John Cryer Portrait

John Cryer

Labour - Former Member for Leyton and Wanstead

First elected: 6th May 2010

Left House: 30th May 2024 (Dissolution)


Administration Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 30th May 2024
Administration Committee
30th Oct 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Administration Committee
20th Jul 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Justice Committee
24th Feb 2014 - 30th Mar 2015
Treasury Committee
12th Jul 2010 - 14th Nov 2011
Regulatory Reform
16th Jul 2001 - 13th May 2002
Deregulation
29th Jul 1997 - 11th May 2001


Division Voting information

John Cryer has voted in 2218 divisions, and 19 times against the majority of their Party.

25 Jun 2018 - National Policy Statement: Airports - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 94 Labour No votes vs 119 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 119
20 Nov 2017 - Duties of Customs - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 18 Labour No votes vs 28 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 76 Noes - 311
20 Jul 2016 - Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 7 Labour No votes vs 15 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 81
18 Jul 2016 - UK's Nuclear Deterrent - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 48 Labour No votes vs 140 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 472 Noes - 117
22 Jan 2014 - Commission Work Programme 2014 - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Labour No votes vs 59 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 20
9 Jul 2013 - Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 5 Labour Aye votes vs 58 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 294
26 Jun 2013 - High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Labour Aye votes vs 82 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 325
3 Jun 2013 - Energy Bill - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 11 Labour Aye votes vs 208 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 20 Noes - 503
15 May 2013 - Economic Growth - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 11 Labour Aye votes vs 219 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 277
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 69 Labour Aye votes vs 138 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 241 Noes - 256
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 66 Labour No votes vs 139 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 233
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 51 Labour No votes vs 141 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 184
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 46 Labour No votes vs 126 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 205 Noes - 228
12 Mar 2012 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 36 Labour No votes vs 50 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 82
24 Oct 2011 - National Referendum on the European Union - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 19 Labour Aye votes vs 214 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 111 Noes - 483
19 Oct 2011 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 28 Labour Aye votes vs 71 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 95
11 Jul 2011 - European Union Bill - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Labour No votes vs 198 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 485 Noes - 22
30 Mar 2011 - Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 33 Labour Aye votes vs 170 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 480
9 Sep 2010 - UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan - View Vote Context
John Cryer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 10 Labour No votes vs 29 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 14
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Department Debates
Leader of the House
(125 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(59 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(52 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(47 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Football Governance Bill 2023-24
(75 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by John Cryer

12th September 2023
John Cryer signed this EDM on Monday 16th October 2023

Calling for a free and democratic Iran

Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)
That this House is deeply concerned by the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters by the regime of Iran, which continues to execute dissidents with total impunity and which is also trying to export its reign of terror abroad, including by targeting dissidents living in Europe with terrorist attacks; condemns illegal …
32 signatures
(Most recent: 26 Oct 2023)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Liberal Democrat: 5
Conservative: 4
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 2
Alba Party: 1
6th March 2023
John Cryer signed this EDM on Wednesday 28th June 2023

The Loan Charge

Tabled by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
That this House is concerned that suicides have been linked to the Loan Charge and that despite the Morse Review, thousands face unaffordable demands, with the risk of further suicides; notes that most people facing action were mis-sold schemes and that HMRC are demanding scheme users repay disputed tax; further …
118 signatures
(Most recent: 11 Jul 2023)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 33
Scottish National Party: 33
Conservative: 16
Liberal Democrat: 14
Independent: 10
Democratic Unionist Party: 6
Plaid Cymru: 3
Alba Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
View All John Cryer's signed Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by John Cryer, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


1 Urgent Question tabled by John Cryer

Monday 14th February 2011

2 Adjournment Debates led by John Cryer

Thursday 4th September 2014
Thursday 31st October 2013

1 Bill introduced by John Cryer


The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to establish a public register of organisations that carry out lobbying of Parliament for commercial gain; to make provision for disclosure of expenditure by such organisations; and for connected purposes

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 6th December 2011

Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
1 Other Department Questions
14th Sep 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress has been made towards reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris in 2015.

Progress is being made towards reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris and there is political will for a deal:

So far 60 countries (including all G7 countries) responsible for 62% of global emissions have submitted their emission reduction commitments;

G7 Leaders are committed to an ambitious climate package to be agreed in Paris and to the need for strong language on future ambition and a commitment to long term decarbonisation and;

Progress is being made on climate finance. Last week, I co-facilitated the finance discussions at the Paris Ministerial meetings and we made progress with other developed countries on how we count mobilised climate finance towards delivering the $100bn 2020 target.

I will continue to play a strong and constructive role leading up to and during the Paris COP.

6th Dec 2022
To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers each year since 2010-11 by the Office.

There have been no secondments, contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Attorney General’s Office.

6th Dec 2022
To ask the Attorney General, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including predecessor Departments since 2010; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.

There have been no secondments, contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Attorney General’s Office.

6th Dec 2022
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including predecessor Departments since 2010; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.

The Cabinet Office does not hold a centralised list of secondments for the dates in question, as historically this data has been held locally. We have, as of January 2022, begun to keep a record of secondments arranged centrally for those below SCS, however this may not include every secondment as there are still circumstances whereby these can be arranged at a local level. Of the data held, no secondments to or from any of the companies asked about have been recorded.

2nd Dec 2022
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the Department, including predecessor Departments and its agencies.

Details of Government contracts awarded from 2011 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.

Cabinet Office does not hold the historic data centrally as it would involve a disproportionate amount of costs and time to collate the information. A new contract database, Atamis, has been purchased and is now live. This is used to capture all information on current contracts which started on or after January 2022 and all future contracts.

Alex Burghart
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
30th Nov 2022
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the office of the Prime Minister.

Details of Government contracts awarded from 2011 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.

Cabinet Office does not hold the historic data centrally as it would involve a disproportionate amount of costs and time to collate the information. A new contract database, Atamis, has been purchased and is now live. This is used to capture all information on current contracts which started on or after January 2022 and all future contracts.

Alex Burghart
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
11th Nov 2022
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of (a) male and (b) female workers were in the same job as 12 months earlier in each (i) region and (ii) country of the UK in each year since 2010.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 11 November is attached.

13th Sep 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to investigate whether the former Director of Retail at Ofgem accurately declared conflicts of interest during his tenure at Ofgem in the context of reports that his wife held shares in an energy provider; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that reported conflict of interest on the effectiveness of Ofgem’s regulatory policy and decision-making.

Ofgem is a non-Ministerial Government Department and independent regulator. It is directly accountable to Parliament for the performance of its functions, therefore, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has no authority to investigate Ofgem’s activities.

1st Sep 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that online platforms [operating in the UK] provide (a) cost- and (b) time-efficient takedown processes for [(a) designers and (b) other content creators] whose copyrighted (a) designs and (b) other products have been infringed on their platforms.

The UK approaches the challenge of tackling online IP infringement in an integrated manner through enforcement and public education. There is in place a number of criminal, civil, administrative and voluntary initiatives which provide rights holders and law enforcement with a package of measures to use to tackle online infringement. These vary from relatively non-intrusive such as notice and takedown, to domain removal, website blocking via court orders, police intervention, and more intrusive initiatives such as notifications being sent to repeat infringers.

The IPO has published guidance on how rights holders can protect their intellectual property on e-commerce stores, such as Amazon and eBay.

5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Details of post-2016 Government contracts above £10,000 can found on Contracts Finder. https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Information prior to 2016 is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.

Kevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
23rd Feb 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2016 to Question 26010, when the Departmental Reading Room for access to consolidated texts related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will be opened.

The reading room for classified documents, including consolidated texts, relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is not yet open. Members of both Houses will be informed of the process and details of how to access the room shortly, once these have been finalised.

5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Since 2016, details of government contracts are published on Contracts Finder above £10,000, for the core Department, and above £25,000, for the wider public sector.

Contract information, from 2010 to 2016, is not held centrally in the requested format and it would meet the cost limit to collate the requested data.

Julia Lopez
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

11th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students on a 16 to 19 study programme and without a GCSE grade C or above in English, did not study either a GCSE or an approved alternative qualification in English in 2013-14.

Data on study and attainment by 16-18 year old students without a grade C or above in English and/or mathematics relating to 2013/14 is not yet available, but is due to be published on www.gov.uk in September 2015.

Data for the 2012/13 academic year was published in September 2014 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-1-and-2-english-and-maths-16-to-18-students-2012-to-2013

11th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students on a 16 to 19 study programme and without a GCSE grade C or above in mathematics, did not study either a GCSE or an approved alternative qualification in mathematics in 2013-14.

Data on study and attainment by 16-18 year old students without a grade C or above in English and/or mathematics relating to 2013/14 is not yet available, but is due to be published on www.gov.uk in September 2015.

Data for the 2012/13 academic year was published in September 2014 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-1-and-2-english-and-maths-16-to-18-students-2012-to-2013

11th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) academies and (b) free schools that opened between September 2010 and August 2014 have not voluntarily signed up to the school food standards to date.

The Department for Education does not hold this data.

Revised school food standards regulations for local authority maintained schools, academies that opened prior to September 2010 and academies and free schools in England entering into a funding agreement from June 2014 will come into effect on 1 January 2015.

The authors of the School Food Plan are encouraging academies and free schools to commit voluntarily to the new standards. 99% of those academies which responded to a survey by the School Food Trust in 2012 said they were committed to following the new food standards. All academies and free schools signing their funding agreements from spring 2014 are required to adhere to the new, less bureaucratic school food standards.

4th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in each region and constituent part of the UK have had construction work (a) started and (b) completed in the Priority School Building Programme.

The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 261 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

The following school buildings have been handed over:

  1. Durham Trinity School and Sports College, Durham
  2. Fountaindale School, Nottinghamshire
  3. Garston Manor School, Hertfordshire
  4. Hill Top School, Gateshead
  5. Ian Ramsey C of E Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-Tees
  6. Lees Brook Community School, Derby
  7. Mill Green School, St. Helen’s
  8. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Coventry
  9. Stratford School Academy, Newham
  10. The Cedar School, Southampton
  11. Usworth Grange Primary School, Sunderland
  12. West Cornforth Primary School, Durham
  13. Whitmore Park Primary School, Coventry
  14. Wyken Croft Primary School, Coventry

Construction work is continuing at a number of the above schools to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.

As of 13 October, construction work was ongoing at the following 54 schools:

  1. Alice Stevens School, Coventry
  2. Bank View High School (with Redbridge High School), Liverpool
  3. Barnard Grove Primary School, Hartlepool
  4. Camberwell Park Specialist Support School, Manchester
  5. Collegiate High School, Blackpool
  6. Durham Trinity School and Sports College, Durham
  7. Ernesford Grange Community School, Coventry
  8. Flowery Field Primary School, Tameside
  9. Forest Lodge Primary School, Leicester
  10. Fountaindale School, Nottinghamshire
  11. Fox Hill Primary, Sheffield
  12. Foxfield School, Wirral
  13. Garston Manor School, Hertfordshire
  14. Goole High School, East Riding of Yorkshire
  15. Grangefield School, Stockton-on-Tees
  16. Hallmoor School, Birmingham
  17. Handale Primary School, Redcar and Cleveland
  18. Harris Academy Greenwich, Greenwich
  19. Haytor View Community Primary School, Devon
  20. Highfurlong School, Blackpool
  21. Hill Top School, Gateshead
  22. Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Hartlepool
  23. Ian Ramsey C of E Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-Tees
  24. King James I Academy Bishop Aucklandm, Durham
  25. Laleham Gap School, Kent
  26. Lawford Mead Primary (replaces Lawford Mead Infant and Lawford Mead Junior Schools), Essex
  27. Lees Brook Community School, Derby
  28. Manor College of Technology, Hartlepool
  29. Mill Green School, St. Helens
  30. Montacute School, Poole
  31. North Cambridge Academy, Cambridgeshire
  32. Pardes House Primary School, Barnet
  33. Prince Edward Primary School, Sheffield
  34. Redbridge High School (with Bank View High School), Liverpool
  35. Reigate Primary School, Derby
  36. Richard Lee Primary School, Coventry
  37. Smarden Primary School, Kent
  38. St Anthony's Catholic Girls' Academy, Sunderland
  39. St John's Church School, Peterborough
  40. St Michael's Catholic Academy, Stockton-on-Tees
  41. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Coventry
  42. Stratford School Academy, Newham
  43. Suffolk New Academy, Suffolk
  44. The Canterbury Primary School, Kent
  45. The Cedar School, Southampton
  46. The Edith Borthwick School, Essex
  47. The Grove Primary School, Devon
  48. The Highfield School, Hertfordshire
  49. Thomas Gainsborough School, Suffolk
  50. Usworth Grange Primary School, Sunderland
  51. West Cornforth Primary School, Durham
  52. Whitmore Park Primary School, Coventry
  53. Wyken Croft Primary School, Coventry
  54. Wyvern College, Wiltshire
4th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff members in all open free schools were paid a salary for their work with that school before its opening; and how much has been paid to such staff in total.

Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide

Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.

4th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum amount of time is that a salary has been paid to a staff member of a free school before that school opened.

Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide

Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.

4th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools have paid how many staff members a salary for their work at that school before its opening; and how much has been spent in total on salaries for such staff.

Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide

Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.

5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

<br/>Details of Core Defra contracts (which include its agencies) from 2010 to 2016 awarded to Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers can be found in the attached spreadsheet.

16th Mar 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with major supermarkets on covid-19 and on specific opening hours for (a) over 70s, (b) parents of children with severe asthma, (c) cystic fibrosis and (d) other vulnerable groups.

We are working closely across Government, with representatives of the food supply chain and with local authorities and charities to ensure that everyone including the elderly and vulnerable groups such as those with severe health conditions will have continued access to food.

We are in close contact with representatives across the food supply chain and civil society to discuss further ways to help with their preparations. Supermarkets are recruiting more staff, prioritising delivery slots for those who need them most, and limiting shopping hours so they have more time to restock. They are working hard to deliver a crucial service to us all and have also issued a rallying call for everyone to play their part in the national effort to this response by looking out for their friends, family and neighbours. We will continue to work with industry to discuss any additional support the Government can provide. Retailers are prioritising delivery slots for those who need them most.

The Government is working to ensure that up to 1.5 million people in England identified by the NHS as being at higher risk of severe illness if they contract Coronavirus will have access to the food they need. A new Local Support System will make sure those individuals self-isolating at home and who are without a support network of friends and family will receive basic groceries. The Government is working with a partnership of the groceries industry, local government, local resilience forums and emergency partners, and voluntary groups, to ensure that essential items can start to be delivered as soon as possible to those who need it.

16th Mar 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with major supermarkets on limiting or rationing items during the outbreak of covid-19.

The Government has well-established ways of working with the food industry during disruption to supply situations. Our retailers already have highly resilient supply chains and they are working around the clock to ensure people have the food and products they need. Industry is adapting quickly to any changes in demands, and food supply into and across the UK is resilient.

The Secretary of State is in regular dialogue with industry, including the British Retail Consortium and supermarket chief executives to discuss any additional support the Government can provide. To help supermarkets respond to this unprecedented demand we have already introduced new measures to keep food supply flowing. We have issued guidance to local authorities to allow extended delivery hours to supermarkets so that shelves can be filled up quicker, and we have implemented extensions to drivers’ hours.

We fully recognise the additional pressures on our food supply chain as a result of recent events. The UK’s major supermarkets have last weekend issued a statement to encourage everyone to shop as they normally would and pull together to support those staying at home.

We will continue to work closely with the industry over the coming days and months.

13th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG made secondments to their Department, including predecessor Departments, since 2010.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) have had the following secondments since 2016, when DIT was formed:

DIT:

  • KPMG – less than 5 secondees, February 2021 to January 2022

UKEF:

  • Deloitte – less than 5 secondees, February 2022 to March 2022
  • Deloitte – less than 5 secondees, December 2022 to March 2023

There have not been secondments from the other firms.

Nigel Huddleston
Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury)
5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) was established in 2016. Contracts above £10,000 for DIT and its Agency, the Trade Remedies Authority, are published on Contracts Finder.

Nigel Huddleston
Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury)
5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Details of the nature and award value of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Each departmental agency is responsible for their contract data.

The Department for Transport have completed an internal search for the information and can confirm the following spend on consultancy services with the following suppliers:

Financial Year

Deloitte LLP

Ernst & Young Limited

KPMG

Pricewaterhouse
Coopers

2010-11

£200,000.00

£0.00

£1.00

£250,001.00

2011-12

£0.00

£0.00

£750,000.00

£4,362,793.00

2012-13

£1,700.00

£350,000.00

£90,000.00

£3,791,587.00

2013-14

£568,544.00

£1,959,323.00

£330,000.00

£10,293,018.00

2014-15

£128,832.00

£1,805,743.00

£2,347,400.00

£2,628,688.00

2015-16

£36,559.00

£2,600,000.00

£2,323,615.00

£458,880.00

2016-17

£79,463.00

£623,000.00

£27,420,475.60

£2,089,591.00

2017-18

£0.00

£0.00

£1,200,000.00

£1,617,141.98

2018-19

£6,846,611.21

£3,350,000.01

£0.00

£5,138,235.00

2019-20

£4,716,844.00

£1,426,181.39

£4,921,695.00

£880,630.91

2020-21

£4,111,001.00

£15,925,332.00

£5,364,551.48

£3,084,509.00

2021-22

£14,310,091.57

£2,594,875.00

£17,663,791.00

£760,778.00

2022-23

£1,281,462.00

£2,510,000.00

£3,298,684.00

£522,926.88

Total

£32,281,107.78

£33,144,454.40

£65,710,213.08

£35,878,779.77

5th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Please see the attachment provided for a comprehensive list for each of the organisations requested covering the data sets requested in the PQ.

