Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127516, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reasons that answer did not provide the date on which the article was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February to Question PQ 122799.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127518, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reason ministerial correspondence emails were not provided as points of contact in the original article which appeared in the Sun newspaper and online.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2022 to question PQ 127518.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
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 21 February 2022 to Question 122798 on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reason people were instructed to send their correspondence to the parliamentary postal and email addresses of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency rather than to his ministerial addresses.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Both the constituency and ministerial correspondence emails have been provided as points of contact where appropriate. Any correspondence affecting the department which is sent to the constituency office is passed to the Cabinet Office in the usual way.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published in the Sun newspaper on 10 February 2022 was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February to Question PQ 122799.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published in the Sun newspaper on 10 February 2022 was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices at least 24 hours in advance.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
The specified article received the appropriate clearances.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the comments of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency published in the Sun on 8 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of those comments with the Cabinet Office consultation principles.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I have asked members of the British public to raise ideas for regulatory reform directly to the Government. These proposals will be considered by the Government, and those taken forward will be done so by the relevant department, in line with the government Consultation Principles.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to establish a standing permanent select committee of the House to scrutinise his proposed Office of Prime Minister, as announced on 31 January 2022.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I announced to the House my intention to create an Office of the Prime Minister. Further details will be announced in due course. As Prime Minister, I am held to account each week at Prime Minister's Questions, answer written questions, and appear before the Liaison Committee at regular intervals.
The establishment and terms of reference of individual Select Committees is a matter for the House.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of severance payments for staff working as part of the Downing Street Union Unit.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Information on Cabinet Office staff costs and exit packages are routinely published as part of the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts. Future information will be published in the usual way.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which polling organisations his Department commissioned in 2020; and how much his Department has paid to each of those organisations for each service.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
As has been the case with successive administrations, Government routinely works with suppliers to provide polling and market research work so as to understand public attitudes and behaviours to inform our vitally important campaigns and policies. This enables us to deliver strong, national, cross-government communications campaigns, including to support the UK’s response and recovery from the pandemic. Internal policy development work is not normally disclosed.
Details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
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 opinion polling commissioned by his Department on Scottish independence conducted in 2020.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
As has been the case with successive administrations, Government routinely works with suppliers to provide polling and market research work so as to understand public attitudes and behaviours to inform our vitally important campaigns and policies. This enables us to deliver strong, national, cross-government communications campaigns, including to support the UK’s response and recovery from the pandemic. Internal policy development work is not normally disclosed.
Details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.