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1681257

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what role Paula Vennells had in advising the Commissioners after 2019; and which committees she attended.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	9090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>In the spring of 2019 the House of Bishops discussed why some of the recommendations of the Church Buildings Review, which was approved by the General Synod in November 2015, had not been implemented. Paula Vennells was subsequently asked by the Archbishops to undertake a lessons learnt review. During the course of the review its remit was expanded to look at the wider working together of the National Church Institutions (NCIs), including issues around organisational governance, leadership and culture. The report, ‘Church Buildings Review- Lessons Learnt’, was completed in October 2019 and Paula Vennells attended a meeting of the House of Bishops in December 2019 at which it was presented.</p><p>In February 2020 Paula Vennells was invited to attend the Church Commissioners Board of Governors for a discussion of the Lessons Learnt report, but she was unable to attend and the report was considered in her absence. The Lessons Learnt report was considered by the Archbishops’ Council in March 2020, again in the absence of Paula Vennells, who was invited but unable to attend.</p><p>In March 2020 the Archbishops established a Coordinating Group, to continue the work of the Triennium Funding Working Group, and to coordinate certain strands of national work for the Church during the Covid 19 pandemic. Paula Vennells was invited to join the Coordinating Group and to lead on the part focusing on Governance. She attended three meetings of the Group, in April, May and June 2020 and sent apologies to two further meetings in June and July, before withdrawing from the work. The Coordinating Group became what is now the Emerging Church Steering Group. A Governance Review group under the Chairmanship of the Bishop of Leeds proceeded from August 2020, without the involvement of Paula Vennells.</p><p>The Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) is convened and funded by the three National Investment Bodies, to whom it provides ethical investment advice. Paula Vennells was appointed to the EIAG by its Nominations Committee and was a member between March 2019 and April 2021. She attended two meetings, in March and October 2019, and sent apologies for meetings thereafter until she took leave of absence from the Group from June 2020, lasting until her resignation in April 2021. More information about the EIAG can be found here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/about/leadership-and-governance/ethical-investment-advisory-group" target="_blank">Ethical Investment Advisory Group | The Church of England</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/01/2024 17:07:36 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1681277

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours committee that approved the CBE for Paula Vennells in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	9107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Names of honours committee members are published within the Government’s reports on the operation of the honours system, and are a matter of public record.</p><p>The process relating to individual honours nominations are conducted in confidence. There is an expectation that this remains so, in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system. The Government has previously published information relating to routine checks carried out prior to the awarding of honours, which is available online.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 9108 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:49:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1681278

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what due diligence checks the Honours committee conducted before Paula Vennells received an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	9108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Names of honours committee members are published within the Government’s reports on the operation of the honours system, and are a matter of public record.</p><p>The process relating to individual honours nominations are conducted in confidence. There is an expectation that this remains so, in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system. The Government has previously published information relating to routine checks carried out prior to the awarding of honours, which is available online.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 9107 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:49:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1680949

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who recommended Paula Vennells for an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	8855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Honours nominations are made in confidence, and there is an expectation that they remain confidential in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/01/2024 17:46:42 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1312581

registered interest
date	28/04/2021
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	Paula Vennells
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the quashing of the convictions of 39 sub-postmasters at the Court of Appeal on 23 April, what assessment they have made of the possibility of repayment of any severance payment made to Paula Vennells on her departure from Post Office Ltd.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/04/2021 09:27:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1302003

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 160543 on Paula Vennells, for what reason his Department made a different judgement on whether the costs of publishing the correspondence were disproportionate for (a) January to June 2013 and (b) July to December 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials consider several factors when assessing whether a request can be obtained at proportionate cost. One such factor is the time a request is made. A request made close to the time it is requesting information from is easier to process and respond to. A request sent a significant time after an event is much more difficult to process in a timely way, as it involves a recall of historic records by the records team.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:46:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1293540

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
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	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish all correspondence between Paula Vennels and his Department dated between July 2013 and December 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials have assessed that publication of the correspondence between Paula Vennells and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy dated between July 2013 and December 2013 can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/03/2021 17:49:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1185832

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date Paula Vennells CBE ceased to be a Non-Executive Board Member in the Cabinet Office; and what the circumstances were surrounding her departure from Government.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	30863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Details of Cabinet Office Non Executive Board Members are listed on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> and updated as appropriate. Paula Vennells stood down from the Cabinet Office Board on 5 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/03/2020 17:23:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss