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1657012

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	House of Commons Members Estimate Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what her priorities are for providing oversight of the House of Commons Members Estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Members Estimate Committee, which has the same MP membership as the House of Commons Commission, is appointed by the House of Commons under Standing Order 152D. The Committee’s agenda items are often discussed as part of the House of Commons Commission meetings and, as the Government’s representative on the House of Commons Commission, I have regular discussions with Members of the Commission on a range of matters and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:13:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657015

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Members' requests for assistance on ministerial correspondence are addressed in a timely manner.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to Members’ correspondence. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number of actions:</p><ul><li>I write to Cabinet colleagues every week following Business Questions to take up the concerns raised by Members, including in relation to delayed responses to correspondence.</li><li>I have met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I met separately with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on ministerial correspondence and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1,160 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Ministerial Correspondence and Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>As per the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Handling Correspondence (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance</a>), departments and agencies should aim to respond to correspondence within a 20-working day target deadline. The Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all government departments on GOV.UK in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:12:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657021

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many meetings she has had with the Chief Whip to discuss Government priorities and the legislative programme in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>As Leader of the House of Commons, I meet regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss issues across my portfolio and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:08:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657085

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to written parliamentary questions. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>Data on response times to written parliamentary questions is held by the House, not government, and the ​Procedure ​Committee has a strong track record of calling Ministers in to look at​ departmental​ performance where there are issues​. Their regular reporting of performance continues to be an effective tool​. ​I note the Procedure Committee's report from earlier in this session on written parliamentary questions during the 2021-22 session​ and ​I was pleased to read that the number of answers provided on time has improved from the 2019-21 session. ​I hope we will see this improvement continue when the Committee publishes its next report following the current session. ​</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number actions:</p><ul><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>In November 2022 my office published an updated Guide to Parliamentary Work which is available on Gov.uk and includes guidance for civil servants on answering written parliamentary questions (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work).</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on Written Parliamentary Questions and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1012 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Written Parliamentary Questions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196752 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:06:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657108

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what data their Department holds on the average response time to written parliamentary questions in the last six months; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to written parliamentary questions. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>Data on response times to written parliamentary questions is held by the House, not government, and the ​Procedure ​Committee has a strong track record of calling Ministers in to look at​ departmental​ performance where there are issues​. Their regular reporting of performance continues to be an effective tool​. ​I note the Procedure Committee's report from earlier in this session on written parliamentary questions during the 2021-22 session​ and ​I was pleased to read that the number of answers provided on time has improved from the 2019-21 session. ​I hope we will see this improvement continue when the Committee publishes its next report following the current session. ​</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number actions:</p><ul><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions.</li><li>In November 2022 my office published an updated Guide to Parliamentary Work which is available on Gov.uk and includes guidance for civil servants on answering written parliamentary questions (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work).</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on Written Parliamentary Questions and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 1012 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Written Parliamentary Questions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196729 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:06:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1654391

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Parliament: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) total and (b) per Member cost of the House of (i) Lords and (ii) Commons was in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	195011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The basic annual salary for an MP from 1st April 2023 is £86,584. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) which was created in 2009 by the Parliamentary Standards Act, is responsible for setting and regulating MPs’ salaries, pensions, business costs and expenses. IPSA is quite rightly independent of Parliament and the Government. At the end of each financial year, IPSA publishes an annual report and accounts which can be found on IPSA’s website (<a href="https://www.theipsa.org.uk/annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.theipsa.org.uk/annual-reports</a>).</p><p>Most members of the House of Lords do not receive a salary for their parliamentary duties but are eligible to receive allowances and, within certain limits, the travel expenses they incur in fulfilling their parliamentary duties. The House of Lords publishes quarterly data on the claims made by Peers which can be found on the Parliament website (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/house-of-lords-expenses/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/house-of-lords-expenses/</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/09/2023 08:48:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1654025

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require companies regulated by (a) Ofcom and (b) other statutory bodies to respond to correspondence from hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	194858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to regulate how private companies deal with correspondence through Ofcom or other statutory bodies, as it would not be within their remit.</p><p>More widely, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-bodies-reform#:~:text=Arm's%2Dle" target="_blank">Arm’s-length Bodies (ALBs)</a> are a vital part of how the Government delivers policies and public services. It is important that they are accountable and transparent. It is a routine courtesy and a right of Parliament that members receive full and timely responses and I encourage Members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will endeavour to take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including civil servants in ALBs.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/09/2023 08:50:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1654088

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, when the motion to approve the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023 will be brought to the floor of the House for a decision.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	194897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023 were laid by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 30th March 2023 and debated in Delegated Legislation Committee on the 10th May 2023. All future business will be set out on the Order Paper in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/09/2023 08:51:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1653447

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the average cost to the public purse is for (a) issuing a correction slip for a statutory instrument and (b) statutory instruments (i) made and (ii) issued under the free issue procedure.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	194431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Archives is responsible for determining the publishing costs of legislation, and for operating the correction slip and free issue process on behalf of the Government.</p><p>Departments pay a publishing fee for each correction slip or free issue Statutory Instrument (SI). Since January 2019, the publishing costs have been as follows:</p><ul><li><p>SI publishing fee - £305</p></li><li><p>Explanatory Memoranda (if relevant) - £145</p></li><li><p>Impact Assessment (if relevant) - £55</p></li><li><p>Correction slip - £20.50</p></li></ul><p>Issuing an SI under the free issue procedure incurs a cost on top of the SI publishing fee. The average additional cost for issuing an SI under the free issue procedure is £39.90.</p><p>The distribution of the SI also incurs a cost. If an SI is issued free of charge due to an error in an earlier SI, The Stationery Office (TSO) will identify everyone who bought a copy of the original SI and arrange for them to receive a free copy of the new version, paid for by the department. The cost of this will vary for each SI.</p><p>The number of SIs between 2006 and 2016 that required correction slips and were made and issued under the free issue procedure is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of UKSIs made that year</p></td><td><p>Correction slips issued for made UKSIs</p></td><td><p>Number of UKSIs issued under the free issue procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1554</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1483</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1817</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2801</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2808</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3002</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2969</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3131</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1743</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 194432 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:54:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1653448

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many statutory instruments (a) required correction slips and (b) were (i) made and (ii) issued under the free issue procedure between 2006 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	194432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Archives is responsible for determining the publishing costs of legislation, and for operating the correction slip and free issue process on behalf of the Government.</p><p>Departments pay a publishing fee for each correction slip or free issue Statutory Instrument (SI). Since January 2019, the publishing costs have been as follows:</p><ul><li><p>SI publishing fee - £305</p></li><li><p>Explanatory Memoranda (if relevant) - £145</p></li><li><p>Impact Assessment (if relevant) - £55</p></li><li><p>Correction slip - £20.50</p></li></ul><p>Issuing an SI under the free issue procedure incurs a cost on top of the SI publishing fee. The average additional cost for issuing an SI under the free issue procedure is £39.90.</p><p>The distribution of the SI also incurs a cost. If an SI is issued free of charge due to an error in an earlier SI, The Stationery Office (TSO) will identify everyone who bought a copy of the original SI and arrange for them to receive a free copy of the new version, paid for by the department. The cost of this will vary for each SI.</p><p>The number of SIs between 2006 and 2016 that required correction slips and were made and issued under the free issue procedure is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of UKSIs made that year</p></td><td><p>Correction slips issued for made UKSIs</p></td><td><p>Number of UKSIs issued under the free issue procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1554</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1483</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1817</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2801</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2808</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3002</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2969</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3131</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1743</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 194431 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:54:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire