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1506713

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether payments made under the contract for the provision of the Export Support Services Contact Centre have been made on an (a) available or (b) productive hours basis in the period between 1 April 2022 and 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Payments made under the contract for the Provision of Export Support Services Contact Centre have been made on an available hour basis for the period 01 April 2022 to 20 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:56:19 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506714

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many callers to the Export Support Services Contact Centre took part in customer satisfaction surveys in each month between April 2022 and September 2022; and how many and what proportion of those callers said that they were satisfied with (a) the professionalism of the call handler and (b) the overall service they received.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>During Quarter 2 (April to June) 2022, 42% of users responded to the Helpline’s Customer Satisfaction survey. Of these, 88% said they were satisfied with the professionalism of the call handler, and 75% said they were satisfied with the overall service. During Quarter 3 (July to 20 September) 2022, 43% of users responded to the survey. Of these, 92% said they were satisfied with the professionalism of the call handler, and 80% said they were satisfied with the overall service.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 15:01:09 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506715

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, for what reason payments to Barclaycard were recorded as negative values when accounting for his Department’s total spending on travel and accommodation using electronic purchasing cards.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The payments to Barclaycard are shown as negative values for accounting purposes. Payments are made under the centralised travel solution to the individual travel service providers throughout a billing period and appear on the account as positive values. At the end of the billing period, a single invoice is generated by Barclaycard to cover all card payments. When the invoice is paid, it shows on the Department's accounts as a negative value, equating to a credit.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 28/09/2022 15:29:36 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506716

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, how much his Department spent on travel and accommodation (a) using an electronic purchasing card and (b) by making payments to the electronic purchasing card provider excluding refunds in December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Net expenditure, excluding refunds, on travel and accommodation using an electronic purchasing card in the calendar months of December 2021 and February 2022 were £9,394,322 and £12,298,748 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The above figures represent the net expenditure made through the centralised Ministry of Defence (MOD) travel solution which were paid to individual suppliers by and subsequently reimbursed to the card provider, Barclaycard. As the MOD transparency reports on expenditure of over £500 on a Government Procurement Card cover a calendar month, whereas the card billing period runs from the fourth of the month to the third of the subsequent month, individual card payments cannot be fully reconciled with the invoice payments to Barclaycard using data for individual months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke grouped question UIN 51521 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:25:57 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506717

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, whether the calculation of net spending by his Department on travel and accommodation in October 2021 using an electronic purchasing card or making payments to the electronic purchasing card provider, and minus any refunds, is (a) £3,205,631.57, (b) £8,452,486.98, or (c) £13,699,342.39.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Net expenditure on travel and accommodation using an electronic purchasing card in the calendar month of October 2021 was £11,946,803. The figure of £3,205,631.57 includes credits, including the invoice payment to the card provider, Barclaycard, of £5,246,855.41.</p><p>As the Ministry of Defence transparency reports on expenditure of over £500 on a Government Procurement Card cover a calendar month, whereas the card billing period runs from the fourth of the month to the third of the subsequent month, individual card payments cannot be fully reconciled with the invoice payments to Barclaycard using data for individual months.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 28/09/2022 15:28:08 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506719

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, how much his Department spent on travel and accommodation (a) using an electronic purchasing card and (b) by making payments to the electronic purchasing card provider excluding refunds in February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Net expenditure, excluding refunds, on travel and accommodation using an electronic purchasing card in the calendar months of December 2021 and February 2022 were £9,394,322 and £12,298,748 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The above figures represent the net expenditure made through the centralised Ministry of Defence (MOD) travel solution which were paid to individual suppliers by and subsequently reimbursed to the card provider, Barclaycard. As the MOD transparency reports on expenditure of over £500 on a Government Procurement Card cover a calendar month, whereas the card billing period runs from the fourth of the month to the third of the subsequent month, individual card payments cannot be fully reconciled with the invoice payments to Barclaycard using data for individual months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke grouped question UIN 51519 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:25:57 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507136

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for staff in (a) his department, (b) the Government Legal Department, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service and (d) the Serious Fraud Office regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by those organisations as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Based on available data, zero.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 29/09/2022 08:14:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507137

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>The information is not collected centrally by the Cabinet Office, and any retained records do not identify cases where Section 109 has been relied on. Nor do they readily identify whether mandatory training in relation to obligations under the Equality Act formed part of that defence or if it has ever been relied on.</p><p>There are publicly available judgments from Cabinet Office Employment Tribunal, on the GOV.UK website, that can be located <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions?keywords=cabinet%20office" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/10/2022 14:56:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507138

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>BEIS does not hold this information centrally. Conducting a search of all Section 109 proceedings for the citing of mandatory training as a defence would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/09/2022 13:49:27 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507139

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for her Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by her Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have reviewed DCMS cases in the last five years and none have used the defence available in s.109 and therefore cited mandatory training.</p><p>DCMS does not hold information regarding cases beyond 5 years due to our data retention policies linked to GDPR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/09/2022 09:55:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry