Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the independent membership and terms of reference of the Advisory Military Sub-Committee of the Honours and Decorations Committee.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The membership of and terms of reference for the Advisory Military Sub-Committee will be published on gov.uk when they have been finalised, and agreed by incoming members.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have (i) met or (ii) held discussions with former Prime Minister David Cameron in the last two months on the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by David Lidington
Details of external meetings by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are published quarterly and are available on gov.uk. In respect of other officials, the Cabinet Office has no record of formal meetings in the last two months with the former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron, on the UK leaving the EU.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has held discussions with former Prime Minister, David Cameron, in the last two months.
Answered by Theresa May
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave from the Oral Statement to the House on the 17 December 2018 on December European Council, Official Report, Column 552.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether any of her staff have (a) met or (b) held discussions with former Prime Minister, David Cameron, in the last two months.
Answered by Theresa May
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave from the Oral Statement to the House on the 17 December 2018 on December European Council, Official Report, Column 552.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make it her policy to appoint a Government tsar for elderly people with responsibility for (a) protecting the rights of pensioners, (b) combating ageism in society and (c) the provision of services to pensioners.
Answered by Theresa May
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd) and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon. Member for West Suffolk (Matt Hancock), are responsible for a wide range of issues affecting older people
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on implementing the proposals to remove the requirement for candidates standing as local councillors to have their home addresses published on the ballot paper.
Answered by Chloe Smith
We have consulted electoral stakeholders on changes to deliver, and to go beyond, the recommendation from the Committee on Standards in Public Life to remove the requirement that the home address of candidates for local council elections must appear on the ballot paper. We will be laying statutory instruments before Parliament shortly that will apply the changes to elections of local councillors, parish councillors, Combined Authority Mayors and local mayors.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate she has made of (a) the cost to the public purse and (b) the carbon footprint of her visits to her counterparts in other EU member states and the representatives of the EU Council and the Commission between 10 December 2018 and 13 December 2018.
Answered by Theresa May
Information regarding the cost of Ministerial overseas travel is published on gov.uk on a quarterly basis. Costs for this trip will be made available through this process, in the usual way
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 192871 on Prime Minister: Brexit, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse on promoting social media posts on the UK leaving the EU on (a) the @10DowningStreet Twitter account and (b) other online platforms for which the Government is responsible since 20 November 2018; and how much is expected to be spent up to 31 December 2018.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Spend will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Named Day Question 192871, tabled by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on Tuesday 4 December 2018 PQ192871.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting social media posts relating to the UK leaving the EU on (a) the @10DowningStreet Twitter account and (b) other online platforms for which her office is responsible in the last three months; and if she will place details of the content of those posts in the Library.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Over the last three months (20 August - 20 November), the Prime Minister’s Office has spent the following on paid social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU:
Total spend 20 August - 20 November: £52,509.84
This spend covers content outlining the UK’s future economic partnership with the EU and the withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU.
Total annual government communications spend is circa £300m. This activity represents 0.017% of total spend for the year.