Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has considered taking legislative steps to ensure that leaders of UK political parties publish their tax returns.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Under the MPs Code of Conduct, the Leaders of UK political parties who are MPs are required to declare any financial interest which might reasonably be thought to influence their actions, however there is no requirement in the parliamentary rules for Leaders, or any other MP, to publish their tax returns. The Government has no plans to introduce requirements for the leaders of UK political parties to publish their tax returns.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many heat pumps are installed on Government property.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Information on specific technologies such as heat pumps used across the Government estate is not held centrally. Across the office estate managed by Cabinet Office’s Government Property Agency, there are 2 buildings which are heated in part by heat pumps.