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1698381

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £28,700 costs incurred by the Deputy Prime Minister for his visit to New York from 19 to 23 September 2023 were attributable to his share of the £192,198 costs of the RAF flight used for that visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Costs for the full trip were outlined in the ministerial travel data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20234 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698383

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's report entitled Evaluation Task Force Output and Outcome Indicators (March 2024), published on 22 March 2024, how many and what proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects were rated (a) amber and (b) red as of 1 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) committed to publicly report on a series of output and outcome indicators in response to recommendations featured in the ‘Evaluating Government Spending’ NAO report in 2022 and the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the ETF to establish quantifiable metrics on the scale and quality of evaluation across government. The indicators are not wholly controlled or ‘owned’ by the ETF. Driving progress towards the targets outlined in the ETF strategy are dependent on cross-government partners working together to build an improved evaluation ecosystem which creates more and higher quality evaluation in government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All information related to the proportion of projects rated Red, Amber, Green across Evaluation Accelerator Fund and ETF priority projects are included in the Technical Annex published alongside the main output and outcome indicator report. This can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-task-force-output-and-outcome-indicators-march-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-task-force-output-and-outcome-indicators-march-2024</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For completeness, the table below outlines the number and proportion of projects that were rated Red, Amber, Green across both indicators related to this PQ. Please note these figures have been recently updated and are now included on the ETF website.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Project RAG ratings (number and proportion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indicator</p></td><td><p>GREEN</p></td><td><p>AMBER</p></td><td><p>RED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.4 Proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects on track (RAG rated 'Green')</p></td><td><p>11 (58%)</p></td><td><p>6 (32%)</p></td><td><p>2 (10%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.6 Proportion of ETF priority projects with robust evaluation plans (cumulative)</p></td><td><p>13 (62%)</p></td><td><p>7 (33%)</p></td><td><p>1 (5%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/04/2024 16:07:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698384

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's Evaluation Task Force Output and Outcome Indicators March 2024, if he will publish the (a) Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects rated red and (b) Evaluation Task Force priority projects without robust evaluation plans.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) committed to publicly report on a series of output and outcome indicators in response to recommendations featured in the ‘Evaluating Government Spending’ NAO report in 2022 and the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the ETF to establish quantifiable metrics on the scale and quality of evaluation across government. These indicators of progress can be viewed in the ETF evaluation strategy published in 2022 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The indicators are not wholly controlled or ‘owned’ by the ETF. Driving progress towards the targets outlined in the ETF strategy are dependent on cross-government partners working together to build an improved evaluation ecosystem which creates more and higher quality evaluation in government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The PQ references two indicators:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1.4 Proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects on track (RAG rated 'Green')</p><p>1.6 Proportion of ETF priority projects with robust evaluation plans (cumulative)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF Output and Outcome Indicators (March 2024) report has also published its Technical Annex alongside the main report. This details the number of projects rated Red, Amber and Green across these portfolios and provides a detailed explanation of how these ratings were assessed. This is summarised in the background section below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departments and What Works Centres who lead either EAF or priority projects understand they are part of the ETF’s broader portfolio of work and that although regular indicators of evaluation progress in government are published, there have been no plans to publish the details of specific projects as part of the reporting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF has established good working relationships with departments who (particularly within the context of EAF and priority projects) are delivering complex evaluations in high profile policy areas. The departments openly share their work with the ETF and this transparency has enabled the ETF to provide high quality advice and support to teams. Using the information provided to the ETF to specifically publicly name projects, separately from other projects, risks damaging this important working relationship.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF instead has been working to ensure transparency on a larger more sustainable scale, for all projects not just ETF priority areas. The Cabinet Office and the ETF will soon be publicly launching the Government Evaluation Registry. The Registry will bring together all planned, live and completed evaluations from Government Departments in a single accessible location, providing an invaluable tool for understanding “what works” in Government. Due to the importance of transparency and improving evaluation across Departments, the Government has decided to make use of the Registry mandatory. As such, Departments and What Works Centres responsible for EAF funded and priority projects will publish plans and findings on the Registry in due course. This will then be available to the public, along with the plans and reports for the rest of the department’s portfolio.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/04/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698385

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024, whether the £192,198 cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel between the UK and the USA on that flight.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Costs for the full trip were outlined in the ministerial travel data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20230 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698470

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken since receiving Sir Robert Francis KC's infected blood compensation framework study, published on 7 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	20236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Following the publication of Sir Robert’s study, and the Inquiry’s subsequent first interim report in July 2022, the Government made interim payments of £100,000 available to chronic infected beneficiaries and bereaved partners registered with existing support schemes from October 2022. These payments continue to be made to eligible beneficiaries upon being accepted onto the schemes. The Government accepted the moral case for compensation in December 2022, and is committed to responding to the Inquiry’s final report as quickly as possible following on from its publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/04/2024 10:51:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1698516

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Cabinet Secretary on the contents of a response to the correspondence sent by the Civil Service Sex Equality and Equity Network in October 2023 on Civil Service impartiality.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	20467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place between Cabinet ministers and officials is not normally shared publicly. However, as mentioned in the Minister’s speech at the Institute for Government on 23 January 2024, the Cabinet Office will be introducing new impartiality guidance which will support Civil Servants to remain objective and impartial when engaging in diversity and inclusion work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/04/2024 14:18:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1698593

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on introducing a deed of undertaking to make the requirements of the Business Appointment Rules enforceable for Ministers.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	20358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government expects all former Ministers to abide by their obligations with regard to the Business Appointment Rules, as set out in the Ministerial Code. The work to develop a ministerial deed is ongoing and an update will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/04/2024 16:59:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1698068

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were out of work as a result of having long covid in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	20085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd March is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/04/2024 13:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ20085 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1698116

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to expedite compensation for those affected by the infected blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	20028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government will respond in full to Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations on compensation following the publication of the Inquiry’s final report. Additionally, we will bring forward amendments at Report Stage of the Victims and Prisoners Bill in the Other Place with the intention of speeding up the implementation of the Government’s response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/04/2024 16:20:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1698132

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent civil service roles were located outside London in each quarter from Q2 2020 to Q3 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	20059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the number of roles, including those vacant, is not available centrally. Only the number of employees ‘in post’ is available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number and proportion of full-time equivalent civil servants employed and located in London and outside London between Q1 (March) 2020 and Q3 (September) 2023 is available in Table 1 below, and the number excluding ‘SCS level’ employees can be found in Table 2 below. This data refers to the number of employees ‘in post’ at each reference date. Information for Q2 (June) 2020 is not centrally available. Data has, therefore, been provided for Q1 (March) and Q3 (September) 2020.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Table 1: Number of Civil Servants in London and Outside London, Q1 (Mar) 2020 to Q3 (Sep) 2023</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>London (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Outside London (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Location not reported/ Known (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Total (FTE)</p></td><td><p>% FTE Outside London (where location known)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2020</p></td><td><p>87,815</p></td><td><p>332,525</p></td><td><p>3,430</p></td><td><p>423,775</p></td><td><p>79.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2020</p></td><td><p>89,680</p></td><td><p>335,665</p></td><td><p>5,445</p></td><td><p>430,785</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2020</p></td><td><p>95,460</p></td><td><p>342,480</p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>441,405</p></td><td><p>78.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2021</p></td><td><p>98,000</p></td><td><p>351,185</p></td><td><p>3,645</p></td><td><p>452,830</p></td><td><p>78.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2021</p></td><td><p>99,550</p></td><td><p>355,210</p></td><td><p>10,260</p></td><td><p>465,015</p></td><td><p>78.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2021</p></td><td><p>100,015</p></td><td><p>362,635</p></td><td><p>9,880</p></td><td><p>472,530</p></td><td><p>78.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2021</p></td><td><p>101,840</p></td><td><p>369,550</p></td><td><p>4,085</p></td><td><p>475,475</p></td><td><p>78.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2022</p></td><td><p>100,955</p></td><td><p>373,895</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>478,085</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2022</p></td><td><p>100,130</p></td><td><p>375,215</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>478,580</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2022</p></td><td><p>99,800</p></td><td><p>378,160</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>480,915</p></td><td><p>79.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2022</p></td><td><p>100,230</p></td><td><p>380,550</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td><td><p>483,610</p></td><td><p>79.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2023</p></td><td><p>99,790</p></td><td><p>385,220</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p>487,665</p></td><td><p>79.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2023</p></td><td><p>99,405</p></td><td><p>387,500</p></td><td><p>2,505</p></td><td><p>489,410</p></td><td><p>79.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2023</p></td><td><p>100.570</p></td><td><p>392,955</p></td><td><p>2,585</p></td><td><p>496,110</p></td><td><p>79.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Sources and notes:</p><ol><li><p>March 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>September/December/June 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023: Quarterly Location Survey, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>Figures include where grade is unknown/unreported</p></li><li><p>Outside London includes civil servants located overseas.</p></li><li><p>The increase in unreported location at Q2 and Q3 2021 is mainly attributable to around 7,000 Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff being transferred into MOJ (HMPPS) in late June 2021, with the majority being reported with an unknown location at Q2 and Q3 2021.</p></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 2: Number of Civil Servants (excluding SCS level) in London and Outside London, Q1 (Mar) 2020 to Q3 (Sep) 2023</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>London (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Outside London (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Location not reported/ Known (FTE)</p></td><td><p>Total (FTE)</p></td><td><p>% FTE Outside London (where location known)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2020</p></td><td><p>83,810</p></td><td><p>330,320</p></td><td><p>3,415</p></td><td><p>417,545</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2020</p></td><td><p>85,585</p></td><td><p>333,510</p></td><td><p>5,165</p></td><td><p>424,255</p></td><td><p>79.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2020</p></td><td><p>91,065</p></td><td><p>340,075</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td><td><p>434,590</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2021</p></td><td><p>93,475</p></td><td><p>348,680</p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>445,775</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2021</p></td><td><p>95,185</p></td><td><p>352,810</p></td><td><p>10,240</p></td><td><p>458,235</p></td><td><p>78.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2021</p></td><td><p>95,630</p></td><td><p>360,130</p></td><td><p>9,850</p></td><td><p>465,610</p></td><td><p>79.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2021</p></td><td><p>97,445</p></td><td><p>366.765</p></td><td><p>4,045</p></td><td><p>468,250</p></td><td><p>79.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2022</p></td><td><p>96,625</p></td><td><p>371,250</p></td><td><p>3,215</p></td><td><p>471,090</p></td><td><p>79.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2022</p></td><td><p>95,840</p></td><td><p>372,525</p></td><td><p>3,210</p></td><td><p>471,580</p></td><td><p>79.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2022</p></td><td><p>95,355</p></td><td><p>375,315</p></td><td><p>2,925</p></td><td><p>473,600</p></td><td><p>79.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Dec) 2022</p></td><td><p>96,000</p></td><td><p>377,780</p></td><td><p>2,810</p></td><td><p>476,590</p></td><td><p>79.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Mar) 2023</p></td><td><p>95,530</p></td><td><p>382,355</p></td><td><p>2,645</p></td><td><p>480,525</p></td><td><p>80.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 (Jun) 2023</p></td><td><p>95,200</p></td><td><p>384,615</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>482,305</p></td><td><p>80.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (Sep) 2023</p></td><td><p>96,335</p></td><td><p>390,070</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td><td><p>488,980</p></td><td><p>80.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Sources and notes:</p><ol><li><p>March 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>September/December/June 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023: Quarterly Location Survey, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>Figures include where grade is unknown/unreported.</p></li><li><p>Outside London includes civil servants located overseas.</p></li><li><p>The increase in unreported location at Q2 and Q3 2021 is mainly attributable to around 7,000 Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff being transferred into MOJ (HMPPS) in late June 2021 and with the majority of them not being reported with a known location at Q2 and Q3 2021.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 20060 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:13:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth