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1676303

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	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: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drinks receptions were held in 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/12/2023 14:58:20 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1378869

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	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 introducing measures to (a) make compliance with Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) rulings mandatory and (b) provide powers of sanction for non-compliance with ACOBA rulings.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	75817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>As set out in Written Statement HCWS185, the Government is working with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to improve the operation and efficacy of the Business Appointment Rules.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations from Nigel Boardman’s report into the development and use of supply chain finance in government, as well as the Standards Matter 2 report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, will be considered as a part of this work with an update to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Management Code requires departments to make appropriate arrangements that reflect the Business Appointment Rules for Civil Servants. Departments should provide an assurance statement outlining their application of the Rules. Departmental Audit and Risk Committees are required to consider the implementation of the Rules in their departments. Departments are also required to publish summary information in respect of individuals at director and deputy director grades, including special advisers of equivalent standing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 75819 question first answered 22/11/2021 17:32:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1378870

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	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 introducing measures to make the membership of Advisory Committee on Business Appointments more representative of society.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	75818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Cabinet Office. It considers applications under the business appointment rules about new jobs for former ministers, senior civil servants and other Crown servants. Political and independent members are appointed for five year, non-renewable terms.</p><p> </p><p>Political members are nominated on the recommendation of the leader of the relevant political party.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments, the appointments of Independent Members to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments are made on merit following an open and fair competition.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in its 2019 Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan, the government remains committed to ensuring that public appointees are drawn from all aspects of the society that they serve and this includes those on the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/11/2021 14:42:23 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720212

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people applied to sit on the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in each round of appointments since 2010; and how many of those applications were (a) women, (b) disabled, (c) from ethnic minority background and (d) from working class backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>With the exception of appointments made by the relevant political parties, appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments are made on merit following a fair and open competition. The detailed information requested is not held.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Advisory Committee’s Code of Practice, members must declare and record relevant interests relating to individual applications received for outside appointments. Where a member recuses him or herself from consideration of an application this is recorded in the Committee’s final advice, which is published on its website.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 70300 question first answered 20/04/2017 15:33:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720222

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 of the Code of Practice for Members of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, whether the Committee must record the reasons why a member has declared a relevant interest relating to an individual application.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>With the exception of appointments made by the relevant political parties, appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments are made on merit following a fair and open competition. The detailed information requested is not held.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Advisory Committee’s Code of Practice, members must declare and record relevant interests relating to individual applications received for outside appointments. Where a member recuses him or herself from consideration of an application this is recorded in the Committee’s final advice, which is published on its website.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 70637 question first answered 20/04/2017 15:33:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825702

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, how those positions were advertised and how many applications were received.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123771 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825703

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, what the selection criteria for those appointments were.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123770 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843819

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money was spent by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (a) on staffing and (b) in total in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	128257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is publicly available in the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ annual reports. The reports can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/02/2018 16:51:02 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756419

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters published on the Acoba website were published there more than one month after being sent in (a) the past 12 months and (b) each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Business Appointment Rules, the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) publish the advice they have given, once they are notified an appointment or employment has been taken up by the applicant or announced publicly. This information can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However the specific information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2017 15:14:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757389

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters have been published on the ACOBA website more than one month after the letter being sent in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my previous answer [7702].</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/09/2017 16:09:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett