Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Prime Minister
Departmental E-mail
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, to the right hon. Member for Horsham, on departmental e-mail, (1) how many e-mails sent to him by members of the public through the No. 10 website have been replied to; and how many of those replies have been based on a pro forma response; [178352]
(2) which members of staff in Downing Street read the e-mails sent to him through the No. 10 website; [178353]
(3) how many members of the public have e-mailed him in each month since 27 June 2007; [178354]
(4) what procedures there are (a) to identify whether e-mails sent to the webpage are party political in nature and (b) to deal with such e-mails. [179637]
Mr. Maude: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental e-mail, whether he personally reads the e-mails sent to him by members of the public via the No. 10 website. [181337]
The Prime Minister: Since 27 June 2007, I have received approximately 27,000 e-mails via the No. 10 website. All e-mails are read by my Office, however, as made clear on the No. 10 website, it is not possible to reply to all e-mails.
Downing Street Political Office
Mr. Maude: To ask the Prime Minister (1) what proportion of the cost of the position of the administrator of the Downing Street Political Office will be met by the public purse; and when the post was established; [175075]
(2) how much and what proportion of the administrative costs of the Downing Street Political Office was funded by the public purse in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; [175192]
(3) for how much of his working time the administrator of the Downing Street Political Office will be based in Downing Street. [175193]
The Prime Minister: The staffing and associated costs for my Political Office are met by the Labour party. As has been the case under successive Administrations, marginal costs associated with the Political Office are met from within the overall budget for 10 Downing street.
Gordon Brown
Adam Price: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2008, Official Report, column 1398W, on Gordon Brown, whether a date has been set for the publication of the list; whether it will include details of the dates on which donations to Ministers’ campaigns for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party were (a) notified to Permanent Secretaries and (b) registered with the Cabinet Office. [181134]
The Prime Minister: The first List of Ministers’ Interests will be published as soon as possible after the end of the financial year.
Human Trafficking
Mr. Steen: To ask the Prime Minister if he will attend the launch of the ‘Don’t Close Your Eyes’ Blue Blindfold Campaign on human trafficking in the House on 29 January. [181053]
The Prime Minister: My hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction (Mr. Coaker) will be attending on behalf of the Government.
Northern Ireland
Departmental Contracts
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) objective and (b) value was of each contract placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by his Department and its agencies in each year since 2004-05. [179028]
Mr. Woodward: The (a) objective and (b) value of the contracts placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies in each year since 2004-05 are shown in the following tables.
No contracts have been in place with Ernst and Young since 2004-05.
No contracts have been in place with KPMG since 2004-05.
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