Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has declared The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013 as an interest to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

There has been no change in the established process in place for the declaration and management of private interests held by ministers, which ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest. This process is well underway. The next List of Ministers’ Interests will be published in due course.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013, what the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of the scheme is; and if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of funding the scheme.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Information about this Pension Scheme, including a calculation of the cash equivalent transfer value, was included in the Crown Prosecution Service's annual report and accounts for 2013-14. There has been no change to the policy under the last Administration not to publish information about civil servants' individual pensions apart from in the remuneration reports contained in departmental annual reports and accounts.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to repeal the Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013.

Answered by Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The 2013 regulations were introduced to ensure the Director of Public Prosecutions’ pension scheme is uprated in line with other public service pension schemes. There are no plans to repeal the regulations.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on AUKUS.

Answered by Maria Eagle - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Secretary of State for Defence has regular meetings with the Prime Minister, and other Cabinet colleagues, on a wide range of defence issues including AUKUS. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also spoken to United States President, Biden and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, outlining his Government's commitment to a strong AUKUS partnership.

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Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: My government is laser focused on delivering change, to make people

Found: follows last week’s European Political Community Summit, hosted in the UK, where the Prime Minister Keir

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Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: Our skills system is in a mess, which is why we are transforming our

Found: developments came during this week’s European Political Community summit, hosted by the Prime Minister Keir

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Found: the King confirmed that a root and branch review of UK defence has been launched by Prime Minister Keir

Found: President, in one of his first acts as UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer set out the urgent need for

Found: On 24 July 2024, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament

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Found: Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Sir Keir

Found: From: Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP Published 17 July 2024

Found: Keir Starmer will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to launch negotiations on a new bilateral treaty

Found: PM Keir Starmer gives a speech on fixing the foundations of our country When I stood on the steps of

Found: All best wishes, Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:    We have inherited an incoherent energy policy that has left homes

Found: President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany Prime Minister Keir Starmer of

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with local leaders in Southport today to confirm a package of support

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said this afternoon:  “I’ve just held a meeting with senior police and law

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: My government is laser focused on delivering change, to make people

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:  Ukraine is, and always will be, at the heart of this government’s

Found: 2024, at the fourth meeting of the European Political Community in the UK, the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:    We cannot let the challenges of the recent past define our relationships

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Taoiseach Simon Harris discussed close relations between the United

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: For too long children have been left behind, and no decisive action

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: Now is the time to take the brakes off Britain.

Found: The visit comes after Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese

Found: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Sir Keir

Found: Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Sir Keir

Found: Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes for Echo on Gala day in Durham (published by the Northern Echo on

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Found: I have already had welcome discussions with Sir Keir Starmer, to discuss how our two governments can

Found: I have already had welcome discussions with Sir Keir Starmer, to discuss how our two governments can

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Found: Circular Economy Bill, oil and gas licences and Keir Starmer correspondence: EIR release

Found: Circular Economy Bill, oil and gas licences and Keir Starmer correspondence: EIR release

Found: First, Labour’s position here is not credible, given the major commitments that its leader, Keir Starmer

Found: Colleagues, To confirm, the attached letters were sent yesterday to the Prime Minister and Sir Keir

Found: Starmer will pledge as he announces that GB Energy, Labour’s publicly -owned energy company, will be

Found: Tackling child poverty: letter from First Minister John Swinney to Sir Keir Starmer