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1471560

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of private companies using internet addresses suggesting those sites are linked to the government, such as GovNet.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Government departments have a set of processes in place to tackle fraudulent websites set up by private companies, for example sites purporting to be government using government-type domains. The nature of the action depends on the type of site and can include asking the domain registrar to suspend the domain, reporting to Action Fraud or National Trading Standards or reaching out directly to organisations concerned to tell them to stop using misleading branding or information. In some cases, we work with the Government Legal Department to take direct legal action.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Some sites, although potentially misleading, are able to operate within legal boundaries. In these cases, we work to ensure that government services are correctly listed and rank highly in search engine results. This helps to ensure that they are easy for people to find and identify as government services. Where misleading websites have paid for prominent positioning in search results, we also raise this with the relevant search engine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 23/06/2022 16:08:23 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1471585

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Visits Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of the Prime Minister's flight to Ukraine on 17 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of the Prime Minister’s overseas travel are published quarterly and will be made available on GOV.UK in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL1108 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:33:15 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1471586

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Visits Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister's flight to Ukraine on 17 June was (1) a special charter flight, or (2) a regular commercial flight.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of the Prime Minister’s overseas travel are published quarterly and will be made available on GOV.UK in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL1107 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:33:15 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1471589

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kate Josephs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord True on 16 June (HL736 and HL840), what specific investigation processes are being referred to; who is carrying out each investigation; who each investigation will report to; and by what date they expect each of the investigations to be complete.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The specific investigation process being referred to is that set out in both the Update of 31 January 2022 and the 25 May 2022 final report outlining the findings of the Second Permanent Secretary’s investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises. The methodology of the investigation is outlined within the report. The Second Permanent Secretary’s Update made clear what investigation work had been carried out. It is never appropriate in investigations to either confirm or deny whether the Cabinet Office has had any communications with specific individuals in order to preserve the confidentiality and integrity of investigation processes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 04/07/2022 14:32:19 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1471334

registered interest
date	17/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the scrutiny of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	20268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is an office holder, established to provide an independent complaint handling service for complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS and UK Government departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ombudsman is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, who hold an annual scrutiny session to evaluate his performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/06/2022 15:04:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1471335

registered interest
date	17/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Stakeholder (PHSO) Survey 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the operation of the PHSO.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	20269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The government has no plans at this time to introduce an Ombudsman Bill to Parliament.</p><p>Whilst the government will consider specific proposals on Ombudsman reform, we do not currently view more large scale Ombudsman reform as a priority for this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/06/2022 15:03:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1471354

registered interest
date	17/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Cross Border Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report published in April 2022, Managing cross-border travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, if he will take steps to help avoid unnecessary expenditure by Government Departments on official cross-border travel in the context of potential further travel restrictions being introduced due to the emergence of new variants of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	20317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to introduce new travel restrictions at this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is the responsibility of each individual department to ensure the proper and efficient use and spending of taxpayers money. All Cabinet Office employees that undertake cross-border travel must seek relevant approvals to do so and must book this travel through approved contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/06/2022 15:31:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1471006

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the UK's cyber security in the context of the potential increased risk of malicious cyber activity from Russia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Our new National Cyber and Government Cyber Security Strategies set out our approach to making the UK more resilient to cyber attacks and countering cyber threats. We have undertaken significant outreach within the Government and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sectors, and the UK Devolved Administrations, providing mitigating advice to bolster the UK’s cyber preparedness.</p><p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recently wrote to Cabinet colleagues to seek assurances that their departments and sectors are implementing the necessary resilience measures.</p><p>All organisations should follow the <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/actions-to-take-when-the-cyber-threat-is-heightened" target="_blank">NCSC’s guidance</a> on actions to take when the cyber threat is heightened. Individuals should follow the NCSC’s Cyber Aware guidance.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/06/2022 10:42:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471026

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Service: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment has the Prime Minister made of the adequacy of the standards of probity in public life.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	19678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is committed to maintaining high standards of conduct and probity, whilst making improvements where necessary to policies and processes which help support this.</p><p>There are a range of mechanisms in place to maintain and drive up standards, including Codes of Conduct (such as the Ministerial Code, Civil Service Code, Special Adviser Code), policies and guidance (such as Managing Public Money), and bodies and offices charged with overseeing aspects of government activity (for example the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the Civil Service Commission). The Committee on Standards in Public Life also issues regular reports with ideas and recommendations for the Government and other public bodies to consider.</p><p>I also refer the Hon. Member to the written ministerial statement of 16 December 2021, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>, on the Government's anti-corruption strategy work.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/06/2022 09:41:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1471113

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to abolish the post of the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	19624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>In light of the resignation of the Independent Adviser, Lord Geidt, on 15 June 2022, and the issues raised both by Lord Geidt and the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee about the adviser’s role, the Government is taking time to consider how best to fulfil the Prime Minister's commitment to ensuring rigorous oversight and scrutiny of ministerial interests.</p><p>The process of managing ministerial interests continues in line with the Ministerial Code, which sets out that the Permanent Secretary in the department and the Cabinet Office can provide advice, and have a role in scrutinising interests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/06/2022 09:29:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner