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542088

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current workstream priorities are of the Policy Innovation Policy Lab team.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Policy Lab is currently collaborating with departmental policy teams on homelessness, work and health (including the Work &amp; Health Innovation Fund) and the future of rail. Policy Lab’s work is determined by departments, which approach them for support in employing the latest digital, design and data techniques to help address specific policy challenges.</p><p>There are six full time staff in the Policy Lab.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43966 question first answered 05/09/2016 08:33:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

542089

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff currently work in the Policy Innovation Policy Lab team.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Policy Lab is currently collaborating with departmental policy teams on homelessness, work and health (including the Work &amp; Health Innovation Fund) and the future of rail. Policy Lab’s work is determined by departments, which approach them for support in employing the latest digital, design and data techniques to help address specific policy challenges.</p><p>There are six full time staff in the Policy Lab.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43965 question first answered 05/09/2016 08:33:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

542090

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how each unit in his Department performed on handling correspondence from hon. Members and Peers during 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/09/2016 08:31:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

542091

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
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 21 July 2016 to Question 43014, how individual units record their legal costs.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Within the Cabinet Office, business units are allocated budgets at the commencement of each year following development of the department's objectives for that year and taking into account the department's overall funding settlement. Business unit budgets are prepared and held at a summary level of aggregation.</p><p>Through the year all expenditure, including legal costs, is posted to appropriate codes following advice from individual units on the nature of the spend.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/09/2016 08:34:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

542093

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how individual units within his Department manage and record their budgets.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Within the Cabinet Office, business units are allocated budgets at the commencement of each year following development of the department's objectives for that year and taking into account the department's overall funding settlement. Business unit budgets are prepared and held at a summary level of aggregation.</p><p>During the year, business units complete forecast estimates of their spend, including risks and pressures against their allocated budget. These forecasts are reviewed and challenged by the department's Executive Committee and Board as part of its regular management of performance.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/09/2016 08:34:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

540955

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to amend the Ministerial Code to include the full text of the rules on business appointments.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>An updated Ministerial Code will be published in due course.</p><p>The business appointment rules already apply to former Ministers taking up any new or unpaid appointment within two years of leaving Ministerial office. The guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-business-appointments-for-senior-public-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-business-appointments-for-senior-public-servants</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/09/2016 08:29:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

540956

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the letter sent to it by the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>As part of my introduction to the Cabinet Office, I plan to meet the Chairmen of the Cabinet Office sponsored NDPBs to discuss the workings of their respective Bodies and this will include the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments following which I will reply to the Chairman's letter.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/09/2016 08:29:56 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

541082

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has made any further machinery of government changes since her Written Ministerial Statement of 18 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Machinery of Government changes are set out in Written Statements, and are available in the Official Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 05/09/2016 14:42:18 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

541278

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: European Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) the Norwegian, (b) the Swiss, (c) the Canadian and (d) other models for a new form of economic relationship with the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>At every step of our negotiations to leave the European Union we want to secure the best deal for Britain and for the British people. We won’t be following any other nation’s model – the position we build outside the EU will be unique to Britain.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 05/09/2016 15:44:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

541279

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the options for new forms of economic relationships with countries outside the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Leaving the EU offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful force for free trade.</p><p>My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are exploring a range of options to maximise the opportunities for the UK’s future trading relations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/09/2016 12:52:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest