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418634

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates cabinet ministers visited Scotland on official engagements between 8 May 2014 and 18 September 2014; and what the purpose was of each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	10168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected by the Cabinet Office. Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and overseas visits are published routinely.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10169 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:59:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

418633

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates cabinet ministers visited Scotland on official engagements between 8 May 2015 and 14 September 2015; whether any further such visits are planned to take place before 18 September 2015; and what the purpose was of each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	10169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected by the Cabinet Office. Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and overseas visits are published routinely.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10168 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:59:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

418853

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of staff turnover has been in (a) his Department and (b) the Government Digital Service in each of the last six months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	10361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>In the year to 30 September 2015, the level of staff turnover was (a) 30% in myDepartment and (b) 19% in the Government DigitalService.</p><p /> <p>Thisincludes loans, secondments and fixed term appointments ending, transfersto other government departments (including Machinery of Government changes), voluntary exits,resignationsand retirements.</p><p /> <p>There have been 27 resignations of permanent staff (1% of CO workforce) in my Department since 1 May2015 including 6 in the Government Digital Service (2% of GDS workforce).</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10362 question first answered 19/10/2015 11:04:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 23180 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

418854

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff members have resigned from the Government Digital Service since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	10362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>In the year to 30 September 2015, the level of staff turnover was (a) 30% in myDepartment and (b) 19% in the Government DigitalService.</p><p /> <p>Thisincludes loans, secondments and fixed term appointments ending, transfersto other government departments (including Machinery of Government changes), voluntary exits,resignationsand retirements.</p><p /> <p>There have been 27 resignations of permanent staff (1% of CO workforce) in my Department since 1 May2015 including 6 in the Government Digital Service (2% of GDS workforce).</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10361 question first answered 19/10/2015 11:04:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 23182 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

419561

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Voting: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance on cybersecurity and verification of identity in electronic elections his Department offers to organisations outside Government that are conducting such elections.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	10581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has responsibilities for elections and cyber security. We do not have electronic voting in statutory elections in the UK, such as UK Parliamentary and local government elections, and the Government does not have plans to introduce this. However, since summer 2014 in England and Wales, and autumn 2014 in Scotland, applicants have been able to apply online to register to vote, at<a href="http://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/register-to-vote</a>. The most relevant Government guidance on the verification of identity is CESG’s (the information security arm of GCHQ) Good Practice Guide 45 “Identity proofing and verification of an individual”, which is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/10/2015 16:46:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

419463

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	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 15 September 2015 to Question 9949, what the (a) total number of working hours Government lawyers have spent advising recipients of Salmon Letters in the Iraq Inquiry and (b) cost to the public purse of that advice is.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	10583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Government will account for its costs at the end of the Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/10/2015 16:47:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

419835

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Commission on Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons consideration of extension of the scope of the Freedom of Information Act to private contractors has not been explicitly included within the scope of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information's review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>It is for the independent Commission on Freedom of Information to determine the scope of its review in accordance with its Terms of Reference.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10763 question first answered 19/10/2015 11:03:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

419836

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Commission on Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will instruct the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information to consider the impact the Freedom of Information Act has had on standards of governance.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>It is for the independent Commission on Freedom of Information to determine the scope of its review in accordance with its Terms of Reference.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 10762 question first answered 19/10/2015 11:03:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

419837

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Commission on Freedom of Information: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much he expects the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information to cost the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The costs incurred by the independent Commission on Freedom of Information will be accounted for on publication of the Commission’s report.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/10/2015 11:02:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

419838

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Commission on Freedom of Information: Membership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria was used for deciding the membership of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers appointed the members of the independent Commission on Freedom of Information on the basis of their experience and expertise, and to provide a cross-party balance.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/10/2015 11:01:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield