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Written Question
Emigration
Friday 24th March 2023

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of UK citizens that emigrated to (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand, (c) the US and (d) Canada in the last 12 months.

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. Member's Parliamentary Question of 16 March is attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.


Written Question
Veterans: Suicide
Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the new ONS method for recording and reporting veteran suicide, whether he plans to regularly publish this data.

Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)

The Office for National Statistics will trial a new method of of recording veteran suicide from early 2023 by working closely with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. As part of a 10-year retrospective study, analysis of veteran suicide data is expected to be completed by the ONS in 2023. Details on how and when this data might be published will be finalised following agreement between the MOD, ONS and OVA.


Written Question
Eurostat
Monday 8th November 2021

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the removal of the UK from the Eurostat database.

Answered by Michael Ellis

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

Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician

Margaret Ferrier MP

House of Commons

London

SW1A 0AA

4 November 2021

Dear Ms Ferrier,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what recent assessment has been made of the implications of the removal of the UK from the Eurostat database (67174).

Since the UK’s departure from the EU, the UK statistical system has continued to collect and publish our wide range of high-quality data and analysis to inform the UK on social and economic matters. This ensures Government, Parliament, and the public continue to have the statistics they need to inform their decisions.

Our statistics continue to be produced according to our Code of Practice for Statistics, ensuring official UK statistics are trustworthy, quality-assured, and meet society’s needs. Furthermore, in line with our strategy, Statistics for the Public Good, we continue to apply the highest international standards to our work, enabling comparability both over time and internationally.

Outside of the EU, it is no longer appropriate for the UK to be bound into European regulations on statistics, however, we remain strongly committed to co-operating with our colleagues in other national statistical institutes across Europe and the rest of the world, with a view to making UK statistics as widely and easily available as possible for international comparison, analysis and research.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond


Written Question
Bahrain: Human Rights
Monday 28th June 2021

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed human rights in Bahrain with the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa and accompanying Bahraini officials at their meeting on 17 June.

Answered by Boris Johnson

The Crown Prince and I discussed a wide range of matters. We regularly raise human rights issues with the Government of Bahrain and continue to engage with the Government of Bahrain to support its reform agenda.


Written Question
Energy Supply: Brexit
Thursday 12th November 2020

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure the adequacy of fuel and electricity supplies in the event of no agreement on the future relationship with the EU at the end of the transition period.

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

The end of the transition period will not alter the fact that our energy system is resilient, and our supplies secure. We are planning extensively for the end of the transition period, alongside industry, the Devolved Administrations, and key delivery partners to ensure energy demands continue to be met.


Written Question
UK Government Union Capability Independent Review
Tuesday 28th July 2020

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 904850, for what reason the Government has not yet published the recommendations of Lord Dunlop's Review of UK Government Union Capability.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government is giving full consideration to the recommendations of Lord Dunlop’s Review of UK Government Union Capability.

The Government is grateful for the work Lord Dunlop has undertaken.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Remote Working
Monday 11th May 2020

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have formal arrangements to work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Where possible Cabinet Office officials are working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, and as a result the vast majority of civil servants are working from home on any given day. The Department has issued staff with working from home guidance. However, only a small number of staff are formally 'designated homeworkers'. Of those who have declared, 20 members of staff are 'designated homeworkers' as of 30 April 2020.


Written Question
Prisoners: Saudi Arabia
Thursday 27th April 2017

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether in her meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in April 2017 she discussed with him the cases of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon and Abdullah al-Zaher.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the statement issued on 5 April following my meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and which is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-king-salman-of-saudi-arabia-5-april-2017.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State, the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns to the noble Lord Hoyle on 24 April 2017 in the House of Lords, HL6712.


Written Question
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
Thursday 27th April 2017

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she discussed future arms sales to Saudi Arabia in her meeting with King Salman in April 2017.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the statement issued on 5 April following my meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and which is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-king-salman-of-saudi-arabia-5-april-2017.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State, the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns to the noble Lord Hoyle on 24 April 2017 in the House of Lords, HL6712.


Written Question
Yemen: Military Intervention
Thursday 27th April 2017

Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she discussed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition participation in the conflict in Yemen at her meeting with the King of Saudi Arabia in April 2017.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the statement issued on 5 April following my meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and which is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-king-salman-of-saudi-arabia-5-april-2017.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State, the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns to the noble Lord Hoyle on 24 April 2017 in the House of Lords, HL6712.