Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 1153 on social services, what steps he is taking to ensure that the consultation into social care will receive the views of those with dementia and carers of people with dementia.
Answered by Damian Green
The Government is committed to listening to people’s views on how to reform the social care system, to ensure it is sustainable for current and future generations and that the quality of care improves.
The Prime Minister has been clear that there will be a full and open engagement on the issues, and that people will have opportunities to put forward their views. The Government wants to hear a range of views to inform its approach, in particular from those using services and their carers, as well as from members of the public, representative groups, commissioners and providers of services.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans that the upcoming consultation on social care will include (a) adults affected by dementia, (b) all adults requiring care and support and (c) children's social care.
Answered by Damian Green
We will work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support.
The Government will make further announcements on the scope of the consultation in due course.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-UK EU nationals living in (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether EU nationals with settled status will be able to vote in (a) local elections and (b) parliamentary elections after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Government recently published its proposal on settled status citizens here www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-publishes-proposals-on-rights-of-eu-citizens
The UK does not permit citizens of other EU countries to vote in its national elections, with the exception of Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK. The UK looks forward to discussing the matter of voting rights for EU citizens, at negotiations with the EU.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Sixth Special Report (HC911), Tackling corruption overseas: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2016-17, whether it remains the Government's policy to persuade the UK's Crown Dependencies to adopt public registers of beneficial ownership.
Answered by Ben Gummer
It remains the Governments ambition for public registers to become the global standard. Our priority is to implement the new bilateral arrangements concluded with the Crown Dependencies in 2016. Under the arrangements, the Crown Dependencies have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems, and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions. The Crown Dependencies have also committed to systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information as part of a wider international initiative.
These measures represent a significant step forward in our ability to investigate bribery and corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, and put the Crown Dependencies well ahead of several other jurisdictions. Should public central registries become the global standard we would expect the Crown Dependencies to follow suit.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include a commitment to extend the Open Contracting Principles to cover climate and development finance in the third National Action Plan.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Our third Open Government Partnership National Action Plan (NAP), due for publication in 2016, is currently being developed through an open and collaborative process in partnership with civil society.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's article in the Huffington Post, published on 6 June 2015, what the source is for the Prime Minister's statement that the OECD has judged the UK to be one of only four countries globally which actively pursues bribery of foreign public officials.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The OECD collects data on enforcement from all 41 members of the convention on bribery of foreign public officials. Transparency International’s ‘Exporting Corruption’ report, last published in December 2014, ranked the UK as an ‘active enforcer’ against foreign bribery, together with Germany, the United States of America and Switzerland.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Action 39 of the UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, when the proposed review of the enforcement response to bribery and corruption will be published.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
The UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, stated that Cabinet Office will take forward a review of the enforcement response to bribery and corruption more broadly, reporting to the Inter-Ministerial Group on Anti-Corruption (IMG) by June 2015.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the continuity of its anti-corruption work across each relevant department following the change in post of the Government's anti-corruption champion.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Government is reviewing the coordination and effectiveness of the UK’s enforcement response to cases of bribery and corruption. The review has commenced and is expected to conclude by the end of the year. The Home Office is leading the review supported by the Cabinet Office, Department for International Development, the Attorney General’s Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office and National Crime Agency. Ministers will consider the recommendations in due course.
The Government has established a ministerial group on anti-corruption, attended by ministers and officials from relevant departments and agencies. Its work continues and is supported by officials in the Cabinet Office as well as the Home Office which leads on the co-ordination of domestic and international anti-corruption work across departments. The Government is also working on, and will publish, a cross-departmental anti-corruption plan, setting out activity currently underway and future policy directions.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government's review of enforcement of anti-corruption legislation will begin; how long that review is expected to last; and in what format the results of the review will be published.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Government is reviewing the coordination and effectiveness of the UK’s enforcement response to cases of bribery and corruption. The review has commenced and is expected to conclude by the end of the year. The Home Office is leading the review supported by the Cabinet Office, Department for International Development, the Attorney General’s Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office and National Crime Agency. Ministers will consider the recommendations in due course.
The Government has established a ministerial group on anti-corruption, attended by ministers and officials from relevant departments and agencies. Its work continues and is supported by officials in the Cabinet Office as well as the Home Office which leads on the co-ordination of domestic and international anti-corruption work across departments. The Government is also working on, and will publish, a cross-departmental anti-corruption plan, setting out activity currently underway and future policy directions.