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1652425

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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	Political Parties: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023 on Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion, Offical Report, column 110, whether she plans for the new cross-party forum to consider proposals on the transparency of political donations.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	193642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Transparency of funding is a key cornerstone of the UK’s existing electoral system. There is already an established framework which requires the political parties to record all donations, and certain donations must be reported to the Electoral Commission. This includes donations from impermissible donors, and also donations from the same permissible source that amount to over £7,500 in one calendar year. For transparency, donation reports are published online by the Electoral Commission for public scrutiny.</p><p>The terms of reference for the cross-party forum will be agreed in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2023 10:52:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1671565

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he or his ministerial team last held discussions with Scottish Government ministers on the Veterans Capital Housing Fund.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	2599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) has been discussing the design of the Capital Housing Fund with Scottish Government officials since May 2023. The Fund is now open for applications from across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 28/11/2023 17:47:07 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1679337

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Capita Fire and Rescue: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the pensions of Capita Fire and Rescue workers; and what discussions he has had with (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) Capita Fire and Rescue, (c) MyCSP and (d) Unite the Union on that subject.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	7931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, acting as the Civil Service Pension Scheme Manager, has met on a number of occasions with representatives of Unite the Union (Unite), Capita Land Services and MyCSP to discuss issues surrounding Pensionable Pay for members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Services that were transferred to Capita Fire and Rescue. Work is currently ongoing towards resolving these issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) is supported by a robust governance model that includes audits carried out annually by the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA). The scheme is also responsible for providing scheme accounts which are fully audited on an annual basis. Alongside this, the scheme is required to implement the legislation for pensions effectively and pay the correct benefits. I am comfortable that the administration of the pension scheme is adequate and robust and that there are effective policies and procedures in place to resolve issues impacting members.</p><p> </p><p>To support all employers in performing their duties required for the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme there are several different functions that employers can utilise:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Dedicated on-boarding team </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Guidance and Notifications </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Employer Training</strong></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>When an employer joins the CSPS, they must complete a legal document called an Admission Agreement (AA) and ensure that the parties comply with their obligations set out in it. The AA is signed in triplicate by the provider, the contracting authority and Cabinet Office. To ensure employers are meeting their requirements we:</p><p>Internally have:</p><ul><li><p>Interface Compliance Model - which reviews the monthly interface quality which is supplied from employers. Capita Fire and Rescue are working with the Scheme Administer to bring their interface up to date. Once this has been completed, a review of all pensions in payment will be completed to ensure that the members are receiving the correct benefits.</p></li><li><p>Annual Assurance Statement (AAS) - The purpose of the AAS is to assist the Cabinet Office’s Accounting Officer, to carry out their responsibilities to the Civil Service Pensions Scheme. It reminds employers of their fundamental roles and responsibilities in relation to the scheme and gives the opportunity to highlight any issues.</p></li><li><p>Employer Engagement Matrix - The Employer Engagement Matrix tracks employer performance and measures against set criteria which are either essential and desirable. This is to provide an overview of several different metrics to identify if employers falling down in their duties.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Externally we have:</p><ul><li><p>Annual audits carried out by both the Government Internal Audit Agency and the National Audit Office.</p></li><li><p>An independent external company (ITM) has recently carried out a data audit which identified no material concerns.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 7932 7933 question first answered 15/01/2024 10:44:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1679339

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Capita Fire and Rescue: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent auditor to assess adequacy of the Capita fire and rescue workers pension system.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	7932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, acting as the Civil Service Pension Scheme Manager, has met on a number of occasions with representatives of Unite the Union (Unite), Capita Land Services and MyCSP to discuss issues surrounding Pensionable Pay for members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Services that were transferred to Capita Fire and Rescue. Work is currently ongoing towards resolving these issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) is supported by a robust governance model that includes audits carried out annually by the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA). The scheme is also responsible for providing scheme accounts which are fully audited on an annual basis. Alongside this, the scheme is required to implement the legislation for pensions effectively and pay the correct benefits. I am comfortable that the administration of the pension scheme is adequate and robust and that there are effective policies and procedures in place to resolve issues impacting members.</p><p> </p><p>To support all employers in performing their duties required for the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme there are several different functions that employers can utilise:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Dedicated on-boarding team </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Guidance and Notifications </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Employer Training</strong></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>When an employer joins the CSPS, they must complete a legal document called an Admission Agreement (AA) and ensure that the parties comply with their obligations set out in it. The AA is signed in triplicate by the provider, the contracting authority and Cabinet Office. To ensure employers are meeting their requirements we:</p><p>Internally have:</p><ul><li><p>Interface Compliance Model - which reviews the monthly interface quality which is supplied from employers. Capita Fire and Rescue are working with the Scheme Administer to bring their interface up to date. Once this has been completed, a review of all pensions in payment will be completed to ensure that the members are receiving the correct benefits.</p></li><li><p>Annual Assurance Statement (AAS) - The purpose of the AAS is to assist the Cabinet Office’s Accounting Officer, to carry out their responsibilities to the Civil Service Pensions Scheme. It reminds employers of their fundamental roles and responsibilities in relation to the scheme and gives the opportunity to highlight any issues.</p></li><li><p>Employer Engagement Matrix - The Employer Engagement Matrix tracks employer performance and measures against set criteria which are either essential and desirable. This is to provide an overview of several different metrics to identify if employers falling down in their duties.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Externally we have:</p><ul><li><p>Annual audits carried out by both the Government Internal Audit Agency and the National Audit Office.</p></li><li><p>An independent external company (ITM) has recently carried out a data audit which identified no material concerns.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 7931 7933 question first answered 15/01/2024 10:44:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1679340

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Capita Fire and Rescue: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the (a) performance, (b) functionality, and (c) coherence of the pension system for Capita fire and rescue workers.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	7933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, acting as the Civil Service Pension Scheme Manager, has met on a number of occasions with representatives of Unite the Union (Unite), Capita Land Services and MyCSP to discuss issues surrounding Pensionable Pay for members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Services that were transferred to Capita Fire and Rescue. Work is currently ongoing towards resolving these issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) is supported by a robust governance model that includes audits carried out annually by the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA). The scheme is also responsible for providing scheme accounts which are fully audited on an annual basis. Alongside this, the scheme is required to implement the legislation for pensions effectively and pay the correct benefits. I am comfortable that the administration of the pension scheme is adequate and robust and that there are effective policies and procedures in place to resolve issues impacting members.</p><p> </p><p>To support all employers in performing their duties required for the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme there are several different functions that employers can utilise:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Dedicated on-boarding team </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Guidance and Notifications </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Employer Training</strong></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>When an employer joins the CSPS, they must complete a legal document called an Admission Agreement (AA) and ensure that the parties comply with their obligations set out in it. The AA is signed in triplicate by the provider, the contracting authority and Cabinet Office. To ensure employers are meeting their requirements we:</p><p>Internally have:</p><ul><li><p>Interface Compliance Model - which reviews the monthly interface quality which is supplied from employers. Capita Fire and Rescue are working with the Scheme Administer to bring their interface up to date. Once this has been completed, a review of all pensions in payment will be completed to ensure that the members are receiving the correct benefits.</p></li><li><p>Annual Assurance Statement (AAS) - The purpose of the AAS is to assist the Cabinet Office’s Accounting Officer, to carry out their responsibilities to the Civil Service Pensions Scheme. It reminds employers of their fundamental roles and responsibilities in relation to the scheme and gives the opportunity to highlight any issues.</p></li><li><p>Employer Engagement Matrix - The Employer Engagement Matrix tracks employer performance and measures against set criteria which are either essential and desirable. This is to provide an overview of several different metrics to identify if employers falling down in their duties.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Externally we have:</p><ul><li><p>Annual audits carried out by both the Government Internal Audit Agency and the National Audit Office.</p></li><li><p>An independent external company (ITM) has recently carried out a data audit which identified no material concerns.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 7931 7932 question first answered 15/01/2024 10:44:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1696291

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the First Report of the Defence Committee, Ready for War?, HC 26, the Eighth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Improving Defence Inventory Management, HC 66, and the Nineteenth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, MoD Equipment Plan 2023-33, HC 451.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	18718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We welcome each of the reports on our Armed Forces Readiness, Inventory Management and the Equipment Plan. We are in the process of reviewing all the recommendations and formulating our responses to the reports.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/03/2024 13:03:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1658301

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the use of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete within Defence Estate buildings.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	197857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p><p> </p><p>Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation Infrastructure Management System has been used to determine what Ministry of Defence (MOD) buildings might potentially contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) material, based on the period in which they were constructed and their construction type. HMNB Clyde including Coulport has been included within the assessments to ascertain if they have been constructed with RAAC.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 197858 197859 question first answered 25/10/2023 10:31:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1658302

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Concrete
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has surveyed the Defence Estate buildings at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport to ascertain whether they have been constructed (a) in part or (b) wholly from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	197858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p><p> </p><p>Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation Infrastructure Management System has been used to determine what Ministry of Defence (MOD) buildings might potentially contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) material, based on the period in which they were constructed and their construction type. HMNB Clyde including Coulport has been included within the assessments to ascertain if they have been constructed with RAAC.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 197857 197859 question first answered 25/10/2023 10:31:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1658303

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has surveyed the Defence Estate buildings to ascertain if they have been constructed (a) in part or (b) wholly by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	197859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p><p> </p><p>Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation Infrastructure Management System has been used to determine what Ministry of Defence (MOD) buildings might potentially contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) material, based on the period in which they were constructed and their construction type. HMNB Clyde including Coulport has been included within the assessments to ascertain if they have been constructed with RAAC.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 197857 197858 question first answered 25/10/2023 10:31:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1658304

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department has in place to deal with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete within Defence Estate buildings.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	197860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p><p> </p><p>Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence land.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/10/2023 11:17:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes