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475588

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Gardens
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the staff who manage the gardens within the Downing Street estate are employed as civil servants; whether such staff are enrolled under the civil service pension scheme; and under what terms and conditions such staff are employed with what pension entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	31133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The staff who manage the gardens within the Downing Street estate are not civil servants. The Royal Parks agency are contracted to manage and maintain the gardens in Downing Street.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/03/2016 14:50:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659461

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The budget and headcount for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for each of the last six years are set out in the table below. Headcount reflects staff paid directly from the CCS budget.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£9,615,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£10,514,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£10,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£9,104,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>£8,029,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£10,518,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A significant proportion of staff in CCS are on loan or secondment from other departments or agencies, including from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated agencies. This figure changes regularly due to staff turnover.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 57942 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:14:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

659462

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were seconded to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and its associated agencies, during (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and in what capacity such employees were seconded.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	57942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The budget and headcount for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for each of the last six years are set out in the table below. Headcount reflects staff paid directly from the CCS budget.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£9,615,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£10,514,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£10,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>£9,104,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>£8,029,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>£10,518,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A significant proportion of staff in CCS are on loan or secondment from other departments or agencies, including from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated agencies. This figure changes regularly due to staff turnover.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 57940 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:14:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

577109

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures his Department is putting in place to make government more cost-effective.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Marcus Fysh
	uin	906128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Improving the efficiency and productivity of the public sector is central to the work of the Cabinet Office and other government Departments. By 2014/15 the Government had saved £18.6 billion through efficiency and reform.</p><p>The government is continuing this work. For example, we are working to improve how the government operates across functional areas such as commercial, property, infrastructure and projects, and by tackling fraud, error and debt. We will continue to make government more effective throughout this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 906132 question first answered 07/09/2016 15:49:55 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

506275

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether tax avoidance and the role of tax havens is expected to be discussed in plenary at the International Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	33033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>This Government will continue to lead the international agenda to crack down on tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. The Summit will address a range of measures to tackle corruption, including promoting transparency. Further information about the London Anti-Corruption Summit can be found on the summit web pages of the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/04/2016 08:57:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

506280

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Summit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish a draft agenda for the Anti-Corruption Summit to be held in May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	33021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Information about the London Anti-Corruption Summit can be found on the summit web pages of the GOV.UK website. Further details about the summit will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/04/2016 08:59:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

522445

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on requiring companies bidding for government contracts to declare their ultimate beneficial ownership before a decision to award such contracts is made.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	39208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>At the Anti-Corruption Summit held in London on 12 May we announced our intention to require foreign companies to provide ‘beneficial ownership’ information to a new, publicly accessible register prior to being able to buy or sell UK property or bid for UK central government procurement contracts. We will be consulting on proposals later this year.</p><p>The UK will be first country in the world to require this.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:35:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

535168

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether once Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union has been triggered it can be untriggered before the UK's negotiations on withdrawal from the EU have been completed.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	42388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister will take the decision about when to trigger article 50 and start the formal process of leaving the EU. She has been clear that the will of the British people must be respected and delivered.</p> answering member constituency Haltemprice and Howden answering member printed Mr David Davis question first answered 18/07/2016 10:49:32 answering member 373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis previous answer version 7207 answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

647056

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the (a) public appointments and (b) periods of service of Deep Sagar.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	55225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for making public appointments to the boards of their arms length bodies.</p><p>There is no central list of public appointees, however all appointments made by Ministers are made public on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/12/2016 09:45:40 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

516619

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Secondary Legislation Scrutiny on 19 January 2016, Question 7, under what circumstances government departments are permitted not to publish equality analyses which are referred to in government consultation documents.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	35977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Public Sector Equality Duty requires Departments to pay due regard to equality aspects of decisions. It is up to each Department to decide whether to publish their analysis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 04/05/2016 11:17:45 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock