Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on home working across the civil service.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The government's entire focus is on the work of delivering change. The government has not yet reviewed existing guidance on home working. We will support the Civil Service with the necessary tools to ensure it can deliver that change. The Government is committed to supporting individuals and businesses to work in ways that best suit their particular circumstances and whilst terms and conditions relating to hours of work are delegated to departments as individual employers, the Civil Service must ensure that it provides value for money for the public.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information was provided to him on the public finances prior to taking office; whether he has received any additional information since taking office; and what his policy is on the provision of information to prospective future governments prior to elections.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The process for access talks is set out in the Cabinet Manual. Access talks are initiated with permission from the Prime Minister of the day and are confidential.
It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place between Cabinet ministers and officials is not shared publicly.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has (a) had discussions and (b) taken advice on the use of Government aircraft.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The principles around ministerial travel are long-established and have been in place for successive administrations. Ministers take advice on individual travel arrangements as necessary.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died by suicide by (a) council area, (b) region and (c) constituency in each of the last 10 years months for which data is available.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 23 February is attached.
At the request of the UK Statistics Authority, I have placed in the library a table of the number of suicides by parliamentary constituency.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) 16-year-olds and (b) 17-year-olds were married in (i) England (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each of the last 30 years.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) North East England, (b) County Durham local authority area and (c) North West Durham have (i) died as a result of covid-19 and (ii) died as a result of covid-19 with underlying health conditions in each age category in each week since 1 January 2020.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the net effect of import and export of UK coal on the balance of payments in (a) each of the last five years (b) annually with individual countries.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated to support former senior government ministers for their continued public activities excluding security costs in the last 10 years.
Answered by Chloe Smith
A copy of the policy and guidance on the Public Duties Cost Allowance is in the Library of the House.
Current recipients of the allowance are published in the Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts, available to the public on GOV.UK. The Public Duties Cost Allowance rate is currently set at a limit of £115,000 per annum.