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1436970

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff working in BEIS to deliver the communications functions currently is 104. Eighty seven are employed on full time contracts, 14 are employed on part time. 3 have flexible working arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/03/2022 16:42:14 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1436973

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) in the Ministry of Defence Head Office currently has 81 staff employed in media relations and communications role, 17 of whom are military personnel. These roles include, for example, news, campaigns, strategy and planning, digital, and internal communications.</p><p>The average number of staff working in The DDC to deliver the communications functions in 2019-20 was 92, 2020-21 was 90 and 2021-22 was 87. Expenditure on communications staffing was £7.534 million in 2019-20, £7.872 million in 2020-21 and £6.891 million in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 132372 question first answered 08/03/2022 15:22:05 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1436976

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The pay cost of communications staff for the financial year 2021 to 2022 is £6.86m. This covers all areas of the Communications team – Press Office, Strategic Comms, External Affairs, Digital Comms, Marketing, Internal Comms, administrative support and the BEIS public enquiry contact centre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/03/2022 16:40:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1436978

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) in the Ministry of Defence Head Office currently has 81 staff employed in media relations and communications role, 17 of whom are military personnel. These roles include, for example, news, campaigns, strategy and planning, digital, and internal communications.</p><p>The average number of staff working in The DDC to deliver the communications functions in 2019-20 was 92, 2020-21 was 90 and 2021-22 was 87. Expenditure on communications staffing was £7.534 million in 2019-20, £7.872 million in 2020-21 and £6.891 million in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 132368 question first answered 08/03/2022 15:22:05 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1422000

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Yemen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government’s Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, whether she has conducted a review of relevant licences following the 19 January 2022 bombings of the C-Plas and the Ibn Sina Hospitals in Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen; and whether any licences have been suspended or revoked as a result of that review.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	122831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>All licences – to all markets – are kept under careful and continual review and we are able to suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require. An export licence will not be granted (or, if extant, it would be revoked) if it is incompatible with any of the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. This includes Criterion 2c, whether there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 23/02/2022 11:28:21 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1418444

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the total cost of all air travel during her visit to Australia between 18 and 23 January 2022, including internal flights within that country.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	114932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>In accordance with the Ministerial Code, the FCDO publishes the costs related to all overseas Ministerial travel as part of the regular Cabinet Office Transparency Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2020.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/02/2022 15:00:10 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1416908

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the role of National Insurance numbers was in the delivery of the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	112693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>In the context of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, National Insurance Numbers (NINO) were, and are, used for additional verification of employees, including to help protect against fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Employers were required to provide the NINO of an employee they wished to place on furlough at the stage of making a claim.</p><p> </p><p>In exceptional cases where an employee did not need or have a NINO, employers were able to contact HMRC to claim for them. Further exception procedures were applied to larger employers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/02/2022 15:04:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1416909

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the role of HMRC reference numbers was in the delivery of coronavirus Bounce Back Loans.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	112694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Working with government, the British Business Bank introduced a turnover check for the Bounce Back Loan Scheme which used HMRC data to enable lenders to voluntarily verify whether turnovers provided by businesses on BBLS application forms were accurate. This was put in place from December 2020 and was one of a number of additional checks introduced after the launch of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/02/2022 16:34:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1404896

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the UK to bring forward global measures to tackle the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems in response to the December 2021 Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	108615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>We were pleased that the Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons renewed the mandate of the Group of Government Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems. The UK will continue to play a leading and active role in that forum, working with the international community to agree norms and positive obligations to ensure the safe and responsible use of autonomy, balancing the legitimate security interest in these new technologies with humanitarian, ethical and legal concerns.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/01/2022 11:11:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1404899

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has requested an investigation into the recent attack on water reservoirs in Sa'ada city in Yemen to assess whether UK-licenced weapons were used.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	108616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>We are looking into reports of airstrikes affecting water infrastructure in Sa'ada governorate, Yemen, on 11 January. We urge all parties to the Yemen conflict to exercise restraint and avoid further civilian impact and suffering. The Government takes its strategic export control responsibilities very seriously. The Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.  All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 28/01/2022 14:49:57 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith