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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

1003888

	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	Offices: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to close the office of the (a) Boundary Commission for Wales in Fitzalan Court, Cardiff, (b) Company Names Tribunal on Cardiff Road, Newport, (c) Estyn office on Keen Road, Cardiff, (d) Forest Research on Cefn Gethiniog, Powys, (d) Office for National Statistics on Cardiff Road, Newport, (e) Public Health Wales on Tyndall Street, Cardiff, (f) Wales Audit Office at 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff (g) Wales Audit Office at North Wales Business Park, Conwy and (h) Wales Audit Office on Penllergaer, Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Following consultation with the Government Property Agency who now manage the Cabinet Office estate, I can confirm that none of the locations referred to in the above question are owned or managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>The civil service is going through a fundamental transformation in the way that we work and deliver services, not least through advances in technology. The future civil service will be more efficient, more highly skilled and agile.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with departments to deliver our commitments within the Government Estates Strategy and to ensure that we make the best use of our Government Estate assets, including the office estates. We have a particular commitment to consider locations outside of London as identified through our Places for Growth programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:25:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1008458

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the Civil Service People Survey 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	192117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Three Civil Service People Survey 2018 results products will be published shortly. These are: the Civil Service Benchmark Scores; Whitehall 18 Trends; and All Organisation Scores for the engagement index, engagement drivers, and 62 attitudinal questions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:20:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1013069

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Average Earnings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change was in the median gross annual earnings for all full-time employees in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	195035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and their response will be place in the Library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/11/2018 17:03:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 195035.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007921

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the (1) Domestic and (2) Non-Domestic, Renewable Heat Incentive schemes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL11530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>We produced a full scheme Impact Assessment in February 2018, prior to the introduction of the latest RHI regulations and deployment data for both schemes is published monthly. This information can be found on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2018 11:45:35 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1010537

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Climate Change: EU Action
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to maintain alignment with EU climate change policy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	193484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>UK government’s action to tackle climate change is framed by the Climate Change Act. This is domestic legislation and is therefore unaffected by exiting the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to international cooperation, including with the EU, on issues of shared interest including climate change.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/11/2018 15:14:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1010598

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Proprietary Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the march-in rights provided by the US Bayh-Dole Act 1980, if he will introduce such rights in Medical Research Council (MRC) contracts, to enable the Government to license a patent to a third party for a MRC-funded medicine.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	193426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The ownership of intellectual property (IP) arising from publicly funded research in the UK, including from Medical Research Council (MRC), resides with the research organisation within which the research is undertaken; which could be a university, independent research organisation or research council institute. These research organisations are expected to have exploitation arrangements in place as a condition of the transfer of IP ownership (for example, in Research Council grants), to enable third parties, including businesses and other organisations, to licence or commercialise the results of this research.</p><p>Where research is conducted in an MRC owned unit or institute, the arising IP is owned by the MRC. MRC uses LifeArc as its “technology transfer agent” for the protection, management and exploitation of this IP, including licencing to business and other organisations. Royalties arising from these licensing activities, and from licensing to any spin-outs based on any MRC-owned IP, are owned by the MRC for as long as the patent is effective; the earned income is re-invested by MRC in research.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 15:42:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1010600

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Radioactive Materials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Article 83, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Agency, dated 14 November 2018, who will own fissile materials stored at UK nuclear facilities after the UK withdraws from that agency.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	193428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the current European Atomic Energy Community (“Euratom”) Treaty arrangements, special fissile material is collectively owned by the Euratom Community, but the operator with the legal title to the material has an <em>“unlimited right of use and consumption”</em> over it, subject to their complying with the obligations imposed on them by the Treaty. This form of supranational, or sovereign, ownership underpins the regulation of special fissile materials by the Euratom Community in accordance with the Euratom Treaty.</p><p>The UK and EU have agreed that when the UK leaves the EU, Euratom’s supranational ownership arrangements will cease to apply in the UK. Article 83(1) removes Euratom’s ‘sovereign’ ownership and rights in relation to material held in the UK at the end of the implementation period. As Euratom ownership will cease as a result of 83(1), Article 83(2) clarifies that those operators that currently hold title to the material will be the sole owners of it, with all the rights and obligations that apply to it. These provisions will not have any practical impact on the day to day management and use of the material.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/11/2018 11:45:35 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1010645

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on the oil and gas sector deal.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	193547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun on 15<sup>th</sup> November 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-09/189741/" target="_blank">189741</a> on a potential Offshore Oil and Gas Sector Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/11/2018 11:48:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1011271

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the additional electricity capacity needed to meet their target for diesel and petrol engine vehicles to be phased out by 2040; whether they will publish any such estimates; and what plans they have to ensure any additional electricity demand is met.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL11632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>National Grid published their 2018 Future Energy Scenarios on 12 July (attached) and previously produced a bespoke note on the electricity system impacts of electric vehicles (attached). The level of impact that National Grid presents is readily manageable by the electricity system, and shows the benefits that can be provided through smart charging of electric vehicles. Therefore, the Government has taken powers in the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to mandate that all charge points sold or installed in the UK must be smart enabled, and we are planning to consult on secondary regulations in the new year. In addition, the Government has established an Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce in order to consider these issues, including the underpinning industry standards and practices that may be required.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name 2nd attachment to HL11632.pdf title 2018 Future Energy Scenarios 2 file name Attachment to HL11632.pdf title Electricity system impacts of electric vehicles question first answered 28/11/2018 13:54:56 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon