Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK Lethal Drone Strikes in Syria, published on 26 April 2017, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of that Committee's investigation with the procedural obligations flowing from Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answered by Theresa May
The Intelligence and Security Committee is an independent body of Parliament which is a crucial part of the intelligence oversight system. How it conducts its investigations is a matter for the committee. The Government will respond to the report once a new committee has been formed.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, when the Government plans to respond to the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK Lethal Drone Strikes in Syria, published on 26 April 2017.
Answered by Theresa May
The Intelligence and Security Committee is an independent body of Parliament which is a crucial part of the intelligence oversight system. How it conducts its investigations is a matter for the committee. The Government will respond to the report once a new committee has been formed.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, when she expects the redaction of the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK Lethal Drone Strikes in Syria to be complete.
Answered by Theresa May
The Government is following the process as described, under the 2013 Justice and Security Act, in paragraph 37 of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Intelligence and Security Committee.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Childcare Implementation Taskforce has met since its creation; and what the full attendance was at each such meeting.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Information relating to the proceedings of Implementation Taskforces, including when and how often they meet is not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.
The Government published a list of Cabinet Committees and Implementation Taskforces and their members on 18 October 2016. This can be found at the following web address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has collected in fees for registering consultant lobbyists; how much he estimates his Department will collect in such fees in the first full year the register is in operation; what the running costs of the register have been to date; and what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of that register.
Answered by John Penrose
Details of implementation costs for 2014/15, running costs for 2015/16 and the total income intended to be recovered from registrants in 2015/16 are outlined in the business plan published by the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413521/ORCL_Business_Plan_2015-16.pdf
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
Answered by Matt Hancock
None.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 263, whether it remains his policy to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies from 650 to 600.
Answered by John Penrose
The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?, in due course.
The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to enact the reduction in the number of seats in this House from 650 to 600.
Answered by John Penrose
The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Government will outline its plans for constituency boundaries when it responds to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report, What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?, in due course.
The Boundary Commissions are due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018. If approved, the new constituencies would take effect at the next General Election.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes to the number of people on the electoral register since the introduction of individual electoral registration; and what changes there have been to the age and demographic profiles of electors in that period.
Answered by John Penrose
The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration has made it easier than ever before for electors to register to vote through online registration.
The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report this month on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the breakdown is of the £17 million savings to his Department's budget.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Cabinet Office intends to deliver £17.4m savings through a reduction in programme budgets across the Department, and a range of efficiencies affecting administrative expenditure, reduced use of consultants and contractors, and estates efficiencies.