Further Information regarding the contracts can be found on gov.uk’s Contract Finder Service located here.

Mims Davies
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
5th Jun 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) public health measures to raise awareness of the potential risks of ultra-processed foods, (b) introducing measurable reduction targets for consumption of ultra-processed foods and (c) ensuring that ultra-processed foods do not appear as good choices on the NHS Food Scanner app.

The Government encourages everyone to have a healthy balanced diet in line with the United Kingdom’s healthy eating model, the Eatwell Guide, which shows that foods high in saturated fat, salt or sugar should be eaten less often or in small amounts.

United Kingdom Government dietary guidelines are based on recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). SACN is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023.

There is currently no universally agreed definition of ultra-processed foods. However, a diet high in foods classified as processed is often high in calories, salt, saturated fat and sugar and low in fibre, fruit and vegetables, which is associated with an increased risk of obesity and developing chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and some cancers.

The Good Choice badge helps people identify healthier options using the NHS Food Scanner app and when shopping in store and online. The app and wider Better Health tools supports families on their journey towards having a healthier diet, as making the step to the healthiest option may be too far for many people in one move.

6th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including predecessor Departments since 2010; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.

This information is not held centrally in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

30th Nov 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by her Department.

Details for all Government contracts above £10,000 post 2016 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

Information on the value and nature of individual contracts pre 2016 is on archived database systems and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Historic expenditure above £25,000 against individual suppliers since 2010 is available on GOV.UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000--2#2010-to-2018

19th Mar 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has for the care of children of NHS workers and Public Health England workers if they are (a) incapacitated due to illness and (b) hospitalised.

The NHS England has recently published in-depth guidance covering a range of scenarios for National Health Service and Public Health England workers, which will be updated as the situation develops, which can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/

NHS England has written to all colleagues recently and a copy of the letter is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/urgent-next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-simon-stevens.pdf

Support for NHS and PHE workers is a high priority for the Government, and it will continually assess the measures required to support them fully.

13th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female junior doctors are likely to be affected by the changes in the junior doctor contract that propose six years' training before being transferred to a new pay scale.

The transitional pay protection arrangements agreed with the junior doctor leadership within the British Medical Association mean that junior doctors in the higher stages of training remain on existing pay terms, including annual incremental pay increases, until 2022, which gives part-time workers more active protection of their pay than straightforward cash floor pay protection. Allowing them to continue on the existing pay system provides protection in respect of anticipated earnings for those whose career choices were made some time ago. This applies to all those in the higher stages of training, male and female.

23rd Feb 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he or other Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of Care UK, BUPA, Virgin Care, The Practice, United Health/Optum, Serco, Nestor Primecare, General Healthcare (BMI Netcare), Spire/Classic, HCA International, Ramsay and Capio in each month of (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (g) 2016 to date.

Information regarding all meetings between Departmental Ministers and external organisations is included in the Transparency Data, published quarterly. This can be accessed at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-health&publication_type=transparency-data.

23rd Feb 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he or other Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the British Medical Association in each month of (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (g) 2016 to date.

External meetings between the Secretary of State for Health and other Health Ministers are published quarterly on the Department’s website here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-health&publication_type=transparency-data

25th Mar 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs will meet with hon. Members to discuss the situation in Gaza.

The Foreign Secretary remains fully committed to ongoing engagement with Parliament, including on the conflict in Israel and Gaza. We will consider future briefing sessions for parliamentarians on topical events as needed.

Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
18th Oct 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to counter the work of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The UK condemns Iran’s hostile activity in the UK and elsewhere. We continue to work in close cooperation with our international partners to ensure that our collective response is robust and deters the IRGC. In July, the Foreign Secretary announced a new sanctions regime that will give the UK new and enhanced powers to counter Iran’s destabilising activities.

7th Dec 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department, including predecessor Departments, since 2010; for which (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for which (A) periods and (B) tasks.

The total number of people seconded between FCDO and the four listed organisations since 2010 is fewer than 10. Detail of individual tasks undertaken is not held centrally.

Action 5 of the Declaration of Government Reform 2021 stated the Government's commitment to: "Develop a pipeline of secondments from the Civil Service into major organisations within the UK and internationally, including other governments, led by professions and departments, with support from Non-Executive Directors, as a core part of talent development".

30th Nov 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by her Department.

Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Information on the definitions of consultancy spend can be found on GOV.UK at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987885/Procurement_CAS_Definition_Release_9_v1__2_.pdf

The FCDO's E-sourcing system only goes back to 2016 so we are unable to provide data between 2010/11 and 2015.

13th Jun 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on the recent protests in Uttar Pradesh; whether she plans to meet her Indian counterpart to discuss those protests; and whether she has plans to visit that country in the near future.

We are aware of recent reports that properties were demolished in Uttar Pradesh and we condemn any instances of discrimination because of religion or belief, regardless of the country or faith involved. Where we have concerns, we raise them directly with the Government of India, including at Ministerial level. The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of Deputy High Commissions will continue to follow these reports closely, while recognising that this is a matter for India. The Foreign Secretary speaks regularly with her Indian counterpart and visited India most recently in March 2022.

7th Dec 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department, including predecessor Departments, since 2010; for which (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for which (A) periods and (B) tasks.

The information is not held centrally in the requested format, and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
30th Nov 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by her Department.

The Government is committed to maintaining transparency about its procurement activity. Since 2010, HM Treasury has published information about its contracts with a value of over £10,000 on the “Contracts Finder” website.

James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
11th Nov 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional steps he has taken to restrict conversion of income into capital gains or corporation revenues following his announcement of the reversal in the top rate of income tax previously announcement in the fiscal statement of 23 September.

For individuals, it is the scope, rates and allowances of Capital Gains Tax that restrict the conversion of income into capital gains. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the annual exempt amount will be cut to £6,000 for tax year 2023-24 and to £3,000 for subsequent years.

In relation to Corporation Tax, specific anti-avoidance rules apply where income is converted into capital gains in order to use losses.

Victoria Atkins
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
11th Nov 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the income to the Exchequer in 2020-21 had an investment income surcharge of the forms in existence until 1983 been in place.

The Government has no current plans to reintroduce the investment income surcharge. As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps tax reliefs under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.
Victoria Atkins
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
11th Nov 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential income that would have been generated for the Exchequer if an investment income surcharge of the form in existence until 1983 been in place in each year since 2010-11.

The Government has no current plans to reintroduce the investment income surcharge. As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps tax reliefs under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.
Victoria Atkins
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
16th Mar 2020
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he is having with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Bank of England and (c) representatives of mortgage companies on suspension of mortgage payments for people affected by covid-19; and whether benefits from such suspensions will be passed on to renters.

Banks and building societies are ready and able to support consumers impacted by COVID-19. On 17 March, the Chancellor announced on behalf of the sector that banks and building societies will offer a 3-month ‘mortgage holiday’ for borrowers that are financially struggling with their repayments. This forbearance measure will enable affected borrowers to defer their mortgage payments for up to 3 months while they get back on their feet. Customers who are concerned about the current financial situation should get in touch with their lender at the earliest possible opportunity.

Lenders have also agreed to a 3 month moratorium on residential and buy-to-let possession action to start immediately to provide customers with reassurance that they will not have their homes repossessed at this difficult time.

The benefits system is ready to assist renters with their housing costs if they find their incomes disrupted by COVID-19.

Following urgent discussions with the banking industry, the mortgage payment holiday of up to 3 months announced on 17 March will be extended to landlords whose tenants are experiencing difficulty due to COVID-19.

The government has announced that to further protect renters, emergency legislation will be taken forward as an urgent priority so that landlords will not be able to start proceedings to evict tenants for at least a 3 month period. At the end of this period, landlords and tenants will be expected to work together to establish an affordable repayment plan, taking into account the tenant’s individual circumstances.

John Glen
Shadow Paymaster General
16th Feb 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities lead on homelessness and rough sleeping. They reviewed the legislation in relation to rough sleeping and determined that the Vagrancy Act required repeal, they consulted on replacing the outdated Vagrancy Act, undertook extensive engagement and published their response to that consultation.

The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and other organisations on this topic.

The Vagrancy Act 1824 criminalises begging and some forms of rough sleeping and the Government agreed in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to repeal this outdated legislation and replace it with a package fit for modern usage. We outlined those plans in the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan published by this Government in March this year and are now bringing forward these provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill which is currently before Parliament.

As the Government has always made clear, the repeal of the Vagrancy Act will be brought into force once this replacement legislation is in place to ensure local authorities and police have the powers they need to support vulnerable individuals and keep communities safe.

Chris Philp
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons