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873531

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, on Attorney General: Procurement, if he will list (a) the suppliers of and (b) the purpose of the (i) the Government Legal Department's contracts with the eight strategic suppliers (ii) the CPS's six contracts with strategic suppliers, (iii) the Serious Fraud Office's three contracts with strategic suppliers and (iv) Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's contracts with which two strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	134646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, the table below summarises the purpose of the six contracts between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and government strategic suppliers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Supply of interim and temporary staff let via a pan government framework.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CGI</p></td><td><p>(1) ICT Applications, Hosting and Management let via a pan government framework. (2) Managed payroll services let via a pan government framework. (3) Oracle finance system managed service let via a pan government framework. (4) Fully managed ICT services including; applications, hosting and management, system integration and management, service desk and end user computing.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>National contract let via the Cabinet Office G-Cloud framework for managed video conferencing services.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the CPS has no major contracts but multiple agreements with the following government strategic suppliers:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>BT –for land line phones, alarm systems and business broadband lines.</p></li><li><p>Microsoft - for MS office products, server and networking applications and other software products.</p></li><li><p>Oracle - for server and networking applications and other software products.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and government strategic suppliers. It is the policy to engage with suppliers using central government frameworks and call off arrangements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD – purpose of contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI - purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT plc</p></td><td><p>Provision of phone services for business continuity (disaster recovery).</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile connectivity services and video conferencing at the York office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cap Gemini</p></td><td><p>Provision of a supplier invoice receipt and scanning service; provision of a cloud-based invoice approval and electronic document management system; and secure destruction of paper documents.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Predominately temporary staff, mainly lawyers, and training courses.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>Provision of e-disclosure services to support legal cases.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Software licences and support for Microsoft products, for example, Windows and Office Suites.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitie</p></td><td><p>Office cleaning services.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>Software licences and support.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and government strategic suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Facilities management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT</p></td><td><p>Network lines</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>IT services</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and government strategic suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT PLC</p></td><td><p>Broadband lines at Southwark Crown Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>IT support contract</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>network services contract</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/05/2018 12:51:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 54416 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

891475

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what apps his Department has approved for use on mobile phones issued by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	137928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Due to national security concerns it would be inappropriate to publicly supply a list of applications approved for use on mobile phones issued by the Attorney General’s Office, as to do so facilitates attacks against official systems by hostile actors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/05/2018 14:08:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

893108

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reasons are for the rise of zero-hours contracts in the UK by 100,000 in 2017 identified in the most recent Office for National Statistics data return.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	138969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/05/2018 10:07:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ138969.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

890336

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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 of his Department's invitations to tender have received no bidders in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	137437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Every tender published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) by the Cabinet Office during the period from April 2016 to March 2018 received bids.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/05/2018 15:43:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890489

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Capita: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which contracts Capita administers in (a) Lincoln constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karen Lee
	uin	137660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Capita operates a number of national contracts that may provide services to individuals or cover areas in Lincolnshire. In addition, there are individual contracts with local contracting authorities. Details of contracts with a value over £10,000 are published on the Contracts Finder website. <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/05/2018 15:44:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

890409

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	European Social Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much each country of the UK received from the European Social Fund in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	137482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Funding for European Structural Fund programmes, including the European Social Fund (ESF), are set as part of the EU’s multiannual financial framework (MFF), The ESF allocations to the UK, excluding any Youth Employment Initiative funding, for the 2014-20 MFF are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong> <strong>(2014-20)</strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>899,042,788</p></td><td><p>463,063,745</p></td><td><p>476,653,947</p></td><td><p>486,192,813</p></td><td><p>495,922,545</p></td><td><p>505,845,912</p></td><td><p>3,326,721,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>56,201,749</p></td><td><p>57,326,918</p></td><td><p>58,474,453</p></td><td><p>60,082,304</p></td><td><p>61,284,704</p></td><td><p>62,511,128</p></td><td><p>63,761,984</p></td><td><p>419,643,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>135,265,834</p></td><td><p>137,973,881</p></td><td><p>140,735,757</p></td><td><p>144,089,622</p></td><td><p>146,973,230</p></td><td><p>149,914,450</p></td><td><p>152,914,266</p></td><td><p>1,007,867,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>27,621,127</p></td><td><p>28,174,107</p></td><td><p>28,738,079</p></td><td><p>30,580,991</p></td><td><p>31,192,982</p></td><td><p>31,817,200</p></td><td><p>32,453,855</p></td><td><p>210,578,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,315,551</p></td><td><p>677,820</p></td><td><p>690,861</p></td><td><p>704,868</p></td><td><p>718,875</p></td><td><p>733,367</p></td><td><p>4,841,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include EU funding available to support projects and programme administration, and the performance reserve, and does not include any non-EU co-financing. Each country of the UK has its own operational programme setting out the objectives and focus of ESF expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>ESF managing authorities will hold data on the 2007-13 programmes. The managing authorities for the ESF programmes in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar are the Devolved Administrations and HM Government of Gibraltar respectively. In England, where the Department for Work and Pensions is the managing authority, the allocations of ESF funding were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012 </strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong> <strong>(€)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>410,923,902</p></td><td><p>427,344,776</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/05/2018 15:35:48 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

890417

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	European Social Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many successful applicants to the European Social Fund left the programme early in each region of the UK in the latest period for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	137483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>European Social Fund (ESF) programmes are administered in the UK by designated managing authorities. These are the Department for Work and Pensions for England, and the Devolved Administrations and HM Government of Gibraltar outside of England.</p><p> </p><p>To date managing authorities have had the following number of applicants withdraw from 2014-20 ESF projects before completion:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of applicants who withdrew from projects before completion </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gibraltar</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above figures refer to applicants for funding who are managing ESF projects, rather than individual participants in individual projects.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/05/2018 15:36:05 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

893090

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	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	Parental Leave
	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 the Government's policy is on making shared parental pay and paternity pay a right for all employees from their first day of employment.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	139035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We have started the evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes this year. This will look at the take up of leave and pay by fathers and partners, barriers to take-up, and how Shared Parental Leave and Pay are being used in practice. As a part of the same process of data collection, we will also gather information on the take up of paternity leave and pay.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will improve the evidence base and inform future policy development in this area.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/05/2018 15:40:13 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

887908

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2018
	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	Electricity Generation: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	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 records his Department made of emission changes in UK energy generation in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	136903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not estimate emission changes on a monthly basis. Provisional carbon dioxide emissions estimates, published in March, show quarterly estimates of emissions from energy supply for 2017 as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017 quarter:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon dioxide emissions from energy supply (Mt)</p></td><td><p>110.6</p></td><td><p>107.6</p></td><td><p>106.2</p></td><td><p>105.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 2017</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:57:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

887911

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2018
	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	Biofuels: Carbon Emissions
	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 steps his Department is taking to measure the carbon dioxide emissions of biomass energy generation plants.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	136905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not estimate emission changes on a differential basis between technologies. The latest provisional carbon dioxide emissions estimates were published in March 2017. “<em>Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 2017</em>” <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>However, the UK has among the most stringent biomass sustainability provisions in Europe. Generators only receive subsidies for the electricity output which complies with our sustainability criteria which ensure biomass reduces carbon emissions (including a requirement to demonstrate a minimum 60% lifecycle greenhouse gas saving) and is sourced sustainably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:58:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma