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Written Question
Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts
Friday 13th June 2025

Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality includes gifts that have been (a) returned and (b) reimbursed to the original donor.

Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality is a declaration of hospitality received and gifts given and received in a ministerial capacity, in line with ministers’ obligations under the Ministerial Code.

The Cabinet Office publishes guidance setting out the process that departments should follow to complete the publication of the Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality:


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-and-hospitality-publication-guidance/ministers-gifts-and-hospitality-publication-guidance.


Written Question
Domestic Visits: Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Monday 2nd June 2025

Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any external contractors were procured by (a) Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office in relation to the Prime Minister’s visit to Cambridgeshire Police headquarters on 10 April 2025.

Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Neighbourhood Policing announcement was made by the government on 9 April. A link to the announcement made on 9 April can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-put-neighbourhood-bobbies-back-on-beat

The visit in question on 10 April was not an official government visit and therefore no civil service support was provided.


Written Question
Domestic Visits: Cambridgeshire
Monday 2nd June 2025

Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Downing Street (a) photographers, (b) videographers and (c) special advisers accompanied the Prime Minister on his Cambridgeshire visit of 10 April 2025.

Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Neighbourhood Policing announcement was made by the government on 9 April. A link to the announcement made on 9 April can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-put-neighbourhood-bobbies-back-on-beat

The visit in question on 10 April was not an official government visit and therefore no civil service support was provided.


Written Question
Council of the Nations and Regions
Thursday 5th December 2024

Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations attended the first meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

The inaugural Council of the Nations and Regions met on 11 October in Edinburgh to discuss growth and investment. On 17 October the UK Government published a communique for the meeting on gov.uk which sets out the attendees and their organisations. The government also published the terms of reference which include the names and roles of the standing invitees.