To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Homelessness: Death
Monday 16th March 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless deaths in the UK from members of (a) an ethnic minority group and (b) the LGBTQ population in each year since 2010.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.


Written Question
Prime Minister: Staff
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff employed by No. 10 Downing Street (a) were educated at a private school, (b) are from an ethnic minority group, (c) are women and (d) are apprentices.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

Information about Cabinet Office staff is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity

Information on the school background of staff is not held centrally.

The proportion of Cabinet Office staff actively completing an apprenticeship programme is 1.45%


Written Question
Constituencies
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the 2018 Review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to PQ 431 on the 9th January 2020.


Written Question
Trade Agreements
Wednesday 5th February 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many international agreements the UK that a party to through its membership of the EU that will require rolling over after the 31 January 2020.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement laid on Thursday 30 January 2020, HCWS82, available on the Parliament website.


Written Question
EU External Trade: Trade Agreements
Wednesday 5th February 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the information his Department holds on the number of rollover requests made by the EU to third party countries.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement laid on Thursday 30 January 2020, HCWS82, available on the Parliament website.


Written Question
Elections: Personation
Tuesday 21st January 2020

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many convictions there have been for in-person voter fraud in (a) London, (b) the North West, (c) Chester and (d) the UK in the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Data on convictions for fraud offences is not collected or held by the Cabinet Office. The Electoral Commission reports on electoral fraud and holds more detailed information.


Written Question
Brexit: Publicity
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2019 to Question 6416 on Brexit: Publicity, in which cities in those EU 27 countries the Get Ready for Brexit campaign took place.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Further to the answer of 31 October to PQ6416, there is no list of cities in the EU27 countries held by this department.


Written Question
Brexit: Publicity
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1712, in which EU countries his Department is running the Get Ready for Brexit campaign.

Answered by Chloe Smith

“Get Ready for Brexit” campaign activity has taken place in all 27 EU countries to make sure citizens and businesses have the facts they need to know about the steps they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.


Written Question
Cervical Cancer: Death
Thursday 24th October 2019

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women under the age of 25 died from cervical cancer in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.


Written Question
Brexit: Publicity
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Christian Matheson (Independent - City of Chester)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the money allocated from the public purse to the Government's Get Ready for Brexit campaign was spent on advertisements in (a) London, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Leeds, (d) Chester, (e) Paris and (f) Berlin.

Answered by Kevin Foster

In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.

The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms. It also has many direct and local elements including business roundtables, public meetings, ministerial visits and local authority events. Campaign activity is ongoing across the UK and in multiple EU countries.

The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. We will undertake a regional breakdown of expenditure once the campaign has concluded and will be published on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)