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1713926

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral answer of 25 April 2024, whether the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has recused himself from any aspects of his role.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	23718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Ministerial Code, Ministers must ensure that no conflict arises, or could reasonably be perceived to arise, between their ministerial position and their private interests, financial or otherwise.</p><p>There is an established regime in place for the declaration and management of interests held by ministers. This ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest. The Foreign Secretary has declared his interests in line with this process. Those interests judged, by the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, to be relevant to his ministerial role have been published in the List of Ministers’ Interests, which is available on GOV.UK.</p><p>As set out in the Ministerial Code, it is the personal responsibility of each Minister to decide whether and what action is needed to avoid a conflict or the perception of a conflict, taking account of advice received from their Permanent Secretary and the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ interests.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/04/2024 16:46:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1677414

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton: Members' Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests plans to publish an update to Lord Cameron's entry in the List of Ministers’ Interests
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	6485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The latest List of Ministers’ Interests was published on 14 December and can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-ministers-interests" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-ministers-interests</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/12/2023 14:33:38 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1642674

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
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 5 June to Question 186376 on Government Departments: Apprentices, if he will provide a breakdown by Department of the percentage change in digital, data and technology apprenticeships between October 2021 and December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	188237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) apprenticeships are a way to gain industry standard qualifications whilst working full time in a salaried DDaT role in the Civil Service. During their programme, apprentices receive training from an apprenticeship provider in their chosen field, and apply their emerging knowledge and skills to their full time role as a DDaT professional.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is working with departments and commercial teams to address barriers to fully utilising the apprentice levy, including through increasing apprentice provider choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also grown our early talent offers. CDDO is now in the process of building a cross-government digital apprenticeship programme ‘Tech Track’ which aims to upskill existing Civil Servants into the DDaT profession through apprenticeships, targeting 350-500 roles in its first year from Q1 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Apprentice numbers regularly fluctuate year to year as apprentices begin and finish their courses at different stages throughout the year. External factors play a significant role in decisions to invest in apprenticeships. These include the impact of Covid-19 on recruitment and operation of apprenticeships, and proposed reductions to overall Civil Service headcount, prompting departments to prioritise fully developed staff. Changes to the recruitment of apprentices will not be reflected in the number of apprentices in departments until the following year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data provided by the Civil Service Apprenticeship Unit (CSAU) shows that, between September 2021 and December 2022, the number of apprentices fluctuated as per the below table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>On programme Apprentices September 2021</p></td><td><p>On programme Apprentices December 2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage Change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1000%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>197%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Statistics Authority</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General's Departments</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (and former partners)</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>-24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>-34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department For Digital Culture Media And Sport</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>-52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>-54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>-58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>-62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charity Commission</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 12/06/2023 17:18:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1639741

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report from the National Audit Office entitled Digital transformation in government: addressing the barriers to efficiency, published on 10 March 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) digital transformation in Government of that report's finding of a reduction of 20 per cent in the number of digital, data and technology apprenticeships between October 2021 and December 202.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	186376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to strengthening digital and technology specialist skills and has increased the number of recorded specialists by 10% since the establishment of the <em>Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are ultimately responsible for their own resourcing decisions and will have their own rationale for specific choices made. Additionally, apprenticeship headcounts will fluctuate over time linked to factors like the procurement of suppliers and the cohort based nature of apprenticeship recruitment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Apprentices are a core part of our thriving digital community, as are graduates and interns, and we are committed to ensuring that the trend in reduction of apprentices is reversed. Indeed, since the report was published, the number of recorded apprentices has increased by 6.2%.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) are currently working with departments and commercial teams to address some of the barriers to fully utilising apprentice levy’s in government, including through increasing supplier choice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/06/2023 16:35:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1581876

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Greensill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department has not agreed to the Second Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Sue Gray, from serving as a witness in the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s investigation into the lobbying and access affair involving Greensill Capital in July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	135211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>It is the Government’s longstanding position, as set out in the Osmotherly Rules, that officials do not attend Committees in their own capacity, but as representatives of their Ministers. It is therefore open for Ministers to decide to attend instead. In this instance, successive Cabinet Office Ministers declined the invitation for Ms Gray to appear before the Committee and in so doing offered to attend instead to answer any questions the Committee might have had on this subject.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/02/2023 17:46:55 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1520618

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mark Fullbrook
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 11 October 2022 to Question 55048, if Mark Fullbrook was (a) on secondment from and (b) paid through Fullbrook Strategies at the time of his appointment; and whether he was subject to the checks and vetting the Cabinet Office guidance requires of Government officials.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	61012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Mr Fullbrook has a standard Special Adviser employment contract which covers his entire appointment as Chief of Staff. While a secondment was initially discussed, it was decided to instead employ Mr Fullbrook directly and a secondment agreement was never put in place.</p><p>The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911037/Model_Contract_for_Special_Advisers_-_August_2020.pdf" target="_blank">Model Contract for Special Advisers</a>, which sets out the terms of employment for special advisers, is available on GOV.UK. Together, with the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/832599/201612_Code_of_Conduct_for_Special_Advisers.pdf" target="_blank">Code of Conduct for Special Advisers</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code" target="_blank">Civil Service Code</a>, this constitutes a special adviser’s contract of employment with the Crown.</p><p>All civil servants, whether on secondment or directly employed, are subject to the necessary checks and vetting, as was Mr Fullbrook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/10/2022 14:09:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1507869

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mark Fullbrook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office's Propriety and Ethics team was informed that the FBI had asked the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Mark Fullbrook, to cooperate as a witness in an active case on electoral bribery in Puerto Rico.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	55039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on proceedings in a foreign country which do not involve the UK Government.</p><p>However, I refer the Hon. Member to the statement issued by Mr Fullbrook which is in the public domain, and the recent apology and retraction issued to him by the Rt Hon Member for Tottenham.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 55040 55041 55044 55045 55046 55047 55049 question first answered 13/10/2022 13:29:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1507870

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mark Fullbrook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Mark Fullbrook, informed the Cabinet Office that he was a witness in an FBI investigation.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	55040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on proceedings in a foreign country which do not involve the UK Government.</p><p>However, I refer the Hon. Member to the statement issued by Mr Fullbrook which is in the public domain, and the recent apology and retraction issued to him by the Rt Hon Member for Tottenham.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 55039 55041 55044 55045 55046 55047 55049 question first answered 13/10/2022 13:29:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1507871

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mark Fullbrook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office sought legal advice on the continuation of Mark Fullbrook's role as the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, following the disclosure of Mr Fullbrook's status as an witness in an FBI investigation.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	55041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on proceedings in a foreign country which do not involve the UK Government.</p><p>However, I refer the Hon. Member to the statement issued by Mr Fullbrook which is in the public domain, and the recent apology and retraction issued to him by the Rt Hon Member for Tottenham.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 55039 55040 55044 55045 55046 55047 55049 question first answered 13/10/2022 13:29:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1507872

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mark Fullbrook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis Mark Fullbrook, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, is employed.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	55042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Mark Fullbrook is employed directly by the Government on a standard special adviser contract. The model special adviser contract can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/10/2022 13:16:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith