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1000224

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) timetable, (b) cost and (c) estimated savings are for the Foxhound IT programme.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	187356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>FOXHOUND is a Cabinet Office-led, cross-government IT programme to develop and deploy a new secure capability for managing sensitive information, including that which is classified up to and at SECRET. The aim is to bear down on the growing information and cyber risk, whilst improving scope for collaboration across the National Security community. The single platform this capability offers will enable some security related savings to be made and an outline Programme timetable and costs are published in Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual reports on Major Projects (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018</a>)</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:57:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1000225

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: ICT
	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 has been of the Public Services Network; and what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of that Network.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	187357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Each government department or organisation connected to the PSN is responsible for procuring its own connectivity services separately from a group of approved providers. Since almost 700 public sector organisations across central government, local government and other public agencies and bodies use the PSN, it is not possible for Cabinet Office to report on the total cost to the public purse.</p><p>The National Audit Office 2016 “Protecting information across government” report reported that the project saved £406 million across government over the 4 years between 2011/12 and 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:49:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1001934

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government was informed about allegations of violations of electoral law against (a) Vote Leave and BeLeave and (b) Leave.EU by (i) the police and (ii) any other public service.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	187981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Any allegations of violations of electoral law are for the independent Electoral Commission to investigate. The Electoral Commission has published reports on its investigations into Vote Leave, BeLeave and Leave.EU, and transferred those cases to other organisations independent of government to investigate. As a matter of principle the Government does not comment on live law enforcement investigations.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/11/2018 14:31:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1002724

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of spoof emails using the gov.uk suffix in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	188907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to send spoof emails from a @GOV.UK domain address, so none have been sent from an address using the @GOV.UK domain since June 2016. This is due to the technical controls in place that prevent the forging of a GOV.UK email address (Sender Policy Framework and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance).</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for monitoring of fake emails using the GOV.UK suffix is not conducted centrally. Cabinet Office guidance sets out that users receiving fraudulent emails should notify Action Fraud, or in the case of HMRC emails, HMRC's phishing team.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:42:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003578

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the average day rate paid by the Government for contracted in staff working on digital projects.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Government Digital Service (GDS) does not hold information on the day rates paid by government departments for contracted in workers on digital projects within government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:55:56 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003681

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	189563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.</p><p> </p><p>Government strongly encourages businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to its Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:46:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1003866

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Business: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the funding for digital and technology programmes was allocated to large companies in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding for digital and technology projects is not allocated by supplier or size of company, as all work is put out for tender in accordance with government procurement processes.</p><p><br> Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:48:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003867

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer job in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No. There is close co-operation between DCMS, GDS and ONS on data policy and governance, while strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by government departments is currently provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:52:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003884

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003888

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Offices: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to close the office of the (a) Boundary Commission for Wales in Fitzalan Court, Cardiff, (b) Company Names Tribunal on Cardiff Road, Newport, (c) Estyn office on Keen Road, Cardiff, (d) Forest Research on Cefn Gethiniog, Powys, (d) Office for National Statistics on Cardiff Road, Newport, (e) Public Health Wales on Tyndall Street, Cardiff, (f) Wales Audit Office at 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff (g) Wales Audit Office at North Wales Business Park, Conwy and (h) Wales Audit Office on Penllergaer, Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Following consultation with the Government Property Agency who now manage the Cabinet Office estate, I can confirm that none of the locations referred to in the above question are owned or managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>The civil service is going through a fundamental transformation in the way that we work and deliver services, not least through advances in technology. The future civil service will be more efficient, more highly skilled and agile.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with departments to deliver our commitments within the Government Estates Strategy and to ensure that we make the best use of our Government Estate assets, including the office estates. We have a particular commitment to consider locations outside of London as identified through our Places for Growth programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:25:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1006120

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Disclosure of Information
	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 cost to the public purse for legal defence of public sector institutions for whistle blowing cases broken down by Department.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	190953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The cost of legal defence of whistleblowing cases is not collected or held centrally either at a Civil Service level or broken down by Civil Service department. <br></p><p>The data may be held at a departmental level. Information could potentially be obtained centrally, however this would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/11/2018 16:59:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1006781

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on public sector pensions of the ability of prison officers aged over 60 to meet the physical requirements of the job.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	907582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The normal age of 65 for prison officer retirement was first introduced by the last Labour government in 2007. Lord Hutton’s pensions review in 2015 considered the issue and did not recommend any special exemptions for prison officers. We are satisfied that this continues to be the case.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/11/2018 17:43:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1006783

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to encourage technological innovation in tackling social challenges and delivering public services.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	907585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>I am determined that government harnesses the power of technology to deliver better public services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>That’s why we are developing an Innovation Strategy for public services to be published next Spring and why I spoke at the GovTech Summit in Paris earlier this week.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>And in October, the latest round of the GovTech innovation fund opened. Ten challenges have already been selected for funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/11/2018 17:47:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1006894

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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, what the cost to the public purse was of payments to Gov.uk Verify identity providers in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	191443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Member to the answer provided for PQ 186439, which states that details of payments to the identity providers is commercially sensitive information and cannot be released. Any information that may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity with our private sector suppliers would have a negative impact on the relationship between Government and its partners.</p><p> </p><p>We accept there is a general public interest in disclosure of information and we recognise that openness in government may increase public trust in and engagement with the government.</p><p> </p><p>These public interests have to be weighed against a strong public interest that policy-making and its implementation are of the highest quality and informed by a full consideration of all the options. It is important that government can work with partners to deliver a high quality service and maintain a high level of trust.</p><p> </p><p>Any information that may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity would have a negative impact on the relationship between government and the identity providers. Taking into account all the circumstances of this case, we have concluded that the balance of the public interest favours withholding the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/11/2018 16:56:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1007184

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from the private sector are seconded to work in the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	191484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:46:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1007850

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in improving the efficiency of the civil service as part of the Government Transformation Strategy 2017 to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government Transformation Strategy set out to embed good use of shared platforms and reusable business capabilities to speed up transformation and drive efficiency by avoiding costly and confusing duplication in government services. Such common components, created by the Government Digital Service, are now used by more than 400 services across more than 100 public sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>GDS has also equipped civil servants with the right infrastructure in order to do their jobs effectively, rolling out GovWifi to public sector buildings allowing civil servants to roam freely. Over 234,000 people have signed up for an account.</p><p> </p><p>Through central levers such as the Digital Service Standard, Service Assessments and Spend Controls processes, GDS has supported fundamental improvements in the way government designs and delivers digital services and IT investments. Through these processes GDS estimates to have enabled departments to realise over £1bn of benefits since March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:48:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007854

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme
	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 of the Places for Growth Programme as a boost for local economic growth.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Places for Growth Programme, within Cabinet Office, seeks to deliver the Government’s commitment to move Civil Service roles and public bodies out of London and the South East of England. This commitment was set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto of 2017 and then restated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper and the Government Estates Strategy (July 2018).</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting departments and public bodies to identify opportunities to relocate roles to cities across the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. The Programme will provide support and coordination across Whitehall to move roles and organisations to locations that have the skills and capacity to enable organisations and cities to flourish. The Programme is also engaging with city leaders across the UK to understand the local economic and industrial priorities which will inform the decision-making process.</p><p> </p><p>The relocation of Civil Service roles will help to ensure that the administration of central government is better distributed across the whole of the UK. It also will make a contribution to the boosting of growth in each destination location and assist in providing sustainable career paths for civil servants outside London.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 14:46:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007855

