Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q6. I am a firm believer that youth work is part of the answer to so many issues in our society and has a huge role to play in my constituency, but we are currently at risk of losing vital youth work qualifications. The review of those qualifications was announced …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 26th June 2019
Asked by:
Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual cost to the public purse of the 406 agencies and other public bodies listed on the gov.uk website is.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Public Bodies 2018/19 report, published on 22 March 2019, sets out the gross resource expenditure of
the 301 arm’s length bodies which include all executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies as well
as non-ministerial departments, the latter of which are not included in the 406 bodies listed on gov.uk. As of
31 March 2018, the gross resource expenditure was £203.8 billion. Further information on how this cost is
broken down per organisation across services provided, running costs of the organisation and other costs
can be obtained from the organisations directly
The annual cost to the public purse of the other public bodies listed on the gov.uk website is not held
centrally.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Despite our comparative size, the UK has more Government Departments than even the USA. We hear in this place all the time about the challenges of cross-departmental working. Will my right hon. Friend commit to looking carefully in the spending review at opportunities to shrink the size of government and …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 11th December 2018
Asked by:
Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting adverts on (a) Google and (b) other media relating to the UK's exit from the EU by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) HM Treasury, (iii) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (iv) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (v) his Department (A) between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018 and (B) since 16 November 2018; and what proportion of the annual Government communications expenditure those figures represent in each of those periods.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This answer relates to spend from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office only.
Between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office spent £32,512.98 on social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Furthermore, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office did not spend any money with Google or other media on promoting adverts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Written Question
Tuesday 11th December 2018
Asked by:
Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting social media posts on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) other social media relating to the UK's exit from the EU by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) HM Treasury, (iii) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (iv) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (v) his Department (A) between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018 and (B) since 16 November 2018; and what proportion of the annual Government communications expenditure those figures represent in each of those periods.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This answer relates to spend from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office only.
Between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office spent £32,512.98 on social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Furthermore, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office did not spend any money with Google or other media on promoting adverts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"It is unfortunate that I rise to speak against the approval of this withdrawal agreement, which does not represent the best deal for the United Kingdom or fulfil the spirit of the referendum result. It ties us to EU rules and regulations for the long term while removing our ability …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. People did not see it in those terms. Part of the fundamental misunderstanding of the Government and of this House is that people saw it solely as an economic transaction. As I have just said, it was about more than that. Despite …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"I totally agree. The more obscene these forecasts become, the less they are believed. My favourite was that we are all going to get super-gonorrhoea if we leave the European Union. This week, the story is that babies will die through milk shortage because of leaving the European Union. These …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Apr 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"This week in this place, we have been talking about higher education. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the action the Government are taking shows that a Conservative Government are committed to delivering for students, working with them and treating them as adults, in stark contrast to Opposition Members, …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Voter ID Pilots
"We have heard countless stories about voter fraud in 2017, so does my hon. Friend agree that, far from showing the issue to be small scale, as Opposition Members seem to be suggesting, the fact that there has been only one conviction shows just how difficult it is to enforce …..."Ben Bradley - View Speech
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