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1039017

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme: Southampton
	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 effectiveness of the Places for Growth Programme in identifying the potential for relocating government offices to Southampton.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	207295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Places for Growth programme seeks to deliver the Government’s commitment to move Civil Service roles and public bodies out of London and the South East of England. This commitment was set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto of 2017 and then restated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper and the Government Estates Strategy (July 2018).</p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting departments and public bodies to identify opportunities for relocation of roles to cities across the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. This will boost local economic growth and impact on the economic growth of wider city regions, and the United Kingdom as a whole, as well as ensure the administration of central government is distributed more evenly across the United Kingdom.</p><p>All locations remain under active consideration as potential relocation destinations. The programme will be looking to consult with a number of additional cities over the coming months and we would be happy for Southampton to be involved in this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/01/2019 13:26:02 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1039018

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on implementing the Places for Growth programme.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	207296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Places for Growth programme seeks to deliver the Government’s commitment to move Civil Service roles and public bodies out of London and the South East of England. This commitment was set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto of 2017 and then restated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper and the Government Estates Strategy (July 2018).</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting departments and public bodies to identify opportunities for relocation of roles to cities across the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. The Programme is providing support and coordination across Whitehall to move roles and organisations to locations that have the skills and capacity to enable organisations and cities to flourish.</p><p> </p><p>The Programme is also engaging with city leaders across the UK to understand the local economic and industrial priorities which will inform the decision-making process.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/01/2019 11:29:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1046803

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Knowledge Economy: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the work force in each (a) region and (b) local authority area is employed in the knowledge economy.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	211822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and their response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 30/01/2019 13:09:15 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 211822 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1122558

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps are his department taking to move civil service jobs out of London in line with the Government’s industrial strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	910478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Our Places for Growth programme will relocate Civil Servants out of London, with at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>This in addition to the twelve new public bodies that will be located outside of London.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1123221

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2019 to Question 910478, what the twelve new public bodies are that will be located outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	247739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government committed in the 2018 Government Estates Strategy to locate more Civil Service roles out of London and into the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. To deliver on this commitment, the Cabinet Office is co-ordinating activity under the Places for Growth programme. This programme will take a place-based approach to relocating roles that ensures we have the skills and capacity in the right places to enable organisations and cities to flourish.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, the creation of the following agencies and public bodies has been approved on condition that they will be based outside of London, either immediately or over an agreed timeframe. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Regulator of Social Housing - Manchester and Leeds</li><li>Government Property Agency - Birmingham</li><li>2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee - Birmingham</li><li>Small Business Commissioner - Birmingham</li><li>Submarine Delivery Authority - Bristol</li><li>Institute for Apprenticeships - Coventry</li><li>Healthcare Safety Information Branch - Farnborough</li><li>Social Work England - Sheffield</li><li>Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise - Guildford</li><li>UK Trade Remedies Authority - Reading</li><li>The Single Finance Guidance Body will be required to relocate within five years after its creation.</li><li>The East West Rail Company will be based in London while the company is being formed and once operational will base itself in a location along the railway route.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/05/2019 17:14:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1187541

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of GDP that came from the sale of illegal drugs in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	34375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/04/2020 08:27:48 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ34375.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1223864

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on implementing the Places for Growth programme.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	72995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-privilege-of-public-service-given-as-the-ditchley-annual-lecture" target="_blank">Ditchley Speech</a>, the Government is determined to ensure the Civil Service is better distributed across the country. The Places for Growth Programme is working with departments and public bodies to firm up relocation plans and further details will be announced in due course. The Places for Growth programme is exploring opportunities across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72996 73093 question first answered 21/07/2020 17:15:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1223865

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme: Southampton
	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 effectiveness of the Places for Growth Programme in assessing the potential for relocating government offices to Southampton.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	72996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-privilege-of-public-service-given-as-the-ditchley-annual-lecture" target="_blank">Ditchley Speech</a>, the Government is determined to ensure the Civil Service is better distributed across the country. The Places for Growth Programme is working with departments and public bodies to firm up relocation plans and further details will be announced in due course. The Places for Growth programme is exploring opportunities across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72995 73093 question first answered 21/07/2020 17:15:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1242573

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Southampton
	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, how many civil service jobs there have been in Southampton in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	102116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Civil Service Statistics presents detailed information on the UK Civil Service workforce as at 31 March 2020, including on pay, diversity and location and is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2020" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2020 16:40:20 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1305602

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	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, whether wedding ceremonies can take place at private wedding venues with up to 30 guests, under Step 3 of the roadmap out of covid-19 restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	174907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>In the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021" target="_blank">COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021</a>, the Government has set out the gradual and cautious approach to reopening different sectors in England, guided by science and the data.</p><p> </p><p>We understand the unique significance that marriages and civil partnerships hold in people’s lives, but we have to take necessary steps to limit transmission of COVID-19. This includes restrictions on wedding and civil partnership ceremonies, as well as other forms of social contact. By their very nature, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are events that bring families and friends together, making them particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative wedding ceremonies are permitted in line with the regular wedding or civil partnership rules, in the same locations, at each step.</p><p> </p><p>From 29 March, wedding and civil partnership ceremonies have been able to take place indoors or outdoors in COVID-Secure venues that are not expressly closed by the Regulations, or where a broader exemption applies. From 12 April, 15 people are permitted to attend. This approach allows couples to marry in legally binding licensed venues for wedding ceremonies (where outdoor options are limited) while remaining in line with the reopening of sectors and venues as set out in the roadmap. Wedding ceremonies should follow government guidance to reduce the risk of transmission.</p><p> </p><p>Receptions (of up to 15 people) can resume from 12 April. The evidence shows that it is safer for people to meet outdoors rather than indoors. That is why receptions are only permitted outdoors at this Step and should be in a COVID-Secure venue.</p><p> </p><p>From Step 3, no earlier than 17 May 2021, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are permitted for up to 30 people in COVID-Secure venues that are not required to close, or where a broader exemption applies. Receptions can also proceed with up to 30 people in a COVID-Secure indoor venue, or outdoors, which includes private gardens.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for wedding and civil partnership receptions and celebrations can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-wedding-and-civil-partnership-receptions-and-celebrations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-wedding-and-civil-partnership-receptions-and-celebrations</a></p><p> </p><p>At each step, the limits on the number of attendees includes children of all ages, but not workers.</p><p> </p><p>For further information, please refer to the guidance for small marriages and civil partnerships - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 174888 176049 176050 176051 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:47:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith