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  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Government plans to fund, monitor and report on commitments negotiated at the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    The delivery of the commitments negotiated at the Anti Corruption Summit will be overseen by the Inter Ministerial Group on Corruption, which is jointly chaired by the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion and the Minister for Security in the Home Office.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Anguilla and Guernsey have agreed to establish a central register of beneficial ownership accessible by UK tax and law enforcement agencies.

    Matthew Hancock

    Anguilla has now signed an arrangement to hold a central register or similarly effective system of beneficial ownership information accessible to UK tax and law enforcement agencies.

    Guernsey’s Chief Minister wrote to the Prime Minister on 4 April 2016 with a commitment to this too and a proposal to make a formal arrangement with the UK government when their new government is in place following their recent election.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations from the (a) UK and (b) international financial sector will be attending the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    The summit will bring together governments, international organisations, businesses and civil society to confront the problem of corruption. This includes selected representatives of the financial sector.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will chair the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    The Prime Minister.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to seek agreement on country-by-country reporting on multinational companies at the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    At the Anti Corruption Summit we will be seeking commitments on a number of measures to increase tax transparency, and reduce tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. The UK has called for a multilateral agreement on public country by country reporting of tax information by businesses. We welcome the recent European Commission initiative on public country by country reporting for large multinational enterprises within the EU and will work to support this.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will be represented at the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    Representatives of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been invited to attend the Summit.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which civil society organisations will be attending the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    We believe that it is important for governments, international organisations, civil society and businesses to work together to tackle corruption. To this end, a number of leading civil society organisations have been invited to attend the Summit. As well as the Summit itself, a pre-event on 11 May will be a important opportunity to hear a wide range of business and civil society views.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will raise with the responsible Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive the ways in which the National Citizen Service will be promoted in Northern Ireland in the next five years immediately after the forthcoming elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

    Mr Rob Wilson

    T​he ‘Northern Ireland Executive‘ has committed to ​continue to deliver National Citizen Service (NCS) over the next three years​ and has appointed a provider to deliver the programme – Co-operation Ireland. ​The ​marketing and promotion of NCS in Northern Ireland will be the responsibility of Co-operation Ireland. ​

  • Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on infraction proceedings in each of the last 10 years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The Cabinet Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have incurred nil expenditure on infraction proceedings before the European Court of Justice.

    Figures held centrally by the Cabinet Office are set out below, which show costs incurred by other government departments in engaging counsel as a result of infraction proceedings issued against the UK before the Court.

    2010/2011

    2011/2012

    2012/2013

    2013/2014

    2014/2015

    2015/2016

    2016/2017 (year to date)

    BIS

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    CO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DCLG

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DCMS

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DECC

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DEFRA

    Nil

    £1,740.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    £8,791.61

    £966.66

    DfE

    £780.00

    3,630.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DfT

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DFID

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DH

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    NIl

    NIl

    DWP

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    FCO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    HMT (HMRC)

    £687.50

    £3,797.50

    £16,610.67

    £24,004.95

    £6,749.99

    £9,834.99

    Nil

    HO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    MoD

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    MoJ

    Nil

    Nil

    £2,520.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    NIO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    SO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    WO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    *The above represents all data held. We do not hold financial records on these matters before FY 2010/2011.

    The UK has never been fined by the European Court of Justice as a result of infraction proceedings.

    Costs for departments include costs incurred by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which they are the lead department. While some departments will have incurred ad hoc costs in the pre-litigation stage of infraction proceedings, and costs associated with the attendance of government officials at infraction hearings, the cost of identifying that data would be disproportionate.

    Departments do not quantify the cost of time spent by government officials throughout the infractions process.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to answer of 25 February 2016 to Question HL6120, which political parties have been invited to attend the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

    Matthew Hancock

    The summit is a Government, not a party political matter.