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1129508

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Languages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct an audit of language skills across the Civil Service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL15993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to conduct an audit of language skills across the Civil Service.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/06/2019 14:06:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1129514

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Cabinet Office has made of the potential benefits of the application of ISO 44001 to their procurement policy, and the procurement policy of all Departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
uin	HL15999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long-established approach to identifying, developing and managing collaborative business relationships. For example, the Government recognises the importance of managing its relationships with strategic suppliers, on a cross-government basis, by observing their performance in the delivery of public services and monitoring financial health.</p><p>This year, the Government introduced a new approach to the monitoring and management of strategic suppliers through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and each of our strategic suppliers. The approach of using an MOU reflects the Government’s now well-developed relationships with, and understanding of, its strategic suppliers. Under this new approach, strategic suppliers will agree to provide the government with the information it needs to monitor and manage risks across its strategic supplier base, with the full cooperation of industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/06/2019 17:01:16 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

1129625

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the Information Commissioner's report, Outsourcing oversight: the case for reforming access to information law which was published in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	260030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded to the IC's report to Parliament on the 24 April 2019.</p><p>Copies of the response have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:18:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1129676

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the UK’s compliance with Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the right to vote in the recent EU parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	260094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Legislation has been in place since 1994 which ensures that the UK is in compliance with<br>its European Union obligations regarding EU citizens’ right to vote in European<br>Parliamentary elections whilst resident in the UK</p><p>The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European<br>Parliamentary elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable<br>Returning Officers to make their preparations required for the polls.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/06/2019 11:16:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1129677

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance was issued to the Government by the Electoral Commission on the time required to ensure (a) EU citizens living in the UK and (b) UK citizens living in the EU would be able to vote in the EU parliamentary elections; and on what date his Department received that advice.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	260095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Government officials worked closely with Returning Officers and the Electoral Commission and other agencies such as the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the smooth running of the polls on 23 May.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible to vote in elections have the opportunity to do so. For the recent European Parliamentary elections that included making sure relevant citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK and registered to vote in local elections were made aware they needed to complete a voter registration and declaration form (commonly referred to as a UC1 or EC6 form) in order to enable them to vote.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 April, the Electoral Commission published guidance for local returning officers and EROs on the upcoming European parliamentary elections. This guidance reminded EROs to prepare and issue UC1 forms to EU citizens on the electoral register. It also encouraged EROs to agree plans and timings for postal vote despatch, including plans on how to prioritise the despatch of overseas votes. Overseas voters include UK eligible citizens living in the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/06/2019 11:15:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1129678

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department made of the capacity of local authorities to ensure EU citizens living in the UK were able to vote in the UK at the recent EU parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	260096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Registration for elections is a matter for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). The<br>Electoral Commission provides guidance and advice to EROs and is responsible for<br>monitoring their performance.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p><p>The Government worked with local authority elections staff<br>including EROs and Returning Officers and with the Electoral Commission and other<br>agencies such as the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the smooth running of the polls.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/06/2019 11:14:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1129709

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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, what steps he is taking across all Government departments to ensure social value is delivered in public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	259992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We are extending the application of the Social Value Act in central government to ensure all<br>major procurements explicitly evaluate social value where appropriate, rather than just<br>‘consider’. This will ensure central government contracts take account of areas as diverse as<br>the employment of disabled people, the use of social enterprises, the prevention of modern<br>slavery and the protection of the environment</p><p>We are developing a simple, systematic approach to bring departments up to a consistent,<br>minimum level of operating, and ensuring additional reporting does not add complexity or<br>cost to the procurement process, restrict markets or exclude small businesses from<br>government contracts</p><p>Government is committed to train all 4,000 commercial buyers on how to take account of<br>social value and procure successfully from social enterprises - training for government<br>commercial staff will help unlock more opportunities for voluntary, community and social<br>enterprise organisations. We will also require all departments to report on the social impact<br>of major new procurements.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 14:38:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129710

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes across Government to calculate social value in the award of central government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	259993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>We have developed a light touch model for calculating social value in government procurement, representing the minimum standard on social value that we expect departments to consider in their procurement activity. The model comprises a set of high level themes, a set of priority policy outcomes grouped under each theme, standard award criteria and a menu of specific metrics for departments to use in contract management and reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Each policy outcome will have standard award criteria and a suggested set of evaluation questions for departments to consider, and a corresponding set of proposed metrics that should be used by departments to performance manage the delivery of the contract. Bidders will need to submit questions based on these metrics where they have been selected.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, we launched a public consultation on the final measures that will form part of the overall social value framework. The consultation will encompass the proposed questions and reporting metrics that will be used to compare the relative social value of bids for central government contracts. The consultation closes on 10 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are also developing proposals for government’s biggest suppliers to provide data and action plans for how they plan to address key issue such as ethnic minority representation in their workforce, the gender pay gap throughout the company and what they are doing to tackle the scourge of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/06/2019 14:33:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129816

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fracking: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the merits of the Government's assistance for fracking in China.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	259912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>All of the support we provide through our Prosperity Fund is already very carefully considered, including to the energy sector in China. The overall purpose of the Fund is to promote inclusive growth whilst contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Fund’s climate change and energy programmes all support the SDGs, including SDG 7 (affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy) and SDG 13 (climate action). Sharing UK expertise, including on environmental regulation will help ensure that China’s planned development of its unconventional gas resources is done to high standards, and is managed as part of a transition to a low carbon energy system. This will reduce emissions, as well as support economic development and poverty reduction.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/06/2019 16:39:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1129823

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and Justice on the accessibility of legal aid for universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	259937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place on the accessibility of legal aid for universal credit claimants. This is not in the remit of the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/06/2019 15:51:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood