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1346241

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether declarations of interest were received by UK Government Investments from Tom Cooper on his appointment as a Director in 2017 in respect of (a) Inside Track 1 LLP, (b) Inside Track 2 LLP, and (c) Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP, when he was appointed as a Director in 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>As with all external interests of its staff, UKGI discussed the disclosure of Tom Cooper’s membership and passive investment interest in film partnerships managed by Ingenious Media at the time of his appointment. Tom Cooper is not and has not been a director of these entities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:06:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346242

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments took to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in the appointment of Tom Cooper as a Director in 2017; and whether other directorships were required to be declared as part of the appointment process for that post.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>UK Government Investments (UKGI) requires all staff, including directors, to declare any external appointments on joining the organisation and on an ongoing basis where new appointments arise during the course of their appointment at UKGI. This is to ensure there are no conflicts of interest arising from its staff holding external posts and so any potential conflicts of interest can be managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:05:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346243

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments has taken to ensure that there is no conflict of interest in UKGI director Mr Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of a private consulting firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As with all external interests of its staff, UKGI discussed the disclosure of Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of private consulting firm TKGC Consulting following its incorporation.</p><p> </p><p>In considering the external interests of its staff, UKGI ensures it has asked for appropriate detail in determining whether a conflict of interest exists and so that it can satisfy itself that the external position or interest held by a staff or board member is appropriate and in line with its existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:05:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346244

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Government Investments: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require directors of UK Government Investments to publish details of their commercial clients.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of external appointments and interests held by UKGI Board members, including non-executive and executive directors, are published in UKGI’s annual report. UKGI staff are required to declare the details of any external appointments internally in line with UKGI’s policy. These interests are not published. There are currently no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:03:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346256

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borrowing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Welsh Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive either individually or collectively have requested additional borrowing capacity for the purposes of responding to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	32529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As a result of the coronavirus pandemic and following requests from the devolved administrations for more certainty over their funding, including greater borrowing powers, the UK Government announced the unprecedented Barnett guarantee in July 2020. The guarantee initially provided £12.7bn of additional funding and was uplifted three times to reflect the changing situation – eventually reaching £16.8bn.</p><p> </p><p>The guarantee provided the devolved administrations with the necessary funding certainty to decide how and when to provide support without having to wait for the UK Government to announce new funding first. It also meant that the devolved administrations benefitted from the strength of HM Treasury and the Bank of England rather than needing to borrow themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Barnett guarantee can be found on the following gov uk page:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/barnett-consequentials-and-the-barnett-guarantee/barnett-consequentials-and-the-barnett-guarantee</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/07/2021 09:33:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1346257

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bunzl Healthcare: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £22.6 million contract awarded to Bunzl Healthcare on 3 April 2020 for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak was approved through the eight stage process to assess and approve offers of support to supply personal protection equipment.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	32410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/08/2021 answer text <p>The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report on Government procurement activity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in November last year. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/government-procurement-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/government-procurement-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/</a></p><p>The report noted (Paragraph 3.19) that by 28 April 2020, personal protective equipment contracts had been awarded to 71 suppliers, with a total value of £1.5 billion, i.e. before offers were being processed through what the NAO have described as the eight stage process. Bunzl Healthcare were one of these suppliers.</p><p>The ‘eight stage process’ is a term to describe at a point in time a structured process of checks and due diligence on suppliers which evolved in March and April 2020. It includes the introduction of a central clearance board at the beginning of May 2020 to perform checks previously performed by the Department’s Accounting Officer to add an extra level of assurance that the deal met the Department’s requirements. However, from the start all suppliers were evaluated by officials on financial standing, technical compliance and ability to perform the contract.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32411 question first answered 17/08/2021 08:25:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 15287 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1346259

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet and Telephone Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce online and phone scams and (b) improve the ease of reporting them.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	32388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned by the growth in scale and complexity of online and phone scams. We are actively working with industry, regulators, law enforcement and consumer groups to crack down on these crimes and to protect victims.</p><p>Ofcom have adopted new rules relating to Call Line Identification (CLI), which means phone numbers used to perpetrate scams will be identified, filtered out and prevented from reaching the recipient.</p><p>As well as this, the Government has also now extended the Online Safety Bill to include fraudulent user-generated content. The draft bill can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill</a>.</p><p>We will publish a fraud action plan to further strengthen how we combat fraud after the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p>Reporting incidents of fraud helps us stop fraudsters and protect other people from becoming victims. We continue to ask the public to report fraud to the police through Action Fraud by phone on 0300 123 2040 or through their website: <a href="http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud" target="_blank">http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud</a>. Suspicious text messages can be reported to <strong>7726</strong> (which is free of charge) and suspicious emails to <a href="mailto:report@phishing.gov.uk" target="_blank">report@phishing.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/07/2021 09:26:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1346269

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost for providers of delivering the Government's tax-free childcare scheme during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Dagenham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Jon Cruddas
uin	32294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Tax Free Childcare (TFC) is delivered by the Childcare Service via GOV.UK. Parents and childcare providers manage their accounts via the Service.</p><p>There is not a cost to parents or providers in managing their accounts. A small number of providers may incur set up costs to ensure their processes are compatible with the online system. HM Revenue &amp; Customs, who administer TFC, do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 21/07/2021 12:32:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1406 label Biography information for Jon Cruddas

1346286

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 7 July 2021, Official Report, column 920, if he will specify the key tests that are required to be met in relation to emergency contracting procedures.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	32530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>‘Procurement Policy Note 01/20: Responding to COVID-19’ guidance on public procurement regulations is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0120-responding-to-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0120-responding-to-covid-19</a></p><p>Authorities are allowed to procure goods, services and works with extreme urgency in exceptional circumstances using regulation 32(2)(c) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Department must demonstrate on a case by case basis that it is satisfied the tests set out in the guidance permitting use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication have been met. The Regulations state that the Department should ensure there are genuine reasons for extreme urgency; the events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable; it is impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the Public Contract Regulations; and the situation is not attributable to the contracting authority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/07/2021 16:06:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1346292

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership will receive its three month overdue core funding provision.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	32528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>We aim to let Local Enterprise Partnerships have information about core funding for 2021-22 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2021 13:49:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi