Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Concessions Contracts Regulations 2016 (along with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) will be replaced by the new public procurement regime being put in place by the Procurement Bill, currently being debated in Parliament.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans he has to (a) retain, (b) revoke or (c) replace the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Through the Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill, the Government is currently reviewing which retained European Union law should be repealed, reformed or preserved. The existing procurement regime, which includes the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, will need to be preserved until the new regime is ready to be implemented. This is laid out in the Procurement Bill and currently being debated in Parliament.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government maintains a comprehensive list of legislation made under (a) Section 2(2) and (b) Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested is not held centrally. All legislation is available on legislation.gov.uk.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a new electoral sanction of intimidation.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government will legislate for a new electoral sanction against intimidation as soon as parliamentary time allows.
The new electoral sanction is one part of the Government’s wider programme of work to address intimidation in public life. More details on this programme are set out in Written Ministerial Statement HCWS833 ‘Update on Tackling Intimidation in Public Life’ made on 09 March 2021.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an Equality Impact Assessment of the Government’s plans for easing the covid-19 lockdown.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The government has assessed the equalities impacts of the social distancing policy on different groups of people, including those with protected characteristics and has engaged individuals, expert groups, charities and other organisations in the policy development process. This is a key part of the decision making process and the government has discharged its obligations under the Equality Act at each stage of its COVID-19 response.
We are aware of the disproportionate impacts of the policy on some groups. For example, we acknowledge that the order to stay at home can cause anxiety for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of domestic abuse and we’ve seen a rise in calls to the national abuse helpline. That is why the Home Secretary introduced a package of measures to support such victims, including an additional £2m of funding for domestic abuse helplines and online services as well as the ‘#YouAreNotAlone’ communications campaign to reassure victims that support services remain available.
The Government has also recognised that some individuals with learning disabilities or autism have specific exercise requirements that are important to their health and has clarified that such groups are allowed to continue to exercise outdoors more than once a day. It is recognised that the policy will continue to have a disproportionate impact on many disabled individuals.
There is evidence of a disproportionate impact on many other sectors of society. The Government is keeping this under review and will introduce mitigation measures wherever possible and appropriate. However, the overall assessment concluded that the measures the Government has taken have been proportionate to the risks of the coronavirus outbreak.
In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not routinely publish equality impact assessments.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 216324 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Facebook, what the (a) age profile, (b) gender and (c) location was of custom audiences that were targeted by the 10 Downing Street Facebook page since 21 November 2017.
Answered by Chloe Smith
No Facebook advertising has been run from the 10 Downing Street Facebook page since 21 November 2017 so no custom audiences have been targeted in this time.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 206350, on Department for Exiting the European Union, what the (a) age profile (b) gender and (c) location was of customer audiences that were targeted by the Road to Brexit Facebook page since 21st November 2017.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Since 21st November 2017, adverts from the Road to Brexit Facebook page have been targeted towards all adults in the UK. Some adverts featuring advice to UK citizens in the EU have been targeted towards those living in the EU27 states.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to Question 201628, what postcodes have the adverts from the Facebook page road to brexit been targeted since 21 November 2017.
Answered by Chloe Smith
No adverts running on the Road to Brexit Facebook page have been targeted based on postcodes, therefore this information is not available.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency funding his Department has allocated in relation to the Government's negotiations on the UK leaving the EU for the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 financial years.
Answered by Damian Green
Forecasts for Brexit-related costs are embedded in the Cabinet Office’s budget.