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947009

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office EU Unit: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff of each grade work in the Cabinet Office Europe Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	167256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of staff working at each grade in the Cabinet Office Europe Unit at 25<sup>th</sup> July 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent Secretary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2 (Director level)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1 (Deputy Director level)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A (CS Grade 7)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B2 (CS Grade Higher Executive Officer/Senior Executive Officer)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B1 (CS Grade Executive Officer)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As announced in the written statement 'Machinery of Government Change’ (24 July 2018), a limited number of staff will be transferring from the Department for Exiting the European Union to the Cabinet Office Europe Unit.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/09/2018 16:59:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

834780

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Brakes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to update Government procurement guidelines to ensure that only vehicles procured by (a) Government Departments, (b) public agencies and (c) public sector contractors are fitted with the latest sensing Autonomous Emergency Braking.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	126202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>It is for individual Contracting Authorities to determine their specifications for new vehicles according to their requirements.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/03/2018 16:55:00 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

824487

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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 the Government's policy is on awarding contracts to companies which have issued profit warnings.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	123288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to ensure the continued delivery of public services, and we have contingency plans in place to ensure this happens. We routinely stress-test contracts to ensure that if one party within a contract fails to deliver, the other parties involved will step in to complete the work.</p><p>The majority of public procurement is governed by Public Contracts Regulations. These stipulate that public procurers have to award contracts through fair and open competition, in line with principles of equal treatment, transparency and non-discrimination. Suppliers have to meet certain criteria to be able to bid for public contracts, including a minimum level of financial and economic standing proven through turnover, audited accounts or other financial measures.</p><p>Given that a large number of companies issue profit warnings from time to time, it is unrealistic to terminate all business with such a company as this would further undermine chances of company recovery</p><p>Once Carillion had made the profit warnings, we took steps to ensure that greater degrees of protection were built into the small number of specific contracts that were awarded after July last year.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/02/2018 14:18:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

834289

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 123288 asked on 17 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	125909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer to PQ123288 which was given on 1<sup>st</sup> February 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 16/03/2018 14:20:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

834290

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a crown representative has been appointed to cover Capita.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	125910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Meryl Bushell is the current Crown Representative for Capita.</p><p> </p><p>Information about Crown Representatives can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/02/2018 15:06:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

850775

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure robust cyber security in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	130009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes public sector cyber security very seriously. We support the sector in improving their resilience to cyber attacks and encourage all organisations to implement the advice developed by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and published on their website (<a href="http://www.ncsc.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.ncsc.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme continues to be rolled out alongside the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government led <em>Think Cyber Think Resilience</em> initiative which helps councils improve their security and wider cyber resilience awareness.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 13:47:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850776

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to make improve the use of digital technology in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	130010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a recognised world leader in public sector digital innovation. The Government Digital Service (GDS) leads on the digital transformation in government, providing common solutions to problems that government service teams have to tackle repeatedly.</p><p>GDS provides standards, guidance and best practice to help government to build services that work for everyone. GDS works with departments to provide the right technology to help the public sector deliver great services, through technology that meets user needs; makes cross-government collaboration easier; costs less; and will help civil servants to work more flexibly and efficiently.</p><p>The Government Transformation Strategy was published in February 2017. It sets out a vision for transforming the way government operates and delivers services in the digital age and GDS’ role in driving this change. It was developed in conjunction with other government departments and its objectives include business transformation; increasing skills and capability across government; developing better tools, processes and governance; data; and developing more shared platforms such as GOV.UK Notify.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 11:52:00 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864267

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the efficiency savings that better use of technology has enabled for departmental spending since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	132752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In total, benefits of £3.56 billion were achieved in the last spending review period as a result of digital and technology transformation across government (April 2012 - March 2015). GDS delivered over £339 million benefits in 2015/16, improving the quality of services through assuring digital and technology projects.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 09:53:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864268

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Blockchain
	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 benefits of using blockchain in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	132753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Government is researching potential use cases, and engaging with suppliers about the best use of blockchain technologies with a view of how it might drive efficiencies and support transformation. This research is led by individual departments in line with their specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/03/2018 11:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

947268

	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	Public Sector: Contracts
	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 the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 in ensuring that the public sector treats economic operators equally and without discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	167949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The EU Public Procurement Directives contain detailed procedural rules to facilitate the Single Market, including an obligation to treat economic operators equally and without discrimination. This is transposed at Article 18 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and there are penalties contained in a separate scheme of remedies directives for non-compliance. The UK has transposed all directives fully.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission publishes studies that evaluate and assess various aspects of the impact of the directives, and can be viewed at the following link:</p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/public-procurement/studies-networks_en" target="_blank"><strong>https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/public-procurement/studies-networks_en</strong></a><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/09/2018 17:01:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie