Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, how many (a) EU representatives and (b) UK Government representatives will sit on the Working Group on Social Security Coordination.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement establishes a standard set of committees and working groups to oversee its operation.
The Government is considering carefully the process around the establishment of these committees and working groups.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what live PFI contracts his Department has; and for each of those contracts (a) what service is provided, (b) when the contract became live, (c) what the remaining term of the contract is and (d) what the annual repayments are.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Cabinet Office has no live PFI contracts.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons employment and industrial relations are devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly but not to the Scottish Parliament.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The devolved nations, institutions and their respective devolution settlements are all different, reflecting their circumstances and history, and are considered as individual entities.
The Smith Commission did not recommend any change to the reserved status of employment and industrial relations policy in Scotland.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish Lord Dunlop's Review of UK Government Union Capability.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Since Lord Dunlop delivered his report, the Government has been carefully considering its recommendations on how departments can work most effectively to realise fully all the benefits of being a United Kingdom.
The Government is grateful for the work that Lord Dunlop has undertaken.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of changes implemented on the parliamentary estate in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Pete Wishart
The House of Commons Commission has ensured that the House Service has implemented the Working safely during coronavirus guidance and meets the requirements to be defined as a covid-secure workplace. The Commission is satisfied that the steps taken appear to be working, but these will be kept under constant review and changes made when needed.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been spent from the public purse on placing the Government's Brexit notifications in newspapers.
Answered by Kevin Foster
In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.
The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.
The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on radio campaigns for the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
Answered by Kevin Foster
In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.
The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.
The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on TV adverts for the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
Answered by Kevin Foster
In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.
The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.
The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how money has been spent from the public purse on social media in relation to the Government's Get ready for Brexit campaign.
Answered by Kevin Foster
In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.
The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.
The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what ministerial vacancies exist; and when each one became vacant.
Answered by David Lidington
The number of ministers appointed to Her Majesty's Government, and the roles to which they are appointed, are not fixed.
As has been the case under successive Administrations, the number of ministers in post will vary from time to time, subject to the prevailing legislation in the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 and the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.