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1029350

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>In June 2016, the number of staff employed in my Department was 2,384. In November 2018 the number of staff employed in my Department (latest workforce figures) was 6,214.</p><p>Most of the increase here (82%) is the result of the transfer of staff and functions into the Cabinet Office from other Government Departments under machinery of government changes.</p><p>As part of this Government’s commitment to transparency, my Department publishes workforce statistics each month. Information about staffing levels since June 2016 are available at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/01/2019 10:16:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1035355

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
	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 additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government. The Cabinet Office has staff working on EU exit implementation for a range of scenarios in the interests of preparedness.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office are currently looking to increase the numbers of staff trained to be part of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat to form a flexible pool to be used if and when required. This work is ongoing and the number of staff who will be part of this work is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/01/2019 17:42:15 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1092109

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to review the way Government shares information with the devolved administrations.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	234714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government and devolved administrations are carrying out a joint review of intergovernmental relations including how information is shared between the four administrations. We are also working with the devolved administrations to develop common frameworks, including information sharing arrangements, in policy areas where powers returning from the EU intersect with devolved competence.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/03/2019 10:04:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110387

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he is making on improving the transparency of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The CSSF has now published two Annual Reports, 83 programme summaries for 2018/19 (in addition to the 62 programme summaries published for 2017/18) and 64 Annual Review summaries for 2017/18 (in addition to the 49 published for 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The CSSF is working towards meeting a “good” International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) rating by 2020 in line with the government’s commitment. There is a presumption to publish programme information for all CSSF programmes, and for 2018/19 83 out of our 90 programmes, had programme summaries published. The two key reasons why we may not be able to make programme documentation public are to protect national security and to protect the safety and security of beneficiaries, partners and partner governments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727383/CSSF_Annual_Report_2017_to_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report</a> and programme summaries took on many of the suggestions received from stakeholders in the development sector. The Annual Report included a chapter on spend with break downs by ODA and non-ODA, department, region, theme and discretionary and non-discretionary budgets. In addition, Programme summaries broke down project spend by ODA/non-ODA splits.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to publish more Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend information on Devtracker. We have published data for all FCO and DFID CSSF programmes for the last six quarters and are currently working on the next quarter.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/04/2019 10:15:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

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