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1713609

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, which local authorities were sent the letter.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	23594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office wrote to 21 local authorities that, according to their self-reported facility time data, spent over 0.2% of their paybill on facility time. This information is available on gov.uk.</p><p>The Cabinet Office already publishes the information on facility time spend each year as part of the legislative requirements within the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. This means that other than the issuing of the relevant letters, the time taken for which was negligible, there was very little other time spent on this particular exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 23595 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:51:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1713610

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, how many hours of civil servants' time were used on the formulation of the (a) research, (b) letter and (c) associated press release.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	23595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office wrote to 21 local authorities that, according to their self-reported facility time data, spent over 0.2% of their paybill on facility time. This information is available on gov.uk.</p><p>The Cabinet Office already publishes the information on facility time spend each year as part of the legislative requirements within the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. This means that other than the issuing of the relevant letters, the time taken for which was negligible, there was very little other time spent on this particular exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 23594 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:51:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1682627

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	King Charles III: Art Works
	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 is of hanging an official portrait of His Majesty The King in public authorities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	9942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>As is usual practice following accession, an Official Portrait has been taken of His Majesty The King to mark the start of the new Reign, for use in public buildings and for other official purposes. His Majesty’s Government will use this portrait for the Official Portrait Scheme, announced by the Deputy Prime Minister in April last year.</p><p> </p><p>The ongoing scheme opened in November 2023 to enable certain Public Authorities across the UK to apply for a free, framed official portrait of His Majesty The King for display in their buildings. As always, the Government is ensuring value for money in the contract for the production and distribution of the Official Portrait. By establishing a UK-wide contract for the supply of portraits for this scheme, HMG has achieved a significant cost saving in comparison to comparable commercially available royal portraits thereby benefiting the public-purse as a whole. The supplier will be paid per delivered portrait and as it is a voluntary scheme the final cost will depend on the uptake.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/01/2024 17:30:34 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1681284

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Fujitsu: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded to Fujitsu since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	9091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>This historic information is not held centrally.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Details of central government contracts where the contract value is above £12,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/01/2024 17:53:05 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1676456

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Science and Statistics
	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 6 December 2023 to Question 4272 on Ministers: Science and Statistics, whether the eight masterclasses are mandatory; and how many Ministers have enrolled to these courses as of 7 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	5914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The masterclass programme is not mandatory. The programme is delivered with recognition that there are multiple competing demands on ministers' time. To date 39 ministers have attended one or more sessions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/12/2023 17:36:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1673629

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Science and Statistics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to increase levels of (a) scientific and (b) statistical literacy among ministers.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	4272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Declaration on Government Reform committed to investing in training for ministers, and a ministerial training programme has been developed which includes two half-day induction sessions for new-to-government ministers, and a rolling programme of eight masterclasses open to all ministers. Specifically, the programme includes a masterclass on working with scientific advice led by the Government Chief Scientific Advisor and a masterclass on data led by the Government Chief Statistician.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/12/2023 16:42:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1611394

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	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, what steps he is taking to increase access to public procurement contracts for UK-based SMEs.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	181022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the UK economy. That is why we are making sure the power of Government spending supports this vital sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are increasing opportunities for SMEs - from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying bidding processes and strengthening prompt payment measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I am proud that this Conservative Government is bringing in the new public procurement regime will create a simpler and significantly more transparent system that will further open up public procurement to SMEs so that they can compete for and win more public contracts. SMEs will benefit from a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to reducing and removing barriers to SME participation. This will include making bidding timescales realistic and prohibiting contracting authorities from requiring audited accounts and insurances to be in place prior to contract award - helping new entrants to the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:50:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

178819

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of commissioners from local government have attended the Commissioning Academy; and by which local authorities those commissioners are employed.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
	uin	224134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Through its programme of Civil Service Reform, the Government is taking urgent action to address long-standing skills gaps in the Civil Service. Our pioneering Commissioning Academy is building commercial capability across the public sector, and improving how public services are delivered.</p><p> </p><p>To date 392 individuals have attended the central Commissioning Academy programmes, including 206 (52%) from central government. In the last year there was a 50% increase in demand for places on the programme, and it will be expanded to deliver 1,500 places by March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioners have attended from the following local authorities:</p><p> </p><p>Basildon Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Basingstoke &amp; Deane Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Birmingham City Council</p><p> </p><p>Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Bristol City Council</p><p> </p><p>Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group</p><p> </p><p>Cheltenham Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Cherwell District, South Northants and Stratford on Avon Councils</p><p> </p><p>Cheshire East Council</p><p> </p><p>Cheshire West and Chester Council</p><p> </p><p>Cheshire West and Chester (a place-based group)</p><p> </p><p>Cumbria County Council</p><p> </p><p>Devon County Council</p><p> </p><p>Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Essex County Council</p><p> </p><p>Fenland District Council</p><p> </p><p>Gloucestershire County Council</p><p> </p><p>Harborough District Council</p><p> </p><p>Horsham District Council</p><p> </p><p>Kent County Council</p><p> </p><p>Knowsley Council (Health and Social Care Integration)</p><p> </p><p>Lancashire County Council</p><p> </p><p>Leicestershire County Council</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Barnet</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Haringey</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Lambeth</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Lewisham</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Sutton</p><p> </p><p>London Borough of Waltham Forest</p><p> </p><p>Lowestoft Rising (Place based group)</p><p> </p><p>Manchester City Council</p><p> </p><p>Milton Keynes Council</p><p> </p><p>Norfolk County Council</p><p> </p><p>Northamptonshire County Council</p><p> </p><p>Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Shropshire</p><p> </p><p>Somerset County Council</p><p> </p><p>Southend-on-sea Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Staffordshire County Council</p><p> </p><p>Stoke-On-Trent City Council</p><p> </p><p>Suffolk Coastal</p><p> </p><p>Sunderland City Council</p><p> </p><p>Surrey County Council</p><p> </p><p>Swindon Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Tamworth Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Tri-borough councils: Hammersmith &amp; Fulham, Kensington &amp; Chelsea and Westminster</p><p> </p><p>Wakefield Metropolitan District Council</p><p> </p><p>Walsall Council</p><p> </p><p>Warrington Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>Waverley Borough Council</p><p> </p><p>West Sussex County Council</p><p> </p><p>Westminster City Council</p><p> </p><p>Wirral Council</p><p> </p><p>Worcestershire County Council</p><p> </p><p>A number of other programmes sit alongside the central programme under the Commissioning Academy umbrella. 78 officials have attended local programmes in Norfolk and Staffordshire, modelled on the central programme, with participants drawn from local authorities and other public sector bodies in the local area. In addition, 8 councillors have attended a streamlined programme for Local Authority elected members.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em><br> </em></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 12/02/2015 16:46:22 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

178848

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the implementation by local authorities of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
	uin	224130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office asked Lord Young of Graffham, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, to conduct a review of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.<br> <br> The report, published on 13 February, shows the Act is having a positive effect where it is taken up. It finds that a number of local authorities have taken a leading role in implementing social value and names Durham Council as an example.<br> <br> The report makes a number of recommendations. The Government is considering these to ensure that the Act fulfils its full potential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 224128 question first answered 25/02/2015 12:49:29 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

178853

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken a post-legislative analysis of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
	uin	224128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office asked Lord Young of Graffham, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, to conduct a review of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.<br> <br> The report, published on 13 February, shows the Act is having a positive effect where it is taken up. It finds that a number of local authorities have taken a leading role in implementing social value and names Durham Council as an example.<br> <br> The report makes a number of recommendations. The Government is considering these to ensure that the Act fulfils its full potential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 224130 question first answered 25/02/2015 12:49:29 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods