To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Agriculture: Business
Monday 19th February 2024

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) farming and (b) growing businesses that have gone out of business in each year since 2010.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th February is attached.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
Thursday 26th January 2023

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 98786 tabled by the hon. Member for Croydon North on 29 November 2022.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

A response to the hon. Member’s question of 29 November 2022 was deposited in the House Libraries on 14 December 2022. However, due to an administrative error this was not sent to the hon. Member and the response to Question 98786 was not updated on the Parliament website.

I would like to apologise to the hon. Member for this error and assure him that it has been addressed and a copy of this response has been submitted to Parliament. Cabinet Office officials are also reviewing practices to ensure this type of administrative error does not happen again.


Written Question
Covid-19 Inquiry
Thursday 26th January 2023

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Appointments to an inquiry panel are made in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005 and in consultation with the chair. Any representations on the composition of the panel will be duly considered by the Government. Moreover, the inquiry’s terms of reference require it to “listen to and consider carefully the experiences of bereaved families and others who have suffered hardship or loss as a result of the pandemic".


Written Question
Dominic Raab
Friday 20th January 2023

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals listed in each complaint about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer the Hon Member to PQ99865. It would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing independent investigation.


Written Question
Dominic Raab
Monday 5th December 2022

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds any records of a formal complaint being made about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer the Hon Member to PQ92230. The Prime Minister has appointed Adam Tolley KC to conduct an independent investigation into formal complaints which have been made about the conduct of the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

The Terms of Reference for the investigation have been published on gov.uk.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1119738/2022.11.23_Terms_of_Reference_-_Investigation.pdf

Following the establishment of the independent investigation, and the Cabinet Office receiving a further formal complaint relating to Mr Raab's conduct at the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Prime Minister has additionally asked the investigator to establish the specific facts surrounding this complaint, in line with the Terms of Reference for the existing investigation.


Written Question
Regional Planning and Development
Thursday 22nd July 2021

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timescale is for the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper.

Answered by Chloe Smith

We will publish a landmark Levelling Up White Paper later this year, articulating how bold new policy interventions will improve opportunity and boost livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic.


Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Devolution
Monday 17th May 2021

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to include proposals on devolution in the proposed White Paper on levelling up.

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

Levelling Up is at the heart of this government’s agenda to build back better after the pandemic and to deliver for citizens in every part of the UK. The detail of bold new policy interventions to improve livelihoods and opportunity in every part of the UK will be published later in the year, as part of our landmark Levelling Up White Paper.


Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Public Opinion
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2021, to Question 179137, on Regional Planning and Development: Public Opinion, whether his Department has commissioned work to be undertaken by external polling and communications agencies into public attitudes on the Government's Levelling Up agenda.

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

I refer the hon. Member to my response to PQ179137, answered on 15 April 2021 which confirmed that details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.


Written Question
Crown Representatives
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish records of all activities undertaken by Crown Representatives as part of the work of his Department.

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

Crown Representatives help the government to act as a single customer. They work across departments to:

  • ensure a single and strategic view of the government’s needs is communicated to the market;

  • identify areas for cost savings or operational improvements;

  • act as a point of focus for cross-cutting supplier-related issues.

Crown Representatives cover all sectors of service provision including small and medium enterprises, voluntary sector organisations, mutually owned organisations, large suppliers and specific sectors. All Crown Representatives complete Conflict of Interest declarations every six months.

Information about the Crown Representative programme, including a list of the current Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers is available on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers

We will write to the hon. Member with further information and place a copy of the letter in the House Library.




Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Public Opinion
Thursday 15th April 2021

Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish research commissioned by the Government and undertaken by external polling and communications agencies into public attitudes on the levelling up agenda.

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

As has been the case with successive administrations, Government routinely works with suppliers to provide polling and market research work so as to understand public attitudes and behaviours to inform policy-making. Details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.

Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.