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1653355

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the £20 million for veterans’ housing announced in the Spring Budget 2023, what funding has been allocated for veterans' housing in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The £20 million Veteran Housing Capital Grant Programme is designed to contribute to the Government's commitment of ending veteran homelessness across the UK, by ensuring veterans have access to good quality, affordable accommodation that meets their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for funding will be open to housing organisations supporting veterans from across the four nations, including Northern Ireland, and we expect the initial £2 million grant to be open for applications later this year.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 20/07/2023 16:25:15 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653577

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Information Rights User Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of (a) organisations and (b) individuals invited to participate in the Information Rights User Group.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	194409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to transparency and we want to strengthen how the Freedom of Information Act works across the entire public sector. The Information Rights User Group is being established following a commitment made in the Open Government Partnership Network Action Plan 5. Further details of this commitment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-action-plan-for-open-government-2021-2023/uk-national-action-plan-for-open-government-2021-2023#commitment-8-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-action-plan-for-open-government-2021-2023/uk-national-action-plan-for-open-government-2021-2023#commitment-8-freedom-of-information</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The final membership of the Group is yet to be finalised. Groups representing journalists, local authorities, campaign groups, think tanks, civil society, academics and the Information Commissioner’s Office were present at its inaugural meeting held on 4 July 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/07/2023 15:48:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1653176

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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, how much funding his Department is providing to the Veterans' Gateway in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	194259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 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> </p><p>In the financial year 2023-24, the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) has provided £250,000 of funding to support the service, which has already supported over a million veterans.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 July 2023, it was announced that the Government had launched a refresh of the Veterans’ Gateway, with the service to be run by the OVA, at the heart of government, next year.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the financial year 2024-25 is yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 20/07/2023 16:30:36 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1652835

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: CK Hutchison Holdings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has held meetings with representatives of CK Hutchison in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	193985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/07/2023 16:59:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1652905

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Special Advisers: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s publication of the numbers and costs of special advisers on 19 December 2018, what the net costs were of severance payments to special advisers in financial year 2017/18.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/07/2023 15:43:33 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1652907

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Furniture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on the (a) design and (b) production of the lectern used by the Prime Minister at his press conference at the NATO summit in Lithuania on 12 July; which company was responsible for its (i) design and (ii) production, and how many models of the lectern have been purchased.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>This lectern is owned by the British Embassy in Vilnius and I understand was purchased prior to 2010, and at least 20 years ago. The Cabinet Office would not hold procurement details regarding production and design from that time.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, lecterns are used and repurposed across government buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/07/2023 17:00:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1652388

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	Public Sector: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department has in place for appointing personnel to Pay Review Bodies.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The pay review bodies are listed in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council. Appointments to these bodies are therefore regulated under the Order in Council and should be made in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments published by the Cabinet Office. This has been the case under successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/07/2023 16:48:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1652390

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	Public Sector: Contracts for Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent public contracts being awarded to companies that blacklist workers.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 prohibit the compilation, usage, sale or supply of blacklists. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 contain exclusion grounds which allow contracting authorities to exclude suppliers from procurements where their tender does not comply with labour law or where the supplier is guilty of grave professional misconduct. A breach of the Blacklists Regulations on a particular tender would render the supplier liable to exclusion and a breach more widely may amount to grave professional misconduct.</p><p>In all cases, individual departments and other public sector bodies are responsible for their own decisions on these matters</p><p>The Procurement Bill introduced by the Government, currently in the final stages of debate in Parliament, builds on and clarifies the exclusions measures in the existing regime. This includes specific measures enabling the exclusion of suppliers for labour market misconduct and professional misconduct.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 193808 193823 question first answered 17/07/2023 16:42:36 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1652421

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	LGBT Veterans Independent Review
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 3 July 2023 to Question 191383 on Veterans: LGBT+ People, when he plans to publish the findings of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	193745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs and Ministry of Defence jointly commissioned an independent review to better understand the impacts and implications of the pre-2000 policy relating to LGBT people serving in HM Armed Forces.</p><p>Lord Etherton has concluded this work and submitted his report to the Government.</p><p>We are carefully considering the findings and, in line with the review’s terms of reference, shall publish the report and an initial Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 17/07/2023 16:36:03 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1652487

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	Ageing
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 24 April 2023 to Question 181258 on Ageing, what assessment his Department have made of the adequacy of cross-government preparedness for an increase in the older population.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	193594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s changing demographic profile, of which our ageing population is a part, is a significant long-term challenge facing the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Work to protect our older population is cross-cutting and stretches across the whole of Government. Individual departments take responsibility for the delivery of relevant policies in their jurisdiction. For example, policies that relate to the physical and mental health of older generations are delivered through the Department of Health and Social Care. In the Cabinet Office, the Equalities Hub leads on the Equality Act 2010 which provides strong protection from age discrimination across a variety of settings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I also refer the Hon lady to PQ HL8000, which discusses the work occurring across the government, and my response to PQ 181258 that refers to the ‘The Future of an Ageing Population’ report from 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/07/2023 16:46:39 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood