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1064688

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shamima Begum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what considerations satisfied him that depriving Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was conducive to the public good.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	224351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases.</p><p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so.</p><p>Conducive deprivation will be used in the context of National Security, espionage, acts of terrorism, unacceptable (extremist) behaviours, war crimes and serious and organised crime.</p><p>As I explained to the House on Wednesday, I carefully consider such decisions personally on a case by case basis and where a decision has to be made, I will have to be confident it is not only conducive to the public good but is compliant with the law.</p><p>I will look at the secret intelligence and all relevant material to determine the threat. Officials and partner agencies will put together a case, setting out all relevant information to satisfy me that the conducive test has been met.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:42:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1064687

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens have had that citizenship deprived under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	224350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, which provide figures for section 40(2) deprivations, those where the Home Office has deemed that to deprive individuals of their citizenship is conducive to the public good. Figures for May 2010 to December 2014 are included in the 2015 report, figures for 2015 are in the 2017 report and the annual figures for 2016 and 2017 are listed in the 2018 report. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p><br>Data relating to deprivation on fraud grounds under section 40 (3) is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:46:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109120

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU that he instructed NHS trusts to carry out in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	240030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The self-assessment exercise referred to related only to non-clinical goods and services received by National Health Service trusts from external suppliers. The Department does not intend to publish the details of this impact assessment, as it contains supplier specific information that is considered to be commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2019 10:33:43 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109117

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to health service organisations on responding to freedom of information requests on preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	240029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a right of access to a wide range of information held by public sector organisations, including Government departments, public bodies, health trusts, hospitals and doctors’ surgeries.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary and Public Accountability Agreements Protocols in place between the Department and its arm’s length bodies covers best practice for responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. This includes consulting with the Department where necessary and sets out that the Department’s FOI team will provide informal, impartial advice on relevant legislation and duties.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2019 13:53:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1310523

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of uniformed contractors based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	184495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>At 31 December 2020, 535 uniformed contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 470 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 88% of the total.</p><p>At 31 December 2020, 419 uniformed contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 370 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 89% of the total.</p><p>These figures reflect Ministry of Defence Police and Ministry of Defence Guard Service employees, who are Ministry of Defence civilian employees. The term 'uniformed contractor' has been translated to mean those employees who are neither civilian contractor, non-uniform civilian, or Service personnel.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/04/2021 09:30:30 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1310524

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civilian employees who are not contractors based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	184496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>At 31 December 2020, 1,015 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 925 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 91% of the total.</p><p>At 31 December 2020, 475 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 425 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 89% of the total.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/04/2021 09:25:55 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1310522

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of uniformed Royal Navy personnel based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	184494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>At 1 January 2021, 3,624 uniformed Royal Navy Service personnel were stationed at locations in Argyll and Bute, comprising the Faslane and Coulport sites. Of these, 1,393 personnel were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 38.4% of the total.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/04/2021 09:24:19 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1458829

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	156498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Expenditure on communications staffing across the following financial years are:<br> <br> (a) 2019-20: £4,309,000</p><p>(b) 2020-21: £4,497,000</p><p>(c) 2021-22 : £4,256,000</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 27/04/2022 15:11:38 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1458544

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many communications staff are employed by his Department (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) on flexible working arrangements as of 19 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	155781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>As of 19 April 2022 this Department’s communications function employed 73 payroll staff, of which 68 were (a) full time and 5 were (b) part time staff. 2 of those working full time have a formal (c) flexible working arrangement in place.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 27/04/2022 15:10:35 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145509

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Prorogation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of Ministers' compliance with Section 1 of the Ministerial Code in relation to the prorogation of parliament as a result of the Supreme Court judgment in the cases of Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland) and R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) made on 24 September 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	290379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers acted in good faith to bring forward a Queen’s Speech, in the belief that prorogation was lawful, with which the High Court agreed. Ultimately the Supreme Court disagreed it was lawful, while not questioning the motives of Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 02/10/2019 15:18:34 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock