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1197431

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Consultants
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 was of consultants advising his Department in each financial year from 2017-18 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	49817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Spend on external consultants is published in our Annual Report and Accounts. These are available on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> gov.uk</a>.</p><p>Details of spend over £25,000 are also published on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/06/2020 13:07:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1197443

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	49735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a target of responding within 20 working days where a response is required.</p><p>As you will understand, the Cabinet Office is currently dealing with unprecedented volumes of correspondence due to COVID-19. Officials are ensuring that urgent cases raised by hon. Members are prioritised, and are taking steps to provide substantive responses in as short a time as possible.</p><p>All correspondence received from hon. Members is being reviewed and will be responded to as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/06/2020 13:26:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1197527

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
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 release updated guidance on marriages during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	49614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>As stated in '<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/884760/Our_plan_to_rebuild_The_UK_Government_s_COVID-19_recovery_strategy.pdf" target="_blank">Our Plan To Rebuild</a>', the Government's COVID-19 Recovery Strategy, the Government is examining how to enable people to gather in slightly larger groups to better facilitate small weddings.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 48959 question first answered 02/06/2020 13:13:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1197625

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates data on people who are medically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 and should therefore be shielded has been provided to local authorities; and the details of how many individuals were provided on each occasion.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	49701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) - acting as the data controller for the shielded patient list (SPL) (ie persons who are medically extremely vulnerable to covid-19), as supplied by the NHS - has provided data of individuals on this list to local authorities. GDS initially provided data from the ‘registered list’ to local authorities in late March. From 2 April GDS provided the entire SPL, which was updated by the NHS on 9 April and 6 May, and then on a rolling basis.</p><p>Individual local authorities are only able to access SPL records where the postcode matches their relevant area.</p><p>The number of NHS SPL individuals was 2,232,175 as at 26 May 2020 and the number of 'registered list' individuals was 1,190,213 as at 26 May 2020. Note that the ‘registered list’ is broadly a subset of the SPL, not additional to it.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/06/2020 16:21:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1197692

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his 12 May 2020 announcement of four new Cabinet Office non-executive board members, how many candidates (a) applied and (b) were invited to interview with Ministers; and what the criteria were for (i) the appointment of those candidates and (ii) membership of the appointment board.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	49776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Non-executive board members are appointed by the minister in charge of the relevant department, in this case the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p><p>163 candidates applied for the role, of which eight were interviewed and four were appointed. Details of the roles, including a job description, were published on the<a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/all/" target="_blank"> HM Government Public Appointments</a> and on<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>Due diligence, including potential conflicts of interest, was carried out on each appointee. The register of interests for the new Board Members will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 49777 question first answered 02/06/2020 13:11:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1197696

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his 12 May 2020 announcement of four new Cabinet Office non-executive board members, what assessment he made in that appointment process of candidates' potential conflicts of interest; and if he will publish the declarations of interest of those board members.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	49777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Non-executive board members are appointed by the minister in charge of the relevant department, in this case the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p><p>163 candidates applied for the role, of which eight were interviewed and four were appointed. Details of the roles, including a job description, were published on the<a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/all/" target="_blank"> HM Government Public Appointments</a> and on<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>Due diligence, including potential conflicts of interest, was carried out on each appointee. The register of interests for the new Board Members will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 49776 question first answered 02/06/2020 13:11:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1197739

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the preparedness of the UK border for the end of the EU Withdrawal Agreement Implementation Period on 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	49885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Cabinet Office ministers - and in particular the Minister for the Cabinet Office, me as Paymaster General, and Lord True, frequently discuss matters relating to border preparedness with Cabinet and ministerial colleagues, including at the relevant Cabinet Committees which are Exit Operations (XO) and Exit Strategy (XS). In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK is ready for the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, and for seizing the opportunities of leaving the Single Market and EU Customs Union at that point. Work on border preparedness takes places across Government, including ministers and officials from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for International Trade, and UK Border Force.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/06/2020 13:10:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1197794

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Radio: Public Service Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they do not pay community radio stations to broadcast public information notices; and whether they have any plans to do so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is strongly supportive of the community radio sector and recognises the great value that it offers to communities across the UK.</p><p>In light of COVID-19, the Government has developed a national campaign to provide information, guidance and reassurance to the public.</p><p>The campaign utilises a wide range of channels to maximise reach and engagement and to ensure our messaging reaches as many people as possible. This includes the use of paid-for advertising on community radio. We currently work with over 35 community radio stations on a weekly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 29/05/2020 12:25:29 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1197816

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Social Distancing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what preparations they have made for the easing of social distancing measures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL4794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>Coronavirus is the biggest challenge the UK has faced in decades. That is why the Government put in place strict social distancing to slow the spread of the virus so that the NHS would not be overwhelmed, and lives could be saved. With thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of the British people, the UK slowed the spread of Coronavirus.</p><p>As set out in Our Plan to Rebuild, the Government will introduce a range of adjustments to current social distancing controls, timing these carefully according to both the current transmission rate of the virus and the Government’s ability to ensure safety. The steps for modifying social distancing measures are set out in the plan, with strict conditions to safely move from each step to the next.</p><p>The Government continues to keep social distancing measures under constant review, with a statutory obligation to review progress every three weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 28/05/2020 14:46:11 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1197009

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
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 framework for the future relationship with the EU.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	49062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>On 19 May the Government published our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-approach-to-the-future-relationship-with-the-eu" target="_blank">draft legal texts</a>, which have previously been shared with the EU negotiating team.</p><p>These twelve documents cover the full set of negotiating texts, including a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement as well as side agreements.</p><p>We have decided to publish these now as a constructive contribution to the negotiations to ensure they are available to all and to enable the Commission to share the texts with the Member States, in case helpful.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/06/2020 13:25:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell