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712361

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when each department plans to publish updated Single Departmental Plans.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	68504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Updated Single Departmental Plans will be published on gov.uk by the end of May 2017, once the formal business planning process across government has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/03/2017 12:24:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

712362

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether future meetings between Ministers and the right hon. Member for Tatton will be required to be published in the Departments' transparency data concerning meetings with proprietors, editors and media executives after his appointment as editor of the London Evening Standard; and whether any such meetings will be exempt from declaration in such transparency data.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>All meetings between Ministers and newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives held in an official, social and political capacity are (and will continue to be) published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:16:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41970 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712507

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
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 prevent the right hon. Member for Tatton from accessing copies of Government, Cabinet or Cabinet Committee papers relating to the period when he was in the Government while he is the Editor of the London Evening Standard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>It is a longstanding convention that former Ministers are allowed reasonable access to the papers that were issued to them when in office. However, such access is at the Government's discretion and is conditional on potential authors undertaking to comply with the Radcliffe principles. The detail of the Radcliffe principles can be found in the Directory of Civil Service (volume 2), which is available on G<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">ov.uk</a>. I believe that the continued application of these provisions will provide the suitable reassurance that the Hon. Member is seeking.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:17:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41971 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712541

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses have been set up in the City of York local authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/03/2017 12:27:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ68512 v.02 (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ68512
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712595

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average per capita contribution to GDP in each of the last five years, broken down by electoral division in the 23 June 2016 referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
uin	HL6190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply, and I will place a copy of their letter in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 14:02:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name PQHL6190 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to HL6190
tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

712596

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average per capita gross annual pay in each of the last five years, broken down by electoral division in the 23 June 2016 referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
uin	HL6191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 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 printed Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL6191 v.02 (1).pdf title Letter from UKSA 2 file name HL_6191 (1).xlsx title HL6191 table question first answered 05/04/2017 11:01:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

712065

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Equita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent value for money assessment his Department has made of public contracts awarded to Equita; and whether that assessment considered complaints against that company.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011/12, £1,468,660 has been spent between Central Government bodies and Equita. The departmental breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HM Revenue and Customs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£167,243</p></td><td><p>£854,917</p></td><td><p>£406,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Communities and Local Government</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£279</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,498</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,015</p></td><td><p>£11,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Health</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£10,184</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Defence</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,133</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Energy and Climate Change</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,649</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Education</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Home Office</strong></p></td><td><p>£480</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£115</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that aggressive enforcement action is not acceptable. In April 2014 reforms were introduced to deliver protections from aggressive bailiff behaviour. The reforms introduced a simple set of rules which detail, amongst other things, what goods an enforcement agent can and cannot take, how and when they can enter premises and what fees they can charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes the package of reforms introduced in April 2014 provided essential protection to debtors from the aggressive pursuit of their debt whilst balancing the need for effective enforcement and the rights of creditors.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 68377 68378 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:46:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712066

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Equita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts have been awarded to Equita for debt collection services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011/12, £1,468,660 has been spent between Central Government bodies and Equita. The departmental breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HM Revenue and Customs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£167,243</p></td><td><p>£854,917</p></td><td><p>£406,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Communities and Local Government</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£279</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,498</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,015</p></td><td><p>£11,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Health</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£10,184</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Defence</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,133</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Energy and Climate Change</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,649</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Education</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Home Office</strong></p></td><td><p>£480</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£115</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that aggressive enforcement action is not acceptable. In April 2014 reforms were introduced to deliver protections from aggressive bailiff behaviour. The reforms introduced a simple set of rules which detail, amongst other things, what goods an enforcement agent can and cannot take, how and when they can enter premises and what fees they can charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes the package of reforms introduced in April 2014 provided essential protection to debtors from the aggressive pursuit of their debt whilst balancing the need for effective enforcement and the rights of creditors.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 68376 68377 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:46:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712067

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Equita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse of public contracts awarded to Equita has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011/12, £1,468,660 has been spent between Central Government bodies and Equita. The departmental breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HM Revenue and Customs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£167,243</p></td><td><p>£854,917</p></td><td><p>£406,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Communities and Local Government</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£279</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,498</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,015</p></td><td><p>£11,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Health</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£10,184</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Defence</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,133</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department of Energy and Climate Change</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,649</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Education</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Home Office</strong></p></td><td><p>£480</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£115</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that aggressive enforcement action is not acceptable. In April 2014 reforms were introduced to deliver protections from aggressive bailiff behaviour. The reforms introduced a simple set of rules which detail, amongst other things, what goods an enforcement agent can and cannot take, how and when they can enter premises and what fees they can charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes the package of reforms introduced in April 2014 provided essential protection to debtors from the aggressive pursuit of their debt whilst balancing the need for effective enforcement and the rights of creditors.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 68376 68378 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:46:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712068

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
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 24 February 2017 to Question 63985, what the date was of the most recent security audit of digital infrastructure within government buildings.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Security audits of digital infrastructure, such as penetration tests and other technical compliance checks, are the responsibility of each individual government department. Audits are conducted on a continuous basis within departments and across Government as a whole. Multiple audits occur every day of the year and so there is no fixed or identifiable date in the past or the future which can be reported.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/03/2017 10:48:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne