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693135

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to be precise about the exact number of civil servants employed by the Law Officers' Departments who oversee contracts that have been awarded to external providers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/03/2017 17:32:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

693136

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	65112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below lists the numbers of civil servants employed in media relations and communications at the Law Officers’ Departments from 2008- 2016. Please note this is a snapshot figure, and may have varied slightly throughout the year. Figures for 2007 are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>SFO</p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>AGO, GLD, HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Salaries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Numbers</strong> <strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Salaries GLD, AGO, HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salaries for 33 people in media relations and communications roles</strong>. <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£194k</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£138k</p></td><td><p>£1,128k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£165k</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£107k</p></td><td><p>£1,4157k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£177k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3*</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£202k</p></td><td><p>£1,747k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£241k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£266k</p></td><td><p>£1,605k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£223k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£304k</p></td><td><p>£1,320k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£189k</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£361k</p></td><td><p>£1,221k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£158k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£287k</p></td><td><p>£1,329k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£189k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£353k</p></td><td><p>£1,136k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£195k</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5*</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£321k</p></td><td><p>£1,082k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Includes one Agency worker who was not directly employed</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2017 16:51:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693137

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Cabinet Office as a whole are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	65115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>The Government Communications Group is a business group in my Department that is responsible for media relations and communications. At 31st January 2017, 144 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Government Communications Group, working on Cabinet Office, PMO and cross-government business.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2017 13:02:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693138

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2017 to Question 63244, whether the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF) Trustee appointed by the Minister for the Civil Service has independently verified the professional advice received by the PCPF Trustee on the long-term risks to financial performance of the PCPF of that fund's investments in the fossil fuel extractive industry.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	65136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>There is no requirement or expectation for independent verification of professional advice.</p><p>Investment decisions within the Parliamentary Contributory Pensions Fund, including consideration of risks arising from investments in the fossil fuel extractive industry, are a matter for the Trustees who receive professional advice regarding decisions about the management of scheme assets.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 28/02/2017 11:34:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

693139

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the 2016 Electoral Statistics published in March 2017 will be adjusted for double-counting where people are registered to vote in more than one constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	65055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics report on Electoral Statistics for 2016 will be published with the figures as given to them by each local authority.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/03/2017 10:35:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

693140

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to adopt contextual recruitment methods to increase the diversity of civil service recruitment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	65047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>To date, the only Civil Service implementation of contextual recruitment was a trial of the methodology in 2016, conducted by the Civil Service Fast Stream graduate programme. Consideration will be given to further use of the approach, once the evaluation has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/03/2017 14:11:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

693142

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to make open data publication a requirement for all companies entering Government procurement tenders.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	64972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>At the Anti-Corruption Summit held in London in May 2016, the UK Government made a commitment to implement the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) for contracts administered by a central purchasing authority, the Crown Commercial Service: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-contracts-to-be- open-to-public-for-%20the-first-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-contracts-to-be- open-to-public-for- the-first-time</a>.</p><p> </p><p>UK Government has set up a Showcase and Learning Project with the Open Contracting Partnership to share our learning with others in the public sector. At the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit 2016, which took place in Paris at the beginning of December 2016 the governments of Colombia, France, Mexico, Ukraine and the UK officially launched the ‘Contracting 5’ (C5) initiative. The C5 are committed to working together to lead the way on using open data to improve public procurement and achieve better value for money; a fairer and more competitive business environment; better goods and services; and reduced corruption in public contracting.</p><p><br></p><p>The Crown Commercial Service published updated guidance on “The Transparency of Suppliers and Government to the Public on 16 February 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy- note-0117-update-to-transparency-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy- note-0117-update-to-transparency-principles</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also implemented the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) in the Crown Commercial Service’s operations by publishing Contracts Finder data in OCDS format.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/03/2017 14:09:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693143

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Extended Ministerial Offices: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed in extended ministerial offices will be (a) redeployed to other posts within the Civil Service and (b) made redundant.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	64945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the relevant departments.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/03/2017 13:16:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

693146

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Scottish Government's Debt Arrangement Scheme and (b) potential merits of introducing a similar scheme elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	65198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>In its response to the Independent Review of the Money Advice Service (March 2015), the coalition government agreed to review the legal framework for debt administration, and to consider the impacts of additional statutory protections for consumers. The work on this review is ongoing. The government intends to report back shortly.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/02/2017 14:59:13 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

693148

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in foreign governments on introducing public country-by-country tax reporting.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	64977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Treasury Ministers continue to meet with their international counterparts on a regular basis, including at the G20 and the European Union, to discuss multilateral actions to counter tax avoidance and promote tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/03/2017 14:59:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman