Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many flights the Prime Minister has made to California since 25 October 2022.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Details of Ministerial overseas travel are published on gov.uk on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many excess deaths were recorded in (a) 2022 and (b) 2012.
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 1 September is attached.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Prime Minister has spent on official travel via private jet since 2010.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The specific information requested is not centrally held and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. I would refer the Hon. Member to the previous Cabinet Office Annual Accounts and Reports that holds some information on departmental business travel since 2010.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 73117 on Prime Minister: Furniture, what the disproportionate cost threshold is for answering written parliamentary questions.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Disproportionate Cost Threshold is set at £850. This is set out in the Guide to Parliamentary Work (2018) published at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740236/Guide-to-Parliamentary-Work-2018.pdf.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the move-in operation of the former Prime Minister into Number 10 Downing Street.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
As with previous administrations, the cost of moving-in or removing personal property from a Ministerial residence is funded by the incoming or departing Minister.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by each administration on Prime Ministerial podiums between 2010 to 2022.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Government lecterns are regularly used at press conferences and speeches. Previous lecterns continue to be used and repurposed in other government buildings.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there was a cost to the public purse of new (a) furniture and (b) furnishings for the former Prime Minister from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Details of expenditure on the Downing Street estate, including spending under the annual allowance for the official residence, will be published in the Cabinet Office’s annual report and audited accounts in due course.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly rate of pay is for service staff at Chequers.
Answered by Michael Ellis
I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 16 June 2022 to PQ 16972.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the cost of alcoholic drinks at Chequers is paid for by the public purse.
Answered by Michael Ellis
I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 20 July 2022 to PQ 37503.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money from the public purse has been spent on alcohol at Chequers in each year between 2019 and 2022.
Answered by Michael Ellis
I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 20 July 2022 to PQ 37503.