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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Energy Supply
Monday 28th February 2022

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what critical infrastructure his Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.

Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Chippenham, to PQ 58831 on 27 October 2021.


Written Question
Armed Forces: LGBT People
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the removal of wrongful dismissal from employment records for LGBT people who have been dismissed from the armed forces.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

As part of the new Veterans' Strategy Action Plan 2022-24, the Defence Secretary and I announced that we will commission an Independent Review into the impact of the pre-2000- ban on homosexual personnel in the Armed Forces. The Government will consider any further action in response to that Independent Review.


Written Question
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 13th January 2021

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Great Britain to Northern Ireland movement of goods occupying UK-EU export quotas under the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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

In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not usually disclosed.


Written Question
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Monday 11th January 2021

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of categories of goods that may face restrictions moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021; and what those categories are.

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

The Government has published comprehensive sector-specific guidance for businesses moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. There is a collated list of the applicable arrangements for goods movements available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moving-goods-into-out-of-or-through-northern-ireland-from-1-january-2021.


Written Question
Security Guards: Coronavirus
Monday 27th April 2020

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will classify private security workers as key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Our message to the British public is clear: stay at home, in order to protect the NHS and save lives. The position remains, as outlined on gov.uk, that everyone who can work from home should do so.

Where that is not possible, people should go into work where it is safe and they are not symptomatic, isolating or shielding. Relevant guidance including from Public Health England should be followed.

In terms of the provision of education for the children of certain key workers, it is already the case that security officers and private security workers working in, for example, hospitals and social care could be eligible as long as "their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service". This is set out here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

The Government has placed restrictions on the operations of certain businesses as part of the strategy to ensure people stay at home and away from others. Separate guidance has been published on this and is also available on gov.uk.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 25th June 2018

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Aberavon sent on 28 March and again on 30 April on the inquiry into infected blood.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on Thursday 7 June 2018 REF CDL/1602


Written Question
Carrillion
Tuesday 23rd January 2018

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government awarded to Carillion in Aberavon constituency (a) between 5 May 2010 and 7 May 2015, (b) between 8 May 2015 and 13 July 2016, (c) between 14 July 2016 and 8 June 2017, (d) between 9 June 2017 and 10 July 2017, (e) between 11 July 2017 and 29 September 2017 and (f) since 30 September 2017.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.


Written Question
Carillion: Aberavon
Tuesday 23rd January 2018

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government awarded to Carillion in Aberavon constituency (a) between 5 May 2010 and 7 May 2015, (b) between 8 May 2015 and 13 July 2016, (c) between 14 July 2016 and 8 June 2017, (d) between 9 June 2017 and 10 July 2017, (e) between 11 July 2017 and 29 September 2017 and (f) since 30 September 2017.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Census
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a question in the next census about membership of the armed forces community.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I
have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Iron and Steel: Procurement
Monday 24th July 2017

Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to monitor adherence to changes made to steel procurement guidelines in the last two years by (a) local authorities and (b) central Government Departments; and what assessment he has made of the ability of (i) local authorities and (ii) central Government Departments to adhere to those procurement guidelines.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Last December, the Government issued updated guidance on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities; and extended this guidance to the wider public sector.

Since publication of the guidance, we have been working closely with central government departments to monitor the impact and effectiveness of the guidance.