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As confirmed in the answer to Question 10654, NATO provided a breakdown of the types of spend that could be included within the 1.5% commitment. This included Critical Infrastructure.

In 2023, NATO published a report on the EU/NATO taskforce on the resilience of Critical Infrastructure. Within that report, it noted that Critical Infrastructure enables the fulfilment of the organisation's core tasks of deterrence and defence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security.

It is for each NATO ally to determine whether they have eligible Critical Infrastructure spend to include as part of their 1.5% commitment.

The schemes listed in the answer to Question 10652 are open to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria as set out on sis.gov.uk/how-to-apply/eligibility/. This includes individuals who are white British.

As of 30th June 2026, there are no Core Cabinet Office staff assigned to work in the Darlington Campus.

The Prime Minister decided that the Government should update the Cabinet Manual prior to his Written Ministerial Statement (HLWS81) on 2 June 2026.

Publication of tax returns is a matter for individual ministers. Any such publication would be made in the usual way.

The revisions to the Cabinet Manual are a matter for the Prime Minister.

The Government thanks the Ethics and Integrity Commission for its thorough and considered work on these important issues.

As set out in the review’s terms of reference, we will now carefully consider the report’s findings and present the Government’s response to Parliament in due course thereafter.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the Permanent Secretary for the Office for National Statistics.

Lord Green of Deddington

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

15 July 2026

Dear Lord Green,

As Permanent Secretary of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I am responding to your

Parliamentary Question asking, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of

Stoke-on-Trent on 7 July (HL1157) [1], how many households in (1) Greater London, and (2)

the United Kingdom, had a household reference person born (a) in the United Kingdom,

and (b) outside the United Kingdom, in the 2001 Census (HL1903).

The census is conducted separately by the statistical agencies for England and Wales,

Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and outputs are published independently. There is no

single UK-wide 2001 Census dataset. Therefore, the data presented here relates to Greater

London and England and Wales rather than the UK.

Table 1 below shows the number of households with a Household Reference Person (HRP)

born in and outside of the UK for Greater London and for England and Wales. The figures

for Greater London include all 32 boroughs and the City of London.

Please note that these figures are not available as part of the 2001 Census standard

outputs and were produced through our commissioned tables service. Table C1341 shows

the data at the England and Wales level, and C1347 shows the data at the London

Borough level.

We will place copies of these commissioned tables in the House of Lords Library.

Yours sincerely,

Darren Tierney

[1] https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-22/hl1157

Table 1: The number of households with a Household Reference Person (HRP) born

in and outside of the UK in Greater London and in England and Wales

Sources: ONS, 2001 Census Commissioned table C1341, Country of birth of the HRP (born

in the UK/born outside the UK); ONS, 2001 Census Commissioned table C1347, Tenure by

country of birth of Household Reference Persons (HRPs)

All government paid advertising on X has been suspended since April 2023, meaning that no taxpayers money has been spent with the platform.

Individual departments manage their own organic accounts, ensuring that activity is proportionate, appropriate, and relevant to their audiences.

Ministerial appointments are distinct to public appointments and subject to separate processes. Ministers are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister. The process for the declaration and management of ministers’ interests is set out in the Ministerial Code. Relevant interests are published in the List of Ministers’ Interests on a quarterly basis.

The Policy Lab sits in the Department for Education who have confirmed that no Policy Lab officials attended the Festival.

The delivery of the Government's missions and priorities is being taken forward by an integrated team working across the Cabinet Office and No 10. This team operates in close collaboration with other delivery teams and departments across government.

The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service will lead a wide-ranging, fundamental review into the constitution, organisation and performance of the permanent Civil Service, with the aim of setting out a vision for its future as a world class institution serving the duly elected government of the day, building on its existing strengths.

The review will draw on a wide range of expert advisers from academia, private, public, civil society, and international spheres. An external expert advisory panel will be constituted to inform the review.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Parliamentary Question of 14th July is attached.

Neither HM Treasury nor the Public Sector Fraud Authority have produced, commissioned or received an estimate of the total amount lost through fraud and error across Covid-19 support schemes that exceeds the published estimate of £10.9bn.

The Public Sector Fraud Authority’s (PSFA) estimate of £10.9bn is HMG’s best estimate for the level of fraud and error in COVID-19 support schemes. The methodology is derived from fraud measurement loss exercises or similar statistical modelling published by departments in their Annual Reports and Accounts.

In its 2023 report ‘Tackling fraud and corruption against government’, the National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that “fraud against the taxpayer rose from £5.5 billion in total over the two years before the pandemic (2018-19 and 2019-20) to £21 billion in total over the two years since the start of the pandemic (2020-21 and 2021-22).’ Of this £21 billion, £7.3 billion specifically related to fraud and error in COVID-19 support schemes.

