Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on how many occasions his Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on his Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
Details on the UK Statistics Authority’s interventions are published in the correspondence, publications, and issues log sections of their website since 2010.
The Authority’s Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority’s website.
In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017/18. The report for 2018/19 will be published in the autumn.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many ongoing workstreams there are throughout central Government on preparations for leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. However, the Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality, as this is the responsible thing to do. As part of this, we are monitoring over 300 projects being delivered by departments across Government.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what representations the Government has received from EU (a) officials and (b) member states on extending Article 50.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
It is a matter of firm Government policy that Article 50 will not be extended and we will be leaving the EU in a smooth and orderly way on 29 March 2019. The detailed terms set out in the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration has been endorsed by the other EU Member States.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products since it was established.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union is fully committed to ethical procurement, but does not hold information at the level of detail required to answer the Question.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what organisations his Department has outsourced functions to since it was established.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union uses a number of shared services. This includes the following OGDs: Department for International Trade (Commercial), Ministry of Justice (Estates Management) and Cabinet Office (IT), and private companies: Shared Services Connect Limited (elements of Finance, Payroll, HR).
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each year since its formation.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department does not have a check-off facility for the deduction of trade union subscriptions from departmental employees pay, therefore a complete set of data to give an accurate figure for the percentage of employees who are trade union members for the period requested is not held by the Department.