Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which representatives of individual African countries or the African Union will be taking part in discussions at the upcoming G7 meeting in Cornwall either physically or virtually.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa will be attending the upcoming G7 Summit in Carbis Bay.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints in relation to the conduct of Special Advisers in each government department were submitted to the (a) Ethics and Propriety team and (b) the Cabinet Secretary since the formation of the Government in 2017.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The responsibility for the management and conduct of Special Advisers, including discipline, rests with the Minister who made the appointment, as per paragraph 3.3 of the Ministerial Code.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times an end to end assessment and proposed actions has been prepared since 1 January 2018 in response to the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, and if he will place in the House of Commons library the most recent document.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Today (08/10/2019) The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid the No Deal Readiness Report in the Houses of Parliament. This document outlines how the Government is preparing for an outcome in which we leave without a deal.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times (a) photographs and (b) videos produced for HMG official purposes were provided to the Conservative Party in the last 12 months; and what the cost of compensating HMG was for those rights.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) contracted and (b) employed photographers and videographers were employed by each government department in the last 12 months.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Dominic Cummings is included on the internal government distribution copy list for (a) Cabinet minutes, (b) Cabinet papers, (c) Cabinet Sub-Committee minutes, (d) Cabinet Sub-Committee papers, (e) National Security Council papers, (f) National Security Council minutes, (g) diplomatic telegrams and (h) the Government Communications grid.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It is the practice of successive administrations not to comment on which officials have access to confidential information.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) bidders and (b) successful candidates for tender for the Get Ready for Brexit campaign; and what the value of each successful tender was for both (i) external advertising and (ii) analytics.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Cabinet Office does not publish the list of bidders for any contract - we only publish the winning bid. This is in line with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, regulation 108.
Information about the contracts we will be using for the “Get Ready for Brexit” public information campaign is already published on GOV.UK here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any exemptions to the Cabinet Office Code of Conduct for Special Advisers have been granted to any Special Adviser since the formation of the current Government.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Special Advisers are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. I can confirm no exemptions to this requirement have been granted.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by each Government Department on advertising on (a) Facebook, (b) Twitter, (c) Google, (d) Instagram in the last 12 months.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This information is not held by Cabinet Office. Each department is responsible for their own advertising spend. Advertising spend by Cabinet Office has been published in previous transparency data releases. These are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) advertising, (b) video footage and (c) audio footage on (i) Facebook, (ii) Twitter, (ii) Google, (ii) Instagram in relation to the Prime Minister's speech at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 20 March.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This information is intended for publication at a later date, alongside our regular transparency reporting.