Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Jake Berry Excerpts
Wednesday 21st March 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jake Berry Portrait Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con)
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T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude)
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My responsibilities as Minister for the Cabinet Office are public sector efficiency and reform, civil service issues, the industrial relations strategy in the public sector, Government transparency, civil contingencies, civil society and cyber-security.

Jake Berry Portrait Jake Berry
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National citizen service is going to become a rite of passage for many of our constituents. Will my right hon. Friend tell me how young people in Rossendale and Darwen can find out about getting involved this summer?

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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Three providers are delivering more than 600 places across Lancashire this year. Those providers are Catch22, The Challenge Network and Fylde Coast YMCA. I strongly encourage young people and their parents in Rossendale and Darwen to find out more about the NCS through its Facebook page or the Cabinet Office’s NCS website.