The NAO and PSFA consider both their respective estimates are likely to be under-estimates.

The UK’s data protection legislation does not lay down specific rules regarding particular employment systems. It is for each organisation to determine how it applies the data protection framework in its operational context. Where individuals are subject to significant decisions based solely on automated processing, the legislation provides safeguards including rights to information, challenge and human intervention.

In the Cabinet Office, no automated decision-making systems are used in relation to:

• Recruitment;

• Performance management (for both delegated and Senior Civil Service grades);

• Discipline; or

• The allocation of work.

There is no mandatory or prescriptive policy regarding the use of pronouns in email signatures. General internal guidance on workplace communication simply notes that individuals may choose to include them, and any related conversations between colleagues should remain respectful and sensitive.

The GPA holds information on all government offices in greater Manchester. The information includes tenure, lease dates, EPC information and occupiers. Buildings, Departments and ALB information listed below;

The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service will lead a wide-ranging, fundamental review into the constitution, organisation and performance of the permanent Civil Service, with the aim of setting out a vision for its future as a world class institution serving the duly elected government of the day, building on its existing strengths.

The review will draw on a wide range of expert advisers from academia, private, public, civil society, and international spheres. An external expert advisory panel will be constituted to inform the review.

For automated decision making systems that use algorithms, information about these is made publicly available on the Algorithmic Transparency Records Standards (ATRS) hub https://www.gov.uk/algorithmic-transparency-records. This is maintained by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Otherwise, we maintain no internal or public registers.

The House of Lords has established a dedicated select committee to look at how best to implement the manifesto commitments on a retirement age and participation requirement.

The Government looks forward to responding to the Committee’s report in due course.

The Government has no plans to establish a committee to consult on a mandatory retirement age for the House of Commons.

The House of Lords has established a dedicated select committee to look at how best to implement the manifesto commitments on a retirement age and participation requirement.

The Government looks forward to responding to the Committee’s report in due course.

The Government has no plans to establish a committee to consult on a mandatory retirement age for the House of Commons.

The new Strategy Director in the National Security Secretariat who took up post in April 2026 was appointed by an open and fair competition.

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to my previous answer in PQ2754. The internal reminder provided to departments applied to UK Government civil servants based in Scotland.

The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.

The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension benefits are unacceptable. We want to reassure you that this Government has taken firm action to help put things right as soon as possible. We have agreed a clear recovery plan with Capita, which includes specific milestones and accountability targets for delivery. For priority cases, we have deployed additional resources and improved communication with affected colleagues, so that staff, both former and serving, receive the quality of service and support they deserve.

While Capita committed to a complete return to standard contractual service levels by the end of June 2026, they have failed to meet this critical milestone. The Government is taking robust action to hold Capita to account. This includes withholding £9.9 million in contract payments for undelivered milestones, alongside confirmation that the Government surge team costs will be recovered directly from Capita. To enforce strict compliance, independent auditors are being deployed to conduct a technical systems review, and an on-the-ground Remedial Adviser is being appointed at Capita’s expense. Further commercial, legal, and operational options remain on the table during the consideration of long-term structural delivery options.

Capita has issued lump sum payments to 19,362 retired members awaiting their regular pensions, whilst the scheme continues to pay approximately 730,000 existing pensioners on time. To alleviate immediate hardship, employers have issued £16.2 million in Transitional Support Loans to 2,932 members, alongside interest-free bridging loans, ranging from £5,000 to an increased cap of £20,000. Members will fully repay these bridging loans upon receipt of their formal pension payments.

Existing civil servants who have partially retired or a civil servant who retired from 1 January 2025, can contact their employer to access the transitional support loan. The provision of these loans will continue while delays persist.

Pension scheme members not in scope of this loan scheme but who are at risk of experiencing financial hardship due to the delayed payment of their pension, should contact Capita and highlight the financial impact of these delays. Capita will then prioritise resolution of these cases.

For compensation, there is also a statutory complaints process that evaluates claims for financial loss, distress, and inconvenience on a case-by-case basis and is operated in strict accordance with the standards set by the Pensions Ombudsman.

Individual departments are responsible for setting their own complaints procedures. In reference to Question 428, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office does not operate a two-stage complaints procedure, as set out on their website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office/about/complaints-procedure

As set out in its response of 4 February 2026, the Cabinet Office recognises that there is a public interest in the transparency in how it makes decisions on responses to written parliamentary questions.

However, effective responses to written parliamentary questions rely on a safe space within which issues can be discussed openly and frankly.

The disclosure of the requested information would have a prejudicial effect on these relationships, which would not be in the public interest.

The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.

The Cabinet Office maintains a robust data protection governance framework to ensure all personal data, including special category data and data relating to protected characteristics, is processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

Following the passage of the 2025 Act, the Department continues to mandate rigorous Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk processing, alongside a standard practice of conducting comprehensive data protection compliance audits across the entire Cabinet Office.

There is no centrally held definitive list covering all industrial disputes within the civil service and its Arm’s Length Bodies.

The Cabinet Office Second Headquarters 2030 Strategy outlines the department’s long term vision for Glasgow. In line with wider Cabinet Office policy, staff based at our Second Headquarters in Glasgow are expected to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

The AI tool identifies statutory consultation duties, not open consultations. Open consultations can be found on gov.uk.

The Review into the Organisation, Performance and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service (“the Review”) will draw on a wide range of expert advisers from academia, private, public, civil society, and international spheres. It will welcome views and input from across Parliament, including through engagement with the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Lords Constitutional Committee.

As the Terms of Reference set out, the Review will consider the wide range of activities undertaken by the Civil Service and will culminate in a report setting out a vision for the future Civil Service as a world class institution, to deliver for Ministers and the public. The Review will report before summer 2027, and it will be made available to the public.

Time off for facility time is managed locally between the representative and their line manager and the Cabinet Office therefore does not hold a central record of the cost or full time equivalent headcount of those allocated any facility time.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Parliamentary Question of 13th July is attached.

Information on agency staff hired by the department can be found on gov.uk.

The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government.

The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to resolve them through a clear recovery plan with strict delivery milestones. We have deployed additional resources to expedite priority cases, ensuring that serving and former staff receive the high standard of service they deserve. Regular progress updates remain available to members via the pension portal and GOV.UK.

While Capita committed to a complete return to standard contractual service levels by the end of June 2026, they have failed to meet this critical milestone. The Government is taking robust action to hold Capita to account. This includes withholding £9.9 million in contract payments for undelivered milestones, alongside confirmation that the Government surge team costs will be recovered directly from Capita.

To enforce strict compliance, independent auditors are being deployed to conduct a technical systems review, and an on-the-ground Remedial Adviser is being appointed at Capita’s expense. Further commercial, legal, and operational options remain on the table during the consideration of long-term structural delivery options.

The Cabinet Office measures the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) training that we provide to civil servants through a range of methods aligned with government evaluation guidance in the magenta book. We are further developing our approach to the measurement of the impact of AI training on productivity and public services, and are planning to publish a monitoring and evaluation framework later this year.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The methodological note included in this publication provides a detailed overview of the information gathering process.

The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Government has available for disclosure, except those being withheld at the request of the Metropolitan police.

The Cabinet Office oversees the Freedom of Information round robin process and will issue guidance where appropriate.

Information on the FOI round robin process is publicly available on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information

The Government Skills Group, within the Cabinet Office, leads the civil service skills agenda and maintains data on learning and development activity delivered through its centrally managed contracts and systems.

There is no single central register for all training undertaken across all government departments. This is because of the technological barriers to aggregating learning and development data across departmental systems. Responsibility for maintaining records of local learning and development activity rests with individual government departments.

The Government Skills Group is committed to integrating learning and development data across the civil service in the future.

The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally. Details on staffing and pensions can be found in the relevant annual report and accounts.

The "Rules on lobbying for Non-Departmental Public Bodies" (NDPBs) guidance establishes an operational boundary for lobbying NDPBs. NDPBs must never employ external firms or consultants to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, Government, or political parties. This ban explicitly includes attempts to influence the awarding or renewal of contracts and grants and attempts to influence legislative or regulatory action.

The Government recognises that bereaved families and affected people have suffered profound losses. It was clear from the Government consultation, which ended on 22 January, that respondents felt some specific groups of affected people had suffered significant harms and losses, and deserved more compensation in recognition of this. The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) 2026 Regulations introduce a 50% uplift to the core Injury award for some affected people, including eligible bereaved partners and eligible bereaved parents. These regulations were approved by the House of Commons on 6 July.

Regarding medical records, the Government wants the claims process to be as unburdensome to the applicant as possible. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority, or IBCA, who deliver the compensation scheme, ensure that claim managers seek official documentation to support a person’s claim, including from GPs. If a person is registered with an existing support scheme, IBCA will use all this existing information to handle the person’s claim. Someone will only be asked for additional information if there is anything missing that is needed to progress their claim, for example how severe their infection is or when they were diagnosed with their condition.

No past support or ex-gratia payments received through the Infected Blood Support Schemes or Alliance House Organisation schemes will be deducted from the final payments made through the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (“the Scheme”). Any support payments paid from 1 April 2025 will be taken into account when IBCA calculates the amount of compensation that an infected person is entitled to for the awards relating to their future financial loss and future care costs. Where people have previously received interim compensation payments, these will be deducted from compensation awards through the Scheme. Similarly, any past or future compensation awarded through the courts will be deducted from compensation awards through the Scheme.