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	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) timetable, (b) cost and (c) estimated savings are for the Foxhound IT programme.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	187356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>FOXHOUND is a Cabinet Office-led, cross-government IT programme to develop and deploy a new secure capability for managing sensitive information, including that which is classified up to and at SECRET. The aim is to bear down on the growing information and cyber risk, whilst improving scope for collaboration across the National Security community. The single platform this capability offers will enable some security related savings to be made and an outline Programme timetable and costs are published in Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual reports on Major Projects (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018</a>)</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:57:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003884

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093492

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	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, which projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio are categorised as ICT projects.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	235741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio (GMPP) is published annually, most recently in July 2018. GMPP projects are categorised as ICT based on the main element of the project but there will be other projects with an ICT component. As of July 2018 the 29 projects within the GMPP categorised as ICT projects are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IT Infrastructure Sourcing Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS e-Referral Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Echo 2 Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital Services at the Border</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Beyond Line Of Sight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Style of Information Technology (Base)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CJS Common Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government as a Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gov UK Verify</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA UNITY PROGRAMME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS DECLARATION SERVICES (CDS) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making Tax Digital for Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Platforms for Tomorrow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metis Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Law Enforcement Data Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice System Exchange Re-provisioning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future IT Sourcing Programme (FITS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IT Transformation Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foxhound Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHSmail 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Data Services Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Overhaul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Columbus (formerly Aspire Replacement Programme)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications Capabilities Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office Biometrics Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Services (ISSC2) Evolve</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 14:54:21 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

838984

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the delayed completion by more than three months of Government IT projects since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	127545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given to PQ127332 on 26<sup>th</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 127546 question first answered 21/03/2018 11:36:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

838985

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the additional cost to the public purse was of delays of more than three months in the completion of Government IT projects in each Department since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	127546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given to PQ127332 on 26<sup>th</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 127545 question first answered 21/03/2018 11:36:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

843713

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to award cloud hosting contracts only to US hyperscale cloud providers; how many and what proportion of Government cloud hosting contracts have been awarded to hyperscale cloud providers and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	128074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not government policy to award only to US hyperscale cloud providers. It is our policy to award contracts on the basis of value for money, whilst doing everything we can to encourage UK suppliers, and UK SME's in particular, to win business. This is achieved through competitive tender in accordance with public procurement legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Information on cloud hosting contracts for Government as a whole is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/02/2018 16:57:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

843871

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government digital and technology spending was with large companies in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	128293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Full information on government digital and technology spending with large companies is not held centrally.</p><p>Information on spending through the Crown Commercial Service’s Digital Marketplace can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-marketplace-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-marketplace-sales</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2018 17:10:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843876

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on enforcing Government Digital Service standards on providers of shared services.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	128142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service has lead responsibility for the development of digital and technology guidance and standards in central Government including their assurance through devolved mandated powers from Treasury. This is achieved through Technology Code of Practice for investment, the Digital by Default Service Standard for design, build and delivery and the Government Service Design Manual for best practice. All Government departments are required by policy to follow the standards and guidance when developing new IT and digital solutions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2018 17:15:16 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

994167

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed across all government departments to build or maintain IT systems.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	183248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold data relating to the number of cross government IT specialists employed specifically to build or maintain IT systems. This information may be held at a departmental level.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/10/2018 13:48:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett