Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the <i>List of Ministerial Responsibilities</i> published by the Cabinet Office in October (1) describes Earl Howe as Parliamentary under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, (2) omits the Private Office telephone numbers for the Treasury ministers, (3) gives unobtainable numbers for Cabinet Office and Department of Health ministers, and (4) gives incorrect numbers for some Home Office ministers including Baroness Williams of Trafford; and whether they will issue a corrected edition of the publication.

The Government is grateful to the Noble Lord for drawing attention to these points. We are updating the List of Ministerial Responsibilities in both electronic and paper form.