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1404838

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date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	108474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department asks all candidates for public appointments to provide at least two referees, one of whom should be from the candidate’s main or most recent organisation. Referees are approached for shortlisted candidates.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates are also asked to declare when they apply and again if interviewed, if they have any potential conflicts of interest, or any issues in their history which if they were appointed, may bring the appointment into disrepute, particularly in the context of meeting the Principles of Public Life. The Principles form part of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, which candidates are informed they will need to adhere to. Checks are also carried out on open-source material for shortlisted candidates and information is provided to the assessment panel.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/01/2022 13:23:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1404839

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	108475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all appointments under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, are conducted in accordance with Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p>As part of the recruitment process, references are taken up for all appointed candidates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/01/2022 16:54:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1402278

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Disability
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 introduce a target for the number of public appointments awarded to individuals with a declared disability.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	102558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government encourages talented people from all backgrounds and from across the UK to apply for public appointments. This is important as part of our levelling-up agenda and to secure the benefits that having a diverse range of experiences and skills brings to boards and will ensure that we get the best services that deliver for everyone.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working on the introduction of a single online application portal for public appointments which will assist in data collection and allow us to expand our understanding of those taking up appointments through analysis across a range of measures, including by socio-economic background.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 102559 102560 question first answered 17/01/2022 16:42:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1402279

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
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 introduce a target for the number of public appointments awarded to individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	102559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government encourages talented people from all backgrounds and from across the UK to apply for public appointments. This is important as part of our levelling-up agenda and to secure the benefits that having a diverse range of experiences and skills brings to boards and will ensure that we get the best services that deliver for everyone.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working on the introduction of a single online application portal for public appointments which will assist in data collection and allow us to expand our understanding of those taking up appointments through analysis across a range of measures, including by socio-economic background.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 102558 102560 question first answered 17/01/2022 16:42:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1402282

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of monitoring the socio-economic diversity of public appointees.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	102560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government encourages talented people from all backgrounds and from across the UK to apply for public appointments. This is important as part of our levelling-up agenda and to secure the benefits that having a diverse range of experiences and skills brings to boards and will ensure that we get the best services that deliver for everyone.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working on the introduction of a single online application portal for public appointments which will assist in data collection and allow us to expand our understanding of those taking up appointments through analysis across a range of measures, including by socio-economic background.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 102558 102559 question first answered 17/01/2022 16:42:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1401232

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Gambling: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory timeframe for the review of the Gambling Commission’s licence fees.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	100447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Gambling Act Review is taking a close look at how the Gambling Commission licence fees are set and we are considering all the evidence carefully, including the conclusions of the independent review of the regulation BetIndex Ltd, the operator of Football Index, which we published in September. We will publish a White Paper outlining our conclusions and proposals for reform in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100448 question first answered 13/01/2022 13:48:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1401233

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	BetIndex: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the proposals for changes to Gambling Commission fees published by the independent review of the regulation of BetIndex Limited in June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	100448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Gambling Act Review is taking a close look at how the Gambling Commission licence fees are set and we are considering all the evidence carefully, including the conclusions of the independent review of the regulation BetIndex Ltd, the operator of Football Index, which we published in September. We will publish a White Paper outlining our conclusions and proposals for reform in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100447 question first answered 13/01/2022 13:48:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1379077

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to provide a revised response to the letter dated 6 October 2021 from the hon Member for Cardiff West, relating to the case of Luke Symons.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	75823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>A reply was sent on 22 October. I [Mr Cleverly] sent a revised reply on 18 November.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:32:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1363435

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing business rates for live music venues.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	63658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2021, the Government announced a new temporary relief worth almost £1.7 billion for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses in England to support local high streets as they adapt and recover. Eligible properties, which will be confirmed in guidance shortly, will receive up to 50 per cent off their rates bill, subject to a £110,000 cash cap per business. This builds on over £16 billion of support already provided to these high street sectors during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/10/2021 12:55:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1363436

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tickets: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the 5 per cent rate of VAT on ticket sales for a further three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	63659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government has extended the temporary reduced 5 per cent rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors. This relief ended on 30 September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has previously been costed at over £7 billion, but the latest forecast means it may now cost over £8 billion. Whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend this relief. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced and then removed to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/10/2021 12:53:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan