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 30 April 2025 to Question 46758 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, whether the National Security Strategy is being developed in consultation with (a) external stakeholders and (b) UK allies.
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The National Security Strategy is being developed by the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, led by the National Security Adviser, Jonathan Powell, with support from academic and technical experts. The Cabinet Office has engaged a broad spectrum of stakeholders including our allies, additionally considering assessments and analytical products from think tanks, academics, and industry experts. Departments have been engaged throughout the process.
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 30 April 2025 to Question 46758 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, which departments have been consulted in the development of the National Security Strategy.
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The National Security Strategy is being developed by the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, led by the National Security Adviser, Jonathan Powell, with support from academic and technical experts. The Cabinet Office has engaged a broad spectrum of stakeholders including our allies, additionally considering assessments and analytical products from think tanks, academics, and industry experts. Departments have been engaged throughout the process.
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 30 April 2025 to Question 46758 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, which Department is leading on drafting the National Security Strategy.
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The National Security Strategy is being developed by the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, led by the National Security Adviser, Jonathan Powell, with support from academic and technical experts. The Cabinet Office has engaged a broad spectrum of stakeholders including our allies, additionally considering assessments and analytical products from think tanks, academics, and industry experts. Departments have been engaged throughout the process.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the previous Government's spending on local advertising campaigns for (a) Brexit, (b) trade and (c) Covid-19 between 2019 and 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office has not made assessments on the local advertising spend for Brexit, trade and Covid-19.
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 - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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.