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Office of Government Property is working to ensure that any relocations of roles and functions are made on the basis of robust analysis and strategic planning.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Places for Growth Programme, within Cabinet Office, seeks to deliver the Government’s commitment to move Civil Service roles and public bodies out of London and the South East of England. This commitment was set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto of 2017 and then restated in the Industrial Strategy White Paper and the Government Estates Strategy (July 2018).</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting departments and public bodies to identify opportunities to relocate roles to cities across the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. The Programme will provide support and coordination across Whitehall to move roles and organisations to locations that have the skills and capacity for cities and organisations to flourish.</p><p> </p><p>The Programme is also engaging with city leaders across the UK to understand the local economic and industrial priorities which will inform the decision-making process.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 14:47:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1007857

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Loneliness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness and isolation through the GovTech innovation fund.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>One of the GovTech public sector challenges, submitted by Monmouthshire County Council and selected for funding in the first round, is tackling loneliness and rural isolation. Monmouthshire County Council aims to develop digital innovations that could better connect isolated people and support local transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently, the challenge is in the first phase with five technology firms funded to explore the technical and commercial feasibility of their respective projects. The best ideas could go on to share up to £1 million to develop them further.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:50:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1008458

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the Civil Service People Survey 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	192117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Three Civil Service People Survey 2018 results products will be published shortly. These are: the Civil Service Benchmark Scores; Whitehall 18 Trends; and All Organisation Scores for the engagement index, engagement drivers, and 62 attitudinal questions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:20:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1012323

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of civil servants employed in each Government Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	194607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office holds data on socio-economic background (SEB) in the following ways: from applications to the Fast Stream graduate programme and the centrally run accelerated development schemes, including the Future Leaders’ Scheme (FLS), the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) and the Senior Leaders’ Scheme (SLS) and is piloting other ways of gaining data, on a voluntary and anonymous basis, including from the annual People Survey, in future years.</p><p> </p><p>The SEB measures are questions which the Civil Service developed over two years to assess socio-economic background.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Fast Stream has been recording socioeconomic background data of its applicants since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) and Senior Leaders Scheme (SLS) have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2016. The Civil Service High Potential Development Scheme have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Individual departments may have undertaken surveys of the socio-economic background of their employees, but this is not held by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/11/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

792757

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors and families have received legal representation funded by the Government; and how much has been set aside to fund the legal representation of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	114684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for legal representation for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire is a matter for the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to be decided in line with the Inquiries Act 2005, the Inquiry Rules 2006, the Inquiry’s costs protocol (‘Protocol Relating to Legal Representation at Public Expense’) and the Prime Minister’s determination on funding.</p><p>Paragraph 6 of the Inquiry’s costs protocol confirms that the Prime Minister has determined that the survivors and their families, the bereaved families and local residents affected by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower will automatically meet the requirements of the Inquiry Rules in respect of financial resources. A copy of the protocol can be found on the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>The Inquiry will publish details of its expenditure after the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:40:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol.pdf title Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

805173

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Conditions of Employment
	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 effectiveness of assurance mechanisms operated by government bodies on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	118845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Where civil servants are working for a non civil service organisation, this is done under a secondment agreement and not as contracting out.</p><p> </p><p>In such situations, a secondment agreement is normally put in place between the two organisations setting out the responsibilities of both towards the secondee during the period of the secondment. Through this, the employing department is able to satisfy itself that the host organisation is aware of and able to discharge the relevant employment responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in section 10.3 of the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants who are on secondment remain subject to their normal terms and conditions, including in relation to conduct, discipline and disclosure of information. Where a secondee has any concerns about the practices in the host organisation, they can raise that with their employing department, who is able to take action and, if necessary, end the secondment.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 10:46:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

806467

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk and provides that the test should be taken into account, if sensible and proportionate, when considering all new policies that might have an impact on the family, including those set out in legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:48:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

807201

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a small number of Large Expiring IT Contracts. The large majority of Large Expiring IT Contracts that fall within the Government Commercial Function’s guidance are in other government departments.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has been providing support, using expertise from Complex Transactions (GCO), Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Government Digital Service. This Strategic Support Team, known as “SST”, has been assisting central government departments to align their Large Expiring Contracts with this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:34:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett