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1714869

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Press
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 29 April 2024 to Question 23369 on Government Departments: Press, how much and what proportion of total Government expenditure on communications activities was with independent (a) broadcast media and (b) web-based only news media, including those that are members of the Independent Community News Network, in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	24179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>This figure is not held centrally. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the target audience effectively to have the most impact. Independent news networks can form a key part of this and are considered where appropriate. Government constantly and regularly evaluates the effectiveness of its communications to ensure the right audiences are reached in the most efficient way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/05/2024 15:45:55 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1714922

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average number of workdays lost in each strike action in each month in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Bob Seely
uin	24299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member’s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 24302 question first answered 09/05/2024 16:19:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ24299_24302 (2).pdf title UKSA Letter
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1714925

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average number of workdays lost in each strike action in each (a) week and (b) month of 2024 as of 30 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Bob Seely
uin	24302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member’s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 24299 question first answered 09/05/2024 16:19:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ24299_24302 (2).pdf title UKSA Letter
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1715046

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Supply Chains: Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to eradicate modern slavery from centrally held procurement supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Modern slavery has no place in public supply chains.</p><p>We have taken action in the Procurement Act to strengthen the rules around excluding suppliers linked to modern slavery. The current rules require the supplier to have been convicted or there to have been a breach of international treaties banning forced labour, or evidence of grave professional misconduct.</p><p>We recognise that modern slavery often occurs in countries which are not party to international treaties on forced labour and which are unlikely to prosecute the perpetrators. Our changes will allow authorities to exclude suppliers and disregard their bids where there is sufficient evidence of modern slavery. This will apply whether or not there has been a conviction or a breach of an international treaty.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has also published a Procurement Policy Notice which sets out how UK Government departments must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains.</p><p>Individual procurements and their contract management of course remain the responsibility of government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:25:37 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1715048

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the risk posed to workers by fake job advertisements, whether it is their policy that Government jobs should only be advertised on websites which are members of an industry-led anti-fraud certification scheme which is compliant with the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL4229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Preventing fraudulent job postings is of importance to the government and Civil Service roles are mainly listed on our secure Civil Service Jobs website. They may also appear elsewhere on third party job websites. At present, there is no policy which stipulates that Civil Service roles should only be advertised on websites which are members of an industry-led anti-fraud certification scheme compliant with the Online Safety Act 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:35:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1715067

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to small and medium-sized enterprises to help them adapt to new import and export regulations.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government published the final Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) on 29 August 2023. It outlines new policies and processes that importers, the border industry and wider stakeholders including EU exporters will need to go through in order to import goods. We are implementing the BTOM in stages throughout 2024 to help industry get accustomed to the changes.</p><p>We have worked extensively with small and medium enterprises to help us define and help them adapt to new controls and requirements. Since publishing the final BTOM, Defra’s ongoing engagement has included regularly contacting 30,000 importers with up-to-date information, delivering over 50 webinars to thousands of businesses, providing bespoke training and working with HMRC to issue communication to 150,000 businesses in the UK.</p><p>The risk-based model outlined in the BTOM supports businesses of all sizes by minimising costs and burdens for traders and consumers. For example, low-risk products of animal origin will not require an Export Health Certificate or routine border checks and medium risk goods will undergo reduced intervention at the border. We are also piloting new Trusted Trader schemes that will support groupage loads, which is how SMEs often transport their goods.</p><p>All businesses will benefit from using the Single Trade Window, saving time and cost for traders. When fully operational, it will make better use of data and remove duplication to make it easier to trade internationally. This can also limit the requirement to use intermediaries and helps to support small businesses through the user interface on the platform. As the Single Trade Window develops, more information will be provided as to how SMEs can be involved and utilise the service.</p><p>The Department for Business and Trade supports small and medium enterprises with national programmes such as the Growth Hub network and through schemes such as Help to Grow. The new Help to Grow Campaign includes a dedicated website, acting as a resourcing hub for business support and advice, as well as SME leadership training schemes, Help to Grow Management and Help to Grow: Management Essentials. UK businesses can access DBT’s wealth of export support via <a href="http://great.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Great.gov.uk</a>. This comprises a digital self-serve offer and our wider network of support including trade advisers, Export Champions, the Export Academy, our International Markets network and UK Export Finance.</p><p>Furthermore, since its launch in October 2021, to February 2024, the Export Support Service (ESS) Export Digital Enquiry Service has supported over 16,800 enquiries. The ESS International Markets (IM) service has been live in all nine HMTC regions since April 2022 and has received 23,500 market enquiries from 10,700 businesses (up to February 2024).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:31:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1715069

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the introduction of import controls does not result in lengthy administrative processes for businesses.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) has been designed with traders and consumers at the forefront. Our global risk-based approach harnesses data and technology to help reduce administrative burden for businesses. Further, most fruit and vegetables are currently treated as low risk and will not require any additional paperwork or checks. A limited number of meat and dairy products have been categorised as medium-risk. For these, simplified and streamlined certification is available.</p><p>Through the BTOM, we are piloting world-first Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Trusted Trader schemes. These will allow businesses, including some SMEs, to utilise their own processes to provide us with the assurance normally achieved through border controls, reducing administrative burden, time and costs. Further pilots that allow some traders to be approved to carry out their own checks at point of destination are now being rolled out.</p><p>Central to our support for businesses is our commitment to deliver a Single Trade Window (STW) with a further milestone this autumn. When fully operational, the STW will provide one digital gateway for users, where they can provide all the data once that is needed to fulfil their border obligations.</p><p>We continue to explore new ways to harness technology and streamline trade. Through the Ecosystem of Trust pilots, which developed theoretical models for ‘frictionless’ trade, the government partnered with industry to test new approaches to the use of technology and data at the border. These new approaches are now being taken forward via what we are calling “Border Trade Demonstrators” - aimed at improving border processes through better information sharing and improved governance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:37:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1715071

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that trade relations with EU member states are not disrupted as a result of new import controls.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has undertaken extensive engagement with EU Member States to reduce any risk of disruption to trade as a result of the new requirements. This included Ministerial engagement in the joint UK / EU Domestic Advisory Group session at the start of January 2024, enabling EU trade associations to engage directly on their outstanding queries ahead of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) implementation.</p><p>We continue with official level engagement with trading partners across the EU, including official visits to Belgium (by myself), the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Poland and Germany in 2023 and 2024. The Chief Veterinary Officer has also engaged with counterparts across the EU in order to resolve issues such as ensuring availability of translated Export Health Certificates.</p><p>Prior to the second BTOM milestone of 30 April 2024, officials worked with EU-based businesses to conduct robust operational testing. We have and will continue to work with the European Commission, individual EU Member States and trade bodies through established fora, webinars, business-to-government and commodity-specific sessions. We are always keen to seek feedback to address any concerns.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/05/2024 16:38:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1714524

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stoll: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates the Minister for Veterans Affairs has met with representatives of the Stoll Foundation to discuss the future of Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs have and will continue to engage with Stoll regarding the sale of Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions and the support being provided to residents during the transition period.</p><p>I am committed to ensuring that no veteran is sleeping rough due to a lack of provision, which is why the Government has dedicated nearly £30 million towards the provision of veteran housing.</p><p>This includes the single referral pathway for homeless veterans, Op FORTITUDE, that received £500,000 of funding, which is part of a broader £8.55 million of funding for specialist help and wrap-around support for veterans in more than 900 supported housing units.</p><p>This Government remains committed to making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 23984 23985 23986 question first answered 08/05/2024 15:37:47 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1714525

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stoll: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) emails and (b) phone calls the Office for Veterans Affairs has received from (i) the Stoll Foundation and (ii) veterans housed at Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions since January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs have and will continue to engage with Stoll regarding the sale of Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions and the support being provided to residents during the transition period.</p><p>I am committed to ensuring that no veteran is sleeping rough due to a lack of provision, which is why the Government has dedicated nearly £30 million towards the provision of veteran housing.</p><p>This includes the single referral pathway for homeless veterans, Op FORTITUDE, that received £500,000 of funding, which is part of a broader £8.55 million of funding for specialist help and wrap-around support for veterans in more than 900 supported housing units.</p><p>This Government remains committed to making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 23983 23985 23986 question first answered 08/05/2024 15:37:47 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey