Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish (a) the most up-to-date version of the 1 August 2019 Operation Yellowhammer document and (b) the dates on which each version of that document was circulated; what the distribution list is for that document; and for what reasons the assumptions in each version changed.
Answered by Michael Gove - Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all the steps taken by the Government to mitigate the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal since 24 July 2019.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Government is continuing to prepare for our exit from the European Union and we are making all necessary preparations to ensure we are ready whatever the circumstances, including a no deal scenario. The Government has published extensive material relating to Brexit on Gov.UK/Brexit.
The Hon. Member may wish to refer to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s statement to the House on Brexit readiness and Operation Yellowhammer, made on 25 September 2019 for more information relating to this question on the effects and mitigations to a no deal exit.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also wrote to the Chair of the Commons EU Exit Committee on 25 September 2019 confirming a document outlining the no deal mitigations the Government has put in place and intends to put in place will be published in due course.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal that cannot be mitigated; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK of those unmitigated effects.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Government is continuing to prepare for our exit from the European Union and we are making all necessary preparations to ensure we are ready whatever the circumstances, including a no deal scenario. The Government has published extensive material relating to Brexit on Gov.UK/Brexit.
The Hon. Member may wish to refer to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s statement to the House on Brexit readiness and Operation Yellowhammer, made on 25 September 2019 for more information relating to this question on the effects and mitigations to a no deal exit.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also wrote to the Chair of the Commons EU Exit Committee on 25 September 2019 confirming a document outlining the no deal mitigations the Government has put in place and intends to put in place will be published in due course.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all the steps taken by the Government to mitigate the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal since 24 July 2019.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal cannot be mitigated; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the UK of those unmitigated effects.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) most up-to-date version of the 1 August 2019 Operation Yellowhammer document and (b) the dates on which each version of that document was circulated; what the distribution list is for that document; and for what reasons the assumptions in each version changed.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve public and business awareness of cyber security.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The National Cyber Security Centre makes authoritative cyber security guidance available online, directing members of the public and businesses to initiatives, like Cyber Essentials, that help companies protect themselves.
The £1.9 billion National Cyber Security Programme also funds a government campaign called Cyber Aware which encourages the public and Small and Medium Enterprises to adopt more secure online behaviour.