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1019972

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	198752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise, including from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, the Chief Scientific Advisers in individual Government Departments, and academics and researchers. The Cabinet Office does not have its own Chief Scientific Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 17:27:45 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1041390

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Royal Family: Official Gifts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on gifts for members of the Royal Family to disburse in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	208226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not allocate spending for dispersal by members of the Royal Family.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/01/2019 10:31:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1041391

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) towns or cities and (b) other bodies have sought permission from his Department to use the word Royal in a proposed name since 1 January 2014; and which of those requests for permission have been (i) approved and (ii) refused.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	208227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Use of the protected title ‘Royal’ is conferred by the Queen acting on the advice of<br>Ministers. No grants to towns and cities have been made since 2014</p><p>Details of the applications are not disclosed to protect their confidentiality, however the<br>number of applications received by the Cabinet Office for all protected titles including<br>those containing the word ‘Royal’, was 906 in 2018. The Cabinet Office objected to 107 of<br>these, issued a non-objection to 703 and approved 14. The remaining cases are still being<br>considered or were closed without a resolution.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/01/2019 09:54:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1041392

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department apply when determining whether to grant permission to an external body seeking to use the word Royal in a proposed name.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	208228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office considers whether the applicant can demonstrate the following when determining whether to advise Her Majesty the Queen to grant an application for the protect title ‘Royal’: (i) a specific and strong connection with royalty (ii) a pre-eminent and outstanding reputation and (iii) national standing. Other issues may inform decision making on a case by case basis such as whether the application is linked with a specific event or a milestone anniversary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/01/2019 09:52:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

449262

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the main causes of death are for (a) men and (b) women aged (i) five to 19 and (ii) 20 to 34 in England.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	25210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 04/02/2016 14:15:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 25210 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Main Causes of Death
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

515746

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the exemption from the anti-lobbying clause is limited to Research Councils, National Academies and the Higher Education Funding Council for England; and if he will delay the implementation of that clause until a full consultation has taken place.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	35701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>As I made clear in the House on 27 April, we are continuing to consider the comments of all interested parties, ahead of the introduction into grant agreements of the clause aimed at protecting taxpayers' money from being wasted on government lobbying government. We are pausing the implementation, pending a review of the representations made, and to give further time to consider any necessary adjustments to the wording of the clause, or the policy on its implementation, to help to deliver this policy in the best possible way for all involved.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/05/2016 09:45:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

532412

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the petition on the change.org website, entitled Restore truthful politics - create an independent office to monitor political campaigns, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating such an office; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	41771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will consider this and other issues relating to the regulation of campaigning at referendums, following the publication of the Electoral Commission's report on the administration of the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of European Union.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 07/07/2016 12:51:06 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

638280

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	53510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below sets out information about working days lost in my Department due to sickness absence related to mental illness over the last three calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working Days Lost due to Mental Illness</p></td><td><p>1574</p></td><td><p>1382</p></td><td><p>1443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>As % of All Sick Absence</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>As % of Total Workforce</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We also offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate for advice on a number of conditions including mental health.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/11/2016 12:04:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760624

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Government Chief Scientific Adviser
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he has had with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	105176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The First Secretary has not had meetings with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in<br>the last three months.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 20/10/2017 13:38:06 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

765693

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many buildings owned by Government Departments are currently empty in (a) Norfolk and (b) North Norfolk; and if he will provide a list of those buildings, the Departments to which they belong and the plans he has for their future use.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	106375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Cabinet Office only has records of core central property that have been provided by departments. The Government Property Unit is responsible for minimising vacancy by supporting departments to sell, sublet, find alternative use, and to do early surrenders. Interventions such as these have contributed significantly to minimising the vacancy rates and cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>As shown in the State of the Estate Report 2015-16 published in February 2017, total vacant space represents 1.4% of the entire Central Estate, a drop of 2% from 2014–15. This is well below the average in the private sector of 8.9%.</p><p>No buildings appear on the unit’s electronic property system as vacant in North Norfolk area. In the wider Norfolk area, there is one building that is vacant and records show that this building was used for vehicle testing and is being marketed for sale:</p><p>List A: Vacant building in Norfolk</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Property Name</p></td><td><p>Property Address</p></td><td><p>Department</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(Erstwhile) CRIMPLESHAM TEST STATION</p></td><td><p>BEXWELL AIRFIELD KING'S LYNN NORFOLK PE33 9DU</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/10/2017 12:19:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb