Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs to the public purse of holding elections for the European Parliament this year, in the event that the UK remains in the EU after 22 May 2019.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government has made it clear that the UK intends to leave the EU with a deal and not take part in the European Parliamentary Elections (EPE) in May.
The Cabinet Office has published a detailed report on the cost of the last European Parliamentary election which cost £108.7M. The publication and the accompanying data can be found at the following link (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-of-the-2014-european-parliamentary-elections).
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on infraction proceedings in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Cabinet Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have incurred nil expenditure on infraction proceedings before the European Court of Justice.
Figures held centrally by the Cabinet Office are set out below, which show costs incurred by other government departments in engaging counsel as a result of infraction proceedings issued against the UK before the Court.
| 2010/2011 | 2011/2012 | 2012/2013 | 2013/2014 | 2014/2015 | 2015/2016 | 2016/2017 (year to date) |
BIS | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
CO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DCLG | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DCMS | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DECC | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DEFRA | Nil | £1,740.00 | Nil | Nil | Nil | £8,791.61 | £966.66 |
DfE | £780.00 | 3,630.00 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DfT | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DFID | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
DH | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | NIl | NIl |
DWP | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
FCO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
HMT (HMRC) | £687.50 | £3,797.50 | £16,610.67 | £24,004.95 | £6,749.99 | £9,834.99 | Nil |
HO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
MoD | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
MoJ | Nil | Nil | £2,520.00 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
NIO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
SO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
WO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
*The above represents all data held. We do not hold financial records on these matters before FY 2010/2011.
The UK has never been fined by the European Court of Justice as a result of infraction proceedings.
Costs for departments include costs incurred by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which they are the lead department. While some departments will have incurred ad hoc costs in the pre-litigation stage of infraction proceedings, and costs associated with the attendance of government officials at infraction hearings, the cost of identifying that data would be disproportionate.
Departments do not quantify the cost of time spent by government officials throughout the infractions process.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the tendering process was for the Government's EU referendum leaflet; and what the cost of that leaflet was under each cost heading.
Answered by John Penrose
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14th April to the Hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex on 14th April.
All external suppliers used were on existing Government procurement agreements, which have been awarded in compliance with the relevant procurement Regulations.
The Government will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place from 27th May.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a specific budget for advertising the Government's position on the EU referendum; and whether he plans to advertise that position in the media, on billboards and in newspapers before 23 June 2016.
Answered by John Penrose
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14th April to the Hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex on 14th April.
All external suppliers used were on existing Government procurement agreements, which have been awarded in compliance with the relevant procurement Regulations.
The Government will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place from 27th May.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and the European Commission Directorate-General for Communication in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Matt Hancock
There have been no meetings between Cabinet Office officials and the European Commission Directorate-General for Communication in the last 12 months.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26361, how many officials work in the secretariat in the Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters; to whom such officials report; and what such officials' involvement will be in drawing up contingency plans in the event of a UK exit from the EU.
Answered by John Penrose
The secretariat in Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters reports to the Prime Minister's Adviser on European and Global Issues. Information on Cabinet Office staff and salaries is on GOV.UK and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts
The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. The civil service is working to support the Government’s position.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of other EU member states who were (a) originally born outside of the EU and (b) originally born outside of the EU and became a citizen of that EU member state entered the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from other EU member states have (a) entered the UK in each year since 2006 and (b) are living in the UK; and under what heading those people are classified in the provisions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of other EU member states have given birth in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.