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1465683

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
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 May 2022 to Question 2427 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, for what reason his Department does not maintain records for the costs incurred on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs; and what steps he is taking to effectively ensure value for public money in the use of that account in the absence of such records.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>As I outlined in my previous answer, the information requested by the Rt Hon Member is not centrally held in the form requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>All expenditure is in line with the Cabinet Office’s Travel and Expenses Policy. It states that such travel expenses may be claimed by staff where:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>“you are outside of normal working hours (before 6am and after 9pm)</p></li><li><p>no other suitable method of public transport is available, and</p></li><li><p>travel by private vehicle or self-drive hire car is not possible and/or is not cost-effective, and either:</p></li><li><p>you are transporting heavy luggage or official business equipment, or</p></li><li><p>the saving of official time is important and can be justified on cost grounds.”</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>To assist the Rt Hon Member’s scrutiny, as I have noted in previous answers, there was no such spending by Downing Street staff in relation to gatherings in the recent report by the Second Permanent Secretary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/06/2022 12:38:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1465740

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111521 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, whether any vehicles were ordered on Downing Street's mini-cab account to take Downing Street staff to their homes or other locations between 8pm and 4am on the nights of (a) 13 November and (b) 17 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>There were no journeys other than one for a shift worker, similar to that outlined in my answer to the Rt Hon Member of 28 January 2022, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-25/111521" target="_blank">UIN 111521</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This was not related to any gathering covered in the report of the Second Permanent Secretary, and the journey was in line with Cabinet Office travel policy guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/06/2022 09:11:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1465533

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Legal Department
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the readout of the Cabinet meeting by the Prime Minister's spokesman on 24 May 2022, who conducted the review into the performance of the Government Legal Department; what the terms of reference were for that review; and whether a copy of the review findings will be laid before Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	7939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General commissioned a review into the Government Legal Department in October 2020. This was an internal review and as such it is not suitable for publication.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Risk Guidance is a fundamental document lawyers in government use in all aspects of their work. It was recently refreshed in light of the collective experience of Ministers and lawyers of its practical application.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The previous version is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 7940 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:06:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1465534

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Legal Department
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the readout of the Cabinet meeting by the Prime Minister's spokesman on 24 May 2022, if she will publish the (a) revised guidance given to the Government Legal Department on the type of service it is tasked with providing to other departments and (b) previous guidance that it has replaced.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	7940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General commissioned a review into the Government Legal Department in October 2020. This was an internal review and as such it is not suitable for publication.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Risk Guidance is a fundamental document lawyers in government use in all aspects of their work. It was recently refreshed in light of the collective experience of Ministers and lawyers of its practical application.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The previous version is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 7939 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:06:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1464657

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 123, for what reason a breakdown of spending on school places at the named institutions has not been provided as it was by her Department in the previous Answers of (a) 6 July 2021 to Question 23129 and (b) 3 December 2018 to Question 196152.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are not at liberty to release a more detailed breakdown of financial data for external institutions.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The FCDO allocated £1,447,779.00 for children of FCDO staff on legacy FCO terms and conditions at these schools in FY 2021/2022. Given the numbers of children attending these schools, disclosing the breakdown of school places could potentially lead to the identification of individual children, and therefore the FCDO consider that this is not appropriate for safeguarding reasons.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/05/2022 16:59:22 question first ministerially corrected 08/06/2022 15:47:17 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford previous answer version 3431 answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1464688

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2022 to Question 2413, on Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion, whether she has asked the Prime Minister to initiate an investigation into how the fact and content of her advice on the Northern Ireland Protocol came to be reported in the media on 11 May 2022; and whether that reporting constituted a breach of paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to comment on this media speculation. It is a longstanding convention, accepted by governments of all parties, not to disclose whether the Law Officers have given legal advice or the contents of any advice. This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability to give full and frank legal advice on some of the most contentious and difficult issues the Government will be considering.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/05/2022 15:49:27 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1464572

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 19 May, if she will provide the source of the opinion poll that stated 53 per cent of the UK public were unaware that Channel 4 is currently in public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	5371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The polling cited by the Secretary of State was conducted by the consultants Redfield and Wilton who found that 53% of people thought Channel 4 was privately owned.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/05/2022 08:05:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1463995

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	District Heating: Whitehall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2008 to Question 242509 on District Heating: Whitehall, if he will publish the list of (a) Departments and (b) Government buildings served by the Whitehall District Heating System as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Whitehall District Heating has been renamed and is now called the Whitehall Boiler System. A number of departmental buildings have transferred ownership to the Government Property Agency and the details of buildings served by the Whitehall Boiler System are provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD Main Building</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Office Great George Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 Downing Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admiralty House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King Charles Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Old Admiralty Building</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horse Guards</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland House</p></td><td><p>Wellcome Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-26 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banqueting House</p></td><td><p>Historic Royal Palaces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwydyr House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Service Club</p></td><td><p>Civil Service Club</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total costs that were charged to Government Departments by the Government Property Agency for the provision of heating from the Whitehall Boiler System is as follows;</p><p>(a) 2019-20: £1.7m</p><p>(b) 2020-21: £1.5m</p><p>(c) 2021-22: £2.0m</p><p>These costs include standing charges for the operation and maintenance of the Whitehall Boiler System along with the cost of actual heat consumed by each building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 4522 question first answered 23/05/2022 16:50:14 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1463996

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	District Heating: Whitehall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2008 to Question 242512 on District Heating: Whitehall, what total costs were charged to Government Departments by the Government Property Agency in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 for the provision of heating through the Whitehall District Heating System.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Whitehall District Heating has been renamed and is now called the Whitehall Boiler System. A number of departmental buildings have transferred ownership to the Government Property Agency and the details of buildings served by the Whitehall Boiler System are provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD Main Building</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Office Great George Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 Downing Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admiralty House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King Charles Street</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Old Admiralty Building</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horse Guards</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland House</p></td><td><p>Wellcome Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-26 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banqueting House</p></td><td><p>Historic Royal Palaces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwydyr House</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36 Whitehall</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Service Club</p></td><td><p>Civil Service Club</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total costs that were charged to Government Departments by the Government Property Agency for the provision of heating from the Whitehall Boiler System is as follows;</p><p>(a) 2019-20: £1.7m</p><p>(b) 2020-21: £1.5m</p><p>(c) 2021-22: £2.0m</p><p>These costs include standing charges for the operation and maintenance of the Whitehall Boiler System along with the cost of actual heat consumed by each building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg grouped question UIN 4521 question first answered 23/05/2022 16:50:14 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1464078

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 662, if she will make an estimate of the cost of fraud against (a) individuals and (b) businesses in (i) 1984, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2004, and (iv) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold figures for the estimated total cost of fraud against individuals and businesses for 1984, 1994, 2004, and 2014.We do have the published estimate for the 2015/16 total cost of fraud against individuals: £4.7 billion. This figure can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2022 16:16:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry