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1147027

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date	30/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Dominic Cummings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what authority Special Adviser Dominic Cummings has the ability to (a) hire and (b) dismiss staff from government departments.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Special Advisers must adhere to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. As it states in the code of conduct, all Special Adviser appointments must be approved by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister may terminate employment by withdrawing his consent to an individual appointment at any time.</p><p>Dominic Cummings operates under the authority of his appointing Minister, the Prime Minister. An area which the PM has asked Dominic Cummings to lead on is decisions concerning the management of Special Advisers.</p><p>As the code of conduct sets out, Special Advisers cannot exercise any power in relation to the management of any part of the Civil Service, except in relation to another Special Adviser.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/10/2019 14:32:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147028

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has any plans to update the special advisers' code of conduct.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The last update to the Special Adviser’s Code of Conduct was in December 2016. This document is kept under regular review.</p><p>In December 2018, the Minister for the Constitution announced work to review how Special Adviser’s terms can be made clearer and consistent (19 December 2018 Vol. 651, [HCWS1216]). This work is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2019 16:02:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147031

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on promotion on Twitter in each month since January 2019; and which Twitter accounts had tweets promoted.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not spent any money on promotion on twitter from January 2019 to date.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 13:40:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147097

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iran: International Military Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government pursues any export credit guarantees in relation to IMS Ltd’s operations in Iran as sovereign debt.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) is seeking recoveries in respect of claims paid in relation to insurance it provided to IMS Ltd for an export contract with the Iranian defence ministry in the late 1970s.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 03/10/2019 16:18:19 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147098

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what licences have been granted by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation with regard to transactions between (a) the UK Government and (b) UK companies and the Iranian Ministry of Defence (MODSAF); and what criteria are used by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation when granting such an application.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>As the competent authority for the implementation of financial sanctions in the UK, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which is part of HM Treasury, ensures that financial sanctions are properly understood and enforced. A key function of this role is implementing a licensing regime.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI does not publish the details of individual licences granted.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI can only issue licences where there are specific and relevant licensing grounds enabling us to do so, and where the conditions in those grounds have been met. The available grounds can be found in the legislation underpinning each particular financial sanctions regime.</p><p>Each licence application requires OFSI to consider the relevant evidence, which it does on a case by case basis before deciding whether to grant a licence.</p><p> </p><p>Further details regarding OFSI’s licensing process can be found in OFSI’s published guidance at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/685308/financial_sanctions_guidance_march_2018_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/685308/financial_sanctions_guidance_march_2018_final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/10/2019 16:20:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147099

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: Cost Benefit Analysis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish his Department's cost-benefit analysis of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/10/2019 15:58:43 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147101

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the results of the Government's stress testing of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Operation Yellowhammer is a cross government programme of work to ensure that government is prepared to mitigate the potential impacts of Brexit in the event the UK leaves without a deal.</p><p>In response to the Humble Address motion passed on Monday 9 September, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster published the Yellowhammer reasonable worst case planning assumptions dated 2 August on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-humble-address-motion%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-humble-address-motion </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/10/2019 16:23:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq