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1156124

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Pay
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, what the salary is of the Director of the Office of Veterans' Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of the Director of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs was made in line with Civil Service recruitment practices.</p><p>The remuneration for the role has been set in line with the salary scale applicable for Senior Civil Service payband two.</p><p>The criteria for the role included: strong leadership skills; an ability to inspire confidence and work effectively with the charity sector, Ministers and senior officials; and, knowledge of veterans’ affairs and of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4947 4948 4949 question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1156125

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Public Appointments
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, what the criteria were for the appointment of the Director of the Office of Veterans' Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of the Director of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs was made in line with Civil Service recruitment practices.</p><p>The remuneration for the role has been set in line with the salary scale applicable for Senior Civil Service payband two.</p><p>The criteria for the role included: strong leadership skills; an ability to inspire confidence and work effectively with the charity sector, Ministers and senior officials; and, knowledge of veterans’ affairs and of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4946 4948 4949 question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1156126

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of a Director of Veterans Affairs was an open competition.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of the Director of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs was made in line with Civil Service recruitment practices.</p><p>The remuneration for the role has been set in line with the salary scale applicable for Senior Civil Service payband two.</p><p>The criteria for the role included: strong leadership skills; an ability to inspire confidence and work effectively with the charity sector, Ministers and senior officials; and, knowledge of veterans’ affairs and of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4946 4947 4949 question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1156128

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Public Appointments
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, which official or officials in Government confirmed the appointment of David Richmond CBE to the role of Director of the Office of Veterans' Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of the Director of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs was made in line with Civil Service recruitment practices.</p><p>The remuneration for the role has been set in line with the salary scale applicable for Senior Civil Service payband two.</p><p>The criteria for the role included: strong leadership skills; an ability to inspire confidence and work effectively with the charity sector, Ministers and senior officials; and, knowledge of veterans’ affairs and of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4946 4947 4948 question first answered 31/10/2019 15:36:47 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1150470

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Costs
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, what the cost to the public purse was of setting up the Office for Veterans Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>At the last Spending Round the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £5 million is being made available for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The costs of setting up the Office for Veterans' Affairs were met from existing budgets in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, and included time from existing staff.</p><p>Furthermore, this does not represent the totality of government spend to support veterans. For example, we recently announced an additional £10 million to support veterans' mental health and wellbeing needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2019 09:31:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones