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1486964

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, 100 procurement cards were held by individuals to make purchases against HMT's departmental budget.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 14/07/2022 14:52:53 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1487963

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Hanbury Strategy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) target group were, defined by demographic breakdown, work status or age of the twice-weekly focus groups carried out for his Department by Hanbury Strategy Ltd. between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 under the terms of procurement contract reference CCZZ20A84.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of focus group activity carried out by Hanbury Strategy upon instruction from HM Treasury between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 are detailed below.</p><p> </p><p>Unless otherwise specified two groups per week were undertaken. Groups were split by the demographic detailed in the demographic information column.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Demographic information</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 11 January 2021</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 18 January</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 25 January</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 1 February 2021</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 8 February</p></td><td><p>East England</p></td><td><p>Urban status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 15 February</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 22 February</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 1 March 2021</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 1 March</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 8 March</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Furlough status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 15 March</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p><em>Information not held</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 22 March</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 29 March</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 12 April</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 26 April</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 10 May 2021</p></td><td><p>North East, North West, Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>Urban status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 17 May</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 25 May</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Urban status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 7 June 2021</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Furlough status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 14 June</p></td><td><p>England (excl. London)</p></td><td><p>Self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 21 June</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Furlough status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 28 June</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 5 July</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 12 July</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 19 July</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 26 July</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Urban status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 9 August 2021</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 16 August</p></td><td><p>London, North East</p></td><td><p>Ethnicity and gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W/C 23 August</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Electric vehicles / petrol and diesel users</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 30 August</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 6 September 2021</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 13 September</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Independence view</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 20 September</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Furlough status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 27 September</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 4 October 2021</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 11 October</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 18 October</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 25 October</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 1 November 2021</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 8 November</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 15 November</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 22 November</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 29 November</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 6 December 2021</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>Employment status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 13 December</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Independence</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 14/07/2022 14:49:25 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1487964

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Deltapoll
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) target group were, defined by demographic breakdown, work status or age of the twice-weekly focus groups, carried out for his Department by Deltapoll Ltd. between 1 February 2022 and 5 July 2022 under the terms of procurement contract reference CCZZ21A48.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of focus group activity carried out by Deltapoll upon instruction from HM Treasury between 1 February 2022 and 5 July 2022 are detailed below.</p><p> </p><p>Unless otherwise specified two groups per week were undertaken. Groups were split by the demographic detailed in the demographic information column.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Demographic information</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 28 March 2022</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 5 April 2022</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 18 April</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 25 April</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 2 May 2022</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 9 May</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 17 May</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 23 May</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>Income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 30 May</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 6 June 2022</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 13 June</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 20 June</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 27 June</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WC 4 July 2022</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Urban status</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 14/07/2022 14:50:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1488834

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Special Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any special advisers have had their contracts with his Department terminated since 4 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not employ any special advisers; all special advisers are employed by Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 18/07/2022 11:03:05 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698965

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Liability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of her Department's (a) remote and (b) non-remote quantifiable contingent liabilities was on (i) 31 March (A) 2017, (B) 2018, (C) 2019, (D) 2020, (E) 2021, (F) 2022 and (G) 2023 and (ii) 26 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The value of departmental contingent liabilities for the periods up to and including the 2022/23 financial year have already been published in the former Department for International Trade's Annual Report and Accounts which is available at the following location:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts.</p><p>Contingent liabilities for the current financial year will be published in the Department for Business and Trade's Annual Report and Accounts in due course.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 17/04/2024 18:45:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546083

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telefónica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) key datasets and (b) other deliverables are that will be obtained through the contract agreed by his Department with Telefonica on 14 September 2022 with procurement reference C2289; if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of that contract; and if he will publish the business case for that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	97495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The datasets, deliverables and business justification for this contract will not be published, nor a separate assessment prepared, on security grounds. This procurement activity relates to the National Situation Centre, which is exempt from publishing Commercially Sensitive documents under National Security Exemptions. This procurement activity is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Sections 23 (Security Bodies) and 24 (National Security), and also under Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Section 15 (National Security).</p><p>The National Situation Centre’s business justification, which will not be published in full for the reasons listed above, included the following requirements for this contract:</p><ol><li><p>Anonymised and aggregated people count estimates at low levels of geography</p></li><li><p>Data down to equally-sized geographic areas (for example grids or hexagons). These areas should be reasonably low levels of geography, such as having a radius of 500m or smaller.</p></li><li><p>Ideally, in addition to the above, data provided at MSOA (Middle Layer Super Output Area) level of detail or more geographically granular</p></li><li><p>Data anonymised and aggregated (no private/personal data to be collected or communicated from the supplier)</p></li><li><p>Minimum coverage of 30% of the UK population and data weighted/aggregated up to population level</p></li><li><p>No more than 15 minute latency period</p></li><li><p>Underlying data delivered through API and CSV file formats</p></li><li><p>Access to real-time data in front-end map format via a portal</p></li><li><p>Must cover the UK (including Scotland)</p></li><li><p>Total contract value to not exceed £803,500 (Ex VAT)</p></li><li><p>A reasonable baseline figure for people counts. This may be average hourly people counts in a given area for historic and current months.</p></li><li><p>Derived products must be shareable across resilience and operational partners</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2022 12:05:01 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546084

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telefónica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to obtain insights on the (a) movement, (b) demography, (c) mobility-patterns and (d) behaviour of the proportion of the UK population whose data will not be covered by the contract agreed by his Department with Telefonica on 14 September 2022 with procurement reference C2289.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	97496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The department is not taking any steps to obtain insights on the movement, demography, mobility-patterns and behaviour of the proportion of the UK population whose data will not be covered by the contract at present. The data obtained through the contract, which covers 30% of the UK population, may be weighted and aggregated up to population level.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2022 12:05:30 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1552643

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, where the taxi ranks building work approved for procurement on 13 July 2022 will take place; and what the purpose of that work will be.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2023 answer text <p>The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 112074 question first answered 06/01/2023 16:21:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1552644

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the activity approved for procurement in relation to (a) workplace facilities on 15 July 2022 and (b) workplace performance on 22 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2023 answer text <p>The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 112073 question first answered 06/01/2023 16:21:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1563468

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his Department's policy that government procurement cards should not be used for purchases (a) of alcohol and (b) that could be made via an alternative compliant purchasing route.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The Pan-government procurement card policy does not itself prohibit the purchase of alcohol using a procurement card; however it does state that procurement cards must never be used to make purchases contrary to departments’ strategies and purchasing policies.</p><p>Guidance is provided to departments on the consumption of alcohol in the workplace and departments must ensure that they have policies in place to implement this.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/01/2023 16:38:08 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry