Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse is of civil servants seconded to the Cabinet Office Referendum Unit.
Answered by John Penrose
I refer my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Clacton to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans on 18 April 2016 to UIN: 32678.
The cost of the secretariat, including the Referendum Unit, will be accounted for in the Department’s annual report and accounts.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants (a) from each Department and (b) at each civil service grade have been seconded to the Cabinet Office Referendum Unit.
Answered by John Penrose
I refer my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Clacton to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans on 18 April 2016 to UIN: 32678.
The cost of the secretariat, including the Referendum Unit, will be accounted for in the Department’s annual report and accounts.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget is of the Cabinet Office Referendum Unit.
Answered by John Penrose
I refer my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Clacton to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans on 18 April 2016 to UIN: 32678.
The cost of the secretariat, including the Referendum Unit, will be accounted for in the Department’s annual report and accounts.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2015 to Question 9748, on counter-terrorism, on what date the meeting of the most senior members of the National Security Council referred to in that Answer took place.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
Senior members of the National Security Council meet frequently to discuss matters of national security but we do not disclose information about the detail of these internal proceedings and discussions.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to commission any review of the drone strike against Reyaad Khan on 21 August 2015 aside from the review being undertaken by the Intelligence and Security Committee.
Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton - Foreign Secretary
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Ms West) on 21 January 2016, UIN 22720.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9949, what the (a) total number of working hours Government lawyers have spent advising recipients of Salmon Letters in the Iraq Inquiry and (b) cost to the public purse of that advice is.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Government will account for its costs at the end of the Inquiry.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on legal advice for recipients of Salmon Letters in the Iraq Inquiry.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Any such support has been provided through Government lawyers.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contribution of 12 March 2014 by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Official Report, column 307, what discussions the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster have had about the status of metadata under the Wilson Doctrine; whether metadata is protected under the Wilson Doctrine; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the letter to him of 8 July 2014 from the then Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General the Member for Horsham.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to protect organisations and businesses in the UK from cybercrime and large-scale cyber-attack.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
I refer my Rt hon. Friend to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on Thursday 11 December 2014 to the House; “Third Annual Report on Progress on the UK Cyber Security Strategy: Protecting and Promoting the UK in a Digital World” and the accompanying progress report “The UK Cyber Security Strategy: Report on progress and forward plans – December 2014”.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued to (a) businesses, (b) organisations and (c) individuals on methods of encryption to protect against malicious cyber-attacks while allowing the security services access to data.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The National Cyber Security Programme has put in place initiatives to provide a range of advice and guidance to organisations and individuals on protecting themselves against cyber threats. CESG (GCHQ’s information security arm) and the Cyberstreetwise and Get Safe Online campaigns all provide advice to businesses and individuals on the use of encryption to combat cyber crime and protect personal and financial information.