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1225381

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s letter to the CEO of the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority and the CEO of the R&amp;R Sponsor Body, which requests that it give consideration to decant locations outside of London, were deposited in the Libraries of both Houses on 15 July. This letter is also publicly available on the parliamentary website.</p><p>The Government is keen to ensure the R&amp;R of the Palace of Westminster delivers best value for money and would like the Sponsor Body to advise Parliament regarding a range of options as part of this process. As per the principle of exclusive cognisance, the location of Parliament is a matter for Parliament itself.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1175181

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>A candidate does not have to report evidence of their disability in order to use the exemption brought forward by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2020. This upholds the confidentiality of the candidate and is consistent with disability exemptions in place for elections across the UK, including UK Parliamentary general elections.</p><p>A candidate will need to make an assessment as to whether their disability meets the definition of disability provided in the 2020 Order. This uses the definition of disability contained within the 2010 Equality Act. There is also statutory guidance available on the meaning of disability under the Equality Act which should help candidates undertake this assessment.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1542549

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>​​Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, Ministers who leave office are entitled to receive a payment equal to a quarter of their annual salary. This applies only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within three weeks of leaving government.</p><p>Salary entitlements for ministers are set out in Schedule One of the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975, and ministerial salary information is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1545133

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>As indicated in the Written Answer of 23 November, Ministers’ entitlement to a payment on ceasing to hold office is set out in the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 (section 4). As such payments are a statutory entitlement, they are made as a matter of course by the relevant department where a minister meets the criteria, unless the entitlement is waived by the minister in question.</p><p>Any payments made under section 4 of Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 to ministers who served under the former Prime Minister will be published by departments in their audited annual reports and accounts in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1599677

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to PQ HL4954 of 23 January 2023 but, for the benefit of the House, on 24 November 2022, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) instructing departments to cease deployment of surveillance equipment on sensitive sites on the government estate, where such equipment is produced by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China. Departments have been advised to consider whether there are sites to which they would wish to extend the same risk mitigation.</p>
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours