Written Question
Thursday 18th May 2023
Asked by:
Damian Green (Conservative - Ashford)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Communications Service has conducted a formal systemic review into the public communications of all Government Departments during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Alex Burghart
- Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Communications was a critical lever for the government to deploy during the crisis. Government Communication Service professionals have used best practice from across the industry, public, private and third sectors to deliver COVID-19 Communications.
Communications during the pandemic response were regularly reviewed and we adopted an agile approach to keep up with the evolving scientific understanding of the virus and the unpredictable nature of the spread. This iterative approach ensured that our communications were regularly evaluated and always relevant to the pandemic.
Lessons learned have been shared across all of our subsequent communication campaigns.
Written Question
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Asked by:
Damian Green (Conservative - Ashford)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on advertising in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spending was on (a) TV, (b) radio, (c) out of home, (d) national newsbrands, (e) local/regional newsbrands, (f) online display, (g) search, (h) direct mail, (i) magazine brands and (j) cinema advertising over the same time period.
Answered by Chris Philp
- Shadow Home Secretary
Government communication spend, including on our national and international campaigns, is published on a rolling monthly basis on gov.uk as part of routine transparency arrangements. A bespoke strategy is implemented for each campaign, therefore data on how much we spend on each channel is not split out from wider communications spend.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Sep 2022
Health and Social Care Update
"I welcome my right hon. Friend to her new post, and I welcome her statement. I especially welcome the social care discharge fund, but, as she knows, the problems of under-capacity in the care sector, which filter into the whole NHS, are not just a winter crisis but a chronic …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 10 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty the Queen
"Like many others, I suspect, my initial reaction on hearing of the Queen’s death was not just sadness and regret, but a peculiar sense of uncertainty. How could the world continue without this magnificent woman playing a central role in the background of all our lives? Also like many others, …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jun 2022
Bill of Rights
"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on resisting the siren voices in this House and outside telling him to withdraw from the European convention on human rights altogether. His decision to stay in it is in the best traditions of pragmatic, sensible, one nation Conservatism. Will he also confirm that …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update
"I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcements today. One of the best things we could do, both for public health and for our hard-pressed hospitals, is to make sure that the small but significant number of people who refuse vaccination altogether are persuaded of the error of their …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Speaker's Statement
"As we have heard, James was a model of what we would want our MP, our Minister, and, most of all, our friend to be. I first met James in the shadow Home Affairs team before the 2010 election and then as junior Ministers in the Home Office for four …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care
"There has been much debate about how the money is being raised, but of more concern is how the money is going to be spent. My fear is that, once you start spending on perfectly proper things like the NHS backlog, there will never come a point where there is …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Jun 2021
G7 and NATO Summits
"The G7 meeting was exactly the face that modern Britain should present to the world: competent and confident. In terms of the substance, the UK commitment to share 100 million vaccines with less developed countries is an extremely welcome first step. Can my right hon. Friend guarantee that the 70 …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Dec 2020
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill
"There are huge complexities in this deal, but there is a simple choice before us today: this deal or no deal. As someone who campaigned hard for remain in 2016, I have held two views very strongly since then: not only would it be wrong to try to overturn the …..."Damian Green - View Speech
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