Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 74500 on Ministers: Public Appointments, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating and maintaining a central record of the average duration Ministers spend in post.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
I refer to the reply I gave to the Hon. Gentlemen on 7 November 2022.
This information is a matter of public record. The Government has no plans to create and maintain a central record of the overall average duration of ministerial posts.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long on average Ministers spent in post in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
This information is not collected centrally. However ministerial appointments and their duration are a matter of public record.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to establish arrangements for statistical cooperation between the UK and EU, as envisaged by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 22 February is attached.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's ministers have been exempted from quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK from a covid-19 red list country to which they have travelled for the purposes of conducting official business.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly on GOV.UK. All travel is arranged in line with official regulations.
Ministers are able to claim an exemption from travel restrictions under the ‘Crown Servants or government contractors exemption.’ The full text of this exemption can be found under the Government guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): jobs that qualify for travel exemptions, available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Government has had with European counterparts on the introduction of a covid-19 passport to facilitate travel as the covid-19 restrictions ease.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 144802 on 08 February 2021.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has recently sought advice from the intelligence and security agencies about Ministerial contacts with the Legatum Institute.
Answered by David Lidington
We do not routinely comment on security matters.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for national security and resilience to extreme weather of the BBC broadcasting weather forecasts supplied by an overseas company.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
The BBC procurement process for a new weather provider is understood still to be underway. The Government is considering the implications for national security and resilience caused by the decision by the BBC not to use the Met Office after autumn 2016 as its forecast provider. The Government will continue to work closely with both the BBC and the Met Office to ensure national security and resilience are protected.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for (a) national security and (b) resilience to extreme weather of the BBC's decision no longer to use the Met Office's weather forecasts and expertise in its broadcasts.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
The BBC procurement process for a new weather provider is understood still to be underway. The Government is considering the implications for national security and resilience caused by the decision by the BBC not to use the Met Office after autumn 2016 as its forecast provider. The Government will continue to work closely with both the BBC and the Met Office to ensure national security and resilience are protected.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Prime Minister's Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on televisions in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner to the hon. Member for Barnsley East on 8 October 2013, (Official Report) Column Ref: 170W.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Deputy Prime Minister's Office and the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons are integral parts of the Cabinet Office and are included in this reply.
Information about payroll costs and non-consolidated pay awards in the Cabinet Office are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data . Further information about pay costs is also available in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts and are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts# .