been a special adviser to the Prime Minister since March 2023.</p><p>All special advisers abide by the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 14828 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:55:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1690456

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Andrew Gilligan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Andrew Gilligan was employed on a full-time basis as a special adviser to the Prime Minister throughout the period from 25 October 2022 to 20 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Andrew Gilligan has been a special adviser to the Prime Minister since March 2023.</p><p>All special advisers abide by the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 14827 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:55:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688137

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average waiting time is for processing (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting as of 7 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13521 13522 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688138

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average waiting time was for processing (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting on 1 February in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13520 13522 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688139

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Vetting
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 applicants failed (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d) security check, (e) enhanced security check, (f) developed vetting and (g) enhanced developed vetting in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is conducted locally by departments as a pre-employment check. Although a personnel security control employed within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), it is not a level of National Security Vetting (NSV) administered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). As this is a localised departmental element, no central record of data for BPSS is held within HMG at this time.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that on average Accreditation Checks (AC), a level of NSV, primarily used by the aviation industry, are being completed in five days or less.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to reveal the average processing time of other NSV checks as this is likely to prejudice national security. It would also impact the protective measures employed in safeguarding HMG. However, I am able to report sustained and stable improvements in performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) across all service levels of National Security Vetting clearances which includes Counter Terrorist Check (CTC), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV).</p><ul><li><p>The KPIs for both CTC and SC are 25 days, on 7 February 2024 96.78% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 38.7% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The KPI for DV is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 92.74% of initial DV cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 66.4% performance in February 2023.</p></li><li><p>The Performance Indicator (PI) for DV renewals is 95 days; on 7 February 2024 10.52% of cases were being processed within that timeframe. This has improved from 7.15% in February 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In 2023, UKSV implemented a stabilisation programme, prioritising the recovery of initial DV processing times, followed by SC and CTC processing times.</p><p>For enhanced security check (eSC) and enhanced developed vetting (eDV) respectively these are not NSV clearance levels but are additional safeguards and therefore are not measured in the same way as clearance levels.</p><p>In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 13520 13521 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:35:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1644640

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188494, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether those rules were breached.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	189510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely comment on internal assessments, whether they have happened or not.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/06/2023 16:48:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1643066

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 21 March 2023 to Question 161251 on Members: Correspondence, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 10 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely comment on leaks of government information, but further information on the rules relating to access to government papers by former ministers for the purposes of publishing a memoir are set out in the Ministerial Code at 2.9 and 8.10.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/06/2023 15:27:31 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne