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62968

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, which contractors have been hired by PICT during the current financial year; and which such contractors have had their contracts terminated due to poor performance.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	201451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>So far during the financial year 2014/15 PICT has employed <del class="ministerial">57</del><ins class="ministerial">61</ins> contractors, of whom <del class="ministerial">14</del><ins class="ministerial">15</ins> have been supporting services for Members. Further details cannot be provided without identifying individuals. Many are on short term contracts. None has had a contract terminated early.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 24/06/2014 10:19:35 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 12:08:43 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso previous answer version 4754 answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

49444

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 413W, on Falkland Islands, if he will discuss the correct use of the name Falkland Islands with the Secretary of State for the Home Office; and given the misuse of the name by his Department in its internal guidance if he will now issue cross-Department guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	197475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials have been in contact with the Home Office to remind them of the appropriate terminology for the Falkland Islands. All Government departments and agencies should refer to ‘the Falkland Islands' in all instances. There is no evidence that incorrect terminology has been used other than in the isolated cases which the Honourable Member highlights. Therefore no cross-Departmental guidance has been issued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61072

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Belgium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a Minister will be responsible for preparing the Department's response to the Belgian government's request for information regarding the Typhoon as a successor to their F-16 fleet.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	199960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding Ministers' meetings is published by the Department on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199961 199962 199963 199964 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61073

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Belgium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends next to discuss the possibility of Typhoon sales to Belgium with his counterpart in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	199961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding Ministers' meetings is published by the Department on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199960 199962 199963 199964 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61074

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last met representatives of BAE to discuss Typhoon exports.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	199962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding Ministers' meetings is published by the Department on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199960 199961 199963 199964 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:45 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61075

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Belgium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department he expects to be involved in preparing the Department's response to the Belgian government's request for information regarding the Typhoon as a successor to their F-16 fleet.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	199963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding Ministers' meetings is published by the Department on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199960 199961 199962 199964 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:45 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61076

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Belgium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he intends to ask the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence for assistance in pursuing export sales of Typhoon to Belgium.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	199964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding Ministers' meetings is published by the Department on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199960 199961 199962 199963 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62189

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Exports: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether export licences to Syria have been granted for the period since 1 July 2012; and if he will describe any such material so exported.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	200996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Five Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and one Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information provided relates to goods or services that have been licensed for export. The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations. The six licences granted authorise export of the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for body armour;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) protective/defensive equipment;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, components for body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection;</p><p> </p><p>OIEL for: cryptographic software; equipment employing cryptography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/06/2014 17:01:33 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62868

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects to make the next main gate decision for the F-35.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	201449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to the Joint Strike Fighter programme, and the next Main Gate investment decision will be made in due course. The UK has already taken delivery of three F-35B aircraft and has one aircraft currently in production. It remains on track to enter service in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/06/2014 15:30:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62969

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Computer Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of introducing Office 365; what the final cost of introducing Office 365 is expected to be; and what feedback on the installation has been received so far from (a) hon. Members and (b) House staff.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	201450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The costs of the Microsoft 365 project to September 2014 are:</p><p>2013/14 £355,667<br> 2014/15 £144,333</p><p>The net savings made as a result of this project for 2014 to 2020 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><br> Savings<br> (000s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><br> 13/14<br> (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue – Staff</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>1,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue – Other</p></td><td><p>-33</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>1,381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-33</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>423</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>473</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>483</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>483</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>486</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,527</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(a) The negative figure for 2013/14 reflects the start-up cost of the project.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Office 2013 is the latest versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook. Microsoft 365 is Microsoft's cloud hosted version of these tools, together with some new tools accessible once a user's email box has been migrated to Microsoft 365.</p><p>The Microsoft 365 project has provided all users with the upgraded version of the Office 2013 suite. 90% of Members and their staff have upgraded their machines to Office 2013. As part of the pilot of Microsoft 365, 12 Members and their staff have had their mailboxes migrated to Microsoft 365. The remaining Members and their staff email boxes will be migrated to Microsoft 365 in June and July 2014. All House staff have completed both of these steps.</p><p>The general feedback from Members and their staff has been that the new product is similar to Office 2007, with some people liking the new features. We have received some negative feedback about the colour scheme of Outlook 2013 and about the new location of file/print/save buttons in Office 2013; similar feedback was received from House staff. In response PICT have produced guidance for staff on how to darken the colour scheme in Outlook and have been assured by Microsoft that they are working to address the interface issues in future upgrades.</p><p>There were some difficulties reported by people upgrading their Office 2013 remotely. This was due to the slow download of security updates for users with poor broadband connections.</p><p>The Members and their staff taking part in the pilots of Microsoft 365 have given positive feedback on the communications, support materials and service provided by PICT. As part of the migration Members have to reconnect their mobile devices to the new service and this has caused some difficulty for Blackberry users.</p><p>The migration of House staff to Microsoft 365 overlapped with unrelated network failures in January–February 2014, which affected perception of the product. Feedback from those migrated after the network was stabilised was much more positive. We have recently initiated 30 pilots of the wider suite of tools in Microsoft 365, and we have received positive feedback from these pilots, with users requesting to keep the new tools.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 24/06/2014 10:19:02 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty