Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the daily covid-19 briefings that took place in Downing Street that included questions and answers.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government remains committed to providing the public with the information they need relating to Coronavirus. We will keep under review how best to provide this information, and the Prime Minister held a Covid-19 brief on 9 September.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) provide details of each (i) article and (ii) advertorial that has been sponsored by (A) the Government and (B) other bodies using public money in any paper and digital news platform and (b) publish the cost of each of those articles and advertorials from 1 January 2020 to date.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 33512 on 21 April 2020.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were made redundant in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) England in the last six months.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average wage in Wansbeck constituency is.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to consult people affected by the Contaminated Blood Scandal on the (a) effect of infection on their health and (b) adequacy of the treatment they received.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
I will be meeting with members of the infected and affected community on Tuesday 28th January 2020 to listen to their experiences, so that I can hear first-hand about the issues that matter most to them.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Government has not responded to the letter of the hon. Member for Kingston Upon Hull North dated the 1 August 2019 on compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
As Minister for the Cabinet Office, I have Ministerial responsibility for the Infected Blood Inquiry. I replied to the letter from the hon. Member for Kingston Upon Hull on 30 September, and have apologised to her for the time taken to reply to her letter to the Prime Minister of 1 August.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on how the Infected Blood Inquiry will be run.
Answered by David Lidington
It is for the Department of Health and Social Care to consider the issue of financial support raised by Sir Brian Langstaff in his letter. The Minister for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention has expressed her willingness to meet the Inquiry team and other discussions may follow.
The Inquiry’s focus is on events and circumstances within the United Kingdom. As such, I do not expect the UK’s exit from the EU to have any effect on the Inquiry’s work.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to hold discussions with the devolved administrations on a UK-wide response to Sir Brian Langstaff's letter on the contaminated blood scandal.
Answered by David Lidington
It is for the Department of Health and Social Care to consider the issue of financial support raised by Sir Brian Langstaff in his letter. The Minister for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention has expressed her willingness to meet the Inquiry team and other discussions may follow.
The Inquiry’s focus is on events and circumstances within the United Kingdom. As such, I do not expect the UK’s exit from the EU to have any effect on the Inquiry’s work.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been internally promoted (a) temporarily and (b) permanently without competition in the last three years; and what proportion of those civil servants were (a) women and (b) BAME.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Civil Service Management Code is clear that all promotions and lateral moves within the Civil Service must be based on merit. Data is not currently gathered centrally on promotions (either temporary or permanent), and it is therefore not possible to compare the experience of ethnic minority or female civil servants.
Asked by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Wansbeck)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the suicide rates are for people under the age of 18 in the (a) North East and (b) UK.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.