Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value of UK exports to Kyrgyzstan was in each of the last five years.
Answered by John Glen
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27 November is attached.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister asked him to review the Afghan resettlement schemes. .
Answered by Johnny Mercer
Since asking me to lead on convening departments to increase our support to Afghans who have been resettled in the UK to access independent accommodation in February 2023, in October this year the Prime Minister further tasked me with coordinating cross government support for departments responsible for relocating eligible Afghans and their families under the ARAP and ACRS schemes.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2023 to an Urgent Question on Pakistan: Evacuation of Afghans by the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Official Report, column 117, on what date he visited each hotel housing Afghans.
Answered by Johnny Mercer
From April 2023, my team of advisors and I travelled extensively across the country to visit bridging hotels to meet Afghan families and officials from across Central and Local Government who supported this cohort, ahead of their move into long-term settled accommodation. That effort continues to this day.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 22 June 2023, Official Report, column 929, what the goals of the care leavers strategy are; when he plans to publish the strategy; what engagement he has had with stakeholders; and whether the strategy is distinct from the Government's response to the consultation on Children’s Social Care National Framework announced by the Department for Education on 2 February 2023.
Answered by Johnny Mercer
I am proud to be taking on the role of Cross-Government Care Leaver Lead, championing the interests of care leavers across Government, as I have, and continue to do, for veterans across the country.
I shall be working closely with my hon. Friend, the member for East Surrey, to secure improved care leaver outcomes, achieving the missions set out in the Stable Homes, Built on Love implementation strategy.
I will have more to say in due course about our work to improve outcomes for this vulnerable cohort of young people.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will publish a full list of former Ministers who resigned in July 2022 who (a) accepted, (b) rejected or (c) donated to charity their Ministerial severance pay.
Answered by Edward Argar
Individual departments are responsible for the payment of salaries and severance payments to current and former Ministers and, as such, the information you have requested is not held centrally. Departments are required to publish compensation payments paid to former Ministers as part of their Annual Report & Accounts.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any former Ministers in his Department accepted Ministerial severance pay after resigning in July 2022.
Answered by Edward Argar
No ministers in the Cabinet Office resigned from the Government in July 2022 and therefore no severance pay was issued.