Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the names of civil service staff who report directly to Mr Dominic Cummings.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Paragraph 5 of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out their role in relation to the exercise of management functions.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the dates of the meetings between Government Ministers and Amit Patel held in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the progress of trade negotiations with the EU.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
As a result of Covid-19, it has been necessary to conduct negotiations through video conference. Negotiators from the UK and the EU held discussions through video conferencing on 20 – 24 April 2020 for the second round of negotiations on the UK-EU future relationship. A written ministerial statement (HCWS209) made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 28 April 2020 updated the House on the progress of negotiations.
The third round of negotiations started this week, also via video conference, and will conclude on 15 May.
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 (a) the outcome of all meetings and (b) all call logs between Ministers of his Department and Mr Crispin Odey.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Details of Ministers’ meetings are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish (a) the outcome of all meetings and (b) all call logs between his office and Mr Crispin Odey.
Answered by Boris Johnson
Details of Ministers’ meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have been tasked with preparing Orders in Council to implement recommendations of the Boundary Commission.
Answered by Chloe Smith
We are preparing a draft Order in Council that will give effect to the recommendations contained in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions. I am not able to give a figure of the number of staff involved in the preparation of the Order as they work on a number of different projects at any one time.
We will lay the draft Order in Council before Parliament as soon as possible, and it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses 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, by what date he has asked for Orders in Council to be prepared to implement recommendations of the Boundary Commission.
Answered by Chloe Smith
We are preparing a draft Order in Council that will give effect to the recommendations contained in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions. I am not able to give a figure of the number of staff involved in the preparation of the Order as they work on a number of different projects at any one time.
We will lay the draft Order in Council before Parliament as soon as possible, and it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses 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, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In my Department, no staff working outside London are paid less than UK Living Wage of £8.75 per hour and no staff working in London are paid less than the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices are employed in his Department.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Cabinet Office currently employs 72 apprentices who are actively completing an apprenticeship, this equates to 1.12% of our workforce.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £8.75 per hour.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In my Department, no staff working outside London are paid less than UK Living Wage of £8.75 per hour and no staff working in London are paid less than the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour.