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Written Question
Cabinet Office and Prime Minister
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what processes will be put in place to ensure coordination between the proposed Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office during periods of national crisis.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.


Written Question
Devolved Matters
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what steps the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will take to coordinate and liaise with the devolved Administrations.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.


Written Question
Devolved Matters
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will work with the devolved Administrations.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.


Written Question
Prime Minister
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.


Written Question
Prime Minister: Powers
Thursday 10th February 2022

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what powers the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will have.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member to my answer given to 114642.


Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any audience targeting information used by the (a) Union Unit and (b) Union Taskforce for (i) advertising, (ii) campaigning or (iii) promotional purposes in the last 12 months.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.


Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals were employed by (a) the Union Unit and (b) the Union Taskforce in each financial year since 2008-09; and how many and what proportion of those people were employed in an (a) press or (b) communications capacity.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.


Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the (a) Union Unit and (b) Union Taskforce spent on paid-for listing in search results in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much is budgeted for that purpose for each of those groups for 2021-22.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.


Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the (a) Union Unit and (b) Union Taskforce spent on paid-for social media advertising and promotion in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much is budgeted for that purpose for each of those groups for 2021-22.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.


Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Tuesday 9th March 2021

Asked by: Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) total expenditure on and (b) cost to the public purse of the Union Unit was; what the cost to the public purse of the Union Taskforce was in each financial year since 2010-11; and what the budget for that taskforce will be in the financial year 2021-22.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.