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717793

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 21 March (HL5826), what messaging applications are specifically approved for use on Cabinet Office-issued official smartphones issued to Ministers and Civil Servants; whether they will publish the acceptable use guidelines and departmental records management policy; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The departmental records policy, which is in line with the requirements set out in the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice and the Civil Service Code, is currently subject to its annual review and, in the interests of transparency, will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the interests of departmental security, the Cabinet Office does not publish details of applications that are authorised for use on Government smartphones.</p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on use of social media have been published on GOV.UK and can be found at the following: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/04/2017 15:38:33 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

717794

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 21 March (HL5825), whether the information requested would be available from the Departments concerned under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; if not, why not; and if so, why it cannot be provided in answer to a Question for Written Answer.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Requests for information are processed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. It will be a matter for individual departments as to whether they hold this information. The Cabinet Office does not hold records of the number of mobile phones allocated by other government departments.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/04/2017 16:24:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

708695

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether WhatsApp and other instant messaging applications are enabled on smartphones issued to ministers and senior civil servants; and if so, what guidance is provided for their use.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL5826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Only applications specifically approved for use on Cabinet Office-issued OFFICIAL smartphones are accessible to Ministers and Civil Servants within the department.</p><p>The use of such applications is subject to strict conditions of use including acceptable use guidelines and departmental records management policy, which govern what systems may be used for and how records of such communications are retained, in line with our legal obligations and the Civil Service code.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/03/2017 16:44:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

708694

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many smartphones have been issued to (1) ministers, and (2) senior civil servants, from public funds in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL5825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/03/2017 16:44:58 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012114

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 July (HL Deb, cols 766–70), what progress has been made in the introduction of mobile alert technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL11641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>Cabinet Office is working with the Home Office and the police to explore the types of emergency where a national mobile alerting system can add value, beyond the mobile alerting schemes already in place in the UK. In order to inform any technical solution, these emergency scenarios will be explored in depth to establish where and when in the evolution of an incident a mobile alerting scheme offers the best opportunity to reduce harm to citizens.</p><p>Once we have fully assessed the need for an alerting scheme further work would be undertaken including exploring how situational awareness might be obtained, thresholds for activation and how the content of alert messages stands the best chance of eliciting helpful behaviours from the recipients. This is not without complexity since in terrorist-related incidents the protagonists will also receive the same message.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, a scheme used for major incidents stands the chance of being used infrequently. To ensure effectiveness, there will be a need for a carefully managed media campaigns.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2018 14:40:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1022877

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 4 December (HL11641), which (1) department, and (2) minister, has the lead role in taking the mobile emergency alerting systems programme forward; and what assessment they have made of how other countries who have implemented such systems have resolved any issues.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL12143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Those organisations with a key role in responding to an emergency have a duty under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) to warn and inform the public. To fulfil this duty, a variety of channels are utilised including social and broadcast media and mobile alerting such as the flood warning system. Given the cross-cutting ownership of the issue, the Minister for Implementation has asked the Cabinet Office to coordinate a review on whether there is a case for a national mobile alerting scheme, working with relevant lead departments and interested parties. This work has included a review of schemes used in other countries to inform our thinking.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/12/2018 12:14:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1056899

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Royal Mail has ceased to be an identity provider for GOV.UK Verify; and why Royal Mail is listed on the GOV.UK Verify website.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL13553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>In the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 October 2018 on the GOV.UK Verify programme, it was confirmed that contracts had been signed with a number of private sector identity providers.</p><p>Royal Mail had previously been one of the GOV.UK Verify private sector identity providers. However, Royal Mail did not sign the new contract. Users are therefore unable to create a new GOV.UK Verify account with Royal Mail.</p><p>Royal Mail remain listed as a previous identity provider while users who hold an existing account with Royal Mail remain able to sign into GOV.UK Verify with this account. If a user does not have a GOV.UK Verify account, they are not offered Royal Mail as an identity provider to verify their identity.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/02/2019 12:46:56 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1022878

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Telecommunications: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement Article 110 of the European Electronic Communications Code; and which (1) department, and (2) minister is responsible for leading on its implementation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL12144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is the lead department in relation to implementing the European Electronic Communications Code as a whole. Article 110 refers to a “Public warning system”. As a number of organisations have responsibility for warning and informing the public, the Minister for Implementation has asked the Cabinet Office to coordinate a review to establish whether there is a case for a national mobile alerting scheme, in addition to the systems already in place. Further information about the implementation of the Code and ministerial responsibilities will be made available in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/12/2018 14:37:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

884216

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Telecommunications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in (1) replacing the High Integrity Telecommunications System mobile terminals that were withdrawn from service in 2013, and (2) introducing improvements aimed at increasing ease of access to, and thus usability of, the network that were due to be announced by the end of 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Telecommunications System (HITS) will end in March 2019. A review is currently underway to determine the requirement for a successor system, including ease of access, mobility and usability.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/04/2018 16:54:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

884214

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Telecommunications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to upgrade the High Integrity Telecommunications System.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL6899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The current contract for the High Integrity Telecommunications System (HITS) will end in March 2019. A review is currently underway to determine the requirement for a successor system and the associated costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 30/04/2018 16:03:59 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey