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1382362

registered interest
date	25/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Court of Appeal decision in R. (on the application of Motherhood Plan) v HM Treasury [2021] EWHC 309 (Admin), published on 24 November 2021, if he will review Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants given to self-employed women who have recently given birth.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	82019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) did not unlawfully discriminate against self-employed women who had taken time away from work related to pregnancy or caring for a new baby. The Government welcomes this judgment.</p><p> </p><p>Under SEISS, the Government has been able to support millions of self-employed people, at scale and pace, making it one of the most generous self-employment income COVID support schemes in the world. The SEISS grant was based on data HMRC already held and could quickly and easily calculate at scale. Without this mechanism, the schemes might have run into unacceptable delay, created unmanageable manual demand, or risked exposing our support to unacceptably high levels of error and fraud.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/11/2021 15:04:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1382377

registered interest
date	25/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Glencorse Barracks: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to amend the number of personnel at Glencorse Barracks from that as of 25 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	82020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State for Defence earlier this year, there will be a reduction in size of the British Army. Following detailed work, it has been confirmed that 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, which is based at Glencorse Barracks, will re-role to a Light Infantry battalion with a commensurate decrease in size. However, subject to final confirmation, Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland will move from Redford Barracks to Glencorse Barracks. This will result in an overall small uplift to the number of personnel based at Glencorse Barracks.</p><p>Overall, plans announced as part of Future Soldier will see seven major regular units based in Scotland rather than the current six, and it will be home to a greater proportion of the Army than it is today.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/11/2021 17:47:33 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381850

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to support the prosecution of a non-UK citizen or resident in the UK for indirect involvement in human rights abuses.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	81067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for criminal law policy in England and Wales and the UK’s human rights framework. Any human right abuse which is a criminal offence committed in the UK could be prosecuted the same way as any criminal offence and the nationality or residence status of the defendant is irrelevant. Support for such prosecutions is of course a matter primarily for the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales and the Ministry of Justice does not hold that information. If the abuses are criminal offences committed abroad the jurisdiction of our courts will depend on the nature of the offence and whether the relevant statute provides for it to have extraterritorial effect. Again, support for such prosecutions would be a matter for the Crown Prosecution service in England and Wales and its equivalent bodies elsewhere in the UK. Assistance via international police cooperation or Mutual Legal Assistance in such cases is a matter for the Home Office. International matters generally and the International Criminal Court are the responsibility of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/12/2021 17:27:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381851

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance: Employers' Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has commissioned research within his Department on the potential effect of the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions on (a) the employment rate and (b) wages.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	81068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility set out their assessment of the economic effects of the Health and Social Care Levy on the UK economy, including the impact on labour supply and wages, in their latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook. This can be found here: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/12/2021 10:54:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381294

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of phone calls relating to Government business made by Government ministers and officials.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>Formal, structured meetings are usually minuted. Guidance is available to help officials meet their obligation under the Civil Service Code to ‘keep accurate official records’, which includes making records of decisions and actions that take place in meetings.</p><p>Specific procedures are in place for external meetings involving ministers in ‘Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers’, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/12/2021 10:37:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 35159 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381296

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministers holding meetings with external organisations on government business are routinely accompanied by a Private Secretary or other official. Where a Minister finds themselves discussing official business without an official present, any significant content is passed back to the department as soon as possible, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/11/2021 17:52:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381298

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Ministers holding meetings or phone calls on government business are routinely accompanied by a private secretary or other official, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/12/2021 10:20:18 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381299

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to ensure that at least one official from her Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>All Ministers holding meetings or phone calls on government business are routinely accompanied by a private secretary, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code. If a private secretary is not available, another official will accompany this Minister. All meetings to discuss official government business are arranged through the department to ensure an official can be present. If any discussion of government business takes place unexpectedly without an official present e.g. at a social event, the content of the discussion is fed back to the department promptly and recorded.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/12/2021 09:24:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381300

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministers are bound by the Ministerial Code, which states in paragraph 8.14:</p><p>“Ministers meet many people and organisations and consider a wide range of views as part of the formulation of Government policy. Meetings on official business should normally be arranged through Ministers’ departments. A private secretary or official should be present for all discussions relating to Government business. If a Minister meets an external organisation or individual and finds themselves discussing official business without an official present – for example at a social occasion or on holiday – any significant content should be passed back to the department as soon as possible after the event. Departments will publish quarterly, details of Ministers’ external meetings. Meetings with newspaper and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives will be published on a quarterly basis regardless of the purpose of the meeting.”</p><p>Every effort is made to accompany Ministers to planned meetings. Where Ministers are unexpectedly asked about government business without officials, they feed this information back to their private office, who make a note.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 30/11/2021 16:14:27 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1381301

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between Ministers and third parties.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	80388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Ministers holding meetings or phone calls on Government business are routinely accompanied by a private secretary or other official, in line with the expectations of paragraph 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/12/2021 11:29:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson