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1536980

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constitutions and Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibilities he holds for constitutional policy and elections.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	73011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster holds ministerial responsibility for the constitution, with support from other Ministers within the Cabinet Office. Ministers in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hold responsibility for elections.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2022 16:53:50 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1542922

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of to UIN 64378, whether all interim payments to infected individuals and bereaved partners of those affected by contaminated blood were made by the end of October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	88977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer to the Minister for the Cabinet Office’s previous answer <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l36pny4uNPK0kiQmqFbhWkTjp5eQmhAE7QX4k-0yiFI/edit" target="_blank">PQ72224</a> on 2 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/11/2022 14:10:08 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1546083

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telefónica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) key datasets and (b) other deliverables are that will be obtained through the contract agreed by his Department with Telefonica on 14 September 2022 with procurement reference C2289; if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of that contract; and if he will publish the business case for that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	97495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The datasets, deliverables and business justification for this contract will not be published, nor a separate assessment prepared, on security grounds. This procurement activity relates to the National Situation Centre, which is exempt from publishing Commercially Sensitive documents under National Security Exemptions. This procurement activity is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Sections 23 (Security Bodies) and 24 (National Security), and also under Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Section 15 (National Security).</p><p>The National Situation Centre’s business justification, which will not be published in full for the reasons listed above, included the following requirements for this contract:</p><ol><li><p>Anonymised and aggregated people count estimates at low levels of geography</p></li><li><p>Data down to equally-sized geographic areas (for example grids or hexagons). These areas should be reasonably low levels of geography, such as having a radius of 500m or smaller.</p></li><li><p>Ideally, in addition to the above, data provided at MSOA (Middle Layer Super Output Area) level of detail or more geographically granular</p></li><li><p>Data anonymised and aggregated (no private/personal data to be collected or communicated from the supplier)</p></li><li><p>Minimum coverage of 30% of the UK population and data weighted/aggregated up to population level</p></li><li><p>No more than 15 minute latency period</p></li><li><p>Underlying data delivered through API and CSV file formats</p></li><li><p>Access to real-time data in front-end map format via a portal</p></li><li><p>Must cover the UK (including Scotland)</p></li><li><p>Total contract value to not exceed £803,500 (Ex VAT)</p></li><li><p>A reasonable baseline figure for people counts. This may be average hourly people counts in a given area for historic and current months.</p></li><li><p>Derived products must be shareable across resilience and operational partners</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2022 12:05:01 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546084

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telefónica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to obtain insights on the (a) movement, (b) demography, (c) mobility-patterns and (d) behaviour of the proportion of the UK population whose data will not be covered by the contract agreed by his Department with Telefonica on 14 September 2022 with procurement reference C2289.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	97496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The department is not taking any steps to obtain insights on the movement, demography, mobility-patterns and behaviour of the proportion of the UK population whose data will not be covered by the contract at present. The data obtained through the contract, which covers 30% of the UK population, may be weighted and aggregated up to population level.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2022 12:05:30 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1546394

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Covid-19 Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	98786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Appointments to an inquiry panel are made in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005 and in consultation with the chair. Any representations on the composition of the panel will be duly considered by the Government. Moreover, the inquiry’s terms of reference require it to “listen to and consider carefully the experiences of bereaved families and others who have suffered hardship or loss as a result of the pandemic&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/01/2023 11:28:03 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart previous answer version 39115 answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1546988

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Amazon Web Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the value of the contract with reference number YPO001-DN387210-63601854 was awarded to Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	100025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The contract in question is not a Cabinet Office contract. The contracting authority is YPO (formerly Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation), which is a publicly owned organisation formed by Local Authorities to aggregate procurement spend. The Cabinet Office has no visibility or control over the YPO.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2022 12:06:32 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1547028

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the office of the Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	John Cryer
	uin	99716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts awarded from 2011 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p>Cabinet Office does not hold the historic data centrally as it would involve a disproportionate amount of costs and time to collate the information. A new contract database, Atamis, has been purchased and is now live. This is used to capture all information on current contracts which started on or after January 2022 and all future contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/12/2022 16:34:00 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1547555

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the Department, including predecessor Departments and its agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	John Cryer
	uin	101390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts awarded from 2011 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p>Cabinet Office does not hold the historic data centrally as it would involve a disproportionate amount of costs and time to collate the information. A new contract database, Atamis, has been purchased and is now live. This is used to capture all information on current contracts which started on or after January 2022 and all future contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:07 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1549623

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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 steps the Government will take to ensure adherence to the Construction Playbook.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	105335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>To support departments in implementing the Construction Playbook, the Cabinet Office offers in-person training sessions and an eLearning module that covers the key principles. Departments are also able to bid for additional commercial resources to support live procurements. This is targeted, short-term specialist support to upskill teams through ‘on the job experience’ where we work with project teams to ensure they adhere to the playbook principles.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cabinet Office is also encouraging adherence by working with departments to improve their pipelines, and making use of these to identify early opportunities to offer support in implementation of Playbook principles. This is complemented by work with senior sponsors in each of the key construction departments to identify areas to offer greater support, or to identify challenging areas where more guidance or training is required. Finally, compliance with the Playbook principles is assessed on a ‘comply or explain’ basis as part of the Cabinet Office commercial controls process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/12/2022 11:00:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1549833

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Covid-19 Inquiry: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are fully represented in the Government's UK covid-19 public inquiry.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	106546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text The Inquiry is specifically required to consider any disparities evident in the impact of the pandemic on different categories of people. This includes, but is not limited to, those relating to protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 and equality categories under the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Under the Inquiries Act 2005, decisions regarding the conduct of the Inquiry are for the Independent Chair.<p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/12/2022 10:46:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne