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Written Question
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
Monday 20th November 2023

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Government services that will use the GOV.UK One Login (a) before and (b) after 2025.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

In line with the programme’s agreed scope, we are on track to onboard at least 145 services to GOV.UK One Login by the end of 2024/25. We are working closely with departments to identify further services for onboarding as part of the programme’s longer-term roadmap beyond March 2025.


Written Question
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
Monday 20th November 2023

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments have made an adoption strategy and roadmap for the GOV.UK One Login.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The One Login programme has agreed an adoption roadmap with 15 major government departments, in line with the commitment in the Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data.


Written Question
Pensioners: Mortgages
Monday 26th June 2023

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of pensioners had a mortgage in the most recent period for which data is available.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 21 June is attached.


Written Question
Pensioners: Employment
Friday 24th March 2023

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people above State Pension Age who have returned to employment after having previously retired since November 2021.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentlemen’s Parliamentary Question of 21/03 is attached


Written Question
Employment: Long Covid
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect on households of people being unable to work while experiencing symptoms of long covid.

Answered by Heather Wheeler

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt Hon Member's Parliamentary Question of 10 February is attached.


Written Question
Unemployment: Long Covid
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken research into the number of people who have become economically inactive as a result of experiencing long covid.

Answered by Heather Wheeler

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt Hon Member's Parliamentary Question of 10 February is attached.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 10th December 2020

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to the letter of 21 October 2020 from the Inequalities in Health Alliance on the need for a cross-Government strategy to reduce health inequalities as part of the Government’s covid-19 recovery plans.

Answered by Boris Johnson

My Office has no record of receiving this letter. I have asked my Office to contact the organisation to see if they can re-send the correspondence.


Written Question
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Tuesday 1st December 2020

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what IT system will be used to handle sanitary and phytosanitary checks on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the transition period.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

Details of the systems for handling sanitary and phytosanitary checks on relevant goods movement between Great Britain to Northern Ireland are set out in published guidance on gov.uk.


Written Question
Procurement: Coronavirus
Tuesday 19th May 2020

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has awarded covid-19 related contracts to (a) Deloitte and (b) McKinsey; and what the value of each contract is.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

Details of central government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.


Written Question
Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
Thursday 14th May 2020

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many BAME people have died in Leicester as a result of contracting covid-19.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.