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756408

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a target for the number of homes to be built on disposed of Government estate assets.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>The Government has a target to release land for at least 160,000 homes in England from the central government estate by 2020.</strong></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Cabinet Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</del></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 11:49:39 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2017 12:23:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 16158 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757382

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff of the Government Digital Service have come from the civil service fast stream.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department does not centrally hold records extending back to the date specified; gathering this data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not keep records of the number of GDS staff who have ever been on the civil service fast stream; however, there are currently 16 fast streamers working at GDS.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong></strong></ins><br /><br /></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 10:32:25 question first ministerially corrected 13/09/2017 08:46:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 10242 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760621

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
	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 facilitate whistleblowing in his Department and its arm-length bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	105075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Over the last year a great deal of work has been undertaken in Cabinet Office to ensure all<br />staff are confident in raising whistleblowing concerns and assured that action will be taken<br />as a result. This includes:</p><ul><li>A new whistleblowing and raising concerns policy was introduced in July 2016, bringing the department in line with cross government best practice. This policy gives a clear outline of how to raise a whistleblowing concern in the department.</li><li>6 Nominated Officers have been trained over the last year and are currently in post to support staff and managers with raising whistleblowing concerns as an independent person. 3 additional Nominated Officers are to be trained in the next two months to ensure coverage in larger units as well as those units that may need to approach someone with higher security clearance.</li><li>A DG whistleblowing champion was put in place in October <del class="ministerial">2017</del><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins>.</li><li>Cabinet Office’s bespoke line manager training course includes a section that covers whistleblowing and how to deal with a whistleblowing concern as a line manager.</li><li>Cabinet Office took part in the cross government whistleblowing awareness week in October 2016 and whistleblowing awareness day in September 2017.</li><li>A new ‘Speak Up’ campaign was launched in April 2017 aimed at encouraging staff to raise all types of concerns. This campaign was refreshed in September 2017.</li><li>The Civil Service Commission attended a recent all staff diversity event to raise awareness of their part in hearing whistleblowing concerns under the Civil Service code.</li><li>Data is regularly collected and reviewed on numbers and types of concerns raised to inform continuous action and communications.</li><li>Further communications are planned throughout the year to ensure on-going awareness of the ways individuals can raise whistleblowing concerns.</li></ul> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 12:00:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2017 09:33:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 16130 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765165

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 7608, on Public Sector: Procurement, how many service users waived their right to anonymity in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	105509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Checking tax compliance is the responsibility of the contracting authority. This information is not held centrally. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the 12 months from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017, 59 users of the Mystery</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">Shopper service waived their right to anonymity.</ins></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/10/2017 12:37:44 question first ministerially corrected 12/10/2017 14:09:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 13716 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

731877

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have worked on the Red Tape Challenge project since its inception; and what the paygrade was of those staff.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Red Tape Challenge Team was based in the Cabinet Office between April 2011 and December 2016. In January 2017, the function was transferred to the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy.</p><p>For the period from inception and while it was based in Cabinet Office, the headcount by payband were as follows;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Payband Headcount</p><p>SCS1 3</p><p>Grade 7 6</p><p>HEO/SEO 25</p><p>EO 2</p><p>AO 1</p><p><strong>Total 37</strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2017 16:59:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 398 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

731885

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on the Red Tape Challenge in each year since its inception.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The amount spent on the Red Tape Challenge by the Cabinet Office in each year since its inception is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>FY 2016/17 £124,600</p><p>FY 2015/16 £297,855</p><p>FY 2014/15 £829,368</p><p>FY 2013/14 £139,526</p><p>FY 2012/13 £465,172</p><p>FY 2011/12 £176,357</p><p> </p><p>The Red Tape Challenge programme was launched by the Cabinet Office in 2011 and ran until 2015. Its purpose was to help deliver the then Prime Minister’s and the coalition Government’s commitment to be the first government to leave with the overall burden of regulation on business reduced.</p><p> </p><p>Each Department in Government was challenged to identify out-of-date, obsolete or unnecessary regulations around a series of themes and sectors. The Red Tape Challenge had, by 2014, identified over 3,000 regulations to scrap or improve, delivering estimated savings to UK businesses of over £850m per year as a result of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/07/2017 15:20:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 399 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

732910

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts put out to tender by his Department were awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	1246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 places a requirement on commissioners in England to consider the economic, environmental and social benefits of their approaches to procurement before the process starts, at the pre-procurement stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/07/2017 15:23:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

748051

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2017 to Question 861, on regulation, for what reason funds from the public purse were spent on the Red Tape Challenge in 2016-17 after the programme closed in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	2982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Red Tape Challenge was launched under the Coalition Government in 2011. The initiative ran until March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Following the 2015 General Election, the Government continued the focus on improving regulation and established the Cutting Red Tape programme. In November 2016, policy responsibility moved from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 12:08:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749283

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2017 to Question 861, on regulation, if he will set out the £850 savings referred to by (a) region and (b) sector of those businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	3354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Red Tape Challenge did not make an analysis of the impact of deregulatory reforms on a geographical or business sector basis and therefore the Cabinet Office is unable to provide such a breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016, policy responsibility moved from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2017 15:27:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749284

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016; and how much compensation was paid in those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	3359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number, type, compensation levels and cost of exits from the Cabinet Office are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 16:21:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett