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1721447

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new Armed Forces Commissioner to be appointed.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Commissioner is the first in a series of steps that will be taken by the new Government to improve Service life and renew the contract between the nation and those who serve.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Commissioner will be a direct point of contact for Service personnel and their families to raise issues which impact on service life.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Commissioner will have the power to investigate individual complaints and to proactively launch independent reviews into issues affecting Service personnel and their families more widely, and to lay those reports before Parliament. The new Commissioner will have a right of access to information, sites and personnel in order to fulfil their role. The Commissioner will incorporate the functions currently undertaken by the Service Complaints Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Commissioner will strengthen Parliamentary oversight of issues facing our Armed Forces personnel and their families. The Commissioner will be subject to pre-appointment scrutiny by the Defence Select Committee and will report directly to Parliament, not ministers, via an annual report.</p><p> </p><p>There will be opportunities to debate all aspects of the role, remit and operation of Armed Forces Commissioner when the Government brings forward the Legislation outlined in the King’s Speech. Details on budget, pay, grade, staffing and office location will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard grouped question UIN 172 175 176 177 178 180 559 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:53:40 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1667773

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recruitment process her Department follows for the appointment of independent consultants to provide personal briefings for Ministers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held by the Department, however we are aware of two roles which fall into this category.</p><ol><li>Nick Timothy-Independent Consultant working directly to the previous Home Secretary.</li><li>Independent Adviser for the Defending Democracy Taskforce and Open-Source Intelligence Hub a short term advisory role reporting to Ministers. This is a new role, with recruitment currently underway.</li></ol><p>In line with central guidance, direct appointments can be made to short-term, advisory roles, for example to lead a government review or to advise on, or champion, a specific subject. The name and purpose of a role can vary, but each appointee is provided with terms of appointment which set out their key responsibilities.</p><p>Direct appointees are office holders. There is no contract of employment, and the expectation is that such roles are unpaid. However, in limited circumstances, if the Permanent Secretary/Accounting Officer is content, then reasonable remuneration (in line with current policy on pay levels) may be payable.</p><p>When selecting an appointee (for a direct appointment), Ministers will consider what they want the role to achieve, which is set out in a draft terms of reference document. In light of this, high level criteria for the skills and experience required for an individual to do the role are developed. Appropriate due diligence checks are carried out by the department and consideration given to any conflicts of interest with the role and whether/how these can be managed.</p><p>Direct appointments are not public appointments (which are made by ministers to non-executive roles on the bodies and offices listed in an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk%2Fregulating-appointments%2Forders-in-council%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DOrders%2520in%2520Council%2520relating%2520to%2520Public%2520Appointments%2520matters%2Cthe%2520bodies%2520that%2520are%2520regulated%2520by%2520the%2520Commissioner.&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cministerforcrimeandpolicing%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cecba5bb31ba84538011308dbe534d6bc%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638355787630044628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UuTR2SpTT2X5e74%2FTOwsnbufTszq1%2FkjFjuv6LAZiKU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Order in Council</a> and therefore the process and principles of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fgovernance-code-for-public-appointments&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cministerforcrimeandpolicing%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cecba5bb31ba84538011308dbe534d6bc%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638355787630044628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=39OVJIFskeeoPkTyqWjEOJ%2Bg2RVUFfKC2uNzniR75fY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Governance Code</a> do not apply. Neither do these appointments fall under the remit of the independent Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 171 172 question first answered 15/11/2023 15:28:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1461575

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Jamaica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will cancel the deportation flight to Jamaica scheduled for 18 May 2022; make it her policy to halt any further mass deportation flights from the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2022 14:23:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1313164

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Autism: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure local health, care and education services are able to share records to identify autistic children at risk of being admitted to inpatient mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>In England, the Care, Education and Treatment Review policy sets out an expectation that local commissioners hold a database to identify people with a learning disability, autism or both with a particular requirement to identify those who are at risk of an admission to mental health inpatient care. This may be known as a dynamic support register or dynamic risk register. Commissioners are tasked with holding the local database and keeping this information with support from those in the education, care and health partners and community teams to identify those who are at risk of admission.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2021 09:48:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 404 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1168311

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Proxy Voting
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 he plans to review the criteria for transferring a proxy vote from one person to another in the case of an emergency.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>There is currently no provision to transfer proxy votes between people. Emergency proxy votes are granted in limited circumstances, to maintain the integrity of the electoral process. The Government has announced it will consider the process of emergency proxy applications and the circumstances in which they can be issued, when time allows.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/01/2020 14:18:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1148781

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motorhomes: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 284157, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on the UK motorhome industry of reclassifying motorhomes as cars for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The government uses Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) to encourage the take-up of vehicles with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet our legally binding climate change targets. Transport is the largest sector for UK greenhouse gas emissions (27%), of which road transport accounts for over 90%.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government recognises the concerns of the leisure industry, tax is only one of many factors impacting purchasing decisions. Like all taxes, the Government is keeping the VED treatment of motorhomes under review. Any changes will be considered by the Chancellor and announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 22/10/2019 11:20:59 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

731320

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Microplastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the EU to agree a ban on microbeads.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>There is no agreed timetable for action by the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/06/2017 15:59:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346998

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Daycare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to extend free childcare for working parents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government will increase the amount of free childcare available to working parents of three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours per week in 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/06/2015 11:37:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh