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805173

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Conditions of Employment
	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 assurance mechanisms operated by government bodies on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	118845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Where civil servants are working for a non civil service organisation, this is done under a secondment agreement and not as contracting out.</p><p> </p><p>In such situations, a secondment agreement is normally put in place between the two organisations setting out the responsibilities of both towards the secondee during the period of the secondment. Through this, the employing department is able to satisfy itself that the host organisation is aware of and able to discharge the relevant employment responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in section 10.3 of the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants who are on secondment remain subject to their normal terms and conditions, including in relation to conduct, discipline and disclosure of information. Where a secondee has any concerns about the practices in the host organisation, they can raise that with their employing department, who is able to take action and, if necessary, end the secondment.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 10:46:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

806467

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk and provides that the test should be taken into account, if sensible and proportionate, when considering all new policies that might have an impact on the family, including those set out in legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:48:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

807201

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a small number of Large Expiring IT Contracts. The large majority of Large Expiring IT Contracts that fall within the Government Commercial Function’s guidance are in other government departments.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has been providing support, using expertise from Complex Transactions (GCO), Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Government Digital Service. This Strategic Support Team, known as “SST”, has been assisting central government departments to align their Large Expiring Contracts with this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:34:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

808829

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, what information his Department plans to collect to monitor Departments’ take up of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>There will be no specific information collected from departments to monitor departments’ take up, as this is a guidance document and has been drafted with the aim of departments learning from each other’s experiences when exiting their major IT contracts by providing case studies and making reference to other useful material, including policy.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 10:34:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816776

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story of 18 December 2017 about the 200 suppliers who sign up to the Contracts Finder service each week, how many of those suppliers are SMEs; and if he will provide a breakdown of those firms by region.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>In the period 1 September to 8 December 2017, the average number of supplier organisations that registered on Contracts Finder each week was 232, of which 78% were SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently not able to provide a breakdown of these by region.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:14:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816784

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Mobile Phones
	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 policy on the use by civil servants of instant-messaging apps for the purpose of completing their work.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no specific policy covering the use of instant-messaging applications, there is however policy that sets out the expected conduct of Civil Servants when making use of electronic communications across OFFICIAL and personal devices. There is also a policy on the use of social media. Whilst these policies do not specifically deal with instant messaging they are clear on what civil servants should be aware of when putting any information out in an official capacity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:17:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816785

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	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 reasons why the average number of sick days taken by civil servants decreased in the past 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on that trend.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office statistics show that Civil Service annual Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year has reduced from 9.8 days in 2007 to 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest recorded level. This demonstrates the significant progress made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>Departments continue to monitor their sickness absence data, in order to take continuing action to improve management of absences and prevention of absence, including through supporting workforce health and wellbeing. While no formal Civil Service wide assessment has been made of the reasons behind the reductions, this continuing attention and action is a key contributor.</p><p> </p><p>As for all employers, presenteeism is potentially an issue in the Civil Service. We have made no assessment of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on the long term trend in sickness absence. However we are exploring how to measure presenteeism using the Civil Service People Survey, and this might inform such an assessment in the future.</p><p>This is one example of how we are continuously improving our support to managers to help them manage health and wellbeing, including presenteeism, positively and effectively so that the Civil Service delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816788

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the proportion of civil service sick days taken for reasons relating to (a) mental ill-health and (b) physical ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>For the year ending March 2017, the percentage of absence that was reported as due to mental ill health was 25.8%. The percentage of absence that was reported against categories which relate to physical ill health was 64.9%. The remainder is attributed to cases recorded as unknown or with ill-defined symptoms and to pregnancy complications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:24:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816823

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts that involve processing personal data will be affected by Procurement Policy Note 03/17.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Procurement Policy Note 03/17 applies to all public sector contracts that involve processing personal data and that will be in place after 25 May 2018. Information on the number of such contracts is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:19:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

818691

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department has prepared in case of the folding of (a) Carillion and (b) any other strategic supplier.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We have in place a number of arrangements to ensure the effective management of government's strategic suppliers. These arrangements include working with departments to develop robust contingency plans that enable us to respond to whatever operational issues may arise.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:16:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett