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48733

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that public sector, in-house, social enterprise and not-for-profit provision are given full consideration before public services are contracted out to the private sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	196855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes that public service commissioners should consider <em>all</em> options when tendering contracts, securingbest quality service for users at the best value for taxpayers. This includes social enterprises, not-for-profit organisations and public sector mutuals.</p><p>We have provided support through the £10 million Mutuals Support Programme, another £10 million through the Investment and Contract Readiness Fund, and also established a programme of ‘commercial masterclasses' on the skills needed to win public sector contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

48736

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
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 require companies running public services to become more transparent about their performance and financial data and be subject to Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	196854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The Public Accounts Committee report “Contracting out public services to the private sector”, published on 14 March 2014, covered both of these issues.</p><p>The Government is currently preparing its response, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/777/77702.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/777/77702.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

48737

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the population in (a) 2025 and (b) 2050 of those built-up areas showing a population of 100,000 or more in the 2011 census.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 196960.pdf title Population - ONS Letter
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48738

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in which years from 1984 to 2010 was there a reduction in the number of workless households.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	196932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 196932.pdf title Workless Households - ONS Letter
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48740

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department requested that government departments review the check-off system for union subscriptions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	196913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The deduction of trade union subscriptions from payroll through check-off is a matter delegated to Departments.</p><p>Departments should keep these arrangements under review to ensure that they are appropriate and meet the needs of a modern workplace, as per section 7.3.3 of the Civil Service management code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

48741

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in the percentage of working age population employed by the public sector was in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 196862.pdf title Working Age Population - ONS Letter
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell