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990280

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying
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 end the use of anti-advocacy clauses in government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	181223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There are no anti-advocacy clauses in the Cabinet Office’s standard contracts.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 17:11:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

989467

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will undertake a review of the (a) reasons and (b) extent of increases in postal and proxy vote applications in constituencies in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) England in advance of any changes required to the system for such applications for the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	180655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will continue to keep electoral legislation, for all non-devolved polls, under review and consider what changes, if any, may be required before the next General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to undertake such a review. Relevant to postal and proxy working more generally, the Government responded to the Review in December 2016, addressing each of the concerns raised in turn, setting out a number of measures for tackling the risk of fraud. The Government is considering the way forward on the recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to electoral law in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/10/2018 15:56:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

989618

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 October 2018, GOV.UK Verify programme, HCWS 978, whether it remains the Government's target to achieve 25 million Verify users by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	180849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will continue to enable individuals to prove their identity online and to access government services securely and safely. We expect to see continued progress towards 25 million people having a GOV.UK Verify account by 2020. The Written Statement on the GOV.UK Verify programme confirms that contracts have been signed with a number of private sector identity providers. These contracts incentivise those organisations to accelerate the creation of an interoperable standards based digital identity market.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 17:14:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987767

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Temporary Employment: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in the North East (a) on zero-hour contracts and (b) in non-permanent jobs.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	179209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/10/2018 16:01:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ179209 Julie Elliott MP.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

987848

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kier Group: Contracts
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 total value of Government contracts held by the construction firm Keir.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	179111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details</p><p>of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 09:16:28 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

987849

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kier Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with Keir on that company's financial sustainability.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	179112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials are in regular contact with the largest suppliers to government in the normal course of business. Discussions cover a range of issues including contract and financial performance.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 09:20:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

987850

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kier Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings his Department has had with the construction firm Kier in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	179113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Markets and Suppliers team in the Cabinet Office have met with Kier five times in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/10/2018 15:23:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

987851

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Commercial Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings the Crown Commercial Service has had with Kier in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	179114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>This is information is not held centrally. However, I can confirm that Kier attended a Buildings Strategic Category stakeholder engagement event with officials in the last twelve months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 09:13:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

987861

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed by the Government Digital Service in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	179323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of staff employed by the Government Digital Service (GDS) in each of the last seven years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>No. of Employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9/30/2018</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2018</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2017</p></td><td><p>611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2016</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2015</p></td><td><p>399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2014</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2013</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/31/2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/10/2018 15:21:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987873

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase awareness of its cyber security standards for industry.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	179329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to work in partnership with HMG’s strategic suppliers on how best to apply the new Minimum Cyber Security Standard within its contracting arrangements.</p><p>The standard will be applied to government's strategic suppliers to assess whether they meet the required level, and government will incorporate the standard into new contracts in future and enforce full compliance with it.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/10/2018 14:19:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt