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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Each Department in Government was challenged to identify out-of-date, obsolete or unnecessary regulations around a series of themes and sectors.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

732360

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK leaving the EU does not adversely affect public procurement opportunities for social enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. The longer-term opportunities for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/06/2017 14:33:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

732511

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services
	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 security of intelligence shared between signatories of the Five Eyes alliance.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	1232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has in place various arrangements to ensure the protection of classified information exchanged with international partners and organisations. Such arrangements are kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

732580

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of public procurement spend by Government that has reached small and medium-sized firms in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p> </p><p>Information on all public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/06/2017 14:32:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732836

	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	Electronic Government: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will improve cyber security to ensure the resilience and security of Government information and communication technology infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	1514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Transformation of Government’s cyber security is supported by investment from the £1.9bn National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and aims to realise the objectives set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021. The Government will build cyber security resilience through: the adoption of National Cyber Security Centre’s ‘Active Cyber Defence’ measures, migration away from insecure legacy or unsupported IT systems (such as the type affected by the recent ransomware attacks) and the safe adoption of commodity technology and cloud services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government will shortly issue new Baseline Cyber Security Standards to all central Government departments and their agencies. There is also sizeable investment and emphasis on creation of a new Government security profession that will create a pipeline of cyber security talent and address skills shortages. To further improve communications technology we are also investing in a new and highly secure shared IT service for departments with sensitive policy portfolios as well as developing specialist advice and support to protect Government’s most sensitive information areas of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/07/2017 16:19:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

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

732997

	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	Fire Prevention: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 26 June 2017, column 348, if he will list the public sector buildings which are now undergoing checks.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	1338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We are not providing a running commentary on individual buildings being tested. We have a process underway to collect information and undertake testing on priority buildings across the public sector estate. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service locally to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 16:26:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

746234

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will update the ransomware guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	1710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest update to NCSC’s general ransomware guidance was published in October 2016. This has been updated and supplemented with specific guidance regarding the WannaCry global ransomware attack over the period 17th – 19th May 2017. NCSC guidance is subject to a regular review process and updated as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/07/2017 16:20:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

746237

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of cyber security incidents dealt with by (a) GCHQ and (b) the National Cyber Security Centre in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	1758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>There have been 480 incidents requiring NCSC coordination since October 2016. The NCSC was established to simplify existing structures, bringing together the cyber security operations and information assurance arms of GCHQ, CERT-UK, the cyber elements of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) and the Centre for Cyber Assessment. Prior to NCSC formation, cyber incidents were recorded via differing means and to a variety of thresholds, and as such, previous figures are not available for comparison.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2017 15:08:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

746238

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of data breaches across central Government Departments in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	1759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not require Central Government Departments to report their personal data breaches and so does not hold this information centrally. Each department is accountable to Parliament for the protection of data that they hold. Departments formally report data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office where appropriate and record these breaches in their Annual Reports.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2017 15:07:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh