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928649

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has consulted key stakeholders on changes proposed to the Consolidated Guidance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	156427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement of 15 September 2016 (HCWS157).</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/06/2018 16:28:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

972270

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to review the effectiveness of the civil service.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	906839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continually strengthening the Civil Service. We use a range of internal and external work to inform our understanding of current effectiveness and to shape work to continue making improvements. Recent examples include the Barber Review, the PACAC Inquiry into Whitehall effectiveness, and the International Civil Service Effectiveness Index.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/09/2018 15:02:23 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

972272

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of eligible voters not on the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	906841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The register for the 2017 General Election, at 46.8 million, was the largest ever.</p><p>While there are no recent reliable estimates of the number of people not on the electoral register, we know that Individual Electoral Registration has transformed the ease with which people can make an application to register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/09/2018 15:00:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

972271

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What estimate he has made of the proportion of public procurement spending on digital and technology services placed with small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
	uin	906840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Digital Marketplace has opened up opportunities for almost 5,000 small and medium businesses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In August, we announced that over £4 billion has been spent through the Marketplace since 2012, and almost half of that - £1.9 billion - has gone to smaller businesses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>And between 2015-16 and 2017-18, spending with SMEs has almost doubled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/09/2018 15:01:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

967789

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK Joint Ministerial Committee being expanded to a full Council of Ministers with responsibility for regional policy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	170272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has regular and frequent engagement with devolved administrations across a wide range of issues where there are shared interests.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Furthermore,</del> the UK Government recognises the need to review the existing intergovernmental structures to ensure they are fit for purpose in light of the UK’s exit from the EU. We are working closely with the devolved administrations on this review.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2018 16:05:33 question first ministerially corrected 10/09/2018 21:12:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 74149 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

968096

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of Cabinet Office, how many disabled people entered the workforce in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	170764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 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 Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/09/2018 11:00:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name PQ170764 - DrMatthewOffordMP.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

964381

	registered interest
	date	08/08/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech, Together, let’s make a difference, delivered on 18 October 2018, what progress the Government has made on improving representation of people from BAME backgrounds in the civil service.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	169029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy published in October 2017 included a</p><p>commitment to increase the representation of ethnic minority staff in the Civil Service</p><p>workforce. In June 2017 we published a Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion data</p><p>dashboard [add link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-</p><p>inclusion-dashboard]</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (March 2018) show ethnic minority representation in the Civil Service has</p><p>risen to 12.0% which is broadly representative of the UK working population (12.8%).</p><p>Ethnic minority representation in the Senior Civil Service (SCS) also reached its highest</p><p>level to date at 5.2%. We are committed to improving this and have published targets to</p><p>increase the progression of ethnic minority staff into the SCS.</p><p> </p><p>To drive delivery of the targets we have established an Ethnic Diversity Programme to</p><p>build a sustainable talent pipeline to the SCS. The Programme also supports the new</p><p>Diverse Leadership Taskforce to increase diversity amongst our most senior leaders.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2018 16:03:45 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

947257

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Tourism: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the number of non-UK EU citizens working on seasonal work contracts in the UK tourism sector in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	167841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 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 grouped question UIN 167829 question first answered 20/09/2018 13:08:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQs 167829_PQ167841.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947249

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Tourism: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what figures the Government holds on the number of EU citizens working in the UK tourism industry in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	167829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 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 grouped question UIN 167841 question first answered 20/09/2018 13:08:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQs 167829_PQ167841.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

942840

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Procurement: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting targets for increased public procurement from Commonwealth nations after the UK withdraws from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	165006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service and the department for International Trade are leading a programme of work to ensure the UK continues to benefit from reciprocal access to international public procurement markets after we leave the EU.</p><p>This includes seeking independent UK membership of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), a plurilateral agreement between 19 parties, including Canada and New Zealand. The GPA mutually opens government procurement markets between its parties, and addresses trade barriers, such as preferential treatment of domestic goods and services, in the government procurement sector.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/07/2018 14:28:28 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah